John Dupuis
Science & Engineering Librarian, Steacie Science & Engineering Library, York University. Opinions expressed here are mine alone.
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2019: The Year’s Top-Rated Albums
The list below is a round up of the 5-, 4.5- and 4-star reviews that ran in print editions of DownBeat during 2019. If a performer was the focus of a major feature, it’s likely their album wasn’t reviewed, and accounts for its omission…
Octopus battles bald eagle in video shot off B.C. coast | CBC News
John Ilett and his colleagues were working at a fish farm off the coast of northern Vancouver Island this week when they spotted a bald eagle in the death grip of an octopus and filmed the unfolding drama.
2019 Jazz Critic’s Poll
Now is the time for list making, at least when Francis Davis once again asks for your ballot for the annual NPR Jazz Critics Poll…
The Many Sounds of Jazz in 2019: A Listener's Guide
New forms of protest song, fresh strains of fusion, and more. Our look at the currents that shaped the genre this year, and the must-hear releases that exemplified them
Canadian Oilsands Firm Denied Its Own Science On Climate Change
While Imperial Oil was calling the link between fossil fuels and global warming an ‘unproven hypothesis,’ internal reports had confirmed the connection.
Ivo & Matt
Over the last three decades, saxophonist Ivo Perelman and pianist Matthew Shipp have assembled a staggering catalog of releases. They made three albums together in the late 1990s, then pursued sepa…
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'Death metal rarely works': how restaurateurs choose the perfect dinner playlist
There has never been a greater awareness of how music can affect our mood. Little wonder restaurants are employing consultants to select music for their diners
Climate change: Should you fly, drive or take the train?
How should you travel to reduce your carbon footprint?
The 10 Best Jazz Albums Of 2019
This wasn’t a year of radical transformation in the world of jazz. There was no single breakout star, and no explosion like the sudden realization last year that some really major shit was going down in London. But a tremendous amount of...
NHS gives Amazon free use of health data under Alexa advice deal
UK health service will not gain commercial benefit from future Amazon products using its data
CBC Music's top 19 Canadian albums of 2019 | CBC Music
From Carly Rae Jepsen to Clairmont the Second and Pup — we rank the best of the year.
As the end nears for Yahoo Groups, Verizon pulls out all the stops to keep archivists from preserving them
We only have a few days left until Verizon kills off Yahoo Groups, and the volunteer archivists who’ve been battling with the company to preserve its legacy have just been dealt a crushing bl…
Uber Gets Mixed Reaction to Public Report on Sex Assaults. Now What?
A day after Uber revealed that more than 3,000 riders and drivers were sexually assaulted last year while using its service, attention is turning to