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CD reviews: Some hits and misses from 2007
Travis Persaud
14-01-2008
The Hives The Black and White Album (A&M/Octone)
After the band's stateside hit “Hate To Say I Told You So” in 2002, The Hives were mostly forgotten from the music scene altogether. Credited as one of the bands to revive the...
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Essential sights and sounds: Jesse Harris, The John Frankenheimer Collection, Architecture in the Emirates
DRIVEN Staff
11-01-2008
Jesse Harris Feel (Secret Sun Recordings/Velour)
Jesse Harris has found more success wielding his pen for other artists, than using it for his own endeavours. He's made a career as a songwriter; most notably working on Norah Jones’ 2003...
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The 2008 Buell 1125R: Cause of and cure for winter blues
George Zicarelli
14-12-2007
I never did quite grasp the thinking behind staging a motorcycle show in December. The sight of some parka-clad biker resting his Sorels on a Hyabusa’s foot pegs strikes me as fundamentally wrong, sort of like handcuffing and muzzling a college...
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Essential sights and sounds: Murray McLauchlan, Erik The Viking: Director’s Son’s Cut and Baptism of Fire
DRIVEN Staff
13-12-2007
Murray McLauchlin The Best Of Murray McLauchlan: Songs From The Street (True North/Universal)
Nobody captures the essence of being Canadian quite like Toronto’s Murray McLauchlan. For nearly 40 years he’s been performing lyrical sleights...
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Gallery: MV Agusta F4CC
DRIVEN Staff
27-11-2007
Meccanica Verghera (MV) Agusta’s F4CC is one of the world’s most exclusive motorcycles. Only 100 of these models were made and each is priced at 100,000 Euros. MV Agusta has created a truly unique motorcycle with the F4CC. About 90 percent of the...
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Framing your fortune – OneShare at a time
James Hunter
21-11-2007
You may own every iProduct that Apple has ever released, but you might not own a stake in Steve Jobs’ empire. Sure, you could ring up your broker and have him throw down some money on a share the old-fashioned way, but would it be delivered to your...
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Essential sights and sounds: Cuff the Duke, Midnite Movies and Spanish Fly
Jamie Hunter
30-10-2007
Cuff the Duke Sidelines of the City (Hardwood/Universal)
A couple of years ago when I read the news that original guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Jeff Peers was leaving Cuff the Duke, my faith in the band took a serious nose-dive. The...
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Toronto After Dark Film Festival: A frightfully good time
James Hunter
18-10-2007
It's the time of year again when we break out the leaf blowers, witness another Toronto Maple Leafs sub-par start to the hockey season and stock up on Halloween candy to give to the greedy little trick or treaters that will inevitably disrupt...
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Essential sights and sounds: Five Blank Pages, Stargate SG-1: The Complete Series Collector’s Edition and Great Escapes Around the World
Jamie Hunter
10-10-2007
Five Blank Pages Last Blush (City Mouse Records)
A few years ago things were looking bright for Five Blank Pages. The band signed a deal with indie upstart label Sunday League Records, secured national distribution through Universal...
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Essential sights and sounds: The Pipettes, The Flying Scotsman, 8 To Be Great and CSI: Hard Evidence
Jamie Hunter
01-10-2007
The Pipettes We Are The Pipettes (Cherrytree, Universal)
Phil Spector may be spending more time in court than behind a mixing board these days, but the old codger was once responsible for producing some of the best-selling records in...
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