Journalism
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Vodacom Superstars – Akon goes to the Congo
Given that Congo is back in the news, I’m reposting this piece I wrote for SSG Music in 2011, which I noticed is no longer available online. In my contemporaneous post on this blog “Congo, Coltan, and Colonialism,” I provide some more historical and political context that didn’t fit into this piece. Congo has been…
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The Real Cost of Austerity
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has once again brought the economic failures of austerity politics into stark relief. It may very well be the case that once the economy has “recovered” we can expect further cuts to public services, but it is just as likely that we may, finally, be entering a new phase. The global…
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Dropping Out Into Music: The Audience as Orchestra
Dropping Out Into Music: The Audience as Orchestra Edith Schloss The Village Voice (August 7, 1969), Pg. 27. Rome – On the left it said “messieurs” and on the right it said “dames.” It was in the Museum of Modern Art in Paris in May. The tall tiled room next to the toilets reverberated to…
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From Montreal to Brooklyn on a Vespa
Over ten years ago, in June 2010, I rode my Vespa from Montreal to Brooklyn. These are my notes from that time. — Day 1: Montreal to Argyle Thursday 17 June 2010. I set off from my apartment in the Plateau arrondissement of Montreal on my Vespa LXV headed for Park Slope, Brooklyn. My good…
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Quality of Education: The Struggle Continues
A series of radio segments combating austerity politics, aired on CKUT 90.3 fm, Montreal’s community radio station, aired during the Fall semester of 2013.
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Do long rental board wait times favour landlords?
My first piece for OpenFile Montreal was published last month. Does the current structure of the rental board favour landlords over tenants? Quebec’s Régie du logement (the rental board) is a tribunal tasked with overseeing residential lease matters. It makes decisions on complaints and publishes guidelines on rent increases to try to make the relationship…
Sound Propositions 