Michael Elves
@melves.bsky.social
Radio guy (he/him) https://linktr.ee/melves
Joining a softball team where we just have fun has done wonders for me. www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
The secret to happiness is playing pickup basketball. Just ask this 81-year-old
There is a reason sociologists have spent decades studying pickup basketball.
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Not sure how I stumbled upon this piece but it provoked thoughts. "It’s probably true that AI is a “plagiarism machine,” but so is Ableton Live, and so is the electric guitar" is a teeth-grindingly false equivalent. jaimebrooks.substack.com/p/the-public...
The Publicist is Part of the Band
How will AI change music? For me, there was only one way to find out.
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I predict the Mets season will continue to be bad.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 6d agoThe New York Mets are making the startup Novig their official prediction-market partner, marking a first for Major League Baseball as the prediction-markets industry looks for a foothold in professional sports. on.wsj.com/4wqyNJO
Today's episode of Turning Pages airs at 11:30am CT on UMFM 101.5 but is online now to stream/DL and features a conversation with @therewasnosound.bsky.social about his history of Canadian electronic music, A Nation of Tinkerers ( @invisibooks.bsky.social ). umfm.com/programming/...
Today's Turning Pages (11:30am on 101.5 UMFM) features a conversation with @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social on Do It Wrong: How to Be a Poet in the Twenty-First Century (Assembly Press). We discuss artistic economics, academia and AI. umfm.com/programming/...
Great line from @brianphillips.lol "Sports promise us intensity, not happiness." www.theringer.com/2026/07/16/w...
VAR Is My Mortal Enemy and Should Be Yours, Too
The 2026 World Cup has been astonishingly good, with one nightmarish exception
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To be fair, few things have had as dramatic an impact on the environment as AI stands to than the automobile so maybe the skeptics had/have a point.
The A.V. Club@avclub.com · 3w agoIn an interview, the Star Wars creator likens AI skeptics to people afraid of the invention of the automobile. www.avclub.com/george-lucas...
On UMFM 101.5 FM in 30 minutes and online now, my conversation with @davidjonfuller.bsky.social about his novel Venue 13, perfect reading as Winnipeg heads into Fringe Fest season. umfm.com/programming/...
Actor Kirk Fox has written a "dirtbag noir" called Palmdale (Meridia Press) and he joined me on Turning Pages to discuss it. umfm.com/programming/...
TGIFR tonight (6:30-8pm CT on UMFM 101.5) features interviews with Chance the Rapper (July 13 at Canada Life) and Horse Lords (July 9 at Folk Fest) and a live session with Neighbour Andy. umfm.com/programming/...
UMFM 101.5's Festival Express series featuring interviews with performers ahead of @winnipegfolkfest.bsky.social airs a conversation with Jacob Brodovksy today at 2:30pm CT, but it's online now to stream. (Photo by Matt Horseman). umfm.com/programming/...
UMFM 101.5's Festival Express series featuring interviews with performers ahead of @winnipegfolkfest.bsky.social airs a conversation with Cat Clyde today at 2pm CT, but it's online now to stream. umfm.com/programming/...
Today's Turning Pages episode features a conversation with Veronique Darwin about Mom Camp ( @pressassembly.bsky.social ) Stream/DL at the link: umfm.com/programming/...
TGIFR tonight (6:30-8pm CT on 101.5 UMFM) features interviews with The Good Sky Woman (Sunday at Public Domain) and Tonky Honk (Tuesday at Sidestage) plus live recordings with Tyson Ray Borsboom & Pony Gold. umfm.com/programming/...
Just read @grantbrisbee.bsky.social 's commentary piece about the @sfgiants.com pitchers who put bible verses on their Pride hats and couldn't agree more with his advice to Roupp: "Dig deeper, my dude." www.nytimes.com/athletic/735...
Giants pitchers’ Bible verses on Pride Night caps show how they’ve missed the point
To focus on the perceived sin, Landen Roupp and other Giants pitchers had to step over so much that they professed to believe.
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Couple great conversations with BC artists coming to MB next week on my show tonight (TGIFR 6:30-8pm CT on UMFM 101.5). Mary Ancheta's MA:Q plays Jazz Winnipeg on June 20th and Pony Gold plays The Handsome Daughter on the 19th. Stream the episode now: umfm.com/programming/...
Really enjoyed this live performance from Alessia Cara and co. Took me a beat to notice the actual desk in the background. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDia...
Alessia Cara: Giant Desk Concert
YouTube video by Alessia Cara
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@brianphillips.lol doing the Lord's work with this list. Nodded my head reading this like a novitiate in genuflection. www.theringer.com/2026/05/28/t...
The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech
The bugs, broken apps, and nightmare customer-service bots we can't escape, presented as a blessed and sacred addendum to Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on AI
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Tonight's TGIFR (6:30-8pm on UMFM 101.5) features Jean-Guy from Federal Lights (Jun 12 at Sidestage), Tyson Ray Borsboom (who plays Handsome Daughter Jun19) and a live session with Crooked Ice. umfm.com/programming/...
Had MC Joudrey on Turning Pages (11:30am CT on UMFM 101.5) to talk about Marmalade Parade (Guernica Editions). You can stream it now at the link: umfm.com/programming/...
Turning Pages - June 3, 2026
101.5 UMFM (CJUM) is the official campus and community radio station of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We provide a diverse range of music, talk, and specialty programming t...
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Can't wait for Scott Pelley on @thepressbox.bsky.social
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn a statement to @benmullin.bsky.social, Scott Pelley disputes what Bari Weiss said in this morning's editorial meeting, claiming he was never offered "a way back" as she claimed. "These executives cannot gain the trust of the staff with lies. This is antithetical to everything we stand for..."
THIS WEEK! The launch of my debut novel, VENUE 13, at @mcnallyrobinson.com (Winnipeg, Grant Park location) Thursday June 4, at 7 p.m.! /1
McNally Robinson Booksellers@mcnallyrobinson.com · 2mo agoOn Thursday June 4 at 7pm, join @davidjonfuller.bsky.social for the launch of Venue 13, hosted by @ariel-gordon.bsky.social - mailchi.mp/grant/david-...
Today's Turning Pages features a conversation with Todd Dufresne, Philosophy prof at Lakehead about The Future Belongs To Those Who Fight ( @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ). Airs in Winnipeg on UMFM 101.5 FM, but you can hear it online at the link. umfm.com/programming/...
Not saying it's THE moment, but one of the turning points has to be when people decided it was totally fine to take a phone call in a public bathroom.
