Each day, Rich Terfry and Radio 2 Drive wraps up your day with music and stories about the interesting things going on in the world. Today, Pete Morey fills in for Rich. Here are the stories we're talking about today.
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REAR-VIEW MIRROR: Every week, Rich Terfry looks back in our Rear-view Mirror at a great song from the good ol’ days. This week, the long road traveled by Cheap Trick en route to stardom. LISTEN to the entire feature here.
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BLUE RODEO: Don't forget to have a listen to all the great music from Blue Rodeo on CBC Music. To mark the band’s 25th anniversary, they are releasing Blue Rodeo: 1987-1993, an eight-disc box set that includes their first five albums remastered, as well as a remixed version of Outskirts, the Casino demos and an album of rarities. It also includes a 44-page booklet with photos and an essay by journalist Jason Schneider.
From now until Oct. 29, CBC Music will be streaming Blue Rodeo's first five remastered albums, which you can listen to here.
SHOWTIME:
3:50 p.m.
The Rza fish slaps the black keys in the face. He truly is "the baddest man alive". New musical collaboration between these two artists taken from the soundtrack to Rza's new Movie "The Man With The Iron Fists"
4:10 p.m.
The Clash song "Magnificent Seven" took more inspiration from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five then it did from the 1960's Western of the same name.
4:15 p.m.
How do parents punish their kids in a digital age? Well they hijack their offspring's facebook page.
4:20 p.m.
Jake Bugg. The hottest thing to come out of Nottingham since Robin hood.
4:50 p.m.
The things Pete Morey missed while being on pat leave.
Psy and ban ki moon
Bad lip reading the presidential debates
5:15 p.m.
Astronauts will spend for months in Hawaii pretending to be on a mission to Mars. Hawaii will certainly have more atmosphere.
5:40 p.m.
Dan Mangan has a great new documentary out about him.
6:10 p.m.
Trick or treat? Cinema kids expect to watch Madagascar 3, instead they get Paranormal Activity 4.
6:50 p.m.
Remembering Richard Harris and MacArthur Park on the day we lost this towering figure in the entertainment world.