Writing by Brent Rockwood
Bob Dylan is one of the world’s great songwriters, but as a performer he can be hard to love. Some of my friends were disappointed with his performance at the Metro Centre last week, but I knew what to expect. He doesn’t look at the audience. He doesn’t talk to the audience. He just [...]
Well, it may as well have been.
I just finished reading an article on copyright by the always insightful Dare Obasanjo. I have many friends in the film and music businesses and I often end up trying to explain my thoughts on the issue. Here’s what I think…
I guess I have two issues, not with copyright per se (I am a software [...]
I managed to screw up my sleep schedule yesterday (this happens to me all the time, no biggie), and so I woke up at 2am and figured I might as well run down the street to the office and get some work done, sans distractions. Anyhow, around eight in the morning, folks started to filter [...]
I only got a chance to see a few shows last year, as the ECMA’s were in Charlottetown and we only went over for the night (had a blast, though!). This year the awards have come back to Halifax and there’s a ton to see and do. On Thursday night I went to Tribeca to [...]
This is the first in what will hopefully end up being a series of music articles. My musical preferences are extremely wide ranging, and generally have little to do with the mainstream. This is because I haven’t listened to radio or watched MTV/MuchMusic in years. I do, however, spend a ton of time in great [...]
