Another hit to the #Ottawa music scene: The Brass Monkey has closed down. One less venue for up-and-coming bands, and a real blow to the city’s metal scene.

Slightly diminish a game. Final(final)_2_WIP_WITH_EDITS_(USEthisONE)Fantasy7.docx

That US Olympic ice hockey team ad on NBC is a pretty stunning display of arrogance. Especially since Tkachuk was the one who dropped the gloves ten seconds into the match.

Reposting this 🧵 for the night crew:

Canada’s Department of National Defence plans to mobilize 300,000 citizen reservists to strengthen military readiness. Apply here: forces.ca/en/reserve-f... #cdnpoli #canadastrong

Good morning! So I have a question for #musiciansky and …#barownersky (if that’s a thing): When you have a band or musician in to play live, how much do you expect to make from bar sales to consider the night a success? What’s your break-even point? What’s a good night?

The lunchtime after the night before. Thank God it’s Friday.

OMG, I’m hosting an event tonight and this thread is hitting me like a ton of bricks…

hey i wrote a history of electronic music in canada from 1945-1985. it's called A Nation of Tinkerers and it's now available to pre-order through @invisibooks.bsky.social! invisiblepublishing.com/product/a-na...

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

i do *not* want to recreate the following i had on twitter. it was overwhelming and i hated it. i am so much happier here

Hi! Just a reminder that this is happening tomorrow night. Only $10 and the weather tomorrow is supposed to behave itself. We’d love to see you there!!

Sorry, remind me again why we’re paying more for #OttawaTransit when the buses don’t fucking show up?? #ShittyOfAutowa

uhh...i was still using them

Some dorkwad told me I was jealous of Elon Musk because he is the “most successful person on the planet”. I responded that I have one very important thing that Elon Musk will never have: Enough.

“HOW MANY COUNTRIES DO I HAVE TO BOMB TO GET MY PEACE PRIZE?!”

They’ve only gone and done it! The Spanish government had annpunced the €60 monthly national transit pass! It’s only for people who are resident in Spain, but this could be a game-changer for public transit. Announcement in Spanish: www.transportes.gob.es/transporte-t...

Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.

Not before I have sex again, please 🥲

A beautiful post about how to support independent music in positive way in2026. ❤️ open.substack.com/pub/zensound...

Song of the Day: Hollerado - Fuck. This. Shit. #Music #MusicSky #NowPlaying #SongOfTheDay

¡Año nuevo, vida nueva! Or something like that. #Happy2026!

lucille clifton

New Year’s Eve on Linked In: 2025 was a GREAT year! Look at all I did! New Year’s Eve on Bluesky: 2025 was:

New Year's Eve is the hope of something better, tossing the bum old year out on its ass and trying again, and I think that's beautiful Happy New Year, friends

orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing

This is a great way to end the year. Doot doo!

Ugh. Two more days and we’re through the toughest far of the year (at least for those of us who are single/unpartnered). I put a call out on FB to see if anyone wanted to meet for coffee or something. Nothing. (1/2)

I keep doing the same thing over and over again Tom but I don’t get a different result I am going to demand that my therapist explain this

Today's word is "Sisyphean"

runners who go out in snowstorms need to calm down

@trfernihough.bsky.social , one for you!

This is fantastic

So with everything going on around the holidays, I haven’t had a chance to promote my next show, which is happening Jan. 8th:

Canadian music fans!!

Big Tech these days in a nutshell

To men, both straight and gay, who have power and influence: try hard - like really hard - to not be a total fucking perv. Once you get a taste of the sway you carry, it’s apparently really difficult to not be a creepy skank. But try.

I shouldn't laugh, but imagine your ass being haunted?

The holiday spirit is strong with this one!

This time of year I always think of this deliciously unhinged photo shoot with Truman Capote & Andy Warhol for High Times magazine's 1978 Xmas issue, with Capote soused to the gills & Warhol gamely playing along as Santa. I want someone to write an extended oral history of this photo shoot alone

Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas”

Hey, @trfernihough.bsky.social , isn’t your moggy an orange one, too?

don't you dare, 2025. don't you dare

The most annoying thing about genAI is that eventually the genAI proponents are going to get to the end of the novelty of it, realize its limitations, and then claim to be the innovators of doing things the long way without genAI. Call it "slow productivity" or something.

why do all these women in hallmark christmas movies wear like four inch heels in the snow. dumbasses

Reading Rob Miller’s (Bloodshot Records) new book and this paragraph is spot on. 🎯

Your seasonal reminder!

Jake Paul and Andrew Tate willingly getting the shit best out of themselves because they think they have talent because they are white dudes with podcasts is peak 2025.