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Thought about creating a blog for some courses I’m teaching or will be teaching. This one will be (at least initially) for an ethnomusicology course to be taught at Concordia University (in Montreal)...

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Glocal Craftiness: Coffee, Beer, Music

Was listening to the portafilter.net podcast (Episode 23) and thinking about coffee shops, cafés, brewpubs, bars, bands, venues… There’s something happening here. Coffee’s a global commodity. One of...

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Music, Food, Industries, Piracy

000ady6y (PNG Image, 200×125 pixels) Noticed it in Steal This Film. A very appropriate message. Process over product. Music is not a commodity. Food does not grow on profits. Blogged with Flock

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They Dropped The Other Shoe

[Disclaimer: I'm not necessarily an Apple fanboy but I have been an enthusiastic Mac user since 1987 and have owned several Apple products, from an iPod to a QuickTake camera. I also think that...

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Whaddaday!

Started out the usual way, with emails and blogs. But then moved into very diverse and unique activities. Went to a workshop on the game Guitar Hero, organised by GameCode and Ludiciné. Stimulating...

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Jobs and Satisfaction

This one is more of a web log entry than my usual ramblings. Executive Summary: Life Is Good. Been able to deal with several issues, recently. Nothing really big. But showing me that my life really has...

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Landing On His Feet: Nicolas Chourot

Listening to Nicolas Chourot‘s début album: First Landing (available on iTunes). Now, here’s someone who found his voice. A few years ago, Nicolas Chourot played with us as part of Madou Diarra &...

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Jazz and Identity: Comment on Lydon's Iyer Interview

Radio Open Source » Blog Archive » Vijay Iyer’s Life in Music: “Striving is the Back Story…”. Sounds like it will be a while before the United States becomes a truly post-racial society. Iyer can...

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