Who: Morgan Davis (Nova Scotia)
What: blues
When: Sunday January 25, 2026 7-9PM
Where: Holy Whale Beer Hall
Cost: FREE
Link: n/a
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2025 YEAR END REVIEW
VENUES: Not much has changed on the live venue front so we are fortunate to have the following dependable spots. Our evenings would be duller without them: Xeroz, The Laundromat, Tide & Boar, The Holy Whale, Casino NB, Avenir Centre, The Capitol Theatre and The Empress.
BANDS: Purple Knight have recorded a track for an upcoming tribute album whose details will remain confidential for the moment... Earth AD recently played their first show in a few years at the T-Bone Benefit gig alongside local rockers The Monoxides and The Motorleague. We're not sure if they have anything else planned, but it would be a treat to see them gig again... East End Rivals have been in the studio. No word yet on if they are planning a release... Word is that Sintax Error have been rehearsing again with JP Thibodeau (ex-Idea of North) replacing Helium aka Marc Thériault on bass... New band alert: Jimmy Underground are a new high energy quartet featuring Helium (ex-Sintax Error, Papa Ya!) on guitar and lead vocals and Fred Hétu (ex The Mean, Lardass, Sintax Error) on drums. They are currently in the studio with Vivianne Roy (Hay Babies) behind the controls and have been playing quite regularly... Babyland aka Sammy Klacker hosted several outdoor generator shows under the Gunningsville Bridge during the warmer months, here's hoping for a continuation next year... Local punkers Another Dose have reportedly split... Yves Bourque and Gino LeBlanc formerly of Exotic Gypsy have been writing together for the first time in decades... Délusion and ExMinister are two new bands that are belting out the sound of 1990's new school punk...
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| Jimmy Underground @ Xeroz Dec 12, 2025 |
LOCAL (and local adjacent) RELEASES:
Umläb - Silence Radio LP (First full length album by this local fusion group featuring members of Les Païens and Andy Creegan formerly of the Barenaked ladies)
N.E. Vains - Running Down Pylons LP (TJ Boots of the Real Rejects released this gritty budget rock collab with members of the New England garage rock scene to much critical acclaim)
Rick White - Again LP (Moncton expat Rick White is undoubtedly one of the best contemporary voices in the psychedlic underground. This is album is real treat and is perhaps his best to date)
We love discovering new music and hearing which artists people are listening to at home, so we've once again asked our friends to reach out and let us know what made them shake and shimmy. Without further delay here are the 2025 YEAR END FAVOURITES:
Ray 13 (AKG editor, amateur beer drinker, street walker)
Top Ten 2025 Albums (in alphabetical order)
* Absolute Losers - In The Crowd LP
* Béton Armé - Renaissance LP
* Boojums - Boojums LP
* Civic - Chrome Dipped LP
* Dropkick Murphys - For The People LP
* Gus Englehorn - The Hornbook LP
* Billy Idol - Dream Into It LP
* Propagandhi - At Peace LP
* Sloan - Based On The Bestseller LP
* Rick White - Again LP
Top Five Seven Inch Records (in alphabetical order)
* Dead Bob - Some Bodies b/w We Are The Humans 7"
* Misanthropic Minds / Häpeä split 7"
* Stereolab - Fed Up With Your Job 7"
* Viletones - Screaming Fist 7" (reissue)
* Tom Waits - Get Behind The Mule 7"
Top Ten Live / Reissues / Anthologies etc (in alphabetical order)
* Pink Anderson - Volume 1: Carolina Blues Man LP
* Faces - Early Steps LP
* Hollywood Brats - Hung Like Stallions 12" EP
* Motorhead - The Manticore Tapes LP
* Ramones - Live (CBGB 1977) LP
* The Saints - Paralytic Tonight Dublin Tomorrow 12" EP
* Sex Pistols - Live In The U.S.A. 1978: South East Music Hall, Atlanta January 5, 1978 LP
* Rick White & The Sadies - Live At The Great Hall 2LP
* Wire - Nine Sevens LP
* Various Artists - Secret Superstar Sounds: Scraping Bubblegum Off My Soul 1977-80 2LP
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| Ramoneurs de Mehnirs in Rimouski QC November 15, 2025 |
Top Ten Shows (in chronological order)
*Hard Charger @ Xeroz Arcade/Bar (Moncton NB)
*Daniel Romano's Outfit / Uni Boys @ Xeroz Arcade/Bar (Moncton NB)
*Outtacontroller @ Xeroz Arcade/Bar (Moncton NB)
*Béton Armé @ Southside Lounge (Bathurst NB)
*Descendents / Buzzcocks @ Casino NB (Moncton NB)
*Zeal @ Xeroz Arcade/Bar (Moncton NB)
*Propagandhi @ Tide & Boar Ballroom (Moncton NB)
*Stampeders @ Capitol Theater (Moncton NB)
*Sloan @ Capitol Theatre (Moncton NB)
*Ramoneurs de Menhirs @ Coop Paradis (Rimouski QC)
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| Béton Armé @ Southside Lounge in Bathurst NB Aug 8, 2025 |
Daryl Buote (port city correspondent)
Top Ten Releases (in no particular order)
* Manic Street Preachers - Critical Thinking CD
* Propagandhi - At Peace CD
* Agnostic Front - Echos In Eternity CD
* Homefront - Watch It Die LP
* The Massacred - Nightmare Agitators bandcamp
* No Sector / Peracetic split 7"
* Lip Cream - 9 Shocks Terror LP (reissue)
* Mob 47 - Tills Du Dör LP
* Oscar Peterson Quartet - City Lights (Live In Munich 1994) LP
* Shelter - Mantra LP (reissue)
Top Five Shows (in no particular order)
*Propagandhi @ Xeroz Arcade/Bar (Moncton NB)
*Tom Morello @ Imperial Theatre (Saint-John NB)
*Oscar Peterson Centennial Quartet @ Imperial Theatre (Saint-John NB)
*Abigail Lapell @ Trailside Music Hall (Charlottetown PEI)
* Descendents / Buzzcocks @ Casino NB (Moncton NB)
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| Descendents at Casino NB August 28, 2025 |
Jeff Cheyne (gig-goer, sensible footwear)
Top Ten Albums
1) Mogwai - The Bad Fire LP
2) Viagra Boys - viagr aboys LP
3) Preoccupations - Ill At ease LP
4) Horsegirl - Phonetics On and On LP
5) Mdou Moctar - Tears of Injustice LP
6) Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power mp3
7) Godspeed You! Black Emperor - No Titles As of 13 February... LP
8) Circuit des yeux - Halo On The Inside LP
9) Tortoise - Touch mp3
10) Water From Your Eyes - It's a Beautiful Place mp3
Top Ten Shows
1) Lou Barlow, Eamon McGrath @ Club Saw (Ottawa ON)
2) Mogwai, Brainiac, Ye Gods @ Beanfield Theater (Montreal QC)
3) Descendents, Buzzcocks @ Casino NB (Moncton NB)
4) Propagandhi, Lebaron @ Tide & Boar Ballroom (Moncton NB)
5) LCD Soundsystem @ History (Toronto ON)
6) Death From Above 1979, Customer Service @ Shore Club (Hubbards NS)
7) Cut Cult, Gus Englehorn @ Xeroz Arcade/Bar (Moncton NB)
8) Preoccupations, Lavoro @ 27 Club (Ottawa ON)
9) Cheeba, Disasterbaters @ Xeroz Arcade/Bar (Moncton NB)
10) Jeff Parker, David Grubs, Weird Nightmare, Gizmo @ Nowadays Fest (Dartmouth NS)
Remi Comic Hunter (cyclist, records, comics)
Top Ten Releases
1) Motorpsycho - Motorpsycho
2) Bask - The Turning
3) GoGo Penguin - Necessary Fictions
4) Gin Lady - Before The Dawn of Time
5) Lambrini Girls - Who Let The Dogs Out
6) Elder - Liminality / Dream State Return EP
7) Temple Fang - Lifted From The Wind
8) Psychonaut - World Maker
9) Plosivs - Yell At Cloud
10) Dead Pioneers - Po$t American
Marc Doucet (Killing Time, The Robins)
Top Five Albums
1) Rick White - Again LP
2) Billy Idol - Dream Into It LP
3) Rick White & The Sadies - Live At The Great Hall LP
4) The Ramones - Live (CBGB 1977) LP
5) Sloan - B-Sides Win Vol. 3 (2003-2011) LP
Best 2025 Live Show
Daniel Romano's Outfit @ Xeroz Arcade/Bar (Moncton NB)
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| Daniel Romano kicking out the jams @ Xeroz May 31, 2025 |
Grant Forsythe (Neighbourhood Watch)
Top Ten Albums
1) Agnostic Front - Echoes In Eternity LP
2) End It - Wrong Side of Heaven LP
3) The Go-Go's- Go-Go's Demos & Outtakes 1979-80 LP
4) Resin Scraper - Last Soldier LP
5) Ripcordz - More Songs You'll Never Hear On Spotify... LP
6) Standard Procedure - Life On The Western Front LP
7) Ten Dollar Meatbags - Not Ready To Die cassette
8) Various Artists - Punk Canada Vol. 4 LP
9) Various Artists - New Noise From The North LP
10) Various Artists - This Is Canada Not USA LP
Top Five Reissues
1) Beyond Possession - Is Beyond Possession LP
2) The Freeze - One False Move LP
3) Inepsy - City Weapons LP
4) SNFU - ... And No One Else Wanted To Play LP
5) Various Artists - Never Forget The Cause (A Philippine Compilation) LP
Favourite Show (that I didn't play)
*Descendents, Buzzcocks, MattsaGraham @ Casino NB (Moncton NB)
Mark Gaudet (Venison Creek, The Robins, Purple Knight, Killing Time)
Top Ten Albums
1) Motley Crue - Theater of Pain 40th Anniversary Box
2) Rick White - Again LP
3) Billy Idol - Dream Into It LP
4) Sloan - Based On The Best Seller LP
5) Spinal Tap - The End Continues LP
6) Rick White & The Sadies - Live At The Great Hall LP
7) Ramones - Live (CBGB 1977) LP
8) Sloan - B-Sides Win Vol. 3 (2003-2011) LP
9) Rick White - 20 Golden Hits of The 90's digital
10) Various Artists - Xeroz Live! Vol. 1 digital
Ren Gaudet (Spin-It Records, cinephile)
Top Ten Albums
1) Rebecca Black - Salvation
2) Ex-Lyd - Lucid
3) Fionn - Scum
4) Lorde - Virgin
5) Ava Max - Don't Click Play
6) Miami Nights 1984 - Gunblaze Assault
7) John Murphy & David Fleming - Superman
8) Nine Inch Nails - Tron Legacy
9) Stephen Schwartz - Wicked: For Good
10) Snooper - Worldwide
Mike Gerber (all about the bass)
Top Ten Releases (in no particular order)
1) The Fall - Unutterable (2025 Expanded Reissue) CD
2) Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - The Best Years of Our Lives (50th Anniversary Edition) CD
3) Suede - Antidepressants CD
4) Cardiacs - LSD CD
5) The Fall _ Middle Class Revolt CD Box Set
6) Dub Syndicate - Out Here On The Perimeter 1989-1996 (CD Box Set)
7) Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Singles Volume 2: 1972-1976 CD
8) Joe Gibbs & The Professionals - Jam Down Rock: Joe Gibbs Dancehall Dub CD
9) Love - The Complete Elektra Albums (CD Box Set)
10) Buck Owens & His Buckaroos - Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974 (CD Box Set)
Peter Leger (Bagtown correspondent)
Top Ten Releases
1) Momma - Welcome To My Blue Sky
2) Brian Dunne - Clam Casino
3) The Beaches - No Hard Feelings
4) Wet Leg - Moisturizer
5) Robin Trower - Come And Find Me
6) Snocaps - Snocaps
7) Cameron Winter - Heavy Metal
8) Turnstile - Never Enough
9) Robin Trower - For Earth Below (expanded remastered)
10) Lifeguard - Ripped And Torn
Gavin MacNeil (gig-goer)
Top Five Releases
1) Husker Du - 1985: The Miracle Year Box Set
2) Michael Hurley - Broken Homes And Gardens LP
3) Boojums - Boojums LP
4) Rick White - Again LP
5) Dead Bob - Some Bodies 7"
Top Ten Shows
1) Descendents, Buzzcocks @ Casino NB (Moncton NB)
2) Ramoneurs de Menhirs, Enfants Sauvages @ Coop Paradis (Rimouski QC)
3) Jeff Parker, Dave Grubbs @ Sanctuary Arts Centre (Dartmouth NS)
4) Ripcordz, Killing Time, Dirt Brothers @ Xeroz Arcade/Bar (Moncton NB)
5) Propagandhi, Lebaron, Six Gun Smoke @ Tide & Boar Ballroom (Moncton NB)
6) The Orchids, Jimmy Underground, Allumette @ Xeroz Arcade/Bar (Moncton NB)
7) Real Rejects, Hemmingways, Split Zipper @ Xeroz Arcade/Bar (Moncton NB)
8) Burning Hell, Jon McKiel, Caged Animals @ house party (Sackville NB)
9) Burning Hell, Shotgun Jimmie, Itchy Self @ Sappyfest (Sackville NB)
10) Advance Bass @ Ducky's (Sackville NB)
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| Buzzcocks @ Casino NB August 28, 2025 |
Shane Mazerolle (Expired, Earh AD)
Top Ten Albums
10) Direwolf - Gods Can Die
9) Warbringer - Wrath and Ruin
8) Biohazard - Divided We Fall
7) Destruction - Birh of Malice
6) Gruesome - Silent Echoes
5) Benediction - Ravage of Empires
4) Unleashed - Fire Upon Your Lands
3) Paradise Lost - Ascension
2) Sacrifice - Volume 6
1) Coroner - Dissonance Theory
Kyle McDons (Superbob Records)
Top Ten Albums
1) Brandon Wars - Walmartyr cassette
2) Night Flight Orchestra - Give Us The Moon LP
3) Assertion - Basking In The Gaslight LP
4) Grin - Acid God LP
5) Melvins - Thunderball LP
6) Antibalas - Hourglass LP
7) Arcadea - The Exodus of Gravity LP
8) Yawning Man - Pavement Ends LP
9) Telepathy - Transmissions LP
10) Sunn O))) - Eternity's Pillars LP
Sonia Noel (Spare Room Tunes)
Top Ten Albums
1) Rick White - Again LP
2) Three Speed - High Wire bandcamp
3) Teenage Art Scene - Format Wars CD
4) Ecarlate - Coup de soleil LP
5) Jimmie Kilpatrick - Jimmie LP
6) Sloan - Based On The Best Seller CD
7) Absolute Losers - In The Crowd CD
8) The Orchids - The Orchids bandcamp
9) Papal Visit - The Capsize Party bandcamp
10) Penny & The Pits - Liquid Compactor CD
Craig Pinhey (beer, wine, spirits and a good pop tune)
Top Ten Releases
1) Sloan - Based On The Best Seller
2) Robbie Fulks - Now Then
3) Verry Gerry - Sunny Beaches
4) Juliana Hatfield - Lightning Might Strike
5) The Beaches - No Hard Feelings
6) Pulp - More
7) The Bug Club - Very Human Features
8) Chrissie Hynde - Duets Special
9) Absolute Lossers - In The Crowd
10) John Southworth - The Red Castle
IN MEMORIAM.... Mick Abrahams (Jethro Tull, Blodwyn Pig), Dave Allen (Gang of Four), Bob Andrews (Brinsley Schwaz, Graham Parker & The Rumour), James Baker (The Victims, The Scientists, Hoodoo Gurus, Beasts of Bourbon), Roy Thomas Baker (producer), Dave Ball (Soft Cell), Perry Bamonte (The Cure), Alexa Bardach (Victorian Pork, Piggy, East Vamps), Brigitte Bardot, Nick "Tiggy" Barber (Newtown Neurotics), Justin Baren (The Redwalls), Al Barile (SS Decontrol), Peter Bayliss (Steps Around The House, Hopping Penguins), Bob Bennett (The Sonics), Les Binks (Judas Priest), Allen Blickle (Baroness), Duane Bodenheimer (The Derelicts), Iain Booth (Nasty Habits, Bender Sax, Just For Mom, Montreal producer, engineer), Don Bryant (soul singer), Rick Buckler (The Jam), Bob Burgess (The Haunted), Dave Burgess (The Champs), Clem Burke (Blondie, Chequered Past), Jerry Butler (The Impressions), Martin Butler (The Demons, Pandora), Junior Byles (reggae singer), Joseph Byrd (United States of America), Mike Caton (Zero Tolerance, Boozehounds, Broken Nose), Bill Chamberlain (The Pist, Revolt, Aus Rotten, Broken), Bleej Chaney (The Suburbs), Judy Cheeks (The Ikettes), Mike Cillis (The Mods), Rod Clark (Moody Blues), Steve Cropper (Booker T & The M.G.'s, Blues Brothers), David Cousins (Strawbs), Leanne Cowie (The Scientists), Tim Cronin (Monster Magnet), Sonny Curtis (The Crickets), Paul Mario Day (Iron Maiden, The Sweet), Jack DeJohnette (jazz drummer), Rick Derringer (The McCoys, Edgar Winter's White Trash), Terry Draper (Klaatu), Chris Dreja (Yardbirds), Colin Earl (Mungo Jerry), Max Eider (Jazz Butcher), Joe Ely, Marianne Faithfull, Chris Farr (Class Assassins), Bill Fay, Graham Fenton (Matchbox), Serge Fiori (Harmonium), Archie Fisher (Scottish folkie), Roberta Flack, Snowy Fleet (The Easybeats), P. Fluid (24-7 Spys), Al Foster (jazz drummer), Connie Francis, Ace Frehley (Kiss, Frehley's Comet), Eddie Garrity aka Ed Banger (The Nosebleeds, Slaughter & The Dogs), Nick Gergesha (Sundowner, Workers Comp), Chuck Girard (The Castells, The Hondells), Donna Jean Godchaux (Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band), Owen Gray (ska, reggae singer), Johnny Green (Clash road manager), Simon Greenham (Chaos UK), Gary Grier (The Contours), Christine Hahn (Malaria, Daily Life, The Static, CKM), Wayne Handy (early rock n roll singer), Bobby Hart (songwriter), Ronnie Hayward (Nervous Fellas), Dale Henderson (Beowülf), Brent Hinds (Mastodon), Mark "Porkchop" Holder (Black Diamond Heavies), Glen Ingersoll (The Exploding Meet, Decade of Dreams), George Kooymans (Golden Earring), Simon House (High Tide, Third Ear Band, Hawkwind), Garth Hudson (The Hawks, The Band), Reid Hudson (As Sheriff, May Blitz), Tommy Hunt (The Flamingos), Michael Hurley, Sean Innocent aka Sean Wallace (Braindance, The Vile, Certified), Marta Jaciubek-McKeever (Fan Death, Nobody Girl), Carl Jahier (Komintern Sect), Brian James (The Damned, Lords of The New Church), Robert Jamarillo (Cannibal & The Headhunters), Nathan Jerde (The Ponys), Colin Jerwood (Conflict), Flaco Jiménez (Texas Tornados), David Johansen (New York Dolls), Terry Johnson (The Flamingos), Joan Juice (The Drones), Mat Keil (Comeback Kid), Benny Kemp (Rebel Priest, Lust Boys, Road Rash), Jim Kimball (Laughing Hyenas, Jesus Lizard, Mule, Denison Kimball Trio), Gilson Lavis (Squeeze), Tomas Lindberg (Disfear, Skitsystem, At The Gates), Fredrik Lindgren (Unleashed, Loud Pipes, Terra Firma), John Lodge (Moody Blues), Bruce Loose (Flipper), James Lowe (Electric Prunes), Susan Lucas aka Soo Catwoman, Stepehn Luscombe (Blancmange), David Lynch, Eddie Lynch (Los Gusanos), Rick Maguire aka Rico Petroleum (Groinoids, Kilslug, Upsidedown Cross), Sal Maida (Milk N' Cookie, Roxy Music, Sparks), Donny Maker aka Donald Reetz (The Makers), Raul Malo (The Mavericks), Mani aka Gary Mounfield (Stone Roses, Primal Scream), Lee Marlow, Andrew Matheson (Hollywood Brats), Scott Matsuda (Moral Decay, UXA, Crankshaft, Thee Undertakers, Insulin Reaction, Black Jax), Ray Mayhew (Sigue Sigue Sputnik), Douglas McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb), Jock McDonald (4 Be 2, Bollock Brothers), Jane McGarrigle, Matt McKeig (Laid To Rest), Tommy McLain (The Bogie Kings), Hilly Michaels (Sparks), Jean-Pierre Mijouin (La Souris Déglinguée), Joey Molland (Badfinger), Dave Moloney (The Vipers, Fast Boys), Brian Montana (Possessed), Sam Moore (Sam & Dave), Jamie Muir (King Crimson), Pate Mustajärvi (Popeda), Gaby Napol (Napolnariz), Trey Ofash (Neo Nasties), George Oliver (Mandala, Five Rogues), Seamie O'Neil (The Bankrobbers), Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath, solo), Danny Palmer (999), Jack Pedler (Teenage Head), Peter Penthouse (Panic), Mike Peters (Seventeen, The Alarm), Honest John Plain (The Boys, The Crybabys), Amos Poe (NYC film director), Skip Prest (Sweeney Todd), Thommy Price (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Billy Idol, Mink DeVille, Robert Gordon), Viv Prince (Pretty Things), Mick Ralphs (Mott The Hoople, Bad Company), Mike Ratledge (Soft Machine), Chris Rea, Terry Reid, Tyler Ripley (Chronic Submission), David Roach (Junkyard), Max Romeo, Tony Romeo (Trash Brats), Aaron Rossi (Prong, Ministry), Jean-Maurice Roy (Misty Fire), Jeffrey Runnings (For Against), Mark Rooney (Agression, Angry Samoans, The Dickies, Wasted Youth), Bob Rupe (Cracker, The Silos, Gutterball, Sparklehorse), Mark St. John (Pretty Things manager and occasional drummer), Henri Sangalang (Kearney Lake Road), John Skykes (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Tygers of Pang Tang), Todd Snider, Jill Sobule, Scott Sorry (Amen, Wildhearts, Sorry & The Sinatras), Kevan Staples (Rough Trade), Joe Stevens (photographer), Tim Stile (The Mullens), Sly Stone, Danny Sylver (P.A.I.N), Vicky Tafoya (Vicky & The Vengents, Vicky Tafoya & The Big Beat), Larry Tamblyn (Standells), David Thomas (Pere Ubu, Rocket From The Tombs), Danny Thompson (Pentangle, Jethro Tull, Richard Thompson), Timo (Small Town Rebel, High School Nightmare), Mort Todd (illustrator Back From The Grave series, Cracked magazine), Rose Ann Trapani (Stilettos, Rosie & The Shadows), Mark Volma (The Turtles), Paul Wagstaff (Black Grape, Happy Mondays), Patrick Walden (Babyshambles), Tom Ward (Gravedigger V, Nashville Ramblers), Brendan Wharton (Weigh The Anchor), Bobby Whitlock (Derek & The Dominos), Jack Whiteside (Uranus), Brent Williams (Birch Mountain Boys, Maritime Playboys), Tim Williams, Philomena Winstanley (co-founder Slash magazine), Brian Wilson (Beach Boys), Martin Witte (Razors), Dave Blockhead Wright (English Beat), Lee Wright (Hellbastard), Gabriel Yacoub (Malicorne), Tetsu Yamauchi (Free, The Faces), Jesse Colin Young (Youngbloods)....
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Who: The Motorleague, The Monoxides, Kill Chicago (Fredericton NB), Earth AD
What: T-Bone's Cancer Benefit
When: Saturday December 20, 2025 8PM
Where: Tide & Boar Ballroom
Cost: $20 advance
Link: T-Bone Cancer Benefit
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