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Spam is an important ingredient in many Korean dishes, and diners aren't shy about using it -- especially those that specialise in kimbap and ramyon. As a Gen Xer, my peers and I grew up with spam sandwiches... Although the Canadian variant is less salty and called Kam. My mother would also put...

Both teams doing a superb Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde impression, today. .

Steve Cooper has some experience and success in bedding in a busload of new players. He wasn't my first choice after RDZ left, but hindsight etc. .

Although if we're talking about players who completely changed the face of the game, that can only be Bobby Orr. Even the separatists in Québec grudgingly rate him higher than Lemieux, The Rocket, Jean Béliveau or (barf) Guy Lafleur. Patrick Roy and his butterfly style come a close second...

Even worse, the team relocated to Colorado in 95-96 and promptly won the Stanley Cup in their very first season there. The team was generous enough to ask Québec City if they would like to hold a second victory parade after theirs in Denver, but the mayor declined. .

Well, that's why I hold Mario Lemieux in greater esteem. He had all the moves that Gretz had, but was big and strong, and could give and take hits as much as the goons. IMO, he would hold the record for most goals and points in a season if he hadn't missed so many games thru injuries and several...

Gen X, 1968. Diehard Nordiques de Québec fan, 1979-1995. I even had Gretzky's rookie card, but lost it and my hockey and baseball (Go 'Spos!) card collections in a basement flood while I was living in South Korea. Oh, we had some barn burners against Edmonton in the early and mid-80s...

After 3 years of renewing my half-season tickets, thinking this is the year the Senators' young, highly talented core is finally going to break out and rip the Atlantic Division a new one, I've finally given up and accepted the fact that they will never fulfill their promise and gel into a...

Didn't work with RDZ, not working with Fab, either. Haven't the pacy defenders. .

And Poilièvre is better?!?!? He'd be 10x worse. He's not a red Tory, he's a RWNJ. Any sane, social-democratically inclined citizen should vote for Singh if they don't want Trudeau any longer. Poilièvre is Trump/Johnson in wolf's clothing.

Okay, she was born and raised in my hometown... Okay, this is technically her  international debut...But there is not a more représentative Gen X album than Jagged Little Pill. Nearly every track was sonically experimental in some way and charted as a single. The lyrics are intensely personal...

And... Gotta have a song from Neil Young Anthemic, no doubt about it

More Canadiana Definite rock anthem Another unforgettable beginning + build-up You thought that Neil Diamond had written and sung this? No, it was Montréal's own Andy Kim, who was also The Archie's and did, like Neil, write for The Monkees. Loverboy!

A few All-Canadian (English-only) entries: Rockin', raunchy anti-Anericanism Then, when The Guess Who broke up, lead guitarist Randy Bachman formed Bachman-Turner-Overdrive (BTO) Powerful, epic song, based on real-life tragedy, with lyrics most poetic Anthemic, 3-for-1 song recounting how...

City Lights (Chaplin) -- I tear up at the end every time. There. Can. Be. NO. Resolution. 💔 Sophie's Choice -- I've only watched it once -- as a young, carefree and single 20-something -- and I refuse to watch it ever again -- as a parent of 4 children. 😭 .

I saw Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and his son Matt, and Blondie Chaplin recreate Pet Sounds in 2018 in Ottawa. Brian had had back surgery several months prior and couldn't walk without help. He sat at the piano and played and whispered when he had the energy. Thankfully, the other former and...

I went to Sting's show in Ottawa 2 years ago with my eldest teenage daughter (we're both big fans, although I have a few decades' head start, lol), and it was WONDERFUL! He absolutely rocked the place, was fun and playful in between songs, and rearranged most of the tunes for more oomph. (Think...

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