Stuart Berman

It was a simpler time.

YouTube video by Weird Nightmare Weird Nightmare - Might See You There (Official Video)

In other indie CanCon news: the new single from Weird Nightmare (aka Alex Edkins of Metz) is pure power-pop gold: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jGJ...

Followed by 4 Non Blondes and Seven Mary Three

On a related note: after playing the new BSS single on YouTube, the algorithm determined that the next thing I wanted to hear was Alice in Chains' "Heaven Beside You," which I guess makes sense if your favourite genre is "bands with three words in their name"

YouTube video by Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene - Not Around Anymore

Our long national nightmare is over, the first BSS album in 9 years is nigh: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJoq...

YouTube video by Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud How Catherine O'Hara made the whole world laugh

Today on Commotion, we gathered Baroness Von Sketch/Small Achievable Goals star Jennifer Whalen, Schitt's Creek producer Andrew Barnsley, and writer Paul Myers to pay tribute to the incomprable Catherine O'Hara: www.youtube.com/watch?v=89ZJ...

Want to bet Trump still tunes into the official halftime show and writes a 1000-word Truth Social post about Bad Bunny's performance?

Luther Vandross is the La La Land of Grammy winners

Yeah, that was very weird

Also not lost on me that every artist playing the ozzy tribute got a name card on screen and not one black artist got the same

All Slys slighted

Update: the Grammys read this post and put a quickie montage together after the commercial break

I was wondering that too... but you'd think he'd at least get the celebrity-testimonal treatment a la Brian Wilson and Bob Weir.

Also, giving Brian Wilson a boilerplate voiceover from Bruce felt a bit slight.

Um, did the Grammys forget Sly Stone died this year?

For a second there, I thought Biebs was going to bust into “Under the Bridge.” The ‘92 Frusciante vibes are strong with this one. #Grammys

Good times await!

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You’re on trend

Yeah I hadn’t been there since pre-Covid. Hope it becomes a more regular thing!

And here’s Slow Reader pulling a fast one.

There’s no better escape from the bitter cold and ambient misery of 2026 than venturing into an underground cave located on the second floor of a pizzeria, where two of #hamont’s finest indie-rock bands, Žuto (in the vid below) + Slow Reader, were kicking out jangle jams that go for the jugular.

It’s the law: if you’re a reformed Britpop band, at least one of your members has to be a long-haired greybeard who looks they’d rather be playing in Sunn O)))

A conversation with Lou Barlow from 1996 While he was on the road with Elliott Smith, the Sebadoh founder talked about Rush, Eric's Trip, how to properly pack for European tours, and the post-"Natural One" audience bump (or lack thereof)

This week in the stübermania newsletter: a 1996 phoner with Lou Barlow that (fun fact!) took place during a tour with Elliott Smith on the very same day and at the very same Tempe, Arizona club where the cover photo for 'Either/Or' was taken: stubermania.substack.com/p/a-conversa...

Losing Diane Keaton and Rob Reiner and Catherine O'Hara in quick succession is a pretty big blow for people who enjoy elementary things such as "laughter" and "joy"

Catherine O'Hara's Radical Freedom From Vanity The comedy legend, who died on Friday at 71, excelled at playing vain, delusional characters because she never was one

I loved Catherine O'Hara so much, and it especially impressed me that she brilliantly embodied all of these vain, delusional, over-the-top women but never stopped being a self-aware, human-scale person. So here's a tribute to that, and her

Catherine O'Hara Dead at 71 Catherine O'Hara -- famous for her work in "Schitt's Creek," "Home Alone," and "Best In Show" -- is dead ... TMZ has learned.

There is no good news in 2026. RIP to a Canadian queen. www.tmz.com/2026/01/30/c...

A conversation with Lou Barlow from 1996 While he was on the road with Elliott Smith, the Sebadoh founder talked about Rush, Eric's Trip, how to properly pack for European tours, and the post-"Natural One" audience bump (or lack thereof)

This week in the stübermania newsletter: a 1996 phoner with Lou Barlow that (fun fact!) took place during a tour with Elliott Smith on the very same day and at the very same Tempe, Arizona club where the cover photo for 'Either/Or' was taken: stubermania.substack.com/p/a-conversa...

🚨Want to know which Canadian companies are profiting off of ICE and Trump’s violent mass deportation agenda?

Well I just spent the last few days digging into exactly that.

Here are the companies I found, how much they’re making, and whether they’re getting Canadian taxpayer dollars.

Sneak peek:

Is there an Alan Smithee for dolly grips?

Begging you all to set aside five minutes to watch this 21 times consecutively