by Rob Cottingham | Apr 2, 2008 | Comedy, Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Media Mix
Fittingly, they picked April Fools’ Day to announce it: the Royal Canadian Air Farce is coming in for a landing. In 1978, my parents took me to see the Farce’s original lineup – Luba Goy, Don Ferguson, Dave Broadfoot, the late John Morgan and Roger... by Rob Cottingham | Aug 18, 2006 | Blogging, Communicating, Media Mix, Technology
I’ll be on Sean Holman’s Public Eye with the brilliant Kate Trgovac, discussing Petro-Canada’s YouTube gambit. We’re on at 8 p.m., right after the news. 1070 on your AM dial in sunny Victoria, or listen live online. by Rob Cottingham | Jan 31, 2006 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Media Mix
If you harbour any interest at all in doing freelance non-fiction radio work, especially if it involves storytelling, then I strongly recommend – – no, actually: I command – – that you hie thee over to Tod Maffin’s upcoming “How to Be a Radio... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 4, 2005 | Technology
From our nation’s capital: Mysterious signals jamming garage door openers. So if the black-helicopter guys can pull off this stunt, where the hell is the death ray that’s supposed to vaporize anyone who takes a cell phone call in the middle of a... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 13, 2005 | Media Mix, Politics, Technology
From my performance on Friday night: “I’m so glad the lockout’s over. I can finally stop boycotting CBC Radio and go back to just not listening to it.” It was a joke — but there was more than a little truth in it. I love CBC Radio. I...