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By Stefan Opryshko - Pan African Hour - 07/15/2009

By Stefan and Driij - Pan African Hour - 07/21/2009

Driij: I scarfed down a gyro pita as fast as I could as I heard the sounds of a band warming up inside Lion D’or.

Stefan: I watched impatiently as he scarfed that nasty gyro. The freakin band is starting!

D: I apologized with oniony breath as we made our way inside. "We’re from CJLO," we said to the doorman, in a gangster pose.

S: ...I was actually the one who talked to the doorman, but anyways, we got into the venue and the band had begun to play their hippy/trippy intro, complete with cow jaw-bone shaker.

By Brian Hastie - Drive Home: Countdown To Armageddon - 06/18/2009

The constant, hours-long rain spell that befell Montreal did little to dampen the spirits of those who showed up for the Riverboat Gamblers/Rancid/Rise Against show at Parc Jean Drapeau, on Ile St. Helene. The crowd appeared to be predominantly youthful and seemed eager for the proceedings to start and jockeyed for position in front of the stage well before the start of the show.