Blue Rodeo
A few days before the Canadian federal election Sarah was commissioned to find a bunch of anti-Stephen Harper songs.
It wasn’t difficult.
After all, relatively mainstream acts like Blue Rodeo and Yukon Blonde had weighed in with their own related protest tunes.
Anyway, we’re pretty sure this list is the main reason why Harper lost to Justin Trudeau in the election.
To read the full list head over to Paste by going here.
Filed under Music, Politics, Shameless Promotion
Garrett “G Money” Holeve
Garrett “G Money” Holeve, a martial artist with down syndrome, wanted to participate in a professional fight.
Some officiating bodies not so into a person’s self-determination didn’t want him to.
The result was a different sort of fight… for one’s rights.
Sarah wrote about what went down for Fightland.
To read the full story go here.
Filed under Health, Jock Stuff, Politics, Shameless Promotion
Prime Minister/fighter Justin Trudeau
Back in 2012 newly elected Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau scored a solid TKO victory in a boxing match versus Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau.
That match, posits one academic paper, transformed the image of Trudeau from dandy flop into a capable tough guy.
Sarah wrote about the rise of the punching prime minister for Fightland.
To read the story go here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Politics, Shameless Promotion
Edith Garrud
One of the great assets the suffragette movement had in the early 1900s was a female jiu-jitsu instructor by the name of Edith Garrud.
Garrud’s contribution to the movement was to teach suffragettes practical self-defense tips in the face of hostile, violent men.
Sarah wrote about Garrud for Fightland.
To read the full story go here.
Filed under Culture, Jock Stuff, Photos, Shameless Promotion
D.O.A.
It does my heart good to know that a band like first generation hardcore punks D.O.A. are still out there doing their thing hatin’ on the government, supporting marijuana, still telling the world disco sucks, etc.
The band rolled into Toronto’s Riotfest awhile back while made for a plausible excuse for me to talk to the band’s figurehead Joey “Shithead” Keithley about politics, protest rock, the kids today and all sorts of related acts of rebellion.
To read the full interview with Keithley head over to the Samaritan website by clicking here.
Filed under Music, Politics, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 