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.
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THE GREAT RIFF OFF: As we celebrate guitar month at CBC Music, we're wondering, what's your favourite guitar riff ever? You voted from a great list of 40 fantastic riffs, and we are down to the final 8. This week, you will hear great riffs facing off against each other. Your job is to vote online to help determine the greatest riff of all time!Today: Led Zeppelin vs. Dire Straits!
JUNK IN THE TRUNK:
Check out this dog shaking his tail.
SHOWTIME:
3:50 p.m.
You must see this to believe it. Stubborn homeowners refuse to move despite their home being in the path of a newly built 4 lane highway.
4:10 p.m.
Life in the tropics might not be as glorious as we think. People living in the tropics die 7.7 years sooner than people living closer to the poles.
4:30 p.m.
Stones picked up off the beach spontaneously combust in a woman's pocket.
5:10 p.m.
A blind, deaf, three legged dog somehow saved his owners from a house fire.
5:45 p.m.
Bohemian Rhapsody went to number 1 on the UK charts on this week in 1975. The video for the song was the first real pop video.
6:10 p.m.
Are you one of the 21% of people who surfs the net while driving? Facebook or twitter, maybe?
NEW MUSIC today from Fiona Apple, Plants & Animals, and Danny Michel.