Starbucks adds apps to Pick of the Week
There are new treats coming to Starbucks outlets near you. No, I’m not talking about the return of the Pumpkin Spice and Peppermint Mocha seasonal lattes. You’ll have to wait another couple of weeks...
View ArticleNickelback and publisher raise $100,000 for BC Children’s Hospital
Little Lilee-Jean Putt has unknowingly changed the lives of countless children in the past few days. Earlier this week, The Province was informed about the efforts of local Chilliwack band Pardon My...
View ArticleAl Green song download sales up 490% in week after presidential karaoke
A week after President Obama “sang” the opening line to Al Green’s classic “Let’s Stay Together” at a fund-raising event in New York, download sales of the song were up 490%. Not sure what the...
View ArticleNeptoon Records witness to rise, fall and rise of Vancouver music stores
Compact discs came and might go. Vinyl went and came back. Nobody wants cassettes. And you can’t buy a new record downtown. This makes Neptoon Records‘ 31 years in the business remarkable. It’s an...
View ArticleHey Bombshell Boy Band Releases New Song “The Single Life” in Vancouver
Go West young man! So they did. And now the former Calgary based quartet known as Hey Bombshell is hoping Vancouver can help make their dreams come true. With the backing of local record producer Adam...
View ArticleLetters: HEAT shelter, homeless, Cohen Report, fish farms, day care, iTunes,...
We can’t turn out backs on the homeless Reading the article about some Yaletown resident opposition to the soon-to-open homeless shelter, I was amazed at how selfish and elitist these people sound....
View ArticleRHOV Mary Zilba Collaborates on Christmas Album
Real Housewife of Vanocuver star and recording artist Mary Zilba has partnered with Canadian intrumental performers Roy & Rosemary on a new Christmas project. The new EP is titled A Timeless...
View Article$5000 Neil Diamond album iPhone download for vacationer in South Africa
Don’t download a Neil Diamond album to your phone while on safari in Africa. It sounds like the last line from a DirecTV commercial spot, but a math teacher from England learned this advice the hard...
View ArticleWhite-hot Yo app gets hacked
Yo, the explosively popular mobile phone app which allows users to send a simple greeting of “Yo” to their friends, was hacked Thursday night. Its creator worked through the night to fix the security...
View ArticleJPMorgan Chase cyberattack exposed 80 million accounts
Banking giant JPMorgan Chase Thursday said they were victims of a massive cyberattack this summer; one that resulted in information breaches to over 80 million accounts. It’s believed to be the second...
View ArticleU2’s Bono apologizes for free iTunes release
U2 frontman Bono apologized for automatically downloading the band’s latest album, ironically titled “Songs of Innocence”, to everyone in the world’s iTunes library at Apple’s September 9 event. The...
View ArticleMusic industry may set record low with no platinum albums in 2014
With October heading into its last 10 days, the music industry is sailing into uncharted waters: for the first time in seemingly forever, no album has sold a million copies. Bono’s attempts to claim...
View ArticleScene & Heard: Ken Pickering TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival preview
Scene & Heard with Stuart Derdeyn talks to Ken Pickering the artistic director of the 30th annual TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival (coastaljazz.ca) and has him preview some of his fave acts...
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