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Thanks to the fine folks at Fierce Ink Press, I’m giving away three copies of my Fierce Short.

“These Memories Can’t Wait” is a memoir of sorts, about the music I loved and where it took me.

From first crush to second-year university to burgeoning adulthood, it’s a look at the years when music meant everything and pop songs coloured every defining moment.

The music didn’t just speak to me. It often spoke for me. That made for a complex relationship.

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Music is an interior journey. It will deliver you beyond Mom. Beyond dinner and muddy sneakers and your-father-will-be-home-any-minute to a place where authority is deflected with a knowing smirk and a toss of blond curls. You will live in a different world, the one you hear when the records play. You can’t explain how or what it will look like. But you know you’ll get there.

That’s from These Memories Can’t Wait, my “Fierce Short” now available for download from Fierce Ink Press.

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Almost Forty years have passed since stood
on the bridge in his home town of Petty Harbour and became part of
Newfoundland film history. Theholywood produced movie "Whale For The
Killing" was shot there in the summer of 1980 and for his role Alan
received the credit "Boy On Bridge". Fast forward into the next century
and Alan Doyle is now a major player in Canada's music scene. Known
mainly as the front man with platinum selling trad rockers Great Big
Sea, Alan has just released hi...

Amelia Curran
launched the long awaited and highly anticipated encore to her 2009
Juno award winning CD Hunter Hunter with a sold out concert at the St.
John's Arts and Culture Centre. She brought with her a brand new band
complete with horns and strings and a bag of great new songs.

"Spectators"
marks the growth of this exceptional singer songwriter whose precise
poetic sharpness and tuneful rhythms set her apart from most of her
contemporaries. The new material continues to explore the hope...

The folks who generate NHL trade rumors get full marks for volume.

But creativity is sadly lacking.

You hardly ever see a real trade rumor anymore.

A real rumor is one that names two teams and at least one guy from each team:

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We're not sure if haunting the bars and concert venues of St.
John's in the first decade of the 21st century can now be considered
historical fiction but this week on The Performance Hour award winning and best
selling author Michael Crummey takes us on a stroll through his nights in the old town. Along the way we'll check out the likes of Amelia Curran, Billy
Bragg, Sean Panting, Leonard Cohen, The Once, Feist and The Novaks.

The NHL has shuffled the deck.

When you check the standings next season, you'll see four divisions instead of six, with teams divided into groups we've never seen before.

The idea is to reduce travel and time-zone hopping, and take better advantage of geographic rivalries.

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Though he emerged just a couple of years ago, Matthew Byrne ranksas one of the finest singers in contemporary Newfoundland folk music. Born
into a family of music makers from Placentia Bay his repertoire is
heavily influenced by this unique singing tradition. It is a tradition
that thrives on the song - the weaving of a great story with a beautiful
melody - and Matthew's music reminds us how satisfying traditional
songs can be when stripped down to these basic elements.

In
this live concert r...

If you're new to hockey, you'll want to get acquainted with the giants of the game.

That search will inevitably lead you to Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr, and Mario Lemieux.

Are they the best players in hockey history?

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In hockey, as in any sport, a team can go on a winning streak or a losing streak.

Such streaks are self-evident, with no need for explanation or qualification.

In sports that accept a tie as a result, a team can also go "undefeated" or "winless" for a while.

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