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  This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: January 26, 2024

  PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2024

  The most effed-up bastard I’ve ever seen, evergreen, good sitcom scenes, the Bills and what might’ve been, and much more from this week...

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  Cheekface Love People Who Find Them Annoying

  PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2024

  "This must be the strangest interview ever," I say between slurps of noodles. Cheekface and I are set to talk over a virtual bowl of pho, b...

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  Meet Exclaim!'s Class of 2024: Cam Kahin, the High Loves, Nicolette & the Nobodies, WEBB

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2024

  The jury’s still out on whether the Monarch Tavern has yet recovered from being stuffed to the gills for Sunnsetter and co. on Friday...

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  Alkaline Trio Draw on Matt Skiba’s Time in blink-182 to Find “Unity of Purpose”

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2024

  "I went through a very fucking dark place back during COVID and got pretty unhealthy," says Matt Skiba......

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  This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: January 19, 2024

  PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2024

  A prospective buyer, a trophy from the Good Liars, having a shotgun backfire, Better Call Saul joins The Wire, and much more from this week...

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  "Vancouver, Make Some Noise": The Golden Age of Wrestling Puts Local Scene in a Loving Headlock

  PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2024

  "Vancouver, make some noise!" I'm standing in 604 Records' East Van performance space on Saturday night (January 12), where technical diff...

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  Here's What Makes Bad Album Art Awful, According to the Guy Who Wrote the Book

  PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2024

  Every year, it gets harder to assemble our annual list of the worst album covers. Countless artists self-release albums from their bedrooms...

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  Meet Exclaim!'s Class of 2024: La Sécurité, Sunnsetter, OLGA, the Royal Family

  PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2024

  Temperatures dropped in Toronto over the weekend, and Rachel Bobbitt's closing words from "Two Bit" rung out as a prelude to the frigid jou...