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Shuffle Better: Sharing a track a week in various categories that I hope you might enjoy, and that will improve (I hope) your ipod shuffling.

This Week In History - Oct. 8-14

Cats sets a record; funeral for John Bonham; Saturday Night Live debuts; Bing Crosby dies.

This Week In History - Oct. 1-7

The shortest single to go to No. 1 enters the charts; Janis Joplin dies at 27; Van Halen goes Extreme; Jolson makes film history.

This Week In History - Sept. 17-23

David Lee Roth unsuccessfully channels Toshiro Mifune; MJ sleeps in an oxygen chamber; a surprising UK music fact; The Bangles bang no more; Bryan Adams sucks, but apparently not in the UK.

This Week In History - Sept. 9 -15

New York Dolls begin to dissolve; the debut of MTV Video Awards; David Bowie wins; and three in the same week from Dire Straits.

A Life In Song: Rock n Roll Suicide

Although Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars album was released when I was only about a year old, I would discover it later, at about 15. In my small basement bedroom in our duplex home deep, deep in the painfully straight, white, and conservative suburbs of Calgary

You Should Already Own: Canadiana Suite by The Oscar Peterson Trio

In the world of jazz, Oscar Peterson is such a towering figure that he isn’t considered a Canadian pianist but rather one of the greatest pianists in history from any place.

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Shuffle Better: Chill:

Shuffle Better: Sharing a track a week in various categories that I hope you might enjoy, and that will improve (I hope) your ipod shuffling.

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FEATURES: SHUFFLE BETTER: CHILL:
Shuffle Better: Sharing a track a week in various categories that I hope you might enjoy, and that will improve (I hope) your ipod shuffling.

SOUNDPROOF
FEATURES: THIS WEEK IN HISTORY - OCT. 8-14
Cats sets a record; funeral for John Bonham; Saturday Night Live debuts; Bing Crosby dies.

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FEATURES: THIS WEEK IN HISTORY - OCT. 1-7
The shortest single to go to No. 1 enters the charts; Janis Joplin dies at 27; Van Halen goes Extreme; Jolson makes film history.

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FEATURES: THIS WEEK IN HISTORY - SEPT. 17-23
David Lee Roth unsuccessfully channels Toshiro Mifune; MJ sleeps in an oxygen chamber; a surprising UK music fact; The Bangles bang no more; Bryan Adams sucks, but apparently not in the UK.

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FEATURES: THIS WEEK IN HISTORY - SEPT. 9 -15
New York Dolls begin to dissolve; the debut of MTV Video Awards; David Bowie wins; and three in the same week from Dire Straits.

TORONTO
FEATURES: A LIFE IN SONG: ROCK N ROLL SUICIDE
Although Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars album was released when I was only about a year old, I would discover it later, at about 15. In my small basement bedroom in our duplex home deep, deep in the painfully straight, white, and conservative suburbs of Calgary

TORONTO
FEATURES: YOU SHOULD ALREADY OWN: CANADIANA SUITE BY THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO
In the world of jazz, Oscar Peterson is such a towering figure that he isn’t considered a Canadian pianist but rather one of the greatest pianists in history from any place.

TORONTO
FEATURES: CRIMINALLY UNDERAPPRECIATED: DANIEL LANOIS
That Lanois isn’t generally a household name is even more incomprehensible than the fact I only seem to think of his music in passing, every couple of months – especially when you consider the scope of his achievements.

TORONTO
FEATURES: BLUE RODEO
Greg Keelor still isn't quite ready to acknowledge Blue Rodeo as much more than something he likes doing "very very much."

OTTAWA
FEATURES: FIVE CANADIAN SONGS ABOUT WINTER
Canada. True north strong and free. Land of the beaver, poutine and maple syrup. Lumberjacks. From Gordon Lightfoot to Malajube, the Canadian winter has been a source of inspiration (and despair) for many.

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FEATURES: BATTLE OF THE BANDS: ZOOEY DESCHANEL VS. KATY PERRY
Just who is trying to copy whom? In this Battle of the Bands, SoundProof pits She & Him's Zooey Deschanel against pop singer Katy Perry.

CALGARY
EVENTS: VANS WARPED TOUR @ RACE CITY SPEEDWAY
Warped Tour 2008 shook up Calgary and SoundProof correspondent Chris Dowsett was there to capture Rise Against, Story of the Year, Cobra Starship, Katy Perry and more...

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BEST OF THE GATOR: WHAT ON EARTH IS . . . CRABCORE? (THE GUARDIAN)
"If you've already stumbled across Attack Attack!, you've probably gone through several cycles. You begin by hating everything about them."

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FEATURES: A VIDEO HISTORY OF MICHAEL JACKSON
From The Jackson Five to "Thriller" to weird dancing in the backseat of a car, we take a look back at Michael Jackson's forty year career as the King of Pop.

TO THE FOUR CORNERS
SOUNDBYTES: ART ON OUR SLEEVES: ALIEN ALBUM COVERS
SoundProof takes a look at one the greatest album-art genres ever: Alien Album Covers.

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FEATURES: TEN SONGS ABOUT DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE
Sad? Like really sad? Like do-something-rash-sad? Well then, here are ten songs that aren't going to help at all.

TORONTO
EVENTS: MAYHEM FESTIVAL @ DOWNSVIEW PARK
From death metal to '80s power metal, Mayhem brought Toronto headbangers the fix of brutality that Ozzfest couldn't deliver.

TORONTO
SOUNDBYTES: ART ON OUR SLEEVES - MANTHERS
There's a growing pandemic in the world and this time it isn't a disease. It's the "manther" or male cougar. Escaping from their natural habitat (the sports bar), they've made it onto the covers of some famous albums!

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FEATURES: YOU SHOULD ALREADY OWN - SURFER ROSA BY PIXIES
Before Nirvana, before PJ Harvey, there was Pixies.

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FEATURES: TOP TEN NARCISSISTIC SONGS
Despite the cautionary tales, the narcissist is still at large! Jilting lovers and breaking hearts may be no way to behave, but it sure does lead to fine, ego stroking tunes.