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Happy Weekend: Leah Graham Edition
28th March 2015 • No commentsHello! This is sure to be the most important Happy Weekend in our history! I always look forward to searching for fun music related minutiae to post for our HW features, but today’s post goes far beyond that. Our longtime supporters will remember Leah Graham, the Oxford teenager who was losing her battle with Cystic […]
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12th July 2014 • 1 commentGreetings, one and all! It’s a special edition of Happy Weekend today! It also happens to be the birthday of Trent Vanegas of Pink is the New Blog and since Trent is a huge friend to and supporter of the music community thought we’d dedicate this HW to him. It also happens Trent will be […]
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22nd June 2013 • 3 commentsGreetings, darling readers. While I know this is where we would typically do our Happy Weekend post, it seems slightly inappropriate given the devastation in Canada at the moment. In keeping with the current trend of the US media, it isn’t getting much attention because it doesn’t involve a Kardashian or Angelina Jolie but, nevertheless, […]
Read MoreRemembering Scott Johnson
16th June 2013 • No commentsIt was one year ago today that Radiohead drum tech and friend, Scott Johnson, was killed in a catastrophic stage collapse in Toronto. Not one’s for maudlin platitudes, Radiohead paid tribute to Johnson in a subtle yet heart wrenching way during their first show back after the accident. The following video is from Nimes, France […]
Read More‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’
18th January 2013 • No commentsThe Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting was one of the most tragic events in the history of the United States. In an effort to begin the healing process, and raise money for their hometown, some of the survivors of that horrific event, have recorded a song for their fallen friends. A group of children, all […]
Read MoreThe Season of Giving: Music Stylee
14th December 2012 • 2 commentsRegardless of your religious leanings, or lack thereof, most people celebrate some type of holiday around this time of year. Receiving gifts from your favourite relatives (or perhaps an end of year work bonus, if you’ve been especially good this year) coupled with the overall merriment that tends to fill the ether around Decembertime, tends […]
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