Author Archives: Scott James

Image: Atlantic Records The second album from Led Zeppelin - sneakily titled Led Zeppelin II - dropped October 22 1969; and it's our next Classic Album selection. One day after its 55th birthday, Marl...

Image: YouTube IHOP recently introduced a new weekday $6 House Faves menu, and Loverboy manager Jonathan Wolfson got the call from Sony Music Publishing, who wanted to use the band's smash hit Working...

Image: Rolling Stones Records The Rolling Stones' twelfth album, It's Only Rock 'n Roll, will be fifty years old on Friday, and it's this week's Classic Album selection. Join Marlon Martens for all te...

Image: Universal Music Canada To mark the 20th anniversary of their eight-time Grammy winning How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, U2 are reissuing it, along with a "shadow album" which contains ten previ...

Image: A&M Records The Police's second album Regatta de Blanc, which dropped October 05 1979, is this week's Classic Album selection on The Q. Check in with Marlon Martens as he plays all eleven t...

Image: Chipotle/Big Brothers Big Sisters If you're feeling snackish this afternoon, here's a way to satisfy that craving and contribute to a great cause at the same time. Today from 4 til 8pm, when yo...

Image: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons To commemorate The Who's 60th anniversary, the UK's Royal Mail has issued a set of special stamps. ...

Image: Reprise Records In July of 1975, Fleetwood Mac dropped their tenth album - the first with Lindsey Buckingham on guitar and Stevie Nicks on vocals. That self-titled disc hit number one just over...

Image: Apple Records The Beatles' eleventh studio album, Abbey Road - the last one they committed to tape - is 55 years old today, and it's our Classic Album Extra Helping selection. I'll play all sev...

Image: ID 324594629 Taras Vykhopen | Dreamstime.com Monday is National Truth And Reconciliation Day, and cyclists are needed to take part in the annual Reconciliation Ride from Songhees Park to the So...