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Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 10th 2017, 11:14 pm
Replies: 468
Views: 38,516
Posted By dbd33

Re: Celebrity Croakers 2017

I'm surprised to see no mention of August Ames, Cancon and a potential 77 points.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 21st 2017, 12:14 am
Replies: 468
Views: 38,516
Posted By dbd33

Re: Celebrity Croakers 2017

My neighbor in Toronto had been a bluesman for a long time. When I lived next door he was host of the blues hour on Q107 and had a bar band. He'd toured with Stompin' Tom and complained about having...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 20th 2017, 2:12 pm
Replies: 468
Views: 38,516
Posted By dbd33

Re: Celebrity Croakers 2017

Yes, to Leonard Cohen, but I believe the Tragically Hip's popular song was called "New Orleans is Sinking". How does that sell to Canadians?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 19th 2017, 1:40 pm
Replies: 468
Views: 38,516
Posted By dbd33

Re: Celebrity Croakers 2017

I note that you have correctly discerned my level of appreciation for the music of the Tragically Hip. Good name though, you have to give them that.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 19th 2017, 1:11 pm
Replies: 468
Views: 38,516
Posted By dbd33

Re: Celebrity Croakers 2017

But this is just a difference in where one grew up. Canadians would be similarly baffled by the British affection for Noddy Holder.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 19th 2017, 11:42 am
Replies: 468
Views: 38,516
Posted By dbd33

Re: Celebrity Croakers 2017

I too was impressed at the comprehensive reach of the BBC. It seems they're everywhere.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 6th 2017, 1:37 am
Replies: 468
Views: 38,516
Posted By dbd33

Re: Celebrity Croakers 2017

RT, is a major national news outlet. If RT says someone is dead and the rest say not, is the person dead? (Admittedly it's usually the other way around but the circumstance is foreseeable). This...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 4th 2017, 5:50 pm
Replies: 468
Views: 38,516
Posted By dbd33

Re: Celebrity Croakers 2017

What would help would be a firm rule. Something like, he counts "if there's an obituary in the The Times" or even "if the BBC says he's dead".
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 13th 2017, 7:27 pm
Replies: 468
Views: 38,516
Posted By dbd33

Re: Celebrity Croakers 2017

I'm much enjoying a debate on the formerly Gruaniad death thread. Someone has chosen Canadian singer Gord Downie (of a band called the Tragically Hip). The moderator has cautioned that google has...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 20th 2017, 11:11 pm
Replies: 468
Views: 38,516
Posted By dbd33

Re: Celebrity Croakers 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/feb/20/steve-hewlett-broadcaster-and-journalist-dies-aged-58-cancer

Gifts in alcoholic form are always welcome and appreciated.

The passing of Leah...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 9th 2017, 4:36 pm
Replies: 468
Views: 38,516
Posted By dbd33

Re: Celebrity Croakers 2017

I think an interest in women with huge breasts conducting sexual acts generally considered taboo is a timeless one. Perhaps not one universally shared but not one that came along with Ray J.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 7th 2017, 1:26 pm
Replies: 468
Views: 38,516
Posted By dbd33

Re: Celebrity Croakers 2017

Steve Hewlett is the ambulance chaser's choice of the day.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 30th 2016, 12:58 pm
Replies: 468
Views: 38,516
Posted By dbd33

Re: Celebrity Croakers 2017

I had him in 2015 but dropped him for 2016 as, by then, I was concerned that he'd no longer count as being famous.
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