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I spent last evening with my eldest daughter and four brothers of Michael Jackson, specifically Jermaine, Marlon, Tito and Jackie. It was o...
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Steve Leckie and Viletones - Reckless rock'n'roll revisited by Yuya Joe College (excerpt from forthcoming book "T...
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Dave, Simon and Roy from Intechange '75 was a wild year for me in many ways. I was managing the east Burlington progressive rock group D...
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After finding Simon's recollections of his Rocking Horse days and his early music influences, it was a joy tonight to come across thi...
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(Photo: Pharaoh Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye) I am working on an article / post about the world-changing Queens that reigned from the beginn...
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Many thanks to the Morty's Cabin blog for first posting this in 2009. I managed Simon's band Interchange briefly in the mid 1970s, ...
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Of ALL the great musicians who passed away at the tender age of 27, here are the seven saints who lead the march in: Robert Johnson - August...
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Randy, Joey and Dave of DOA Jaimie Vernon: Life’s A Canadian Rock – Part 7 GENERATION NEXT My initiation into the world of punk was going to...
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Saint Patrick Morgan Arthurs November 11, 1939 - September 30, 2012 This past Friday I went to a funeral for an old friend...
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CJ Dippa goes from zero to 300 in 3 hours
Young American Rapper CJ Dippa debuts on America's Got Talent
Immediately after I saw CJ Dippa close tonight's (02JUN10) America's Got Talent show, I googled "CJ Dippa" in quotes and got zero results. I had planned to check an hour later and expected to find dozens of webpages. Well, it's 2.5 hours later, 11.30 and Colbert is just starting in Toronto, and there are now 292 results:
CJ Dippa is a phenom!
Although the lyrics were garden variety bling playa, the spitting and the dancing were world class. The kid's only 11 years old, and I'm hoping he uses a future round to rap about the oil spill and other current events. When Piers exclaimed "Mover over Eminem", young CJ replied:
"The only difference between me and Eminem is ... (pause) ... Eminem don't dance."
From the mouths of babes...
Arc Attack stuns audience, merging art, music and technology
Another really cool act on tonight's show was Arc Attack, technological performance artists who have a robotic drummer and utilize controlled lightning in their music and show.
The AGT song was way more electrifying, I Green Panthers, here it IS:
Check out Lil Maxso, 4 year old year old rapper.
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