Brian Fauteux
@brianfauteux.bsky.social
Popular music and media studies professor at the University of Alberta. Co-host of WDWK on CJSR 88.5 FM. Polaris Prize jury. Alberta Music board.
Music in Orbit now available: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/music-in-orbit/paper
Music in Orbit now available: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/music-in-orbit/paper
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You can watch yesterday's Questions About Music talk on Music In Orbit on the series' YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/live/30JUwd5...
Got the news this week that I'll be promoted to full professor in july, so here's a nice picture of my kids at the office helping me write an article. Seriously grateful for excellent colleagues/friends and immensely inspiring students, and all that. ❤️
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Got the news this week that I'll be promoted to full professor in july, so here's a nice picture of my kids at the office helping me write an article. Seriously grateful for excellent colleagues/friends and immensely inspiring students, and all that. ❤️
You can watch yesterday's Questions About Music talk on Music In Orbit on the series' YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/live/30JUwd5...
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
You can watch yesterday's Questions About Music talk on Music In Orbit on the series' YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/live/30JUwd5...
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so funny that the bills ravens and chiefs all decided to do a silly one in the same season
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
so funny that the bills ravens and chiefs all decided to do a silly one in the same season
In half an hour I'll be chatting with Fabio Morabito about Music in Orbit as part of the Questions About Music lecture series.
You can join in here: www.ualberta.ca/en/music/con...
You can join in here: www.ualberta.ca/en/music/con...
Questions About Music | Brian Fauteux: Music in Orbit, or, The Value of Music in the Streaming Space Age
www.ualberta.ca
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
In half an hour I'll be chatting with Fabio Morabito about Music in Orbit as part of the Questions About Music lecture series.
You can join in here: www.ualberta.ca/en/music/con...
You can join in here: www.ualberta.ca/en/music/con...
"Trouble at the Henhouse," a beloved 1996 studio album by The Tragically Hip; or, what the server exclaims when I roll up for wing night.
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"Trouble at the Henhouse," a beloved 1996 studio album by The Tragically Hip; or, what the server exclaims when I roll up for wing night.
This Thursday 👇👇👇
Next Thursday I'll be in conversation with my colleague Fabio Morabito to discuss Music In Orbit as part of the Questions About Music series at the U of A. Open to public/livestreaming at this link: www.ualberta.ca/en/music/con...
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This Thursday 👇👇👇
They are discounting the Meta Glasses because nobody wants to be known as the local pervert.
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
They are discounting the Meta Glasses because nobody wants to be known as the local pervert.
They are calling it the most BlueSky post of all time
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
They are calling it the most BlueSky post of all time
Reposted by Brian Fauteux
A snow plow operator drove her vehicle through a crowd of Palestine supporters in Toronto this week.
“This just seems like part of a pattern of violence against Palestinians that’s going unchecked,” organizer Omar Mahmoud told me.
For @thegrindto.bsky.social
“This just seems like part of a pattern of violence against Palestinians that’s going unchecked,” organizer Omar Mahmoud told me.
For @thegrindto.bsky.social
Snowplow Operator Drives Through Pro-Palestine Demonstration
Despite videos of the incident being published and a photo showing the driver giving the finger to the pro-Palestine crowd, Toronto police say there was “no reason to believe there was any malicious…
www.thegrindmag.ca
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
A snow plow operator drove her vehicle through a crowd of Palestine supporters in Toronto this week.
“This just seems like part of a pattern of violence against Palestinians that’s going unchecked,” organizer Omar Mahmoud told me.
For @thegrindto.bsky.social
“This just seems like part of a pattern of violence against Palestinians that’s going unchecked,” organizer Omar Mahmoud told me.
For @thegrindto.bsky.social
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10 year milestone!
Host Caitlin Sian Richards has been guiding CJSR listeners to auditory vistas for a decade, with Imaginary Landscapes.
#yeg #radio #edmonton #yegradio
Host Caitlin Sian Richards has been guiding CJSR listeners to auditory vistas for a decade, with Imaginary Landscapes.
#yeg #radio #edmonton #yegradio
10 year journey into Imaginary Landscapes
Visit the post for more.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
More than ever you have simply got to give it up for anyone and anything that is doing it right and doing it well outside of the ghoulish major label-tech startup hellscape!
Major labels strike landmark deal to license catalogs for AI music startup
Major Labels Strike Landmark Deal To License Catalogs For AI Music Startup
It doesn’t matter if nobody actually wants AI music; the major labels are still going to push it on us. Reuters reports that Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Music Group, the three curren...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
More than ever you have simply got to give it up for anyone and anything that is doing it right and doing it well outside of the ghoulish major label-tech startup hellscape!
Reposted by Brian Fauteux
"Fixing the dysfunction in live entertainment requires looking at all the pieces. We must cap resale, create and enforce strong rules of the road to protect fans and workers, and we must break up Live Nation"
Could a New Ticketing Law in the U.K. Finally Curb Scalpers?
The U.K. said it plans on banning reselling tickets above face value in an effort to stop fans getting gouged for in-demand shows on the secondary market.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"Fixing the dysfunction in live entertainment requires looking at all the pieces. We must cap resale, create and enforce strong rules of the road to protect fans and workers, and we must break up Live Nation"
Amazing song to wake up to, drink coffee, make kids' lunches, and watch a pink sky turn to blue
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Amazing song to wake up to, drink coffee, make kids' lunches, and watch a pink sky turn to blue
It's important for universities to move to a "shared services" centralized model so you get to spend every day sending confused emails, getting website error messages, clicking on broken links and so forth. This is what gets you featured on the Maclean's Top Universities list
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 AM
It's important for universities to move to a "shared services" centralized model so you get to spend every day sending confused emails, getting website error messages, clicking on broken links and so forth. This is what gets you featured on the Maclean's Top Universities list
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I am pretty sure that when Merv Leitch and Peter Lougheed first created the notwithstanding clause, they didn’t mean it to be deployed to bully and oppress literal school children. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Alberta #notwithstandingclause
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I am pretty sure that when Merv Leitch and Peter Lougheed first created the notwithstanding clause, they didn’t mean it to be deployed to bully and oppress literal school children. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Alberta #notwithstandingclause
Next Thursday I'll be in conversation with my colleague Fabio Morabito to discuss Music In Orbit as part of the Questions About Music series at the U of A. Open to public/livestreaming at this link: www.ualberta.ca/en/music/con...
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Next Thursday I'll be in conversation with my colleague Fabio Morabito to discuss Music In Orbit as part of the Questions About Music series at the U of A. Open to public/livestreaming at this link: www.ualberta.ca/en/music/con...
I'm pretty aware of the shortcomings of some of the scholarly associations/conferences I'm a part of, but I'll often learn about what goes down in some of the ones I'm not a part of, and it's like, what the fuck?
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I'm pretty aware of the shortcomings of some of the scholarly associations/conferences I'm a part of, but I'll often learn about what goes down in some of the ones I'm not a part of, and it's like, what the fuck?
Happy birthday to Neil Young, the greatest songwriter of all time.
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Happy birthday to Neil Young, the greatest songwriter of all time.
Be extra careful today if you find yourself leaving fully loaded for Cleveland
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Be extra careful today if you find yourself leaving fully loaded for Cleveland
It's the final TWENTYFOURHOURS of the CJSR FUNDRIVE. What a wonderful time to donate !!!!
Starting soon!
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When I takeover at 3:00pm, I'm going to play a few songs by the highest charting artists (earshot charts) in Canadian campus radio history (or, since 2004)
listen.streamon.fm/cjsr
When I takeover at 3:00pm, I'm going to play a few songs by the highest charting artists (earshot charts) in Canadian campus radio history (or, since 2004)
November 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
It's the final TWENTYFOURHOURS of the CJSR FUNDRIVE. What a wonderful time to donate !!!!
Probably going to be GNX (?) but a Clipse AOTY would be so sick
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Probably going to be GNX (?) but a Clipse AOTY would be so sick
Important updates from my colleague at AMS
November 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Important updates from my colleague at AMS
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FUNDRIVE SZN!
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
FUNDRIVE SZN!