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By David DeRocco The musical roots of The Tragically Hip have always been deeply planted in Canadian soil, a badge of honour for patriotic fans who like the fact the Hip have always been Canada’s best kept secret. However, the seeds of the idea for an upcoming...
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“WAKE UP WITH SOMEONE YOU LOVE” Written and directed by David DeRocco...
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BY David DeRocco Greg Fraser and Stevie Skreebs aren’t as young as they were when their band, Brighton Rock, was ruling the Canadian metal charts during their ‘80s heyday. But they’re still wild and free, a mutual state of mind that comes with being at peace with...
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CLIENT: Canadian Wildlife Federation CWF SCRIPT: “HOLIDAY WISHES” (:30) TO AIR: NOVEMBER 1 – JANUARY 5 V/O: Canadian Wildlife Federation presents, “Holiday wishes, kid style…” V1: I wish… there were more butterflies to chase V/2: I wish my school had classrooms...
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By David DeRocco If you had to speculate on the type of blood Boz Scaggs has running through his veins, Type O might be a good guess. It would only make sense that the fluids flowing through a musician so versatile would be classified as “universal.” Scaggs has...
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By David DeRocco Passionate fans of jazz music will tell you listening to jazz music is good for the soul. As it turns out, it’s also good for your brain. A study conducted at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine determined that the brains of jazz...
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By David DeRocco No one paid a cover charge to get in. But there, in a dimly lit nightclub, in front of a weathered velvet stage curtain and an even more-weathered crowd of Sunday afternoon lunch special types, stood an artist clearly paying her dues. Standing tall...
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If you need any more proof of the concept of evolution, look no further than at these two seemingly disparate examples: the mobile food truck, and the Niagara winery. As two species often pegged for extinction in the 20th century, both the food truck and the Niagara...