Jarrett Martineau
I'm NowPublic's Culture Channel Editor, as well as a digital media producer, writer, editor, cultural critic, host, musician, and artist who is based in Vancouver, BC. I've worked in broadcast and interactive media for CBC television, radio and web, Elastic Entertainment, and NOMAD Creative Group; and I am a co-founder of Capital Magazine and the New Forms Festival.
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Florida Passes Saggy Pants Law
I know skinny pants are all the rage and everything...but how do you enforce that kind of style conformity? Oh right. That's how:"The Florida Senate wants public school students to pull up their pants. Lawmakers passed a bill Thursday that could mean suspensions for students...
Hip-Hop Will Make You A Smoker
When in doubt, blame the music."According to a recent study, Hip-Hop music may be responsible for an increase in smoking amongst teens it was recently revealed.Over 75% of the most popular Hip-Hop songs of 2005...
03.14 = Happy Pi Day!
I love math days! A whole day dedicated to the mathematical constant π (aka Pi...no, not the Darren Aronofsky film of the same title); a day that not only coincides with the two decimal estimate of the number itself...
Sarah Lacy Blames Lack of Innovation at SXSW for ...
Mashable has a great summary of Sarah Lacy's response to the controversy surrounding her SXSW keynote interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.By all accounts, it was a terrible interview, however Lacy...
Doctors Cleared in Death of John Ritter
Ritter's family must be very relieved at this news:"Doctors who treated John Ritter after he collapsed on the set of his television comedy were cleared on Friday in a $67 million wrongful death lawsuit brought by the Emmy-winning actor's wife and children.
Ritter, 54,...
SXSW 2008: Lou Reed Hates Mp3s (And So Do I)
As a late adopter to new technologies, I've only recently started listening to an iPod. During the countless long-haul trips I've made over the years, I have brought an excellent pair of Sony headphones (not tiny...
Ashley Dupré, Your 15 Seconds Are Up
As though there hadn't been enough ink spilled on this already bloated and overblown story, the vulturous media mob is still scripting, gushing over, blogging about, hating on, madly adoring, and wildly condemning...
Big Boi's 'big' Ballet
For some reason I would have expected Big Boi to come out with a 'hip-hopera' and Andre3000 to be the one behind a 'rap ballet' like this. Guess not. Good on Big Boi for pushing mixed aesthetics to a strange new...
R.E.M. Rock SXSW
NowPublic has NowReturned to the chilly climes of our Vancouver HQ after a great stint at the 2008 SXSW Interactive festival, but the rock & roll heat continues to get cranked up back in Austin, where the sun is blasting down +90°F temperatures and +800 bands are...
NIN: New Album Pulls In $1.6M In First Week
As we reported last week, Trent Reznor's mixed price point distribution model for the latest NIN album has been paying off in spades. Initial estimates put the first few days of sales at $750,000.Now that dollar...
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