Month: April 2008
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Last Minute Gentleman Reg Show (Toronto)
According to a note sent out this morning Gentleman Reg (Reg Vermue) will be playing this Wednesday (April 23) at the Tranzac with Gret Aunt Ida and Bellewoods – the show will start at 9 pm and is expected to be over by midnight. Reg also mentioned that this is his first Toronto show since…
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One More for Record Store Day
One more for Record Store Day, because I can’t think of a more fitting song, at the moment, for record stores and the artists who fill their shelves (and sometimes stock their shelves too).
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Free Gravity Wave Downloads
So here’s the skinny, I was supposed to get pics etc., from the Gravity Wave Free Party (pdf) – which I was unable to attend. If those come in I’ll still post them. In the mean time though there are some Gravity Wave tunes in the Free Podsafe Download section and you can have at…
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Additions to Band Blogs Too
Seven new additions to Band Blogs Too today. That brings the total between Band Blogs and Band Blogs Too to 128 Canadian Musical Acts. Between these two pages you can keep up with all of them, in their own words. Bear in mind that some acts aren’t included simply because they don’t have a blog,…
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Upcoming Toronto Events
So, one of the many things I do is run a little facebook group for upcoming Toronto Events http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11485921261– just a list really that is sent out once a week and links to Facebook events. I might as well post it here also. Currently it looks like this: April 14 – May 2 Toronto Free…
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Will Currie and the Country French CD Release Party
Long time friends of this website Will Currie and the Country French who recently signed to Murder Records are not gearing up for their first official CD Release party at Sneaky Dee’s in Toronto on April 29 ( 431 College Street (College & Bathurst). Opening for Will Currie and the Country Frency, who once listed…
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Bosh Wants NOISE!
Chris Bosh has a message to all Raptors fans: This all started last Wednesday when the Raps were making a solid run against the Milwaukee Bucks. Unfortunately, the Air Canada Centre crowd was silent. Bosh vented his frustration during the radio post-game show and things have taken off from there. Remember when Dave Winfield did…
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Canadian DVD Club Launches
The First Weekend Club, which has emerged as one of the true champions of Canadian Cinema has launched their official DVD club. The idea is that members can either rent or buy each months film, then head to the forums to post reviews, discuss it with other members – and sometimes the filmmakers themselves. “Perks There…
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So Long and Thanks for All the Tea
Back in 2005, during the 2005 CBC Lockout, CBC Management and the nations media critics were caught by suprise when employees on both sides of the line took to the internet with blogs and podcasts. It would appear that the age of the CBC Blogs is coming to an end. At one point there were…