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Sunday/Monday (Family Day) Posting: Rival Sons
Gone are the days when I can sit or stand in a packed club and wait until 11 pm for the headliner to get on stage. So it was especially amazing that the Long Beach, California band, Rival Sons, visited Free-FM for an in-studio interview/acoustic performance on Saturday afternoon, the day of their sold-out show at Norma Jean’s. …
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Gitcher Motor Runnin’
Erin Davis wrote an excellent journal entry about the prevalence of motorcycle Mamas – and Papas – these days. Â With the World of Motorcycles Expo now underway this weekend, we certainly have riding on our minds.
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Brandt’s Randt – Crazy Canadians, What’s Two More?
OK so this is a kind of narrowly-focused issue that grabbed my attention. Actor Randy Quaid and his wife want to stay in Canada but Canada has decided they can’t. …
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On the Fringe
One of the best mainstream TV shows in recent memory signed off for good on Friday night. Â And unlike so many shows before it, its finale tied things up intelligently and appropriately, leaving fans with a chuckle and a tear. Â …
A Day Late – Happy Birthday Betty White!
Everybody loves Betty White. But I’ve loved Betty White a long time and her work philosophy of “you can’t hit a moving target” has been my personal motto for decades.
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Shattered Comedic Illusion
As a student of stand-up comedy I love to know little tidbits about the comics I enjoy. But imagine my surprise when I discovered a comic I’ve enjoyed for years is very likely a routine thief. Â …
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Review: Little Girl Blue, The Life of Karen Carpenter by Randy L. Schmidt
A highlight of the holidays for me is the opportunity to forget about the clock and curl up with my Kobo and read something compelling. This book came out a couple of years ago but it’s new to Kobo (and probably Kindle). Â Â …
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Review: How I Slept My Way to the Middle by Kevin Pollak
Kevin Pollak’s name might not be of the household variety but trust me, you know his work. Â He’s a legend in stand-up comedy who does the best impressions (according to his fellow comics) of Christopher Walken, Jack Nicholson and others. Â He’s also a familiar face in dozens of movies like A Few Good Men, The Usual Suspects and Casino. Â …
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Say It Isn’t So Dave: Yuuuuuuuuup!
Storage Wars is rigged? Great finds are planted inside the storage lockers for certain cast members to pretend to find?  So says Dave Hester, the master of the yuuuup, who is suing the company behind the hit show because he says he was fired after complaining about the deception. …
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What We’ve Learned in the Past Week
If you’re in trouble and you’re getting bad advice, you tuck your tail under and you hide. Â …
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Riding out the Hurricane
I hope your hatches are battened and you have flashlights handy. Â It’s always better to be prepared! Â …
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These Rules are Rich
The old saying used to be, cocaine is God’s way of telling you that you make too much money. Â I think it’s time for an update on that. Â Now the way you can tell is if you are a complete douchebag when you get your own private plane. Â …
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The Kids Call it Swatting
It’s the latest prank to hit the rich and famous and it’s called swatting. Â …
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Review: Out of the Blue by Jan Wong
If you remember Wong’s “Lunch With…” series in the Globe and Mail you’ll probably recall that she was a true journalist. Â She didn’t suck up to her subjects who ranged from the famous to the notorious. Â She sometimes ripped them a new one for everything from table manners to the way they answered questions. Wong was a marquee writer for the Globe for two decades until she wrote an article that inspired death threats and instead of backing her up, her employer hung her out to dry. Â …
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The Naked Truth Takes the Nation
Okay that’s just a slight over-statement! But so far I’ve been on radio from Halifax to Chatham, from Wingham to St. Catharines.  And today, it’s CFRB 1010 Toronto. …
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To The Moon, Alice
When Ralph Kramden threatened his wife Alice with, “to the moon”, it was 14 years before a human being would actually set foot on that planet. Â The silly TV catch-phrase was thought so over the top and ridiculous because that’s how people thought of the possibility that anyone would visit the moon. Â Then in 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first to do it. Â How freaking incredible was that? Â …
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