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Diamond Tongues Romances The Unlikable Gal

Diamond Tongues

Diamond Tongues

Back when I was working on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight they used the live set for a scene in Diamond Tongues featuring July Talk’s Leah Fay.

The higher ups didn’t really tell most of the staff they were doing this so when she appeared on set there was very much a “Who the fuck is this chick and why is she being so annoying?”

It turns out there was a very… enthusiastic… reason why Fay’s appearance with Strombo played out the way it did.

Sarah wrote a review about Diamond Tongues for Consequence Of Sound.

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A Bit Of Polaris Long List

Polaris Music Prize Long List announcement

Polaris Music Prize Long List announcement

The 2015 Polaris Music Prize Long List was revealed recently in Halifax.

I did a bit of reporting and surface-level analysis on the 40 albums that made the Long List for the official Polaris site.

By the way, only two the five acts I voted for on my Polaris ballot made the Long List — Alvvays and Frazey Ford.

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Jake Gyllenhaal And The Curious Case Of The Orthodox Southpaw

Southpaw

Southpaw

Jake Gyllenhaal is going to be in a new movie called Southpaw.

Rumour has it Gyllenhaal trained like mad for the role to look legit.

There appears to be one problem, however.

In all the advance promo material Gyllenhaal is shown in the orthodox, right-handed fighting stance, not the southpaw left-handed stance.

Sarah wrote about this inconsistency for Fightland.

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Kangaroos Fighting Humans, An Unfortunate History

A man fighting a kangaroo

A man fighting a kangaroo

Humans have been fighting kangaroos since at least the early 1890s for their perverse viewing pleasure.

Sarah wrote a story about these boxing kangaroos for Fightland.

If you’re an animal lover it may make you irritated.

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How Pierre Trudeau Made Judo Cool

Pierre Trudeau with Queen Elizabeth

Pierre Trudeau with Queen Elizabeth

Former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau wasn’t just a world leader and political rock star, he was also an on-again, off-again judo practitioner.

In fact, on the day he decided to retire from politics he had just returned from taking his children to a judo class in the middle of a snowstorm.

Sarah wrote about Trudeau’s judo history for Fightland.

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