Pop Montreal, day 3

Seeded on Fri Oct 5, 2007 3:34 PM EDT (Maisonneuve Magazine)

Pop Montreal picks up speed coming into the weekend, complete with slick, bearded rock guys, Houston rap vets and street DJs, and local heroes that will break your heart.

entertainment, music, montreal, pop-montreal

Ian Mackaye is not dead; punk rock remains in critical condition

Seeded on Wed Oct 3, 2007 1:33 PM EDT (The Baltimore Sun)

Some bored teenager posts on Myspace and Wikipedia saying that Fugazi frontman Ian Mackaye is dead. Dead-tree media engage in obsolete and no-fun "research" and "reporting" to set the record straight.

entertainment, baltimore-sun, punk, dischord, ian-mackaye

Getting ready for a raucous Pop Montreal

Seeded on Tue Oct 2, 2007 7:23 PM EDT (Maisonneuve Magazine)

Year six of Pop Montreal and the city hovers in anticipation, like the silence before a guitar chord.

entertainment, canada, music, montreal, pop-montreal, gratuitous-reference-to-jewish-holiday

MediaScout 01-10-07: A tricky dance, a repugnant partner

Seeded on Mon Oct 1, 2007 3:25 PM EDT (Maisonneuve Magazine)

Canada's definitive morning briefing of top media sources:

canada, afghanistan, taliban, world-news, hamid-karzai, burma, drug-policy, cbc-news, john-tory, dalton-mcguinty

Negotiation proposal gives glimpse into split Taliban leadership

Seeded on Mon Oct 1, 2007 11:01 AM EDT (The Globe and Mail)

Hamid Karzai's offer to negotiate with the Taliban has rumoredly split the leadership of the extremist group, giving observers a rare look at the divisions in its ruling council. Good work from the Globe and Mail's Graeme Smith.

afghanistan, taliban, world-news, peace-talks, karzai