Archive for February, 2009

Northern Voice 2009 Rock and Roll Photography Kris Krug Dave Olson Bev Davies

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I first started delving into the works of the legendary Bev Davies only just over a year ago but after discovering what I have (which is simply scratching the surface) I realized what an important person she is to rock and roll history, along with Vancouver history. Along with Kris Krug, whose rock photography is […]

Northern Voice 2009 Citizen Media and the Olympics Robert Scales and Andy Miah

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The first Northern Voice 2009 session following lunch in room 1005 here at the UBC Forestry Sciences building is Robert Scales (of Raincity fame) along with Dr Andy Miah, whose various credits include writing for the Huffington Post during the 2008 Beijing Olympics (he also came all the way here from Scotland, just for this!) […]

Northern Voice 2009 Making the Radio Station of the Future Steve Pratt

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“Traditional corporations have been doing this for a long time – there’s science behind it, they know what they’re doing.” Steve’s opening comment is following by a “ha” from the audience. “I think before we define the worst, I think we should define what would make it the best.” Steve Pratt starts off showing promo […]

Northern Voice 2009 Keynote Rob Cottingham

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“He might look like your average college professor but he’s f’ing insane – he’s the funniest guy I know,” notes Kris Krug as he introduces Rob Cottingham, today’s second keynote. Nancy White will also be doing a freeform graphical interpretation of Rob’s talk as we go along. He says his daughter told him to “Break […]