The Sam the Record Man Sign Rises Again!
Wait. What’s that above Yonge-Dundas Square in downtown Toronto? It’s…it’s the SAM THE RECORD MAN SIGN! After years in storage
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Some Students at Ryerson are Working on a New Collaborative Platform for the Canadian Music Industry
A group of seven students in the RTA program at Ryerson University in Toronto are working on a new collaboration
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The Refurbished Sam the Record Man Sign: It’s Almost Ready
For decades, the spinning record (and after 1987, records) on the Sam the Record Man sign were one of the
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Got a Bitch About the Way Concert Tickets are Sold? The Ontario Attorney General Wants to Hear from You
Just before Christmas, a couple of nice people from the Ontario Attorney General’s Office came to see me about the
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Will Canadian Hip Hop History Be Taught in Canadian Schools? It Will If This Guy Has Anything to Do with It
There was a time when study of any sort of popular culture, especially–gasp!–the music everyday people listen to–was not just
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My Ryerson University Lecture on the Future of Radio
In my position as this year’s Broadcaster in Residence at for the Allan Slaight Broadcast Institute, I was asked to
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Upcoming Panel to Discuss Diversity in Radio
On the heels of the debate over diversity in Hollywood, Ryerson University is going examine the situation in radio. From
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A Celebration of Music Technology in Toronto (and New York and LA)
I’m amazed at the growing number of conferences devoted to the collision of music and technology. This, of course, is
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