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12.12.12.: Hollywood Mogul Can’t Reunite Led Zeppelin, Isn’t Happy About It

12-12-12 Concert

12-12-12 Concert Benefiting The Robin Hood Relief Fund To Aid The Victims Of Hurricane Sandy

The Risky Fuel household experienced an electric jolt of concern recently after finding out that Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein didn’t appreciate an uncomfortably valid characterization Sarah made about Kristen Stewart in an article she wrote about the aftermath of the 12.12.12 documentary gala screening at TIFF 2013.

During a post-screening Q&A Weinstein talked about how, for $500,000, they had arranged for the Twilight actress to meet ‘n’ greet with an Arabian prince while at the charity concert to aid victims of Hurricane Sandy. And, there’s more… but you’ll have to ask her about it in person.

Let’s just say we had the conversation “What if I get blacklisted?” Our conclusion: you can’t blacklist people who don’t actually have much of anything to be blacklisted from, so here’s to being poor, powerless, insignificant and… free.

Weinstein was also mighty unhappy the concert’s organizing posse couldn’t force Led Zeppelin to reunite.

To actually understand what all I’m talking about, head over to Huffington Post Music Canada and read the story here.

 

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Polaris People For The Week Of Sept. 6 (Broken Social Scene! Arcade Fire! Colin Stetson!)

Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene

The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.

This week  we investigate some of the many evolving new Broken Social Scene connections, track the excitement for Arcade Fire and find a use for Colin Stetson‘s music.

To read the column go here.

 

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30 Great Superhero Songs

Prince doing the Batdance

Prince doing the Batdance

The recent arrival of the Fan Expo — known casually as “Comic Con North” — to Toronto brought out all of the costumed nerd types.

It also got me thinking about the many superhero songs that exist. So I made a list of 30 of them for Huffington Post Music Canada.

There are songs about Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, The Hulk, Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider, The Riddler and a whole bunch more.

To read the list go here.

 

 

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Perry Farrell Says There’ll Be A Porno For Pyros Reunion

Porno For Pyros

Porno For Pyros

When Jane’s Addiction rolled into Toronto recently for the Rockstar Uproar tour I managed to corral Perry Farrell into talking about something entirely different — Porno For Pyros.

The band Farrell spent much of the ’90s in will be making a comeback of sorts in the near future. They’ve recorded some songs and will be going on on tour.

To find out more about Pornos as well as his renewed friendship with Alice In Chains head over to Huffington Post Music Canada by clicking here.

 

 

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Polaris People For August 30 (Grimes! Shad! The Weeknd!)

Grimes

Grimes

The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.

This week Grimes got covered by Franz Ferdinand, Shad had a fam jam and The Weeknd totally didn’t invite us to his party.

To read the column go here.

 

 

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