Brian Fauteux

Saw some really great bands at Winterruption last night. Had one beer that was ice cold and one that was room temperature. That's how it goes sometimes. Might have to do it all again tonight.

Every job in my field was like, AI and Media, and now it's like, AI and Media (but maybe it's a little bit bad)

I mean, it doesn't really matter this year, does it?

I think it would be really helpful if everyone posting their very cool takes on the state of music journalism this week would also encourage people to subscribe to worker-owned outlets & support independent writers trying to make new things happen

Me, checking my email one last time on my death bed in 2067: "You have received a new comment on your review of 'Animal Collective: Centipede Hz.'"

I'll see what I can do

$50 it is

Persistent pessimism is one way to put it

The annual grad conference in Music at the University of Alberta is going down April 23 and 24th, with a deadline for submissions of February 20th. Dr. Judith Klassen, Curator for Music and Performing Arts at the Canadian Museum of History, will be giving the keynote.

Feel for the Bills. Losing to a guy named Bo Nix is just brutal stuff.

I see the point about how it's difficult to say, yes this counts as AI and is banned, or that this doesn't and is permitted. But more importantly, Bandcamp's move signals a resistance to tech industry influence in music communities, and narratives of AI inevitably, and is valuable as such.

Issue 51: David Lynch Archives - Bright Wall/Dark Room September 2017

A truly awful day for movies and art, losing one of the most singular and brilliant voices to ever make them.

We've unlocked our full David Lynch issue from 2017, which is now entirely free to read.

R.I.P. Mr. Lynch, and thank you forever for the work and example you left us.

Almost had to post my music grid here

Charts | Week ending January 12, 2026 Visit the post for more.

CJSR Top 30 topped by three Canadian acts!
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Nothing a little walk to get a coffee couldn't solve

Yesterday my students were like, yeah the only people excited about using new AI features are my grandparents

A Founding Father of NPR Worries About Its Fate

Bill Siemering, founding program director of NPR, author of its mission statement, has asked me to inquire if any profs might be interested in a Zoom class visit? No honorarium necessary. Bill founded All Things Considered, Fresh Air, won a MacArthur, etc.

Hard to read this after years of admin staff layoffs, cuts to teaching plans, increased minimum enrollments and threats of course cancellations, tuition increases, and so forth. I want to know in what ways these expenses are for the purpose or remedying these issues, if they are

It's with the other pastes and glues

World Police ass country

I saw a post or heard something on the radio making the argument that opposing AI data centres in your neighbourhood is NIMBYism. But some things can just be objectively bad and people can oppose them here or there or wherever. We can ask questions about whether they are necessary.

Went roast mode

You've heard of dry January but have you heard of regular January where you just do things regular like every other month

I hope there's a Tears for Fears needle drop in The Odyssey

Most played albums | 2025 Visit the post for more.

CJSR's most played albums of 2025 — all 88.5 of em!
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2025's 10x10

Tracklist from my hour:

Isiah Whitlock Jr. (1954–2025)