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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Brian Fauteux
@brianfauteux.bsky.social
· Nov 28
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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Bill Siemering, founding program director of NPR, author of its mission statement, has asked me to inquire if any profs might be interested in a Zoom class visit? No honorarium necessary. Bill founded All Things Considered, Fresh Air, won a MacArthur, etc.
A Founding Father of NPR Worries About Its Fate
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Bill Siemering, founding program director of NPR, author of its mission statement, has asked me to inquire if any profs might be interested in a Zoom class visit? No honorarium necessary. Bill founded All Things Considered, Fresh Air, won a MacArthur, etc.
Hard to read this after years of admin staff layoffs, cuts to teaching plans, increased minimum enrollments and threats of course cancellations, tuition increases, and so forth. I want to know in what ways these expenses are for the purpose or remedying these issues, if they are
New documents show while the University of Alberta was under mass budget cuts that resulted in layoffs and a 100% cut to child care funding, the president was spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on travel
Expenses have doubled since he took office
Expenses have doubled since he took office
U of A president's expenses higher than previous president and other institutions - The Gateway
President and Vice-chancellor Bill Flanagan spent $506,901.01 on travel and hospitality in his first term, higher than other presidents.
thegatewayonline.ca
January 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Hard to read this after years of admin staff layoffs, cuts to teaching plans, increased minimum enrollments and threats of course cancellations, tuition increases, and so forth. I want to know in what ways these expenses are for the purpose or remedying these issues, if they are
World Police ass country
January 3, 2026 at 5:41 PM
World Police ass country
I saw a post or heard something on the radio making the argument that opposing AI data centres in your neighbourhood is NIMBYism. But some things can just be objectively bad and people can oppose them here or there or wherever. We can ask questions about whether they are necessary.
January 3, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I saw a post or heard something on the radio making the argument that opposing AI data centres in your neighbourhood is NIMBYism. But some things can just be objectively bad and people can oppose them here or there or wherever. We can ask questions about whether they are necessary.
You've heard of dry January but have you heard of regular January where you just do things regular like every other month
January 1, 2026 at 11:45 PM
You've heard of dry January but have you heard of regular January where you just do things regular like every other month
I hope there's a Tears for Fears needle drop in The Odyssey
Saw a post on X The Everything App about how they wouldn’t be playing Tears For Fears on the loudspeakers in a maternity ward in the fifties as depicted in MARTY SUPREME and…. and… I don’t even know what to say about the human mind
January 1, 2026 at 6:22 PM
I hope there's a Tears for Fears needle drop in The Odyssey
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CJSR's most played albums of 2025 — all 88.5 of em!
www.cjsr.com/2025/12/most...
www.cjsr.com/2025/12/most...
Most played albums | 2025
Visit the post for more.
www.cjsr.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
CJSR's most played albums of 2025 — all 88.5 of em!
www.cjsr.com/2025/12/most...
www.cjsr.com/2025/12/most...
Tracklist from my hour:
December 31, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Tracklist from my hour:
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Isiah Whitlock Jr. (1954–2025)
December 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Isiah Whitlock Jr. (1954–2025)
Every time I start a new course in Canvas there are all these new features like PloopPloop Labs and the Value-Added Graph and I wonder who these are for and vow to phase out using it at all
December 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Every time I start a new course in Canvas there are all these new features like PloopPloop Labs and the Value-Added Graph and I wonder who these are for and vow to phase out using it at all
Commenting 'AI slop' on people's year-end accomplishments posts
December 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Commenting 'AI slop' on people's year-end accomplishments posts
Or take book cover design advice from him
December 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Or take book cover design advice from him
Our year-end wrap up show is about to air at 3pm MT. Hear some of our favourite tracks from 2025 on the mighty CJSR 88.5 FM.
listen.streamon.fm/cjsr
listen.streamon.fm/cjsr
CJSR 88.5 FM
Edmonton's Independent Raido
listen.streamon.fm
December 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Our year-end wrap up show is about to air at 3pm MT. Hear some of our favourite tracks from 2025 on the mighty CJSR 88.5 FM.
listen.streamon.fm/cjsr
listen.streamon.fm/cjsr
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August 21, 2025
Ep. 1005: Brian Fauteux
Thanks @brianfauteux.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social
vishkhanna.com/2025/08/21/e...
Ep. 1005: Brian Fauteux
Thanks @brianfauteux.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social
vishkhanna.com/2025/08/21/e...
Ep. #1005: Brian Fauteux - Kreative Kontrol
Brian Fauteux is here to discuss his book, 'Music in Orbit: Satellite Radio in the Streaming Space Age,' his lifelong interest in underground music, culture, and media, how the advent of satellite rad...
vishkhanna.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
August 21, 2025
Ep. 1005: Brian Fauteux
Thanks @brianfauteux.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social
vishkhanna.com/2025/08/21/e...
Ep. 1005: Brian Fauteux
Thanks @brianfauteux.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social
vishkhanna.com/2025/08/21/e...
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American media’s cowardice no match for Canadian media’s incompetence
American media’s cowardice no match for Canadian media’s incompetence
TORONTO – As CBS News under Bari Weiss leads the charge of American media kowtowing to the Trump administration by deleting a story about the torture of migrants, there is one thing they didn’t count ...
thebeaverton.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
American media’s cowardice no match for Canadian media’s incompetence
We're on the ol' radio doing our HOLIDAY theme week; 3pm to 5pm in beautiful Mountain Time on 88.5 FM in Edmonton and elsewhere at: listen.streamon.fm/cjsr
CJSR 88.5 FM
Edmonton's Independent Raido
listen.streamon.fm
December 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
We're on the ol' radio doing our HOLIDAY theme week; 3pm to 5pm in beautiful Mountain Time on 88.5 FM in Edmonton and elsewhere at: listen.streamon.fm/cjsr
Submitted one last expense report before the holidays just for the thrill of it
December 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Submitted one last expense report before the holidays just for the thrill of it
Writing a "The Lost Generation" essay about how there are no ska songs in teen comedies anymore
December 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Writing a "The Lost Generation" essay about how there are no ska songs in teen comedies anymore
We're talking a lot about the changes to X's terms of service, but Blue Sky's terms are also changing and they are going to start using posts to train joke writers for the Canadian TV sitcom Son of a Critch
December 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We're talking a lot about the changes to X's terms of service, but Blue Sky's terms are also changing and they are going to start using posts to train joke writers for the Canadian TV sitcom Son of a Critch
A lengthy and detailed story on problems in ticketing and the live music industry, by Anya Zoledziowski, featuring a few quotes from @vassb.bsky.social and myself:
www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
Will concert tickets ever be accessible in Canada? | CBC News
Most people are familiar with the pains associated with buying tickets for high-profile events: Face value tickets are expensive — if they’re even available, and tickets often sell out fast, only to p...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A lengthy and detailed story on problems in ticketing and the live music industry, by Anya Zoledziowski, featuring a few quotes from @vassb.bsky.social and myself:
www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
I've dusted the bar and we're ready for as much holiday hosting as possible
December 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I've dusted the bar and we're ready for as much holiday hosting as possible