Construction trucks leaving Bloor and Islington area after being successfully deterred from starting work on removing bike lanes in Toronto by a large protest.
Mac Cameron
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cohost at big in canada clips at front burner
It’s easy: 1. Abbey Road 2. Revolver 3. Hard Days Night 4. White Album 5. Rubber Soul 6. Please, Please Me 7. Pepper’s 8. Help 9. For Sale 10. Let It Be 11. With
Not the whole shebang here, but I do think that most musician’s existences are antithetical to these people’s…and removing those musicians from the music makes it so people like this guy never have to encounter songs or art made by someone who hates them.
Dan of the Year@downwithdan.bsky.social · 3w agoWhen you have no concept of how people engage with music
my feeling after reading this story:
Exclaim!@exclaimdotca.bsky.social · 3w agoGo piss, girl! Our Fall 2026 cover star is PISS 💛 The Vancouver hardcore punk quartet are making quite the splash, and their debut record is out October 30 via Paper Bag Records / @subpop.bsky.social: exclaim.ca/music/articl... 🖊️ @emmoore.bsky.social 📸 Megan Magdalena 🎨 Joseph Starkey
According to the Meta memory machine, six years ago tonight, I attended my first post-COVID-lockdown concert, held on the rooftop of a parking garage with chairs set up six feet apart and The Sadies performing behind plexiglass. Feels like 60 years ago.
NEWS: My new investigation uncovers the horrific ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter's violent fantasies and plans up to the day of the massacre. Chats about guns, timing of attacks, becoming infamous, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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I hope they sue the pants off of them! but I also want to caution musicians that you will be sorely disappointed if the problems with gen AI are only challenged on the grounds of intellectual property.
Exclaim!@exclaimdotca.bsky.social · 2mo agoSOCAN Is Suing Suno
New from me. I saw that the very smart @kevincarmichael.bsky.social wrote a trade war column that referenced the Ottoman siege of Malta in 1565, so I decided to counter him with a reference to Wile E. Coyote.
ANALYSIS | Mark Carney doesn't stop the United States from driving negotiations over a cliff | CBC News
After a week of manufactured drama and unnecessary strain, Prime Minister Mark Carney emerged on Saturday morning to explain "why we're walking away from a bad deal — and what comes next."
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I joined Laura Stanley from the Big in Canada podcast to talk can con, Canadian popular music, and satellite radio. The episode dropped today: tr.ee/8C-yRqGIUC
charli album deeply relatable because i also deem songs finished when i am faced with having to write a bridge.
if you don't think all of this ends with mark carney throwing up the triangle hands, i don't know what to tell you
Mac Cameron@mackenziecmrn.bsky.social · 3mo agoangine de poitrine IS brat
Kid1, who is both an conductor and engineer for CN and has driven trains through SK wildfires himself, just sent me this video from Ontario. When I tell you they arent paid enough!!! vt.tiktok.com/ZSXkuEadE/
toronto! come help me celebrate the launch of my book, A Nation of Tinkerers. i'll be in conversation with Melissa Vincent to talk about the book's subjects and themes, and @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social will be treating us all to some CanCon disco classics. 7:30pm, July 28th at Osler Records.
![So you feel like your overall job changes on metal records as compared to, say, an indie pop record?
[Indie pop productions] require more insight as to the song and the lyrics and what kind of feeling the songwriter's trying to invoke. When you're recording a metal band, you know what feeling they're trying to evoke. [laughs] You just think, "Satan, Satan, Satan." When you're EQ'ing the bass guitar you're like "Satan, Satan, Satan." The snare drum - "Satan, Satan." It's more the technical challenge of, "How do I achieve the maximum amount of Satan?"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:htlqv6psotktl7u3sw2fm5me/bafkreib5rj36jvpp66qv3bgxhz4eodtdlst4k5vaofixcthw5cqwxq27xe)
the sax riff from run away with me is ready....
Bruce Arthur@brucearthur.bsky.social · 4mo agoOn Canada Day, as Canada becomes more of a football nation, I think we need to learn how to sing, the way so many other nations do. But what song should Canadian sing as part of our evolution as football fans? It’s not an easy question. www.thestar.com/sports/socce...
re: Turnstile tickets being way for more expensive in Toronto than most U.S. dates. I would love it if we had a more robust music press that not only reported on it but also asked why.
there should be cigarette-level visual warnings on all suno/ai music products...shame the people signing up for this and make those consuming it feel bad about themselves for doing so.
Stereogum@stereogum.com · 4mo ago$5.4 billion AI music company Suno announced their indie incubator, and the fine print requires artists to promote and never criticize Suno
Insane crowd for Angine de Poitrine at the Montreal Jazz Fest. There were kids yelling, old people in polka dots, hipsters, punks, rock guys… such a wonderful mix.
