More TVOntario NostalgiaAmong the winners of last night’s Writers’ Guild of Canada Awards , one name might be familiar to Ontarians: Heather Conkie , who...
The Double Down: your move, AmericaCOLBY COSH: "You would get the impression that it was lovingly constructed from scorpions and poison"
MUSIC: Symphonic SmorgasbordLast year’s Haydn centenary, which I wrote about at the time, produced the inevitable round of concerts devoted to the music of my...
TV and History: A Brief MusingIn re (whereas and to wit) my previous post, I wanted to add one thing to Tom Fontana’s comment that “people talk as if The Wire...
Tom Fontana, Always Too EarlyI’m very much liking Treme but can’t add much more (yet) about the show, let alone David Simon. But I thought I would link to this...
Mailbags - while we still have time!As the ash cloud moves toward us, bringing with it the likelihood of flight cancellations and the certainty of death at the hands...
Don’t mind me; I’m on a math benderAs the paid-up holder of a Mainstream Media club card, can I warn the sportswriters away from making too much of the statistical...
Getting Fired From a Show Before You Even StartRemember when I said that Patton Oswalt had been cast in a show? Well, he was. Then. But that was a long time ago. Days ago. And...
Opening Weekend: Killer girls in ’Kick-Ass’ and ’Dragon Tattoo’Punk alert! A new breed femme fatale, and fille fatale, is burning up the screen