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. Here are the stories we're talking about today.
FEATURES:
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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.
JUNK IN THE TRUNK:
This bridge doesn't like trucks.
Let's go to the Russian cat circus!
Don't you hate it when this happens.
This dog really likes to go for walks and really hates having to take a bath.
This dog is better at basketball than most humans.
The Giants win the World Series! Learn all about it in this helpful animated news clip.
SHOWTIME:
3:40 p.m.
A fox steals a purse right out of a woman's hands...and then returns it to her minutes later.
4:10 p.m.
A bank robber in Syracuse returned to the bank he'd just robbed when he counted the money and realized it was less than he'd demanded.
5:10 p.m.
A Polish woman steals coffins for her Hallowe'en party and then is arrested when the neighbouring funeral director came to her party.
6:10 p.m.
Was there a ghost in the bus? A driver-less school bus smashes into a parked truck and continues rolling over a few utility poles.
New Music today from Montreal's Plants and Animals, Best Coast, Ben Folds Five and Lily Frost.
Remembering Allman Brothers leader and guitar hero Duane Allman on the anniversary of his passing.