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So the official announcement is out and as usual the lineup has been met with a real mix of sentiment. I have more mixed feelings than usual – I’ve been a strong defender of Bluesfest in the past when people have complained about some of the programming being repetitive and not living up to the…
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Well it’s about that time again – several summer festivals have already announced their lineups, and for the ones who haven’t the rumour mill is in full force. Ottawa Bluesfest is set to announce its lineup at a gala event in a couple of weeks, so here’s my rundown of the rumours I’ve seen and…
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Everything that’s wrong with Hollywood: With that in mind, let’s look ahead to what’s on the menu for this year: four adaptations of comic books. One prequel to an adaptation of a comic book. One sequel to a sequel to a movie based on a toy. One sequel to a sequel to a sequel to…
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This week’s awarding of the Nobel Prize in medicine to Robert Edwards for his role in developing in vitro fertilization has thrown a spotlight on the religious right’s deeply offensive stance on this amazing advance in medical science. Since it was developed, in vitro fertilization has been responsible for the births of over 4 million…
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Two months ago I managed to let this blogs’ ten year anniversary slip by without so much as a mention. I really did mean to make a bigger deal out of it, I swear! Alas, I’ve had an on-again-off-again relationship with this blog for much of its life – I go through phases where I…
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Mike Jones, the male escort that outed Ted Haggard, on why so many priests hire male escorts: During the 1990s, when I worked as an escort in Denver, Colorado, I estimate at least 15 percent of my clientele were clergy or connected with the church in some way. There were one-timers and there were guys…
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Top performance of the festival. Ever. Hands Down.
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Bluesfest opens tonight with the legendary Iron Maiden! This show ought to be epic if for nothing else than what will probably be a record number of noise complaints from sleepy old Ottawa! I can’t wait… I’m not sure what my posting schedule will be like this year, but I’ll definitely be posting lots to…
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Lizzy Caplan on the fans of Party Down, in the wake of its cancellation: “Our fans, even though we didn’t have huge numbers, were exactly the type of people we were hoping to impress: smart and vocal and funny and almost snobby about their comedy preferences. You look at hugely-rated shows like ‘Two and a…
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