Despite the ever-present threat of terrible weather, I firmly believe October is one of the best months of the year. The hubbub of back-to-school insanity has died down and people have settled into a...

I like to come up with playlist themes ripped from the headlines, but as easy as it would have been to do a “burning man” or “I’m on fire” playlist, that story scares the...

It must be September again. The echoes of U1 tour guides saying “That’s the radio station” are receding and the most common questions of people walking into UMFM are “Where’s the used book store?”...

I’m writing this shortly after reading about the latest shooting death in Winnipeg, which has led me to thinking about the whole notion of “gun culture.” Guns held a fascination in popular culture even...