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This week Lost Tapes Episodes are

Lager Lager May 2006

Posted by CJLO on February 3, 2012 in Calendar Item | 0 comments.

Jon Asher will join Anna of Purple Carrot this Sunday Feb 5th at 11am for an interview to discuss Blankfest, which takes place on Saturday Feb 18th at Frites Alors (680 St. Catherine).

About: Blankfest Quebec is organized by Jon Asher, in collaboration with the Old Brewery Mission, and was launched after Jon read about his friend, New York City indie rock veteran Kenn Rowell of The Baghdaddios, who founded Blankfest in 1997 and has been organizing the annual blanket fundraiser in New York City for the past 15 years.

In the past, Rowell says, Blankfest NYC has raised more...

Posted by CJLO on February 3, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.

NHL:

The focus in the NHL this past weekend revolved solely around the NHL’s All-Star Weekend, which took place in Ottawa this year. The festivities began with the All-Star fantasy draft, a new concept in its second year that calls for two team captains to select their teams from a pool of selected players, forming two teams that will go against...

Posted by CJLO on February 2, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.

On this episode of View from the Venue, I caught up with Junior Battles. They're currently touring in continuous support of their first full length release, Idle Ages, which you really should be listening to if you like pop punk, because if you aren't already, you're totally missing out. Go on, do it. Their intricate song construction and pop sensibility makes them stand out amongst the punk crowed. Singer/guitarist Sam Sutherland...

Posted by CJLO on February 1, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.

At the tail end of a five-day tour of Quebec, interim Liberal leader Bob Rae paid a visit to young liberals at Concordia University.
 
About 60 supporters jammed a room in the Hall building at an event organized by Concordia's Political Science Student Association and Liberal
club.
 
The topic of youth engagement came up a few times, as one student asked Rae how the party planned to reach out to students and young people.
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Posted by CJLO on January 30, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.