Rocker Crocked. Pistol Shot. To say that Lydon has mellowed would be a huge over-simplification, not only of who he is now but of who he was then, both of which were media distortions if not inventions. Simon Evans 4 Oct 2021 · 9 min read
COVID-19 Has Exposed Critical Weaknesses in Global Higher Education While the pandemic has been challenging for everyone, let’s hope the disruption that is taking place in higher education is the beginning of a broader reform movement that refocuses the emphasis on the learner and how instructors and faculty can empower them to create value in the marketplace. Christos A. Makridis and Soula Parassidis 29 May 2020 · 6 min read
How The Campaign Against Cultural Appropriation Came Back to Haunt Canada’s Indigenous Peoples The idea of segregating musical styles by race sits in opposition to what we know about the way music is made—which is often through cultural cross-pollination. Neil Gray 8 Apr 2019 · 7 min read
Homophobia and the Modern Trans Movement Gender dysphoria gradually has replaced homosexuality as a subject of fascination by clinicians and activists. Sky Gilbert 31 Jan 2019 · 14 min read
The Purity Spiral of Canada's Music Industry Now that they are channeling the self-censoring spirit of our times, the soul is being sucked out of the business, and the art, that I love. This essay is my attempt to explain how we got here. Neil Gray 30 Sep 2018 · 24 min read
Music and Language, Cultural Identity and Fame Tracking the evolution of music over recent centuries. Geoffrey Lehmann 21 Feb 2016 · 20 min read
Why do we get songs stuck in our heads? Explaining your Earworm It implies the effortlessness in which a fragment of a song, arriving in the inner ear without conscious effort, can continually loop and stick around. Rebecca Gelding 13 Nov 2015 · 4 min read
