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The last of my Mercury Studios videos is up now. If you only watch one, make it this one. I'm very proud of my work here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz89...

We lowered the annual subscription price of Nebula (with creator code) to $30. That’s 50% off the regular price. Happy holidays 🎄

New video is up on YouTube now! I've wanted to do a video talking about Fela for a long time now, and I've always admired the work of Jad Abumrad. To be able to combine both those in one video was incredible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7oJ...

New video is up on Nebula! Coming to YouTube tomorrow. nebula.tv/videos/polyp...

There's a good chance today's video will be late, but I promise it's gonna be worth the wait

Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy A collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the nonprofit Dust-to-Digital Foundation laist.com/news/arts-an...

My latest video with Mercury Studios is up now! In it, I talk about Frank Zappa's lost concert film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjVe...

Up on YouTube now! youtu.be/CGwjbC0C-6o

For the last few months I've had the pleasure of collaborating with Mercury Studios on a new series. They let me plunder their archives to tell the stories of some overlooked or forgotten concert films from the 1970s. You can check out the first episode now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrzw...

A little late for the 50th Anniversary, but still a timeless video I hope. As a Canadian with family history on Lake Superior, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" has always held a special place in my heart. Really excited to get a chance to talk about it on the channel. nebula.tv/videos/polyp...

was hoping to get this out on Nebula for the anniversary today, but I've been dealing with a nasty bout of Bronchitis. Video will be out later this week

fuck it, edmund fitzgerald video coming next week

I fear I may have cooked with this one. Happy Halloween, y'all. youtu.be/1u24vprU8-c

found a new favourite album cover

New video up on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3g4...

New video is out. check it out if you wanna watch something idk www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eq1...

I read "Century of Song" by @polyphonic.nebula.tv and wrote a review...check out and let me know what you think! 💙📚 #booksky #bookreview #bookblog #musicsky poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/2025/07/30/r...

In this week's video, I take a look at Music Biopics, and ask the age old question... why the hell do we keep making these? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol_h...

For any Polyphonic fans in Ottawa, this Thursday I'll be doing a fireside chat downtown courtesy of Tech Thursday. Come down if you want to see me talk about the creator industry. The event starts at 4:30 PM, and there will be time for networking after, as well as book signings if you so desire.

what's a good song

What do you think the best music biopic is?

There's such a disparity in process between writing & editing. It's easy to feel progress when editing - you can sit down for 8 hrs & make the video happen in real time. Meanwhile, writing is abstract - slowly gathering thoughts and running ideas through the back of your mind at all hours of the day

The most inspiring story in music is from 1984, when an R&B singer named Ray Parker Jr. got a call out of the blue saying, "We need a song that sounds EXACTLY like 'I Want a New Drug' by Huey Lewis, but it has to be about ghost cops arresting ghosts" and he sent them a finished track 48 hours later

Here's your periodical reminder that I wrote a book last year. It's pretty neat and if you like what I do with my channel, I think you'd dig it a lot. www.amazon.ca/Century-Song...

Pre-dates modern music, but one that I've been considering exploring in a video Music Hall. Reigned supreme over British culture for half a century and then completely and utterly collapsed once American music crossed the pond in the 20th century. Mostly remembered now through McCartney's tributes

This one's kind of a big one for me www.youtube.com/watch?v=MelI...

Next month's video is up on Nebula now. This is one that I've been dreaming about for a long time. Very excited that I could finally make it happen. nebula.tv/videos/polyp...

My good friend and fellow music creator @boundo.bsky.social recently had to take down and re-upload a fantastic video for copyright reasons. If you could give some love and go learn about Björk, it would go a long way to helping a great indie creator. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX8k...

the pipeline of magic treehouse reading children to 14 hour history podcast listening adults is real and i'm living proof

Pop fans seem to have really taken to the term "recession pop" to describe the Katy/Gaga/Kesha/BEP era of pop and I don't like it. The connection between '09 pop music and the recession feels tenuous to me

Save the CBC. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlvi...

Riot Grrrl cover of Ladies of the Canyon send tweet

so Chelsea from White Lotus is a Bokononist right?

(to the tune of "paperback writer") haangerbaack walkerrr

12tone is a fraud and a hack who stole my idea

Prime Minister Carney. What do you mean by the "Department of Sam Roberts Band". Mr. Carney what exactly is their mandate

what should i do my next video on?

I've been thinking about this a lot lately in regards to art as well. There's this idea that it's desirable, or even possible, to discuss things like music, film, tv, and video games without saying something about the cultural and political realities in which they're created and, like... no?

one of the strangest things about the modern age is how the job of the professional creative has become less about putting out creative works and more about making content about the creative process

I was on @polyphonic.nebula.tv and @12tone.nebula.tv's Ghost Notes podcast talking about ~NOISE~ as a genre and a concept. We talked about everything from Nine Inch Nails, to fascism, to free jazz, to the Bum Bum song, to vaporwave, and everything in between. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

My #TBR pile is getting bigger! Merry Christmas to you and yours. #BookSky @polyphonic.nebula.tv

A very Polyphonic holiday! @polyphonic.nebula.tv

In case I've got any Ottawa followers on here, I'll be doing a Century of Song reading and signing at Mill Street Books in Almonte this Friday from 5-7PM!

Calvin you would have made a great video essayist

you should listen to some curtis mayfield right now

The last episode of Hit Record: An Incomlete History of the Music video is up now. This project has been a serious undertaking, feels good to have it done. Thanks for all the kind words from those who have been enjoying it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNqq...

now that i have a public forum again i gotta say @jasonkpargin.bsky.social's "I'm Beginning to Worry About this Black Box of Doom" is one of my favourite books I've read in a long time

alright, i'm shaking off my rust and starting to figure out how to post again. who are the good follows here?

thinkin' of maybe posting again?