ROCKthusiast
@rockthusiast.bsky.social
Middle-aged Jack White fanboy. Occasional Culture contributor to the Toronto Star. Full-time rock 'n' research stat nerd. Still missing Meg.
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“I devoured @pulmyears’ fantastic book, #JohnCandy: A Life In Comedy. I’ve spent years pondering the greatness & essential humanity of John Candy.
Paul truly captured the essence of the John Candy we all know and we all love,” says @vancityreynolds.
mysummerlair.com/podcast/paul...
Paul truly captured the essence of the John Candy we all know and we all love,” says @vancityreynolds.
mysummerlair.com/podcast/paul...
My Summer Lair featuring Paul Myers (John Candy A Life in Comedy)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to author Paul Myers for his biography John Candy: A Life in Comedy.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“I devoured @pulmyears’ fantastic book, #JohnCandy: A Life In Comedy. I’ve spent years pondering the greatness & essential humanity of John Candy.
Paul truly captured the essence of the John Candy we all know and we all love,” says @vancityreynolds.
mysummerlair.com/podcast/paul...
Paul truly captured the essence of the John Candy we all know and we all love,” says @vancityreynolds.
mysummerlair.com/podcast/paul...
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Remembering Freddie Mercury today on the 34th anniversary of his passing (November 24, 1991)
album.ink/FMercuryRIP
album.ink/FMercuryRIP
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Remembering Freddie Mercury today on the 34th anniversary of his passing (November 24, 1991)
album.ink/FMercuryRIP
album.ink/FMercuryRIP
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#OTD in 1996 I had the honour of getting to see the Godfather of Soul, Mr. James Brown himself! Lulu's was a crazy place, but there were some good acts that went through there.
James Brown
November 23, 1996
Lulu's Roadhouse
Kitchener, Ontario
#ticketstubs
James Brown
November 23, 1996
Lulu's Roadhouse
Kitchener, Ontario
#ticketstubs
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
#OTD in 1996 I had the honour of getting to see the Godfather of Soul, Mr. James Brown himself! Lulu's was a crazy place, but there were some good acts that went through there.
James Brown
November 23, 1996
Lulu's Roadhouse
Kitchener, Ontario
#ticketstubs
James Brown
November 23, 1996
Lulu's Roadhouse
Kitchener, Ontario
#ticketstubs
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A #BITS2025 #PantsWorthy Recommendation:
Canada’s weirdest, wildest kids’ show finally gets the love letter it deserves.
Behind the Castle Doors unearths the local DIY magic, madness & monster mania that made The Hilarious House of Frightenstein a cult classic.
cc: @bitsfilmfest
Canada’s weirdest, wildest kids’ show finally gets the love letter it deserves.
Behind the Castle Doors unearths the local DIY magic, madness & monster mania that made The Hilarious House of Frightenstein a cult classic.
cc: @bitsfilmfest
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A #BITS2025 #PantsWorthy Recommendation:
Canada’s weirdest, wildest kids’ show finally gets the love letter it deserves.
Behind the Castle Doors unearths the local DIY magic, madness & monster mania that made The Hilarious House of Frightenstein a cult classic.
cc: @bitsfilmfest
Canada’s weirdest, wildest kids’ show finally gets the love letter it deserves.
Behind the Castle Doors unearths the local DIY magic, madness & monster mania that made The Hilarious House of Frightenstein a cult classic.
cc: @bitsfilmfest
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We need you! 🎁
It's time to dust off those sleigh bells (and maybe your car keys!). We have 50,000 gifts waiting to be delivered to financially vulnerable children across the GTA!
Ready to bring hope and joy with just one delivery run?
pickatime.com/SantaClausFu...
#StarSantaClausFund
It's time to dust off those sleigh bells (and maybe your car keys!). We have 50,000 gifts waiting to be delivered to financially vulnerable children across the GTA!
Ready to bring hope and joy with just one delivery run?
pickatime.com/SantaClausFu...
#StarSantaClausFund
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We need you! 🎁
It's time to dust off those sleigh bells (and maybe your car keys!). We have 50,000 gifts waiting to be delivered to financially vulnerable children across the GTA!
Ready to bring hope and joy with just one delivery run?
pickatime.com/SantaClausFu...
#StarSantaClausFund
It's time to dust off those sleigh bells (and maybe your car keys!). We have 50,000 gifts waiting to be delivered to financially vulnerable children across the GTA!
Ready to bring hope and joy with just one delivery run?
pickatime.com/SantaClausFu...
#StarSantaClausFund
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39 years ago today
Licensed to Ill is the debut studio album by the American hip-hop group Beastie Boys, released on November 15, 1986
With this album, the Beastie Boys (to my dismay) completed their transition from hardcore to hip hop.
You gotta fight for your right (to party)
#punkrockhistory
Licensed to Ill is the debut studio album by the American hip-hop group Beastie Boys, released on November 15, 1986
With this album, the Beastie Boys (to my dismay) completed their transition from hardcore to hip hop.
You gotta fight for your right (to party)
#punkrockhistory
November 15, 2025 at 5:26 AM
39 years ago today
Licensed to Ill is the debut studio album by the American hip-hop group Beastie Boys, released on November 15, 1986
With this album, the Beastie Boys (to my dismay) completed their transition from hardcore to hip hop.
You gotta fight for your right (to party)
#punkrockhistory
Licensed to Ill is the debut studio album by the American hip-hop group Beastie Boys, released on November 15, 1986
With this album, the Beastie Boys (to my dismay) completed their transition from hardcore to hip hop.
You gotta fight for your right (to party)
#punkrockhistory
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Thrilled to make my @exclaimdotca.bsky.social debut with a review of the excellent new Home Front record.
Heavy, weird and distinctly Edmonton, “Watch It Die” is the culmination of a sound 20 years in the making.
exclaim.ca/music/articl...
Heavy, weird and distinctly Edmonton, “Watch It Die” is the culmination of a sound 20 years in the making.
exclaim.ca/music/articl...
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Thrilled to make my @exclaimdotca.bsky.social debut with a review of the excellent new Home Front record.
Heavy, weird and distinctly Edmonton, “Watch It Die” is the culmination of a sound 20 years in the making.
exclaim.ca/music/articl...
Heavy, weird and distinctly Edmonton, “Watch It Die” is the culmination of a sound 20 years in the making.
exclaim.ca/music/articl...
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Last one!
We’ve been celebrating Neil Young’s 80th birthday all day today with help from musicians we asked to pick their favorite song by him.
@pixiesofficial.bsky.social’s Frank Black went deep on “Winterlong” (1973) and here’s a clip!
Full video: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMvAJXv1/
We’ve been celebrating Neil Young’s 80th birthday all day today with help from musicians we asked to pick their favorite song by him.
@pixiesofficial.bsky.social’s Frank Black went deep on “Winterlong” (1973) and here’s a clip!
Full video: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMvAJXv1/
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Last one!
We’ve been celebrating Neil Young’s 80th birthday all day today with help from musicians we asked to pick their favorite song by him.
@pixiesofficial.bsky.social’s Frank Black went deep on “Winterlong” (1973) and here’s a clip!
Full video: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMvAJXv1/
We’ve been celebrating Neil Young’s 80th birthday all day today with help from musicians we asked to pick their favorite song by him.
@pixiesofficial.bsky.social’s Frank Black went deep on “Winterlong” (1973) and here’s a clip!
Full video: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMvAJXv1/
Happy 80th, Neil Young. Great night of his music so far at ye olde Massey Hall organized by a friend of my youngest brother, Dale Gago. Skye Wallace doing My My Hey Hey has probably been the highlight so far!
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Happy 80th, Neil Young. Great night of his music so far at ye olde Massey Hall organized by a friend of my youngest brother, Dale Gago. Skye Wallace doing My My Hey Hey has probably been the highlight so far!
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The White Stripes + OutKast getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on the same night reminded me of my favourite Eye Weekly cover concept, commissioned for our Jan. 22, 2004 Music Critics Poll issue. (Illustration: Ben Shannon)
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The White Stripes + OutKast getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on the same night reminded me of my favourite Eye Weekly cover concept, commissioned for our Jan. 22, 2004 Music Critics Poll issue. (Illustration: Ben Shannon)
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I think Feist + Olivia Rodrigo are going to be friends after duetting on “We Are Going to Be Friends” for the White Stripes’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
November 9, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I think Feist + Olivia Rodrigo are going to be friends after duetting on “We Are Going to Be Friends” for the White Stripes’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
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Happy birthday to Jully Black, born on this day in 1977 in Toronto.
So far in her career as a singer-songwriter, she has won one Juno out of eight nominations. She is also a Gemini Award nominee. She has three top-20 hits in Canada and is known as Canada's Queen of R&B.
So far in her career as a singer-songwriter, she has won one Juno out of eight nominations. She is also a Gemini Award nominee. She has three top-20 hits in Canada and is known as Canada's Queen of R&B.
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Happy birthday to Jully Black, born on this day in 1977 in Toronto.
So far in her career as a singer-songwriter, she has won one Juno out of eight nominations. She is also a Gemini Award nominee. She has three top-20 hits in Canada and is known as Canada's Queen of R&B.
So far in her career as a singer-songwriter, she has won one Juno out of eight nominations. She is also a Gemini Award nominee. She has three top-20 hits in Canada and is known as Canada's Queen of R&B.
I know I don't post much anymore, but because people are asking me - Yes of course I hope #TheWhiteStripes reunite at tonight's R'n'R HoF induction ceremony, and I will $#!% my pants if Jack & Meg play any of Let's Shake Hands, Screwdriver or Death Letter. Ball and Biscuit too, of course.
November 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I know I don't post much anymore, but because people are asking me - Yes of course I hope #TheWhiteStripes reunite at tonight's R'n'R HoF induction ceremony, and I will $#!% my pants if Jack & Meg play any of Let's Shake Hands, Screwdriver or Death Letter. Ball and Biscuit too, of course.
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Shout out to Brian Dunn who wore this T shirt for a hit on TV once
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Shout out to Brian Dunn who wore this T shirt for a hit on TV once
This does not bode well for a Jack and Meg reunion.
The Disney+ promo only mentions inductees Bad Company, Cyndi Lauper, Salt-N-Pepa, and Soundgarden as performing at the ceremony. Notably there is no mention of OutKast or The White Stripes.
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This does not bode well for a Jack and Meg reunion.
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Today is the 35th anniversary of the release of My Bloody Valentine's _Loveless_, which is as good a reason as any to spin one of the 20th century's greatest works of art in any genre.
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Today is the 35th anniversary of the release of My Bloody Valentine's _Loveless_, which is as good a reason as any to spin one of the 20th century's greatest works of art in any genre.
I know we haven't heard the last of you, Dani!
Have always believed that as a door closes another appears. By now you may have noticed that Night Music on INDIE is gone. I’m still processing but I wanted to take a moment to thank the musicians for sharing their music & anyone who made a request. And U, if you listened.
Thank you my music friend.
Thank you my music friend.
November 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I know we haven't heard the last of you, Dani!
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Blue Jays have the chance to win the World Series on what would have been John Candy's 75th birthday.
Make it happen.
Make it happen.
October 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Blue Jays have the chance to win the World Series on what would have been John Candy's 75th birthday.
Make it happen.
Make it happen.
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Released 44 years ago
Halloween, the fith single by the Misfits.
Misfits - “Halloween” (1981)
#punk #punks #punkrock #horrorpunk #misfits #halloween #history #otd #punkrockhistory
Halloween, the fith single by the Misfits.
Misfits - “Halloween” (1981)
#punk #punks #punkrock #horrorpunk #misfits #halloween #history #otd #punkrockhistory
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Released 44 years ago
Halloween, the fith single by the Misfits.
Misfits - “Halloween” (1981)
#punk #punks #punkrock #horrorpunk #misfits #halloween #history #otd #punkrockhistory
Halloween, the fith single by the Misfits.
Misfits - “Halloween” (1981)
#punk #punks #punkrock #horrorpunk #misfits #halloween #history #otd #punkrockhistory
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Neil Young speaking through his guitar like only he does. So good.
Neil Young speaking through his guitar like only he does. So good.
as time explodes
YouTube video by neilyoungchannel
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October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Neil Young speaking through his guitar like only he does. So good.
Neil Young speaking through his guitar like only he does. So good.
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Hang it in the Louvre, steal it, recover it, and hang it in the Louvre again. Photo by David J. Phillip/Associated Press
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Hang it in the Louvre, steal it, recover it, and hang it in the Louvre again. Photo by David J. Phillip/Associated Press
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39 years ago
Beastie Boys on East 18th Street and Broadway in New York City, October 1986.
Photo by Sunny Bak
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #hardcore #hiphop #beastieboys #history #punkrockhistory
Beastie Boys on East 18th Street and Broadway in New York City, October 1986.
Photo by Sunny Bak
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #hardcore #hiphop #beastieboys #history #punkrockhistory
October 29, 2025 at 4:10 AM
39 years ago
Beastie Boys on East 18th Street and Broadway in New York City, October 1986.
Photo by Sunny Bak
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #hardcore #hiphop #beastieboys #history #punkrockhistory
Beastie Boys on East 18th Street and Broadway in New York City, October 1986.
Photo by Sunny Bak
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #hardcore #hiphop #beastieboys #history #punkrockhistory
WHO DO YOU LOVE?!
I don’t know how you can top the genius casting of Richard Dawson in the original Running Man
October 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
WHO DO YOU LOVE?!
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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ to take over the streets this Halloween
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ to take over the streets this Halloween
TORONTO - Earlier this year, eight-year-old Betsy Schruder had a tough decision to make: Glinda, Benson Boone, or Zoey from "KPop Demon Hunters"?
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October 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ to take over the streets this Halloween