Hurry up with Kanye’s damn croissants
By now everyone’s aware that when Kanye West is in a French restaurant he really wants people to hurry up with his damn croissants.
Inspired by Kanye’s need for flaky morning pastry in the song “I Am A God” Sarah went looking for other baked good-inspired songs.
To read the whole mouth-watering list head over to Huffington Post Music Canada by clicking here.
Filed under Food, Music, Shameless Promotion
Mike Prosserman of Unity Charity
The Unity Festival is happening this weekend in Toronto. The marquee event for this gathering of aspiring and established hip-hop artists will be a free Talib Kweli show tonight at Yonge-Dundas Square.
There is, however, a far greater purpose to Unity than putting on a big concert. The Unity Charity, an after-school arts and leadership program based in disadvantaged neighborhoods, has been help young adults grow and develop.
I talked to Mike Prosserman, a former competitive breakdancer and founder of the charity, to explain exactly what they do and why they do it.
To read the story head over to Samaritan Mag here.
Filed under Culture, Dance, Music, Shameless Promotion
Metz
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
The 2013 Polaris Music Prize Short List got announced this week and amongst a narrow band of music writers and music fans this was a really big deal. As such, we tracked some of the reactions to the names that made it on the list and the ones that didn’t.
To read the column go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Foreigner
One of the no-irony classic rock favourites around the Risky Fuel HQ are fist-pump, power ballad rockers Foreigner.
Sarah had the chance to talk to the band’s lead singer Kelly Hansen recently about their appearance on the television show Glee and Game Of Throne’s Peter Dinklage singing drunken covers of their songs.
To read the story head over to Huffington Post Music Canada by clicking here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion, Uncategorized
Polaris Music Prize 2013 Long List
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
Because the 2013 Short List is being announced on July 16 I used this week’s write-up as one last opportunity to highlight some fact or quirk about all of the albums on the 2013 Polaris Long List.
To read the column go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
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