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Degrassi Star Becomes An American Idiot

Jake Epstein in American Idiot

Jake Epstein in American Idiot

Team Risky Fuel was so full of existential angst after checking out the Canadian debut of Green Day’s American Idiot musical that we had to dig a little deeper.

So Sarah tracked down Jake Epstein, one of American Idiot’s main performers, to get the lowdown on what it’s like channeling Billie Joe Armstrong every day. Along the way Jake, who played Craig Manning on cult series Degrassi: The Next Generation, also dished on his former castmate Drake, Glee, and subversive musical Spring Awakening.

You can read the story at Spinner by clicking here.

 

 

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How The Wire Helped Me Finally Understand Ghostface Killah

The Wire meets The Wu

The Wire meets The Wu

The Wire is a brilliant television program. Ghostface Killah is a brilliant rapper. But both of them are kind of difficult to understand — their respective art forms are filled with codified language, insider street slang that’s virtually impenetrable.

At least, that’s how Aaron felt about the music of the Ghostman until he watched all five seasons of The Wire. Then it all made sense. The criminals of the show provided him his eureka moment to understanding the Wu Tang Clan member’s music.

Wanting to share this revelation with the world, Aaron wrote How The Wire Helped Me Finally Understand Ghostface Killah for AUX TV. You can read the story by clicking here.

 

 

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Rock The Vote: 20 Musicians Turned Politicians

Fela Kuti

Fela Kuti

The Grammy-winning Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour recently announced he’s planning to run for president in his country’s upcoming election.

This, naturally, sent Sarah on a fact-finding mission to hunt down other musicians-turned politicians. She came up with 20 people, including amongst others, Krist Novoselic from Nirvana, Martha Reeves, Peter Garrett of Midnight Oil, 2 Live Crew’s Luther Campbell, Fela Kuti, Sonny Bono, and her personal favourites, the guys from Iceland — Jon Gnarr and Einar Orn — who are part of a political movement called The Best Party.

You can read her story over at Spinner by clicking here.

 

 

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New Year’s Resolution Workout Tips From Rockers

Amanda Palmer gun show

Amanda Palmer gun show

The good folks at AUX TV were looking to incentivize their New Year’s workout resolution so they looked towards the only role models they respect — rock stars — for exercise advice.

The natural author for a story like this, of course, would be fitness professional and personal trainer Sarah Risky Fuel.

To read the workout advice of Bob Mould, LMFAO, Hawksley Workman, Patrick Stump and Amanda Palmer, click here.

 

 

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Sterling Inn & Spa Gives Niagara Falls Some Class

Sterling Inn

Sterling Inn

In direct contrast to everything else Sarah loves about Niagara Falls — namely all the gaudy, ridiculous tourist attractions — her go-to hotel of choice is the super-nice boutique-y Sterling Inn & Spa.

She like the place so much, in fact, that she wrote about it for AOL Travel. You can read about the hotel here.

 

 

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