brent bambury
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brent bambury
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i humanize the vacuum- host of @CBCDay6 since 2010
CBC r1 saturdays 10h05 Beigetreten Nisan 2009
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This was a major inflection point in Quebec and Canadian history. I was ten.
Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx@CraigBaird
On this day in 1976, the Parti Québécois led by René Lévesque won the Quebec election. The party gained 65 seats to form a majority government. The Liberals under Robert Bourassa lost 76 seats. Within four years, Quebec held a referendum on the issue of independence.
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Today we honor and remember the life of one of the most accomplished composers in American music, Billy Strayhorn, who passed on this day in 1967. The creator of an amazing body of work, Strayhorn certainly helped move the jazz needle “Ever Up and Onward”…
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The MD list of alternative national treasures: David Thomas
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I can name TONS of great Tracy Chapman songs.
(a somewhat outraged thread)
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-"Baby Can I Hold You" was covered by everybody from Pavarotti to George Michael to Neil Diamond to Nicki Minaj
-Clapton covered "Gimme One Reason"
-Neil Young played on Tracy Chapman's 2nd album
Bill Miller@MelaninDeficien
@JohnFugelsang Do we induct people into the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame because of their sexuality? I thought it was about the music they produced. Can you name three Tracy Chapman songs? If you do… You googled it.
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This Tuesday marks 40 years since the debut. Brave New Waves lives on. #BNW @CBC @CBCRadio exclaim.ca/music/article/…
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@TorrensJonathan Coming up Rosie starring John Candy, Dan Ackroyd, Catherine O’Hara and Fiona Reid! It was a classic!
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As far as we can tell, pieced together from someone who saw the theft and reported it on nextdoor, and the sighting of the bike today, what happened was that after our hefty Abus lock was cut through, the thief dragged the bike, with its wheel lock still engaged, 1.5 blocks over
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@LVEBakfietsMama Love this! doing so great! My kid is 3.5 yo and we just put pedals on his Strider. He's unstoppable!
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@tomflood1 Bike ride the lakeshore- endless and east. (Still vibrating from The Cure!)
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"He was the coolest, kindest, funniest person..."
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Hi pals! I’m off work for the happiest kind of personal reason. (And, even before that, was enjoying not posting as much to this ever-worse app.) I had a big role in the town hall coverage plan until the personal reason arrived. See you later on air/on CNN.com.
Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org)@froomkin
Where is @ddale8? I miss him and I'm worried.
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