Brad Wheeler
@bradwheelerglobe.bsky.social
Music writer at The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper.
Razor-sharp, entertaining read.
"All the surf and smoke and Didionesque stylings in the world cannot disguise the central problem with ‘American Canto’: It is not honest," Helen Lewis argues. theatln.tc/3UOQskEP
December 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Razor-sharp, entertaining read.
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Funniest part of an NFL football game is when the defense gets a turnover and very briefly the football team turns into the theatre club and they do their little performance they rehearsed that week.
December 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Funniest part of an NFL football game is when the defense gets a turnover and very briefly the football team turns into the theatre club and they do their little performance they rehearsed that week.
Stunning concert by Elisapie at Danforth Music Hall tonight. The main set of the meditation on loss and a celebration of music radio ended with an Inuktitut cover of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here.
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Stunning concert by Elisapie at Danforth Music Hall tonight. The main set of the meditation on loss and a celebration of music radio ended with an Inuktitut cover of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here.
New Chevrolet holiday commercial and sentimental short film uses the 2007 Cinematic Orchestra song To Build a Home, featuring vocals and piano by Montreal's Patrick Watson, who co-wrote the song.
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Memory Lane | Chevrolet Holiday Commercial 2025
YouTube video by Chevrolet
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November 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
New Chevrolet holiday commercial and sentimental short film uses the 2007 Cinematic Orchestra song To Build a Home, featuring vocals and piano by Montreal's Patrick Watson, who co-wrote the song.
youtube.com/watch?v=NB-D...
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You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
What's a great song featuring the flute?
November 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Wow.
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Wow.
Glorious.
Album du Jour: “Superstars Salute New Massey Hall” - Various Artists. An oddball find that was released in 1978.
#Music #MusicSky #NowListening #VinylCollection #VinylSky #LPSky
#Music #MusicSky #NowListening #VinylCollection #VinylSky #LPSky
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Glorious.
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The HBO documentary PAUL ANKA: HIS WAY, chronicling seven decades of singer-songwriter Paul Anka's life and reinvention, debuts on HBO and HBO Max on December 1st. zurl.co/l0GHF
HBO Original Documentary PAUL ANKA: HIS WAY Debuts December 1 - That Eric Alper
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November 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The HBO documentary PAUL ANKA: HIS WAY, chronicling seven decades of singer-songwriter Paul Anka's life and reinvention, debuts on HBO and HBO Max on December 1st. zurl.co/l0GHF
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Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots
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November 22, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
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Former CEO of his dad's company has job search tips for the general public.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Former CEO of his dad's company has job search tips for the general public.
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“I didn’t know I didn’t have Cherokee on my father’s side of the family until I saw the genealogical evidence. As soon as I saw it, I was fairly sure it was accurate. It’s pretty clear.” @bradwheelerglobe.bsky.social spoke with #ThomasKing in an exclusive interview. #booksky #reading #CanLit 1/2
Inconvenient Indian author Thomas King says he is not part Cherokee
Writer ‘still in shock’ after a whistle-blowing organization showed him genealogical evidence that he wasn’t part Indigenous as he originally assumed
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November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“I didn’t know I didn’t have Cherokee on my father’s side of the family until I saw the genealogical evidence. As soon as I saw it, I was fairly sure it was accurate. It’s pretty clear.” @bradwheelerglobe.bsky.social spoke with #ThomasKing in an exclusive interview. #booksky #reading #CanLit 1/2
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As someone who is this guy's age I can tell you 100% that if you were into Pixies, Nirvana, 120 Minutes stuff, etc. but didn't like the Beatles you had to have worked hard to contort yourself into that special little box. Your enemy, if you absolutely needed one, was hair metal. GTFO here with this.
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
As someone who is this guy's age I can tell you 100% that if you were into Pixies, Nirvana, 120 Minutes stuff, etc. but didn't like the Beatles you had to have worked hard to contort yourself into that special little box. Your enemy, if you absolutely needed one, was hair metal. GTFO here with this.
Perfectly ragged, just right for corduroy weather.
Tune in to The Indigiverse on SiriusXM Canada today, tomorrow, and Sunday and hear Evan Redsky's new album 'The Language of Fishermen' one song an hour, with Evan taking you through the tracks and telling the stories behind the music. www.siriusxm.ca/channels/the...
November 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Perfectly ragged, just right for corduroy weather.
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Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
The Pig Is in the White House
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
I can't decide what to listen to. Gonna just go with Ron.
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I can't decide what to listen to. Gonna just go with Ron.
A giant Ron Sexsmith, at the Danforth Music Hall. Like a Batman projection over the skies of Gotham, if it is flashed he will come. Ron's expected shortly. The fate of the night is in his hands.
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A giant Ron Sexsmith, at the Danforth Music Hall. Like a Batman projection over the skies of Gotham, if it is flashed he will come. Ron's expected shortly. The fate of the night is in his hands.
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Borrowed @bradwheelerglobe.bsky.social's beat for the weekend and reviewed the divine Sarah McLachlan at Massey Hall. Those high notes on Fear are something else, man.
In @theglobeandmail.com today:
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/musi...
In @theglobeandmail.com today:
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/musi...
Sarah McLachlan time-travels back to the ‘90s in intimate Massey Hall concert
After a bout of tour-pausing laryngitis, the Canadian singer is back onstage in luxurious voice
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November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Borrowed @bradwheelerglobe.bsky.social's beat for the weekend and reviewed the divine Sarah McLachlan at Massey Hall. Those high notes on Fear are something else, man.
In @theglobeandmail.com today:
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/musi...
In @theglobeandmail.com today:
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/musi...
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Countdown to Neil’s 80th 🎂 in 3 days. from @bradwheelerglobe.bsky.social
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As Neil Young turns 80, his Canadian roots mean more than ever before
On Nov. 12, a host of Canadian artists will celebrate the Ontario native’s birthday at Toronto’s Massey Hall
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November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Countdown to Neil’s 80th 🎂 in 3 days. from @bradwheelerglobe.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/musi...
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The man himself:
November 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The man himself:
"Next stop Chi Town."
Tonight, at the beautiful Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, looking forward to Boz Scaggs.
Tonight, at the beautiful Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, looking forward to Boz Scaggs.
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"Next stop Chi Town."
Tonight, at the beautiful Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, looking forward to Boz Scaggs.
Tonight, at the beautiful Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, looking forward to Boz Scaggs.
A reader's comment on my Rush reunion story. The way people can be proud of their own ignorance, I can't even.
November 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A reader's comment on my Rush reunion story. The way people can be proud of their own ignorance, I can't even.