Author: m-c

Universal Music’s catalog available for free legal downloading

NEW YORK (Reuters) – SpiralFrog, a new music download service, on Tuesday said it would make Vivendi’s Universal Music Group’s catalog available for free legal downloading in the United States and Canada. The new advertising-supported service, due to launch later this year, joins the ranks of rivals battling for a piece of the digital music… Continue reading Universal Music’s catalog available for free legal downloading

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Going out

Tonite – Ce soir SOIRÉE RISQUÉE 21 ARK – Live (Circus Company, Perlon / France) AKUFEN – Dj (Musique Risquée) VINCENT LEMIEUX – Dj (Musique Risquée) 22H00, Academy Club, 4445 St-Laurent – 8$

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Web designer wanted

Je suis à la recherche de designers web senior, maitrise de flash serais un +. me contacter à mcturgeon (at) gmail.com

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kijiji en ville et en région

‘Kijiji est un groupe de sites Web communautaires de petites annonces gratuites et locales. (…) Le mot ” kijiji ” signifie ” village ” en swahili. Ce nom a été choisi parce qu’il traduit bien l’essentiel de ce que nous développons – un site où des personnes peuvent établir des liens dans leur communauté. Les… Continue reading kijiji en ville et en région

Wanna be journalist?

BBC now offers free online course for aspiring journalist. Television, radio, preproduction, interview techniques and so on: ‘These online modules and guides are free for you to use. They were originally designed for BBC staff and in publishing them here we have not made many editorial changes to them.‘ Link to BBC crash course here.… Continue reading Wanna be journalist?

Au monde des paresseux

on aime que le vin nous soit livré à la porte, de manière éviter la pénurie de vin à la maison, la file d’attente à la SAQ et le transport des bouteilles lourdes. Surtout qu’il faudrait pas se le cacher : l’hiver s’en vient! À suivre avec l’épicerie en ligne.

Prendre l’avion n’est plus chose simple

… et comme le suggère Stéphane Laporte, le nudisme aura peut-être raison sur le terrorisme aérien : ‚ÄúPrendre l’avion nu, c’est la seule solution. Les autorités aéroportuaires devraient exiger que tous passagers embarquant dans un avion soient nus. Complètement nus.‚Äù La suite, ici. Et pendant que j’y suis, mention spéciale à Stéphane Laporte, un des… Continue reading Prendre l’avion n’est plus chose simple

Painting auction

New artwork coming soon, I placed 4 of my old paintings for sale on Ebay: Chanel, Red, Gaulthier, Blue.

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La Chatte Bottée

Good ideas flowing from everywhere: Nika and Carole invite all ladies, once every month, to have a look at their carefully chosen collection of vintage shoes, with drinks and more – a must! ‟Born out of a need for fabulous vintage shoes and a certain disdain for cookie-cutter styles offered by major retailers, best friends… Continue reading La Chatte Bottée

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Bitform

For digital art lovers, here are some of my favorites digital art pieces from New York based Bitforms gallery: Daniel Rozin, view video here, his work on flickr. Rafael Lozano Hemmer, view video here, official website here.

Streetart: Freaklub Barcelona

Chris pointed me to Freaklub, a street art collective who’s grafiti are covering Barcelona. Link to unofficial fan site, Freaklub on flickr, interview,

Filling my Sketchbook

I’ve got so less to say today, but my sketchbook is getting a little more filled with new drawings. You’ll find new illustrations on flickr as soon as i can scan them, but for now here is some stuff from 2003.

Mass media vs. niche media: the end of the one to many era, a new start for traditional media

I know i am not the best blogger these days, tending to prefer enjoying the sun on my balcony instead of sharing thoughts on the wild wild web. Still, things are moving and we’re working quite a lot. Here is a document we worked on in the last days. “The focus of traditional mass media… Continue reading Mass media vs. niche media: the end of the one to many era, a new start for traditional media

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Broken LCD

No this is not a new cool band. Me and Chris are looking for cheap LCD screens for an art project. The screens do not need to be in perfect shape. For more infos get in touch: mcturgeon * at * gmail.com

Pause

Je reviendrai, en attendant, bonnes vacances!

Kerblog

mazen kerbaj’s blog from beirut: free improvised music + comics + bombs + drawings. via chris.

Things

Some of the things that made me smile in the last days: Seb’s mia and tao, Chris’s hairs.

Casecamp

This picture was taken last week after we’ve been attending the first Casecamp event in Montreal. A bunch of marketing people around me, i could have felt at the wrong place – but no, listening to case studies from people working in a different field then mine was quite inspiring and it got us to… Continue reading Casecamp

L’Elektrik au Festival d’Été de Québec

Propos recueillis par l’Elektrik Erik pour Vu d’ici. * J’ai été mandaté par M-C à ceci : ‘j’aimerais bien avoir ta collaboration pour parler de musique locale – cd ou show de la semaine, découverte musicale, comme tu veux.’ Alors j’ai décidé d’accepter l’offre et de faire un Olivier Robillard Laveaux (voir le Voir) de… Continue reading L’Elektrik au Festival d’Été de Québec

Culture byte: Malcolm McLaren

Malcolm McLaren (born 22 January 1946) is an English impresario and self-publicist who is best known as being the manager of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols. … He had been attracted to the Situationist International movement, which promoted absurdist and provocative actions as a way of enacting social change. … In 1971 McLaren… Continue reading Culture byte: Malcolm McLaren

Portraits de blogueurs

J’ai eu le plaisir de m’entretenir avec Philipe pour la sixième édition de la série ‘Portraits de blogueurs’. Vous pouvez visionner l’entrevue ici.