Hello. I have a new job. Starting September I'll be running
@complexcanada
as Content Lead.
If you love Canadian hip hop/sneakers/have an interesting idea, you're welcome to reach out.
Terrible news for Montreal music fans: Cafe Resonance is closing. But they are looking for someone else to buy it if anyone wants to start a new venue.
What Backxwash has been able to do so far on a DIY level in two years is remarkable. With a little Polaris cash and increased visibility, she's absolutely going to blow people minds going forward. A deserving winner.
@robrousseau
He was also pro-shoplifting from major supermarkets (Peanut Butter Conspiracy) and pro-public transport (God Don't Own a Car). A true man of the people.
“It is scandalous that as of Thursday you will be able shop at Chapters, but you may not visit a library. You can go to the mall, but not a museum,” -Mathieu Murphy-Perron, Artistic and Executive Director of Tableau D’Hôte Theatre.
Bar Le Ritz has to go to court next week for a pre-COVID noise complaint, even though they've had no money coming in for months. City denied their request for a delay. The city's music venues are being killed one by one.
Kids say the darndest things. Was walking my dog at midnight and he turned to me and said: "Dad, the CAQ had months to come up with a coherent plan to combat the inevitable second wave, but instead arbitrarily decided on curfews for us while manufacturing remains open."
When people like Luc Ferrandez bemoan the lack of QCers on the team, it's a dig at people like my family, who originally came here for work and ended up making a home here. Lots of players end of up living here/loving it here. Not Quebec enough for him.
I still want to write about rap music in Quebec and Canada. Lots of video producers and social accounts cover it, but I think Canadian rap is missing words in a semi-permanent place, documenting it all. I'm going back to the lab.
My time at Complex/BuzzFeed is now officially over and I'm back on the market. Give me a call if you need a content lead/editor/writer who's done plenty and seen plenty in nearly 20 years in the biz.
My idea for a Montreal summer fest next year: Kaytranada & Friends. Could feature Paak, H.E.R., Tinashe, Kali Uchis, BadBadNotGood, Masego, Mick Jenkins, Teedra Moses etc.
Your Canadian politician COVID trip is (the fanciest place you've ever been to) in order to sell (the most expensive thing you've ever held) as a favour to (the most famous person you're related to).
A year ago today I married the wonderful
@Miss_Mel181
. At the time I didn't think we'd spend 1/3 of our first year isolating in our apartment, but if we haven't driven each other crazy by now, we never will. Happy anniversary!
At my wedding last night to
@Miss_Mel181
, there was a mariachi band, open mic w/live pianist, giant blocks of cheese, a giant box office poster and smoked meat. Cried like a baby. Almost certainly the first and last wedding they'll ever have at the Segal Centre. It was lit.
#LePanel
Université d’Ottawa : le recteur répond à la polémique
«J’ai l’impression que M. Frémont abdique totalement. (…) Il suffit que quelqu’un se dise offensé pour qu’on conclut qu’il y a eu offense. Ca ferme la porte à tout débat, à toute discussion.» -
@HBuzzetti