Opinion Archives - A Journal of Musical Things

How to properly file your vinyl (according to me, anyway.)

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] If you jumped into the vinyl resurrection over the past few

It’ll be a while yet before most of us go to any kind of live gig, but when we do,

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] When I was a kid, I toted my Lloyds transistor radio everywhere,

We’re all in lockdown, deprived of our usual social interactions. Short-term pain for long-term relief, right? However optimistic you want

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] The spectre of disease, pandemic, and death have been with us

The streets are empty as we self-isolate/shelter in place/commit to a quarantine. It already feels like this has been going

We’re in full-wartime mode when it comes to the coronavirus with all indications pointing towards things getting more dire before

It’s a fact that certain songs are indelibly linked to specific events in our lives. They become triggers for all

Last week, I finished up writing the liner notes for an upcoming reissue by an iconic Canadian artists. Even though

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Once upon a time, there was a complicated decades-long ritual involved

If you were around when the Internet began to capture mainstream public attention (this would be 1995-ish), you’ll remember the