Greg Finley

Greg Finley

@therealgregfin.bsky.social

Twitter refugee here for basketball, soccer and music and occasional comments on other stuff.

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Greg Finley
@therealgregfin.bsky.social

I will be posting great songs by Canadian artists on a daily basis. For my sanity I’ll be starting at A and moving through the alphabet. See the next post for today’s song.

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Video: The Hives know how to finish a concert. At Hurricane Festival in 2022, Howlin' Pelle Almqvist and the band closed with “I'm Alive” and “Tick Tick Boom,” after a set packed with garage-rock riffs and theatrical swagger. zurl.co/yrIse

zurl.coVideo: The Hives Tear Through “Hate to Say I Told You So,” “Tick Tick Boom” And More At Hurricane Festival - That Eric AlperThe Hives have never met a stage they couldn’t treat like their personal property. At Germany’s Hurricane Festival in 2022, the Swedish garage-rock troublemakers arrived in their trademark black-and-white suits, armed with snarling guitars, relentless rhythms and a frontman who approaches crowd control like a competitive sport. The nearly hour-long concert, captured in a professionally […]

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Eric Alper
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Chernobyl, a Shelley sonnet, and a bitter breakup with a former bandmate all collided on one gothic rock masterpiece. The story behind The Sisters of Mercy's 'Floodland' and its first-ever music video shot in Jordan is covered here: zurl.co/JCbJt

zurl.co5 Surprising Facts About The Sisters Of Mercy's 'Floodland' - That Eric AlperThe Sisters of Mercy released ‘Floodland’ on 16 November 1987, rebuilding the band almost entirely from scratch after Wayne Hussey and Craig Adams departed to form the Mission. Frontman Andrew Eldritch wrote the album’s songs while living in Hamburg, hired Jim Steinman to produce two key tracks, and pieced the rest of the record together […]

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Eric Alper
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20 things to know about David Marsden, the broadcaster who built CFNY into "The Spirit of Radio," from his first job in Chatham to bringing Pink Floyd to Toronto and inspiring a Rush classic. A life worth remembering. zurl.co/KLZtD

zurl.co20 Things You Need to Know About David Marsden, the Radio Pioneer Behind CFNY's "The Spirit of Radio" - That Eric AlperEvery Canadian music fan who first heard a favourite band on the radio owes something to David Marsden. The broadcaster who transformed a tiny Brampton station into CFNY, “The Spirit of Radio,” died on Friday, September 25, at 85, leaving behind a career that reshaped how this country discovers music. Here are 20 things you […]

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Eric Alper
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zurl.co/RTvg9 Kate Bush called it her "she's gone mad album." It flopped commercially in 1982 and is now ranked among the greatest albums ever made by a female artist. Here are 5 facts you didn't know behind 'The Dreaming.'

zurl.co5 Surprising Facts About Kate Bush's 'The Dreaming' - That Eric AlperKate Bush called it her “she’s gone mad album,” and she wasn’t exaggerating for effect. Released on September 13, 1982, ‘The Dreaming’ was her fourth studio album, the first she produced entirely on her own, and by any commercial measure it was a disaster in slow motion. It peaked at number 3 in the UK […]

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📰 After a late points-snatcher, Aparicio and Mejia joined the media this week! 🔥 They talk about raising standards, fixing mistakes, and even lamented some turf troubles! 🫢 🖊️: CJ Steele 🔗: capitalcitysupporters.com/the-forward-... #canpl #atléticoottawa #atleti

capitalcitysupporters.comThe Forward Press 2026 MD 4 - ATO vs. VFC: Standards, Fixing Mistakes, and Turf TroublesWelcome to the Matchday 4 edition of the Forward Press! Saturday saw your 2025 Canadian Premier League champs make their long-awaited return to their Capital home, and the first opportunity for the ma...