Throughout their career, the members of Airbourne have opened up for the likes of the Rolling Stones, Motorhead and Motley Crue. If you thought this might be stressful, how about releasing your sophomore major label album? Airbourne, the Australian pub-rock quartet, is gearing up for another world tour, and is hoping its new album, No [...]
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Dave Gauthier February 6, 2010 | Posted in
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SFX: Airbourne – No way but the Hard way
NB Beacon: I’m happy to be joined on the line with Joel O’Keefe, the lead singer and axe man in Airbourne. How are you doing today Joel?
Joel O’Keefe: Good, thanks.
NB Beacon: Do you ever find when you are over here in North America a lot of people [...]
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Voicer: Countdown is in full swing for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Vancouver is hosting the world. Usually that would be a good thing right? No. Not so much for our history. Canada two times hosting the Olympics, in Montreal goose egg, Calgary goose egg. Makes you think we will cheer really loud this [...]
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Pepsi Canada has unleashed it’s newest campaign to get Olympic spectators to pop out of their seats. Eh, Oh Canada, Go, according to Pepsi, will be the new Olympic chant every Canadian will be screaming at the top of their lungs come February in Vancouver. The chant, making its debut during the World Junior Hockey Tournament [...]
Nick Lees: The corporal opens the door, and we walk out and we’re just like, ‘What the hell have I just got myself into. What is this? This…this is it? Like, what am I doing here?’ Everyone’s got their head shaved and everyone is marching in unison. It’s like some weird bizarro scene from Pink Floyd’s [...]
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Listen to it here: “The corporal opens the door, and we walk out and we’re just like, ‘What the hell have I just got myself into? What is this? This…this is it? Like, what am I doing here?’ Everyone’s got their head shaved and everyone is marching in unison. It’s like some weird bizarro scene [...]
Listen to it here: Hey Rosetta! burst onto the Canadian music scene a few years ago and the St. John’s, Newfoundland, sextet hasn’t looked back since. Lead singer/songwriter Tim Baker lets us know about life on the road, festival appearances and news on a new album.
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EA Sports has released its newest installment of the NHL video game franchise. Dave Gauthier gets a gamers perspective on how this years edition stands up to the versions of the past.
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Dave Gauthier October 9, 2009 | Posted in
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And this year EA Sports promises NHL 10 will be the game to buy. The franchise is boasting improvements in areas of puck control, goaltender reaction time, fighting and the new “battle for the cup” mode. Nick Lees has been playing the NHL video game franchise since nineteen-ninety-three. He thinks this year’s edition is the [...]
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This was the month for dragons on the Saint John River. Not real dragons, but dragon boats. They showed up for the McInnis Cooper Dragon Boat Festival. And as Dave Gauthier reports, lots of spectators showed up too.