Blog Post Assignment #2
Sound Sesh w/ Sydney #3: Scotiabank Arena Veteran
So the other day, my friend got tickets to Tyler the Creator's tour, Chromakopia. The concert is being held at, arguably, the most popular concert venue, Scotiabank Arena. Since I have been there enough that times that they should name a section after me, my friend reached out for some tips and tricks for attending a concert. I thought I would share them here for anyone also attending Tyler's concert or any other concert for that matter. TIP 1: PRE GAME HARD BUT NOT TOO HARD Drinks at concert venues are always ridiculously expensive. I'm talking about like $20 for a single can of beer ridiculous. My favourite spot to drink before a show at Scotiabank Arena is Jack Astors. They have fishbowls, cheap appetizers, and it's a 5 minute walk away. You can't go wrong. But be warned: if you are sloppy drunk, they WILL deny you entry into the show. So drink responsibly! TIP 2: NEVER SHOW UP BEFORE DOORS OPEN One misconception people have about concerts is that you NEED to ...
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ReplyDeleteHarold Innis' analysis of medium theories can relate to the film Pontypool in terms of time-biased and space-biased media. In Pontypool, the medium of radio plays a central role in how information and disinformation spreads. This ties to Innis' concept that media forms can control how societies perceive reality and how power is maintained. In Pontypool, the space-biased medium of radio transmits an infectious form of communication, turning from symbols of connection into vectors of destruction. Innis talks about the dangers of communication systems that lead to societal breakdowns, much like the collapse of ancient empires that overemphasized one form of media.
The media forms in Pontypool are contemporary extensions of oral communication:
Radio → allows for real-time/one-to-many communication across large distances. Grant Mazzy uses his voice to reach listeners, amplifying traditional orality by broadcasting spoken words across time and space. Radio helps spread the virus because it transmits the infected words beyond people’s immediate surroundings.
Telephone → a more personal form of communication, becomes a medium through which the virus is transmitted from speaker to listener. The infection occurs from the meaning and understanding of language, which relates to how orality depends on shared understanding in conversation.
Electronic amplification → allows the human voice to reach larger audiences in real time. However, amplification can also become a vector for the uncontrollable transmission of language-based infection.
These technologies represent extensions of orality, where voice and sound maintain primacy, but their socio-technical affordances magnify the reach and scale of oral communication. This aligns with Innis' theories of media, where modern technology extends communication but introduces risks when technology becomes uncontrollable or overly dominant.