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The Canadian Football League: the jazz of sports

The CFL is the jazz of sports. It has a century-plus of history as a popular cultural product, but it's not that popular relative to the top entertainment. Obscure rules...

Anatomy of a big (secret for now) decision

I thought about it for a year. I wanted to do it, but then put it off for another year. I started pushing toward it for several months without a...

I don’t really need to do this again next time

Here's a big-picture takeaway from the jazzfest now that it's done: I didn't end up with any unique access from the media accreditation process. It amounted to comps to a...

I got the comprehensive list but don’t have THIS

Here's one of the many business-related lessons I'm taking away from this amazing jazzfest experience. It might be the biggest one so far. While Rhythm Changes has basically solved the...

Jazzfest season coverage at Rhythm Changes

It's my first time going all-out to take in the Vancouver International Jazz Festival! At Rhythm Changes, I have a plan to attend 40+ shows (festival-programmed and ongoing presentations) over...

It’s CRAZY how locked-in I was in fall 2020

In early September 2020, I appeared on a now-inactive podcast called Music on Your Own Terms with US-based host Simon Pellett. At almost four years out, what I notice about...