josh o'kane
@joshokane.bsky.social
"A dogged reporter with a weakness for bad jokes." Business of arts for @globeandmail. Wrote Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy. [email protected]
I like Turnstile as much as any greying millennial white guy doing a poor job at clinging to youth by embracing the music and aesthetics of a skate culture designed for people 20+ years his junior, but I'm pretty sure this isn't right
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I like Turnstile as much as any greying millennial white guy doing a poor job at clinging to youth by embracing the music and aesthetics of a skate culture designed for people 20+ years his junior, but I'm pretty sure this isn't right
I am looking forward to a relaxing game of baseball
October 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I am looking forward to a relaxing game of baseball
Hear me out (niche maritimer post)
October 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Hear me out (niche maritimer post)
Congratulations to my colleague @alexposadzki.bsky.social for winning this year’s National Business Book Award for the incredible Rogers v Rogers
October 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Congratulations to my colleague @alexposadzki.bsky.social for winning this year’s National Business Book Award for the incredible Rogers v Rogers
Baseball rules, the @bluejays.com rule, my mom rules, the jumbotron rules
October 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Baseball rules, the @bluejays.com rule, my mom rules, the jumbotron rules
They don’t make book covers like they used to
October 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
They don’t make book covers like they used to
Off for a few weeks and Trying Not To Post but… I just found two of my biggest grails at Rotate This
Ghostface is a new repress (which is fine since the only original I’ve ever seen was priced at $400) but Stephen Malkmus self-titled is a 2001 original. Gorgeous bridge between Pavement and Jicks
Ghostface is a new repress (which is fine since the only original I’ve ever seen was priced at $400) but Stephen Malkmus self-titled is a 2001 original. Gorgeous bridge between Pavement and Jicks
September 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Off for a few weeks and Trying Not To Post but… I just found two of my biggest grails at Rotate This
Ghostface is a new repress (which is fine since the only original I’ve ever seen was priced at $400) but Stephen Malkmus self-titled is a 2001 original. Gorgeous bridge between Pavement and Jicks
Ghostface is a new repress (which is fine since the only original I’ve ever seen was priced at $400) but Stephen Malkmus self-titled is a 2001 original. Gorgeous bridge between Pavement and Jicks
Finally got to get back to Saint John for the annual Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Festival
July 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Finally got to get back to Saint John for the annual Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Festival
And for transparency, this was my 20-album ballot.... justice for Big Shiny Tunes 2
June 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
And for transparency, this was my 20-album ballot.... justice for Big Shiny Tunes 2
This is the latest edition of Josh Reports From Vacation For Some Reason, but at least this time I was haunted by a mascot that will remain seared in my brain forever
June 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is the latest edition of Josh Reports From Vacation For Some Reason, but at least this time I was haunted by a mascot that will remain seared in my brain forever
At the @polarismusicprize.bsky.social 40-album long list announcement with nice piece of news: on top of feting albums, there will be a new song prize in partnership with SOCAN, worth $10,000
June 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
At the @polarismusicprize.bsky.social 40-album long list announcement with nice piece of news: on top of feting albums, there will be a new song prize in partnership with SOCAN, worth $10,000
The Toronto Maple Leafs
May 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The Toronto Maple Leafs
The bakery in the Kyoto central railway terminal where I got a sandwich this morning has called the election for the Liberals
April 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The bakery in the Kyoto central railway terminal where I got a sandwich this morning has called the election for the Liberals
Been awake 24 hours. Been in Tokyo 4 hours. Already at the @otobokebeaver.bsky.social show
April 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Been awake 24 hours. Been in Tokyo 4 hours. Already at the @otobokebeaver.bsky.social show
Been trying to figure out whether books have been removed from Canada's list of potential countertariffs. Turns out they haven't, but they could be removed in the future. Govt hasn't made a decision; just proceeding with already-announced tariffs. Ministry of Finance statement:
April 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Been trying to figure out whether books have been removed from Canada's list of potential countertariffs. Turns out they haven't, but they could be removed in the future. Govt hasn't made a decision; just proceeding with already-announced tariffs. Ministry of Finance statement:
Now playing: a little piece of New Brunswick history
April 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Now playing: a little piece of New Brunswick history
From the inbox: the Stratford Festival had a $1.1M deficit last season -- despite cutting 4% of costs, revenue is down on multiple fronts
April 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
From the inbox: the Stratford Festival had a $1.1M deficit last season -- despite cutting 4% of costs, revenue is down on multiple fronts
Today over at X, sponsored ads include....a scan of a headline 19 pages deep in the Montreal Gazette from a dozen years ago about a project that was cancelled eight years ago
March 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Today over at X, sponsored ads include....a scan of a headline 19 pages deep in the Montreal Gazette from a dozen years ago about a project that was cancelled eight years ago
One nice thing about living in Davenport is that you can advance vote at the site of the conception of one of the greatest Canadian rock operas of all time (Fucked Up's David Comes to Life): the Dufferin Mall food court
February 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
One nice thing about living in Davenport is that you can advance vote at the site of the conception of one of the greatest Canadian rock operas of all time (Fucked Up's David Comes to Life): the Dufferin Mall food court
I love the Miramichi
February 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I love the Miramichi