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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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Here's a 1980 DOA poster from shows we did with them in Toronto: The Turning Point show on this poster is the concert where Chuck and Ra...
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The Loved Ones and Me by Richard Citroen (c)2009 SOCAN This is my account of my time Hamilton legends, The Loved Ones. While this account...
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At first I wasn't sure if these 2 photos were from the Turning Point or the Cabana Room, yet by the looks of the small stage, I'd gu...
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Mubarak imprisons Google exec Wael Ghonim Video showing arrest of Wael Ghonim in Egypt: Egypt Protest Cairo - Sky News from duncan sharp o...
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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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In Light of the revolutionary events in North Africa and the Mideast, here are the lyrics to Uprising, a truly great rock song by Muse. Muse...
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Toronto rapper spittin an anti-war, pro-justice flow, check it: Down by The Riverside, a Toronto indie band, performing at St. James Park ga...
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The Buddha was the place to hang out and the stage to perform on, a clubhouse for Vancouver punks where DOA were Gods that walked and drank ...
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I haven't been to the ACC for a Leafs game in about five years, so tonight's game against the St. Louis Blues should be a blast. Fiv...
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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