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Placebo’s Actual Lead Singer?

Published on May 29, 2010 By Todd Lyons

No, it’s not Brian Molko, even if that’s what it says in the album notes. No, it’s not Brian Molko, even if that’s who appears in the video. It’s Dave Foley, from The Kids in The Hall and NewsRadio.  Now don’t brush me off so easily.  Imagine Dave’s voice, then watch this video: I’m right, [...]

22.86 Centimetre Nails

Published on May 6, 2009 By Todd Lyons

22.86 Centimetre Nails is a Canadian band — in actuality, just one Canadian guy masquerading as a band — popularly abbreviated as 2286CMN. While labelled by some critics label as a blatant rip off of Nine Inch Nails, the band has sold well in Canada. However, this may be due to a nationwide drought in [...]

The Truth About Canada

Published on November 21, 2008 By Todd Lyons

Good day. How’s it goin’, eh? Like, uhm, welcome to Canada, eh? Want to have a bit of fun with our moose herd? I’ll tell ya though, they’re pretty loaded from the party last night, and you don’t want to piss off a moose when he’s like, hung over, eh? They’ll like, uh, run you [...]

Canadian content

Published on January 28, 2006 By Todd Lyons

Canadian content (also called The MAPL System) is a social program introduced by the Canadian Government in the 1970′s in an attempt to reduce the number of Canadian musicians and other artsy-fartsy creative types receiving Unemployment Insurance payments, Welfare, and other forms of social assistance. Prehistory In the beginning (well… before now), there was Paul [...]

Flin Flon, Manitoba

Published on January 11, 2006 By Todd Lyons

Flin Flon, Manitoba-Saskatchewan (pop. 7242) is a Canadian agrarian community on the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border. It is located at 54°46′N 101°51′W. History The City of Flin Flon was founded in 2002 when the Government of Canada awarded a four-year contract to a Midland, Texas based company for the production of medicinal marijuana. The site of the [...]