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 Wolverine: "I can't seem to play anything except triads"

Wolverine: “I can’t seem to play anything except triads”

Celine Dion, Order of Canada

Celine Dion is elevated to the Order of Canada; at the same time she is criticized for not making free tickets to her Quebec concert available to the survivors of the Lac-Megantic survivors, as Paul McCartney did last week.

Celine Dion is elevated to Companion to the Order of Canada; at the same time she is criticized for not donating free tickets for her Quebec concert to the survivors of the Lac-Megantic disaster, as Paul McCartney did last week.

Movies for Seniors? “Gidget Grows Old”

Group "One Million Senior Voices" launches petition to demand Hollywood make more movies geared to aging Boomers

Group “One Million Senior Voices” launches petition to demand Hollywood make more movies geared to aging Boomers

Studies show music can lessen pain

Listening to music can lessen children's  perception of pain;  but what if the music is CAUSING the pain?

Listening to music can lessen children’s perception of pain; but what if the music is CAUSING the pain?

Rowdy Venetian Gondoliers could face drug/alcohol testing

"When the moon hits your eye and you're completely pie-eyed, that's amore"

“When the moon hits your eye and you’re completely pie-eyed, that’s amore”

“Keys to the Street”[Glen Gould plays “Oh Canada”]

 Vancouver places free pianos in outdoor public spaces to inspire participation in music and creativity. [You could be the next Glen Gould!]

Vancouver program places free pianos in outdoor public spaces to inspire participation in music and creativity. [You could be the next Glen Gould!]

Farewell Henri Dutilleux, 1916-2013

Gone to a whole distant world, [Tout un Monde Lointain]

Great French composer: gone to a whole distant world, [Tout un Monde Lointain]

Japan unveils Tiny “Space Robot”

Tiny 1-kilogram communication robot ready to launch

Lilliputian 1-kilogram communication robot ready for space travels

Godzilla Blockbuster films in B.C.

"Looks like the Stanley Cup Rioters got here first!"

“Looks like the Stanley Cup Rioters got here first!”