Comments on: Canadians are never alone http://ahb.brassland.org/2009/10/09/canadians-are-never-alone/ Thoughts, photos & commentary from Alec Hanley Bemis Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: AHB’s Teenage Kicks » Blog Archive » Nanoculture aka “Douglas Coupland has no Facebook or MySpace page.” (But he does have a Twitter.) http://ahb.brassland.org/2009/10/09/canadians-are-never-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-3619 AHB’s Teenage Kicks » Blog Archive » Nanoculture aka “Douglas Coupland has no Facebook or MySpace page.” (But he does have a Twitter.) Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:20:36 +0000 http://ahb.brassland.org/?p=1487#comment-3619 [...] famous Canadian, infamous coiner of the term Gen X. New York Times: Americans think of the Canadian center as socialism. Douglas Coupland: Pretty much. To have a healthy culture you have to have stable health care [...] [...] famous Canadian, infamous coiner of the term Gen X. New York Times: Americans think of the Canadian center as socialism. Douglas Coupland: Pretty much. To have a healthy culture you have to have stable health care [...]

]]> By: K-sky http://ahb.brassland.org/2009/10/09/canadians-are-never-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-2067 K-sky Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:01:38 +0000 http://ahb.brassland.org/?p=1487#comment-2067 Setting aside for a minute the collective ethos of the various bands, you can definitely assume that the more generous Canadian social sector makes it easier to start a band. From <a href="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/06/popular-music-and-social-democracy.php" rel="nofollow">Yglesias</a>: <blockquote>Consider that in the United States quitting your day job to focus on your promising band can have dire implications for your ability to obtain health insurance. This is particularly the case if you have the misfortune of a pre-existing medical condition. An up-and-coming Canadian or British guitarist is taking a financial risk by choosing to focus on the band, but an American can be really putting his life on the line.</blockquote> Setting aside for a minute the collective ethos of the various bands, you can definitely assume that the more generous Canadian social sector makes it easier to start a band. From Yglesias:

Consider that in the United States quitting your day job to focus on your promising band can have dire implications for your ability to obtain health insurance. This is particularly the case if you have the misfortune of a pre-existing medical condition. An up-and-coming Canadian or British guitarist is taking a financial risk by choosing to focus on the band, but an American can be really putting his life on the line.

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