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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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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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Steve Leckie and Viletones - Reckless rock'n'roll revisited by Yuya Joe College (excerpt from forthcoming book "T...
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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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Haq movement leader returning to Manama, Bahrain Hassan Mushaima, the leader of the Shia movement known as Haq is in Lebanon preparing to re...
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Many thanks to photographer / guitarist Dean Kelly for emailing over some killa pix of DOA at the Deep Wave Festival in Bingeman Park, Kitch...
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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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Doa circa 1980: Joe, Chuck, Randy, Dave Having had the opportunity to see DOA at the Horseshoe Friday night (Oct 8th, 2010), and also having...
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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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Let's take a break from green politics and revolutionary human rights struggles for freedom and justice, and enjoy some photos of gorgeo...
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:
