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Think Dat is my favorite track off of Sarah MK's amazing CJLO chart topping album Worth It . Sarah's beautiful voice, Montreal's own Tristan D. Lalla talent and a great video by Evan Shuster and Benoit Daoust make this a not to miss production. Check it out, enjoy it, share it and support independent music.

Music video by Sarah MK performing Think Dat. Music production by Jordan Peters. www.SarahMK.com

VIDEO CREDITS
Cinematographer/Director/Editor:
Benoit Daoust for www.333blog.com

Cinematographer/Director:
Evan Shuster for www.333blog.com

Take a pause from your day and remember that no matter what, if people work hard enough they can effect change.

Big thanks to local artist Narcy for helping me remember that today.

The Phantastiq Cypha is moving to another timeslot. Tune into today, Friday the 13th for our last show in the timeslot. Don't worry though, all of you can continue to catch us in our new timeslot on Tuesdays from 6 - 8pm starting January 17th.

Thanks to everyone who has tuned in and stuck with the show. I hope you'll all follow us as we make the move to our new timeslot.

Igloofest 2012 is about to start and the energy is in the air. Montreal's annual outdoor bacchanal will starts off with DJ Cosmo (resident at Get Nice Fridays) and local boy wonder A-Trak. The pair will be followed up by Mala (half of UK dubstep group Digital Mystikz).

As an opening night I have to say it isn't going to be easy to match that line up in my eyes, but that's only because I don't know most of the other names. Aside from Diplo & Tiga, I am a novice in the world of Techno & Electro music but if ever there was a year to get into it... this will be it. Check out Igloofest.ca for the full program but before you do, keep reading and find out more about the Igloofest grounds at the Quay Jacques Cartier.

For a select few Igloofest started a day early. I was one of the few people invited to the private tour of the grounds and I have to say; kudos organizers. This years the sponsors have gone all out with tons of fun thing to keep people partying... as if they needed help.

First stop as you walk in is the Guru/Jagermeister bar. The Mojo/Sapporo bar is set up on the other side near the exit. Our tour guide said both bars hope to beat last years record number of shots sold. If you want to help them make their goal, make sure to hit them up on your way in.. or out.

The STM was nice enough to set up a warm up spot near the middle of the grounds. You'll find their fire place and seats near their impressively sculpted STM logo.

If you are looking to avoid the cold winds and a fireplace isn't enough, VirginMobile tent will be a nice break from the wind. Their tent will have live music, a bar and again a place to get away from the cold wind.... I lost feeling in my hand by the time I took this picture.

Last years game was Loudest Scream... this year GURU is bringing us a classic... Tug O War. That isn't all though, the winners get free GURU...AND get entered into a contest to win free GURU for a year. I would not do well with that much GURU, because I would possibly go through a case a month. Good luck kids, the guys from Jagermeister and I took on the guys from GURU and one guy from the STM... we almost ate a mouthful of snow.

 _{Those are buckets of sand so people don't fall during Tug O War... it did not help me when I tried.}

Sapporo one of the main sponsors has brought two fun activities. One being the rhytmic light show, where the public gets to beat on drums and the cubes light up.

They also created a quiet corner that the host jokinly referred to as Makeout Point, it's cozy, has a fire and is very private but you'll have to find it for yourself. The one hint I can give is to look for the Disco Cube.

Jagermeister has an amazing set up to the left of the stage as well as a video confessional type booth where the public is invited to put on a performance or just dance. The videos will be posted to youtube, so make sure you put on your most outrageous winter gear.

_{View from atop the Jagermeister Bar}

Lastly we have the stage, with a newly designed full surround sound experience. Some were saying that the sounds needed to be fuller last year and the organizers took their words to heart. Once you are in front of the stage.... put in the earplugs because this system is powerful. For those of you who like that, you'll be happy. For the sensitive ones, you can still enjoy the show by going up to the terrace area on the stage left. You won't be as close to the show but you will get a great view.

Known Preach for a minute now and he has always had a strong work ethic but you don't have to know Preach to hear it in his music.

A buddy of mine was saying Hip Hop in Montreal right now is like an athlete on steroids but I'd like to think it's more like we as a city have been working out all summer and came back stronger than ever. Preach is one of the local artist leading the pack and there is no slowing down. If you want to hear what he has to say, tune in to the podcast.

Check it out http://preachankobia.weebly.com/

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Döc runs the show solo as Mnjivr is out DJing for the kids downtown. New music from @jusfrais & @moka_only, Hip Hop news, Escapemtl.ca - Smokers Club Tour and Rhymesayers Grieves Together/Apart Tour info.

After an amazingly comfortable 5hr train ride to Toronto, Ryan and I made our way to the hotel to drop off our stuff before heading over to the 2011 edition of FanExpo. We checked in early at the Hotel Victoria and due to a mix up we ended up getting rooms for ourselves. It was only 1pm when we started walking over, the con only opened at 2, so we were expecting to wait. Somehow they began letting people in early and we found ourselves on the convention floor a good 30minutes before it was open. Palettes of stock were still being brought out as Ryan and I made our way around.

An advantage of getting in early is catching the popular artist and writers in artist alley before everyone crowds around them. As we made our way through the stretch of artist, we found Matt Fraction.

Went over to the Hasbro section where they were setting up the Kre-O collection. I had seen ads for the Kre-O Transformers collection but I wasn't expecting them to be as popular as they were. I purchased 2; Mirage and Sideswipe, which come with Kreons; mini little figures and almost purchased Optimus Prime but couldn't push myself to spend the extra $60 on it. Ryan on the other hand bought the complete collection.... yes 9 figures. Let's just say I will be going over to his place often just to admire the collection.

I went to take in one of the Sketch Duel but sadly Francis Manupaul was a no show and Marko "The Mercenary" Djudjervic was going to be discussing the recent arch of the FF storyline and costume redesign with Steve Epstein and Johnathan Hickman across the hall so I jumped ship (sorry Ali).
I was never a big FF fan, the Fantastic Four was always a kind of kitchy family of heroes that made me think of the nuclear family of the 50's meets Astronauts... which is a pretty accurate description but that doesn't mean it can't be good. With costume redesign by Marko, amazing art by Steve and the usual gold of Hickman the new FF series has been blowing people's minds. (SPOILER) After the death of Johnny recently many people were wondering how they were going to move forward and with additions to the line up like Spider-Man, Artie Maddicks and even Dr. Doom (yes that Dr. Doom) the creative team has delivered. There is a good chance the Future Foundation will be one of the comics that leads me back to my 200$ a month comic habit (and people thought drugs were expensive).

My final act of the day was more shopping than anything. I spent the last hour looking for Transformers and a Mighty Mugz General Grievous. I went up every row saw some Hello Kitty stuff for my gf and in the end went to Tyderium Toys and got Mini Mighty Mugz Grievous, a Luke Cage, Wheeljack and Kup for $50 and just as I was paying Wordburglar showed up and mention he was doing a show a the Rivoli on Friday.