Author: Jack Wilson
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Archive: Mini-Indie Interview: Hibou
Preamble:This is an effort for me to catalogue some writing from when I was an intern writing blogs and doing PR for a music studio after I graduated way back in 2010. I’ve managed to recover some old blog posts via the Wayback Machine. I’ve done some light formatting and editing because the typos are…
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My Favourite Rap Term: Swayze
“Swayze,” as in Roadhouse actor Patrick Swayze, is one of the weirdest terms in hip-hop. Hip-hop is a genre very well known for slang: known and popular or otherwise. Like half of the English language’s slang terms come from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE), which is obviously very strongly tied with rap, then dig one step…
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The Worst Live Show I’ve Ever Been To: Rock The Bells, Toronto, 2006
Every now and then I’ll stumble across a Reddit thread along the lines of “What was the worst concert you’ve ever been to?” which will spark a memory of the travesty of a show that was the Rock The Bells Tour’s stop in Toronto in 2006. It was such a shitshow it’s not even listed…
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Get Free Game Alerts via Reddit & IFTTT
I like free stuff. Free stuff is pretty sweet. Taking advantage of free and super cheap games is one of the main reasons I decided to finally build myself a PC. I’ve totally saved money by buying more less expensive games than I otherwise would have… That’s a lie – I’ve definitely blown more money…