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MMVA 2012: Carly Rae Jepsen Day
Carly Rae Jepsen and Katy Perry at the MMVAs Sarah was assigned to cover the 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards on Sunday for AOL Music Blog. This was mostly fine because it was basically a Carly Rae Jepsen...
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Tragically Hip’s Kensington Market Takeover: Complete With A ‘Weird’ Interview
The Tragically Hip at Kensington Market To celebrate the release of The Tragically Hip‘s newest album Now For Plan A the band recently took over Toronto’s boho Kensington Market neighbourhood for...
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Justin Bieber’s Boo-Gate Conspiracy Theory At The 100th Grey Cup
Justin Bieber at the Grey Cup Last week I got to attend the 100th Grey Cup under the guise of covering the Justin Bieber half-time show. It was pretty exciting for me in part because the Toronto...
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Proof! David Bowie Is A Time Lord
David Bowie When you look at it closely — at the expense of the regular work you’re supposed to be doing — it’s pretty obvious the Thin White Duke, David Bowie, isn’t actually an earthling at all....
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Aaron’s Top 5 Television Jerks
Gob Bluth The television jerk is a beautiful thing. Residing somewhere between villain and oaf, these characters are often the antidote to lame protagonists and pandering storylines. Here are five of...
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10 Songs About Kim Kardashian (Ray J Didn’t Hit It First)
Kim Kardashian Among this week’s top celebutard gossip was that Kim Kardashian‘s ex and former sex tape partner Ray J released a locker room-level insult song called “I Hit It First” about her (then...
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HPSP News Pack: ‘Rita And Friends’ Clips, Nirvana Concerts, Junos Stuff, Punk...
Kurt Cobain Here are some of the newsbit stories I’ve written for Spinner and Huffington Post Music Canada recently: Great music clips from Rita MacNeil’s ‘Rita And Friends’ program. Juno Cup rockers...
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Best And Worst Of The MMVAs
Lady Gaga As anyone who lives near Toronto’s Queen West district is fully aware, the 2013 MuchMusic Video Awards just happened over the weekend, dramatically disrupting everyone’s lives for the sake of...
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25 Important Questions About The Glades
The Glades I think too much. This poses problems in many areas of my life, but it’s particularly irksome at night. My brain just doesn’t turn off like the lights and various other electronic devices...
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Best And Worst Asperger Syndrome Characters On Television
Moss from IT Crowd Using her “mad meticulous and intensely focused spectral skills” Sarah has just contributed the article “Television on the Spectrum: The Best (and Worst) Depictions of Asperger...
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Deadmau5 Blames Justin Bieber For Ruining His Campaign To Get On ‘Top Gear’
Deadmau5 Last week Sarah had a moderately unpleasant interview with EDM musician and professional mouse-head Deadmau5 in advance of this weekend’s Veld Festival. The one bright spot in the...
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I Fought Marcia Brady
Marcia Brady and Sarah When the folks at Fightland discovered Sarah’s pseudo-fight past in the Pillow Fight League the logical conclusion was to get her to write about her adventures during her time in...
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor Win Polaris Prize
Godspeed You! Black album cover By now most good musicos are aware that Godspeed You! Black Emperor won the 2013 Polaris Music Prize. We also know how that turned out. What folks don’t know is that...
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TV Soundtracks: 10 Of The Best Albums To Come From The Small Screen
Flight Of The Conchords Because we’re uncomfortably deep into awards season Sarah took a look at some television shows to determine which had the best soundtracks from their time on the air. Some of...
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Doctor Who Meets Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Dr. Who’s Tardis Doctor Who is making an appearance in an unlikely place — on the rashguards designed by Toro BJJ for Brazilian jiu-jitsu training. This seemingly odd intersection of sci-fi nerd...
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11 Coolest Cats To Celebrate The Kitten Bowl
Holy Fuck Kitten Bowl Something called the Super Bowl happened over the weekend. We didn’t really care. However, something else happened on the weekend called the Kitten Bowl. THAT we did care about....
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Musical Recommendations On The Strombocast
On the Strombocast Due to the Winter Olympics my employer George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight has been pre-empted or in off-hour reruns for the last week. This has made the staff a wee bit restless. So to...
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Kajan Johnson, A Tribe Called Red, The Ultimate Fighter And First Nations...
A Tribe Called Red A little while ago on Twitter Ultimate Fighter contender Kajan Johnson tweeted how psyched he is about A Tribe Called Red‘s music. This, being a perfect marriage of Sarah’s...
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TV Host JJ Anderson on Ronda Rousey and the Persona of the Female Fighter
JJ Anderson There are, as hard as it may be to believe, alternative media voices out there in the MMA media world beyond Joe Rogan’s braying and Ariel Helwani’s wide-eyed enthusiasm. One such voice is...
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Chuck Liddell’s Strange Acting Career
Chuck Liddell One of the ways former UFC champ Chuck Liddell has eased himself into retirement has been by picking up acting. Liddell, who’s often cast as some variant of hooligan, tough guy and/or...
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