Archive | July, 2008
The four dimensions of records management projects

The four dimensions of records management projects

In conversation with a customer last week, I was struck by how complex and confusing records management projects can be. Even for larger organizations that have invested in records management professionals, understanding the business, technology and legal factors involved in becoming compliant can be challenging. Taking on the task of implementing a records management initiative [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 }
Seeed Live

Listening to: Seeed, Live

Reggae from Germany. Why not? Is it surprising that Germans can get their groove on and sound indistinguishable from Jamaicans? Francophone Europe has a long tradition of embracing reggae, particularly reggae from Africa (Alpha Blondy, Lucky Dube, etc.). Germany has, in the last few years, developed its own authentic reggae/dancehall scene with acts like Gentleman, [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 }
Funky Nassau

Listening to: Funky Nassau: The Compass Point Story 1980-1986

This is a really great little compilation that neatly summarizes an era and a particular sound. Compass Point was Island Records’ founder Chris Blackwell’s studio in Nassau in the Bahamas. It was a very popular recording studio in the early 1980s – lots of ‘big’ acts recorded ‘big’ records there, like AC/DC’s Back in Black [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 }

Oliver Schroer dies at 52

Sad news this morning on CBC Radio 1: Toronto fiddler Oliver Schroer died from leukemia on July 3, 2008. I had only recently discovered Oliver’s music and blogged about it at length. Sensitive obits from TheStar.com here and here.

Read full story · Comments { 0 }
Blue and gold Macaws

Similarities

The New Yorker recently ran an article about American Idol in which its (very perceptive) rock critic, Sasha Frere-Jones, observes that “pop is too old to have a single, collective memory anymore.” He saw evidence of this during the show’s Beatles weeks, where it was clear that many of the (young) contestants didn’t know the [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 }
ABBA The Visitors

Listening to: ABBA, The Visitors

I’ve had a 26-year love affair with this album. This was one of the first records I bought with my own money. I was 11 or 12 when it came out. ABBA was accessible, wonderfully well-produced, very very catchy yet musically complex pop. In a way, perhaps the last 2 or 3 ABBA albums are [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 }