Acts of Volition

It’s been a few months since my last session of Acts of Volition Radio was recorded. I’m back with six fantastic songs.  •  Acts of Volition Radio: Session Twenty Four (34MB Ogg Vorbis) (or 40MB MP3)  •  Back with six great songs. Recorded Sunday, April 2, 2006 by Steven Garrity. Run time: 34min …

The East Coast Music Awards were in Charlottetown this past weekend and I enjoyed some great live music by Matt Mays & El Torpedo, Joel Plaskett, Wintersleep, Mir, and lots of traditional East Coast artists.  •  The true highlight of the weekend, though, was Cape Breton songwriter JP Cormier’s …

It was by far the least punctual wedding gift we received (about five months late), and it isn’t something that both of us an really enjoy, but the gift that arrived today has to be the most awesome of all.  •  My good friend Alan at Gen X at 40 bought me a wah-wah pedal. A genuine Dunlop Crybaby …

My last session of Acts of Volition Radio was recorded in the waning days of my bachelorhood. Though this session now features a married host, the music continues to rock (though sometimes gently). I'm as excited about sharing these great songs as I was when recording the first session. This …

In the forums on the Sony Music website, Tim Foreman of the band Switchfoot talks about the copy protection on their CD:  •  “Hello friends,  •  my heart is heavy with this whole copy-protection thing. Many PC users have posted problems that they have had importing the new songs (regular disc only …

Despite having locked-out their employees, the CBC continues to do cool things (somehow).  •  The CBC Radio 3 Podcast features Canadian emerging artists who have given the CBC the ok to share their music online. If that wasn’t cool enough, the show is now available in the free and open-source … read more »

I had a request from a journalist to give some thoughts on “podcasting”. As I mention below, I’m still a bit lamed-out by the actual term “podcasting”, but if it helps people learn about cool audio online, then I can live with it. It’s no worse than “blog” anyhow.  •  I figured my email response … read more »

This, the 22nd session of Acts of Volition Radio, was recorded the the safe-harbour of my office on a Saturday night. Meanwhile, back at my house (from which I was temporarily banished), my bride-to-be and her friends celebrated the waning days of her life as a single woman. The songs don't really …

Just as I was feeling good about humanity, I visit the CBC Streaming Audio page only to see this message:  •  “Due to rights issues around the Live 8 concert, CBC.ca will stop streaming all CBC Radio One signals at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday, July 2. The streaming will resume sometime after 4 a.m. ET … read more »