Interesting framing. White actors ask and Black actors demand.

Why is Ryan Gosling morphing into Glen Powell?

We all have those albums we like that didn't make much of an impact upon release, and then drifted into oblivion. One of those for me is Attack in Black's gentle downer from 2008, The Curve of the Earth. attackinblack.bandcamp.com/album/the-cu...

Allison Russell releases ‘Rainbows’ EP amplifymusicmag.com/allison-russ... | via @amplifymusicmag.bsky.social

Saturday night's all right for @eltonjohn.bsky.social, who will accept his Glenn Gould Prize at a gala event on May 9 at The Theatre at Great Canadian Resort Toronto. Among those honouring the 2025 laureate are @ronsexsmith.bsky.social, @thebeaches.bsky.social, Jeremy Dutcher, Diana Krall and more.

Here's my obit on Max Webster keyboardist and landscape painter Terry Watkinson. Thanks to @ronsexsmith.bsky.social and Bob Wegner, Geddy Lee and Chloe Watkinson for help. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

My rock music coming of age and "discovery" of the epic album 2112 by @rushtheband.bsky.social in the 1970s. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...

Icon?

Some of us call this "Sloan hair."

It's Feb. 21 and these two Blue Jays announcers are calling and analyzing this game like it's an August nailbiter. Lack of colour. Take a couple pitches off and tell a story. Buck Martinez, Tom Cheek and Jerry Howarth were in tune with the rhythm of baseball. These two today are tight and nerdy.

Photographers are my favourite interview subjects. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

WEP SPORTS ISSUE COMING FEB 27th! To get you in the sporting mood, WEP publisher @davebidini.bsky.social asked sports aficionados to name their favourite of all time. Here, we present their winning pick and what they had to say about 24 notable runners-up. www.westendphoenix.com/stories/the-...

Sexy song and video from the talented @jenngrantmusic.bsky.social. Is it me, or is she knock-knock knocking on Dylan's door? youtu.be/zllOrGMSbkY?...

Sharp column by @nestruck.bsky.social on how CBC's ad-up doesn't add up. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...

Martha and the Egg McMuffins Iggy Pop-Tart

Great piece from last year on the fall of the Kennedy Center and Trump's rule by "histriocracy." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Lovely tribute to O’Hara from Johanna Schneller. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...

During the 1960s, all technological advances were reserved for napalm, moon rockets and miniskirts. Which left nothing for anything else, including stadium concerts. Beatles, 1966, Crosley Field, Cincinnati, like it was a village fair.

Thank you @bradwheelerglobe.bsky.social for their piece in the @theglobeandmail.com - www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...

Imagine Harry Styles writing a song about his North American tour a la Steve Miller's Rock'n Me: "I went from New York, New York all the way to NY, NY, NY, NY. Midtown Manhattan where the girls are warm, so I could be with my sweet baby, yeah." variety.com/2026/music/n...

By "people," he means people who were 16 years old in 1978 and don't listen to new music.

Nice mix here. Some unexpected choices (especially the wild pick at No. 1 that you won't see coming). More jazz and blues, please.

Bill Frisell goes full throttle with 'In My Dreams', his 5th Blue Note album out February 27. Featuring a stellar new sextet, the title track is live today. This record melds live spontaneity with studio craft for a high-speed collision of talent and vision. zurl.co/FSf77

"consistently moving, funny and breathtaking" and "every single moment is gorgeous or thrilling." Yawn, if you like that kind of thing. Three stars.

Though edits to the manuscript were made at Martin Scorsese’s request, the director’s preference “would be for it not to come out," says Jared Levine, Robbie Robertson’s manager. @bradwheelerglobe.bsky.social on Robertson's posthumous tell-all. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/musi...

Can’t a single actor at the Golden Globes address the fact that their country is becoming a Nazi state? Shocking that the horrors of ICE have been ignored.

RAE SPOON returns to country roots for new LP, ‘Assigned Country Singer at Birth’ completecountry.ca/rae-spoon-re... | via Complete Country Magazine

Miles Davis's Kind of Blue.

A new book by Mark Ribowsky explores the life, sound, and lasting influence of Chet Atkins, tracing how his guitar style helped shape the Nashville Sound and generations of music. zurl.co/U874y

We were trying to count down the New Year’s in Mexico City by watching the Chicago live feed and instead the screen froze on this poor dude’s face. Is he the spirit of 2026??

That is @ronsexsmith.bsky.social with the Sadies at @horseshoetavern.bsky.social tonight. His interaction with the Sadies involved songs by Cat Stevens, the Kinks, the Who and the Sadies, as well as cuts from his latest album. #TheyCallHimTheSeeker

Real lack of imagination when it comes to laying nicknames on players by the Raptors broadcasters. Collin Murray-Boyles is "CMB" and Brandon Ingram is "BI." Thank god I don't have to hear "Spicy P" any longer. #GetThatGarbageOutOfHere

Christmas Travellers Maud Lewis c. 1960

Hayden was Cameron Winter first. youtu.be/eaElsJE-7D4?...

The mugshot of the Canadians who bootlegged the 60 Minutes tape..

"Kids today" are the ones buying vinyl. Do they have record players though?

Attention, music nerds! We are now accepting applications to join the #Polaris2026 jury. More info: polarismusicprize.ca/jury-applica...

What do we call Lauryn Hill's giant white hat (besides "giant white hat")?