Fred Penner Hosts Music Therapy Trust Concert

Some of the Music Therapy Concert performers

Some of the Music Therapy Concert performers

A neat concert took place last night where veteran children’s entertainer Fred Penner got together with a bunch of young whippersnappers to support the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund.

Before the concert I found out a little bit about music therapy and spoke to Penner.

To read the story about it head over to Samaritanmag by clicking here.

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An Academic Analysis Of Conor McGregor’s Trash Talk

Conor McGregor

Conor McGregor

Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor has gotten really popular for two reasons: 1) he’s really good, and 2) he’s got a really big mouth.

In fact, McGregor’s trash talk game might be better than his fight game.

But how good a trash talker is he really?

Sarah got three academics with virtually no knowledge of McGregor to analyze his best chirps.

To read the full story head over to Fightland by clicking here.

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Considering Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword Of Destiny

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword Of Destiny

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword Of Destiny

One of Netflix’s newly revived properties is the companion film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword Of Destiny.

How did it compare to the original Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?

Sarah collected a series of opinions of the film for Asian World of Martial Arts.

To read about them click here.

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City Confidential Was A Murder-ously Good Show

Paul Winfield, City Confidential narrator

Paul Winfield, City Confidential narrator

For a big chunk of February 2016 the Risky Fuel household with filled with tales of bucolic towns, charmingly eccentric characters… and murder.

That’s because Sarah went into a deep, dark tele-viewing hole to watch old episodes of the A&E true crime series City Confidential.

Her most important takeaway: That the show’s late narrator Paul Winfield was brilliant.

She wrote about the reasons why in a story for The A.V. Club.

To read it click here.

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Tami Neilson’s Love And Loss

Tami Neilson

Tami Neilson

One of my favourite musical discoveries from this past year is old tyme country crooner, Tami Neilson.

Neilson, who lives in New Zealand but was originally from Canada, at one point used to have to busk on the streets of Midland, Ontario for food. Knowing Midland as I do, that she could succeed at this is a profound marvel to me.

I wrote a feature story on her for The Bluegrass Situation.

To read about the busking as well as tales of meeting Roy Orbison, not-meeting Johnny Cash and more, click here.

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