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Tag Archives: Marshall McLuhan
The lost Marshall McLuhan tapes
A recently discovered interview shows media guru McLuhan is still topical, even prescient
The last of the NHL labour wars
Colby Cosh on what hockey can learn from the NBA
A reunion for the Facebook generation
A 2002-themed party causes one man to reflect on identity
Banknotables: a holiday conversation starter
If the Famous Five don’t belong on the $50 bill, who does?
How General Idea predicted the future
Three artists eerily foreshadowed modern phenomena like reality TV and Facebook
Rachel wants a baby
This year’s Massey Lectures take the form of a five-hour novel by Douglas Coupland about apocalpyse and romance in an airport lounge
Marshall McLuhan vs. Peter Robertson
If the “medium is the message,” Robertson’s message was clear: life’s too short to deal with stripped screws
Marshall McLuhan vs. Jane Jacobs
The man who helped us understand media takes on the woman who helped us understand cities