Archive for January, 2009
Music preferences of BC transit users: prefer classical – all ages
Friday, January 16th, 2009In December 2008 NRG Research Group did a survey for TransLink Listens, a self-selected group of “advisors” to TransLink, the public transit umbrella for Metro Vancouver. Here’s an excerpt: “What type of music would you support being played inside SkyTrain stations on a trial basis? (Check one or more)” Out of 2843 SkyTrain riders who [...]
Have we no pride?
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009ROBERT J. MULVANEY January 2, 2009 Columbia, S.C. — Will CBC Radio 2′s current tsunami of idiocy never cease (Naming Those Tunes That Define Canada – Dec. 30)? Having just heard the dazzling Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman sing in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony on U.S. National Public Radio, and having recently seen the brilliant Michael Schade [...]
Tune in to geography?
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009MAX TITBORK January 6, 2009 Ottawa — So CBC Radio 2 has a scheme to send 49 songs from above the 49th parallel to Barack Obama to make him more aware of Canada (Naming Those Tunes That Define Canada – Review, Dec. 30). Mr. Obama probably knows this, but it appears the CBC does not: [...]
Requiem for a Radio
Thursday, January 1st, 2009On November 4, I removed the radio from the window ledge, dusted its wooden top, and wrapped the thin wires around its body. For years its music and CBC radio announcers had kept me company in the office, offering me one delicious classical piece after another. Often the music simply played in the background, a [...]