If you’ve never used foursquare, you aren’t alone. The location-based social networking service is barely a year old, yet it’s already starting to draw some controversy about just how much personal information we choose to broadcast to the web.
Doug Estey
03 Feb 2010
Why the iPad isn’t going to kill netbooks
Apple has done it again. They’ve given fanboys (and girls) abroad another reason to spill coffee all over their MacBooks. They’ve refueled bloggers like Galen Gruman and Randall Kennedy in their proclamations against Android and Windows.
01 Dec 2009
Nobody’s paid the price like Wax has paid it
In a world of industrialized art, contracts, million-dollar signings and commercial restrictions, it’s not uncommon for a modern day musician to stick with a single style of music that pays the bills.
01 Dec 2009
Music on the Hill presents: Nadia Francavilla
Nadia Francavilla, UNB’s Artist in Residence, is straight out of Montreal. Specializing in string-based contemporary music, she also does a great deal of commissioned work.
25 Nov 2009
Old-world instrumentation through new-world amplification
Anyone who’s ever tried to start their own band knows some of the trials and tribulations involved with the whole process. As for starting a band in a search for international recognition? It’s a whole different ball game.
10 Nov 2009
And the ever expanding tour to Fredericton
Guitarist, EBow and banjo player Nick Greaves is eating a Philly cheesesteak sandwich.
He doesn’t recommend this specific variety to anyone in particular, nor does he bother to mention where he got it.
03 Nov 2009
Avoiding brown paint: death country in the capital
“When it comes down to it, less is more,” explains Mark Sasso.
From its beginnings, he and his band have been focused on keeping things simple.
03 Nov 2009
Why your band doesn't need an iPhone app
From the Tubes
I have a serious beef with marketing and PR outfits all over (mostly) North America right now. It has recently come to my attention that record labels have started releasing iPhone applications for (in some cases) almost every band on their label, big and small.
27 Oct 2009
From Ontario to Halifax: Ohbijou and The Acorn
I’m sitting in a pew near the altar of St. Matthew’s United Church. There are - I’m guessing - maybe two hundred more audience members along with me, including those in the balcony above.
