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18 Dead In Love Parade Stampede
“Eighteen people have been killed in Germany during the country’s annual “Love Parade”, held this year in the former industrial Ruhr city of Duisburg”
Officials and eyewitnesses spoke of a mass stampede in which people were trampled under foot. At least 40 others were injured, some seriously, and many police and [...]

In previous posts, we praised Glade for adding breaks to their lineup unlike their other fesitval counterparts.
Now, it appears that Glade 2010 is cancelled.
The official statement reads:
“With great sadness we have been forced to cancel the Glade Festival 2010.
When we started back in 2004 we did so out of a love of [...]

According to the New York Post, rumours are swirling that the owners of Pacha in New York are in talks to take over CiRCA in Toronto.
Still in the rumour stages, but I’m sure that Toronto’s Anti-Fun Politician Adam Vaughn is just chomping at the bit wait to get his name back in the press.
But wait… [...]

Awesome photo of lightning and the Eyjafjallajökull volcano cloud in Iceland by Marco Fulle, via Stromboli.org
Anyone else think the world is coming to an end?  Earthquakes everywhere… volcano’s causing havoc…

Just Announced!
WORLD POUTINE EATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
BMO Field, Toronto
Saturday, May 22, 2010
TFC vs. New England
Competition Begins @ 3 p.m.
Thousands of dollars in cash and prizes!!!
Join Smoke’s Poutinerie and some of Major League Eating’s Top Professional Eaters from around the world to see who can set the world record of Poutine eating. Hosted live on May 22nd [...]

Well… looks like that time has come.
Our sources on the streets have taken their ears off the ground long enough to tell us that Circa’s bankruptcy protection has run out and the landlord changed the locks this past Monday. The landlord has also rightfully seized all the property within and will be looking to [...]

Now that the Olympics are over… I don’t know what to do with myself…

Record Industry Faces Liability Over `Infringement’
By Michael Geist Internet Law Columnist
Published On Mon Dec 07 2009
Chet Baker was a leading jazz musician in the 1950s, playing trumpet and providing vocals. Baker died in 1988, yet he is about to add a new claim to fame as the lead plaintiff in possibly the largest copyright infringement [...]

Hard times hit Toronto club district
Circa Nightclub Filing For Bankruptcy Protection
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 | 2:41 PM ET
CBC News
Glitzy nightclubs in Toronto’s entertainment district say they have fallen upon hard times this year as low-key party-goers head west to smaller venues.
Circa, Toronto’s largest nightclub, has confirmed to CBC News that it is filing [...]