Dudebox Gets Arcade Fire’s Win Butler To DJ Party

The scene at a previous Dudebox event

The scene at a previous Dudebox event

With the NBA All-Star Game/cultural circus dominating Toronto right now there are parties everywhere.

One of the few noble, affordable and super-cool ones happening tonight is the Dudebox party featuring DJ Windows 98, better known as Win Butler from Arcade Fire.

As cool as that sounds, the best part is probably the fact that 100 per cent of the profits from this party will go to the Kanpe charity.

I spoke to Dudebox organizer Daniel Tal about this for Samaritan mag.

To read the full story go here.

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Ditch TV Playlists: Ghostface, GNR, LCD and Pusha T

Guns n' Roses

Guns n’ Roses

I’m totally a playlist content curator right now thanks to the folks at Ditch TV allowing me to party in their sandbox.

They have no idea (or maybe they do?) what they’ve unleashed.

Here are 10 of my recent Ditch playlists:

LCD Soundsystem and All of Their Friends

Ghostface Killah is the Greatest

14 Times Neil Hamburger Was Amazing

Brilliant Rap Songs From 1990

Be Sad With Morrissey

Pusha T is the Greatest

15 Melodramatic Guns n’ Roses Moments

Brilliant Rap Songs From 1989

The Bizarre World of Salad Fingers

Ain’t No Party Like A Peaches Party

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Samaritan News 10 Pack: Bono Bike, Star Wars, Harrison Ford

Bono bicycle

Bono bicycle

I’ve been doing a bunch of stuff  over at the music-ish charity ‘n’ good news website Samaritan Mag so I decided to collect some of my latest pieces all in one place.

Here are 10 of these stories…

Bono Bravely Offers Bicycle Tour With Him As Prize To Support AIDS Charity (RED)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Takes Children’s Hospital Patients To See Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Toy Company Mattel To Help Patients In Children’s Hospitals Play

Blues Musician and Liver Transplant Recipient Walter Trout To Support British Liver Trust

Mark Zuckerberg To Donate 99 Percent Of His Facebook Shares Towards Future Causes

Harrison Ford Promotes Charitable Contest To Attend Star Wars: The Force Awakens Premiere

MusiCounts Aeroplan Mile Donations Receive Triple Their Value This Week

Blindfolded Muslim Man Seeks Hugs From Paris Mourners (Video)

Andy Kim Christmas Concert To Benefit CAMH Lineup Revealed

Duran Duran to Donate Proceeds After Eagles Of Death Metal Fans ‘Save A Prayer’ Campaign

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Cyborg Revisited

Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino

Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino

Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino considered the best female mixed martial artist outside of the UFC.

And the reason why she’s outside of the UFC is mainly because there isn’t an actual weight class for her to fight in.

A lot of Cyborg’s career arc has revolved around will she or won’t she fight Ronda Rousey. It’s a superfight that’ll probably never happen.

As such, Sarah theorized that it’s time Cyborg start being viewed on her own merits as opposed to as a potential Rousey opponent.

She wrote about this for Fightland.

To read the full story go here.

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MusiCounts Does First-Ever Standalone Concert Tonight

MusiCounts concert

MusiCounts concert

MusiCounts, the music education charity that’s run by Juno Awards overseers CARAS, has been around for 19 years.

In all this time, though, the organization has never put on its own charity show.

Until now.

I wrote about this new venture for Samaritan Mag.

To read the full story go here.

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