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I am incensed. This is all so heartbreaking and despicable. The Iranian people do not deserve this violence. We do not deserve this governance. The world does not deserve this. These outrages must end.

Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud Every day, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud brings you the most urgent, joyful, captivating discussions in all of arts, pop culture, and entertainment.

Had a great time on CBC's #Commotion this a.m. talkin' Neil Young, Benson Boone, Sabrina Carpenter, & the death of the Viletones' Steven Leckie w/ @rosield.bsky.social, @vishkhanna.bsky.social, & @elamin.bsky.social! Catch the extended mix on your podcast app later today. www.cbc.ca/arts/commotion

We're co-presenting five stacked shows at this year's Suoni Per Il Popolo festival in Montreal!

To celebrate our 5th anniversary, we're also offering a subscription deal - $5/month with proof of a ticket to one of these gigs!

Tickets & lineup here: suoniperilpopolo.org

'COVID Ripped Up the Playbook': These Canadian Music Festivals Have Called For Support or Closed Since 2023 Festivals are facing tough post-lockdown circumstances, from rising production costs to fewer corporate sponsorships to hesitant audiences.

Good @rosield.bsky.social roundup of Canadian music festivals that have recently shut down or gone public about their struggles: ca.billboard.com/business/tou...

i love my n+1 subscription! hits harder in print!

On Friday night, n+1—alongside many of our peer nonprofit arts organizations—received notice that our 2025 NEA grant has been terminated due to the Trump administration’s “shifting funding priorities.” We knew this might be coming, but receiving the official notice was still jarring, as was some of the messaging itself. It’s unclear to us whether we’ll still be able to recover the money we’ve been promised this year—a $12,500 grant meant to help us pay our authors, our editors, and to have the magazine printed and distributed to our readers. We’ve requested the funds we’ve already spent, and now we’re waiting to see if the money will come through. We’re trying to stay optimistic, but with the administration’s other announcement this week that the NEA might be shut down in its entirety, it’s hard to do so. I’m writing to ask for two things—first, for short-term, immediate assistance to help us replace these funds. You can make a donation through our website, or—if you’re in New York and free on June 10—you can buy a ticket to our annual benefit, the N Plus Ultra. Second, we ask for your ongoing support amid the challenges that we, and other small magazines, are already beginning to face. You can do that by subscribing, of course, convincing your friends to subscribe (or simply sending them a gift subscription), or by buying a bit of merch from our shop. And maybe most meaningfully, you can share the n+1 pieces you’re reading and stay engaged with (and be vocal in your support of) the independent media you care about most. We’ll need all the help we can get. With gratitude, Dani Oliver Development Director, n+1

Our NEA grant was canceled.

Here’s a letter from our development director about what’s happening.

Hello! Starting this summer I will be the new EIC at Maisonneuve, as @nourabinakhoul.bsky.social heads to Shanghai to work on her second novel.

Thanks to Nour and Jen Varkonyi for bringing me on board - and if you're interested in writing for the mag, let's chat :)

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ISSUE 22: CIRCUITRY Exploring the relationships between people, music and technology in our 22nd issue.

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Our 22nd issue, CIRCUITRY, is here!

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🎨by @tombeedham.bsky.social and @therewasnosound.bsky.social

They're The Stars Rosie Long Decter writes about Rock Camp Montreal empowering queer and trans youth

Rosie Long Decter (@rosield.bsky.social) profiled Rock Camp Montreal, where girls, non-binary, and gender-non-conforming youth form bands, write music, and perform live, and "where the broader aim is to provide education in grassroots feminist arts and politics."

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The slope isn't slippery; the frog isn't gradually getting boiled. Within its first hundred days the Trump administration has openly asserted the right/ power to seize and imprison anyone— including political dissidents, including citizens— and deprive them of any legal recourse at all.

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Always Dreaming - On Diamond Jubilee and Hauntology What is Cindy Lee haunted by? Or, who is she haunting?

Cindy Lee’s Diamond Jubilee turns one today 💎

Revisit @rosield.bsky.social ‘s essay on the 21st c masterpiece, reading it through the lens of Mark Fisher’s hauntology, from
our reviews issue:

newfeeling.ca/2025/01/23/a...

They are rounding up the students. Anyone acting like this isn’t a 4 alarm fire is deluded.

i'm not even allergic to cringe and i'm cringed out by artists constantly these days myself included

it is so unfortunate that musicians have to simp for attention on the apps now to have a career like it's actively making me like music less... all our musical heroes got to have mystique and an air of cool and today's indie kids are doing tiktok dances for 12 year olds.....

hard to believe covid-19 pandemic began five years ago and hard to wrap my head around how much it has remade the world

Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...

Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About

BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.

NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.

Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.

His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre endorses cultural boycott of Israel, joining 17 other Canadian performing arts organizations "We want to be part of a larger conversation about the way that art and cultural production are never apolitical,” said ted witzel, the artistic director of Buddies.

#NEW: Buddies in Bad Times Theatre — the largest queer theatre company in the world — has endorsed a cultural boycott of Israel, along with 17 other Canadian performing arts orgs.

“There is no queer liberation without the liberation of Palestine."

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If Canada wants to lean all in on their Made in Canada bullshit they should bring back CBC Radio 3

I'm looking to interview some L.A.-based musicians or engineers/producers/etc who lost instruments or gear in the wildfires. If you're willing to chat for a magazine story, please DM or email me. Thank you.

obviously reductive but idk seeing a lot more all-dude lineups again and general hero worship of boring boys...

i have no data to quantify this but just vibes wise it seems like popular indie rock has circled back around from the women-led late 2010s (mitski, michelle, phoebe etc.) to 'dudes rock' in a funny parallel of the late 90s to early 2000s... (lilith fair fare to the strokes/killers/monkeys)...

i was so resistant to the cameron winter album but that shit is unfortunately rly good ... i am a heavy metal man......

Doug Ford’s Government Has Been Disastrous For Workers An interview with the editors of a new book, Against the People: How Ford Nation Is Dismantling Ontario.

"At the core of this book is the question: Are Ontarians better off today than when the Ford government first came to power? In nearly all cases, the answer is unequivocally no."

Great overview of Ford govt's legacy to date in
@readthemaple.bsky.social:

www.readthemaple.com/doug-fords-g...

re-watching the white lotus season 1 and turns out it's actually about how we could have prevented the incel/maga-ification of gen z boys by taking away their phones and giving them beach

I was shown a letter from one grantee who was specifically flagged for non-compliance because their grant application includes the term "racial equity." They must now literally certify they are not doing any racial equity-related work. Crazy, totalitarian, racist conduct by the feds right now.

boycotts are annoying and inconvenient and disruptive and they work!!! grateful for the writers who stuck to their principles while so many were hand-wringing over what would happen to 'canadian literature'

CP NewsAlert: Giller Prize cuts ties with lead sponsor Scotiabank The Giller Prize has cut ties with its lead sponsor Scotiabank more than a year after members of the literary community began protesting the bank's ties to an Israeli arms

#Breaking: Giller Foundation ends its decades-long partnership with Scotiabank

Mainstream media paved the way for Trump's anti-trans policies | Xtra Magazine OPINION: Years of questionable coverage manufactured consent for Trump’s executive order targeting gender-affirming care

Each biased piece of coverage has chipped away at the legitimacy of gender-affirming care—and built a top-of-mind fear and discomfort surrounding transness in a population that in all likelihood scarcely thought of trans people at all a mere decade ago.  
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Canadian Live Music Association Releases The First-Ever Economic Impact Assessment of Live Music in Canada Hear and Now by the CLMA emphasizes the industry as a key contributor to the Canadian economy, with $10.92 billion in GDP impact. But, at the same time, the industry is facing some major challenges.

the average salary for canadian live music industry workers is just $31,000, according to a new first-of-its-kind report:

ca.billboard.com/business/tou...