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A quieter return following the storm

Jul 4, 2019
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Daniel Caesar's comments somehow cheapen the brilliance of securing Brandy for a feature as beautiful as "LOVE AGAIN."
It Will Take More Than a Brandy Feature to Forget Daniel Caesar’s Dumb Misstep“LOVE AGAIN” is a beautiful track, but it’s not quite enough to redeem the singer’s comments about race in America.bit.ly

July 1st 2019

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Despite prior waves of hype, a new album by Oshawa-born Daniel Caesar was quietly uploaded. Caesar recently made comments about race that generated wide attention—and apologies followed. The controversy now seems to be embedded in critical consensus.


Where there’s smoke there’s Fyre

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Rain excuse for Roxodus cancellation a 'bunch of bunk,' says airport employee
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July 3rd 2019

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Fyre Fest comparisons can’t be avoided, even more so now that police are reportedly investigating a complaint about one of the former promoters of Roxodus, a four-day concert that was supposed to happen at the Edenvale Aerodrome. Alan Cross, who was contracted as the event’s mouthpiece, claims to be as bewildered as anyone by its demise.


“Yorkville resident says he may have seen Kawhi Leonard.” CTV News outdid The Beaverton with this report from the scene around the Hazelton Hotel, while a CP24 chopper trailed a black van that may or may not have contained the NBA free agent.


Sidewalk flanked by tech troll

An all-star civic cast signed a letter urging Toronto to “welcome” Sidewalk Toronto, whose Lake Shore showroom has a new neighbour:

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New Apple billboard outside Sidewalk Toronto HQ: “We’re in the business of staying out of yours.”
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July 3rd 2019

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Michael de Adder’s replacement has already quit. Greg Perry was due to return as an editorial cartoonist for Brunswick News. (The publisher claims that Perry’s popularity was the reason that de Adder’s services were no longer required.) But the backlash over de Adder’s trenchant Trump cartoon left Perry feeling like his own career has been destroyed.


Finally, goodbye to the gang of idiots

Mad Magazine will largely end publication, following years of cutbacks by its owner, DC Comics. William Gaines, the founding publisher of Mad, was a quarter-century into the job by 1977, when he visited Peter Gzowski at CBC:

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