A thousand years ago, I read an interview with Tom Hamilton, the bass player of Aerosmith. He was asked why he chose that instrument over anything else, and his reply stuck with me.

Paraphrasing Tom, he said that the bass is the bridge between the drums and the guitar. The bass has percussive elements and is often used to emphasize the beat. A bass player and a drummer who can lock together is an amazing thing and can turn an okay band into something awesome.

But the bass also has melodic characteristics. A great bass player can also underscore what’s happening with the guitar and even the vocalist. Listen to what Paul McCartney did with the Beatles or how John Paul Jones subtly and effectively added more power to Jimmy Page’s riffs.

If you’re gonna rock, you need bass. That bottom end is the sonic scaffolding upon which everything is built. Without it, things sound thin. And I’m looking at you, Metallica, and your ...And Justice for All album.

Like, come on. I mean, it’s a fine metal record, but it would have been so much more powerful if you’d turned up Jason Newsted in the mix. But noooo! James and Lars ordered that Jason be pushed way down in the mix, so he’s pretty much inaudible. They said, “Oh, our ears were just fried from touring, and we just kept pushing up the treble so we could hear it. And in the process, the bass just disappeared. Sorry… our bad.”

Right. It was ego, and you know it.

If you want an alternate universe for this album, just look for a fan project called And Justice for Jason.

Anyway, I digress. What we’re here for is part two of a look at the most important bass players in the history of alt-rock. And you’ll be able to hear each and every one of them.

Songs  heard on this show:

• The Stranglers, No More Heroes
• Talking Heads, Life During Wartime
• The Smiths, This Charming Man
• Primus, Tommy the Cat
• Radiohead, The National Anthem
• Green Day, Longview
• Pearl Jam, Jeremy
• Rage Against the Machine, Killing in the Name

Here’s Eric Wilhite’s playlist.
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Is there a correlation between being a psychopath and the music they like? That’s what a study at New York University set out to explore.

About 200 students were given a questionnaire designed to gauge their level of psychopathy. Among the questions were “For me what’s right is whatever I can get away with.” That’ll give you an idea of what character traits they were looking for.

After determining who in the group had psychopathic tendencies, researchers then gave everyone a music preference test. Those with the highest psycho scores tended to like “Lose Yourself” by Eminem and “What Do You Mean” by Justin Bieber. Non-psychos preferred “Money for Nothing” from Dire Straits and “My Sharona” from The Knack.

Does this mean music preference can be used to determine whether or not you’re a psychopath? Not yet, but more study needs to be done.

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Scientists are fascinated by how the brain processes music. How, for example, was Gord Downie able to eventually relearn the lyrics to 90 Tragically Hip songs for the band’s final tour even though he had a temporal lobe and hippocampus were surgically removed? Maybe it’s because musicians have better memory abilities than non-musicians.

And we’re talking about both short-term and working memory. They also have a slight edge when it comes to long-term memory. This came out of a study in Italy that used data collected back to 1987. But here’s the thing: scientists can’t explain why musicians’ memory is superior. The only thing they can come up with is “the multi-sensorial nature of music training.”

Another reason to make sure your kid takes music lessons, right?

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When David Byrne was with the Talking Heads, he was determined that the band always be ahead of their time. But there was one occasion when the band was too far ahead.

The 1988 album Naked was released “graphics ready.” This meant that if you were to buy a CD player with a special decoder, you could watch the lyrics of the songs pass by in real-time on your television. You could also watch a list of which instruments were playing when.

Unfortunately, these special CD players were not available in 1988—and many people have totally forgotten about this.  And come to think of it, technology and technological standards have changed so much since then.

Today, there might not be a piece of consumer electronics anywhere that can properly decode this part of the Talking Heads disc.

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Spanish police have opened an investigation into possible involuntary manslaughter after a 30-year-old soccer player died following an on-field collision with the opposing team’s goalkeeper in a second-division match.

Tenerife forward Jesús de Miguel died a day after he suffered a cardiac arrest following an on-field collision, according to The Associated Press, Reuters and CD Tenerife.

“Heartbroken, with a lump in our throats and unable to believe this is true, CD Tenerife announces the tragic death, this Tuesday, November 3, 2026, at 8:00 a.m., of Jesús de Miguel Alameda,” the club said in a statement on Tuesday.

“There are no words of comfort; there is absolutely nothing that can lessen this overwhelming sadness. We stand with his grieving family, with his loved ones, with all of Tenerife who mourn this cruel loss today,” the club added.

CD Tenerife said that the family of De Miguel is “grateful for each and every expression of support received, and also requests, from the bottom of their hearts, the utmost respect for their privacy during these terrible times.”

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De Miguel was challenging for the ball near midfield on Monday when he was struck in the chest by the Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono during added time.

De Miguel fell to his knees, clutching his torso for a few seconds before falling onto his back with his arms at his sides after the collision.

Owono was walking off the pitch after being shown a red card for the incident but turned around and joined the other players who rushed to check on De Miguel.

Spain’s National Police said Tuesday an investigation was opened and prosecutors will also be involved, according to The Associated Press.

De Miguel was taken to a hospital and the match, tied 2-2, was abandoned after the incident.

De Miguel, a Madrid native, made his professional debut in 2015 with Leganés B and later played for a number of lower-divisions clubs in Spain. He joined Tenerife last year.

In a statement released on X following news of De Miguel’s death, FC Andorra said, “With broken hearts and devastation, we want to send our most sincere condolences to the family of Jesús de Miguel, to all his teammates, friends and to CD Tenerife.”

Other Spanish clubs shared messages of condolences after news of De Miguel’s passing spread.

“From FC Barcelona, we deeply regret the tragic news of the passing of Jesús de Miguel, CD Tenerife player. Our thoughts and support are with his family, friends and loved ones during these difficult times,” FC Barcelona said in a post on X.

“Real Madrid CF, its president and its Board of Directors deeply regret the passing of Jesús de Miguel, a player for CD Tenerife. Real Madrid wishes to express its condolences and affection to his family, his teammates, his club and all his loved ones,” Real Madrid said in a statement shared on its website.

Madrid forward Kylian Mbappé took to his Instagram Stories, writing, “So much sadness. There are no words.”

The players of Real Madrid also held a minute of silence for De Miguel during training.

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Manchester United said that tributes will be paid to De Miguel at Tuesday’s Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League tie between the team and Roma.

“In his remembrance, a minute’s silence will be observed before kick-off at Old Trafford and both teams will wear black armbands for the fixture,” the club said in a statement. “Respects have also been paid at this afternoon’s UEFA Youth League game between our Under-19s and their Roma counterparts.”

“Our deepest condolences are with the loved ones of Jesus and everyone connected with CD Tenerife,” Manchester United added.

UEFA said: “The European football community is mourning the loss of @CDTOficial forward Jesús de Miguel Alameda. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends and teammates during this incredibly difficult time.”

“A moment of silence will be observed at all UEFA matches this week in his memory,” it added.

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Cardiac arrest is a life-threatening medical emergency where the heart suddenly stops beating and fails to pump blood to the brain and other vital organs, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada says 60,000 cardiac arrests occur outside hospital setting each year in Canada, and one in 10 survives an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Signs of a cardiac arrest include sudden collapse, loss of consciousness, unresponsiveness to touch or sound, and not breathing or not breathing normally, according to the organization.

—With files from The Associated Press

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North American stock markets are drifting in mixed trading on Tuesday morning, with Apple dropping sharply in early trading ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.

Some on Wall Street worry that a Democratic sweep of Congress this time around could lead to more regulations and restrictions on AI development. But Donald Trump would still be president and have the power to veto. And Wall Street generally prefers split control of Washington, which it sees as offering less risk of transformative policies that could reshape the economy.

Tuesday’s midterm elections may also be keeping financial markets unsteady, but history suggests that they may not matter much for the broad market. Going back to 1970, the S&P 500 has had a positive return in the six months following a midterm election every time, according to Brock Weimer, an analyst at Edward Jones.

The S&P 500 added 0.2 per cent in early trading, even though more stocks fell within the index than rose. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 232 points, or 0.4 per cent, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.5 per cent higher.

On Bay Street, the TSX was down about 0.75 per cent as of 10:30 a.m. Eastern time, with shares of Shopify down nine per cent after reporting mixed earnings results.

Stock markets have been shaky recently as technology and artificial-intelligence stocks have swung on worries their prices shot too high in the frenzy around AI. Several of the most influential AI-related stocks held up better on Tuesday, which supported the market, though they flipped from gains in the morning to losses in the afternoon a day earlier.

Nvidia rose 3.1 per cent and was the strongest force pushing upward on the S&P 500 Tuesday. CoreWeave rose 2.6 per cent. The company that’s borrowed money to buy AI chips that it rents out to customers over the cloud has been at the center of the industry’s swings recently.

Apple was long seen on Wall Street as a Big Tech company that’s less dependent on AI. But it’s still feeling the effects of the AI boom.

Memory chips for computers have become more expensive because of the demand created by the rush to build AI data centers. Those additional expenses are hitting Apple, which said it expects to make less profit from each $1 of its revenue during the final three months of this year.

That helped send Apple’s stock down 3.4 per cent, even though the seller of iPhones and Mac computers reported stronger profit and revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected.

Palantir Technologies fell 4.2 per cent even though it likewise reported a better profit than expected. The software company said it made more money from working with U.S. companies than from the U.S. government for the first time, as U.S. commercial revenue soared 148 per cent from a year earlier.

On the winning side of Wall Street Tuesday were stocks of several companies that reported stronger profits for the summer than analysts expected.

Celanese climbed 4.9 per cent, and DuPont added seven per cent.

Expectations are high for all kinds of companies to continue to deliver big gains in profits as the U.S. economy keeps chugging along, even with high inflation and elevated interest rates. That helped send the S&P 500 to a record high last month.

In the oil market, prices continued to swing. Brent climbed above US$107 per barrel in the morning before briefly dropping below $101 on continued uncertainty about what will happen in the war with Iran. It was most recently down 0.9 per cent at $103.80.

In stock markets abroad, indexes were mixed across Europe and Asia. South Korea’s Kospi dropped 3.6 per cent for one of the world’s sharpest moves following losses for its two tech giants, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix.

Stocks rose 0.3 per cent in Australia after the country’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the fifth time this year.

– with a file from Global’s Ariel Rabinovitch

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More than five years after Kathleen Richardson was killed in her Naramata, B.C., home, one of the two men responsible for her death has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

With 204 days credited for time already served, 27-year-old Ekene Anigbo has 14 years and 161 days remaining on his sentence.

For Julie Robertson, who remembers Richardson as a kind, generous and deeply involved member of the community, the sentencing marks the end of a long and painful chapter.

“She was so kind, she was so giving, she was a huge member of our community,” a tearful Robertson said outside the Kelowna courthouse.

Richardson was 57 when she was killed on June 9, 2021.

Court heard that Anigbo and Jalen Falk broke into her home looking for her son, Wade Cudmore, in gang-related retaliation connected to the killings of brothers Erick and Carlo Fryer the previous month.

Richardson was confronted, restrained and bound with duct tape and zip ties before being shot twice in the face.

In sentencing Anigbo, Justice Allison Beames called Richardson’s killing senseless, describing how both men participated in confronting and confining her before wrapping multiple layers of duct tape around her head and covering her eyes.

The judge said Richardson was in an “obviously extremely vulnerable position” when she was shot twice in the face, killing her instantaneously or near instantaneously.

Anigbo was originally charged with first-degree murder. But following a lengthy trial earlier this year, he was convicted of manslaughter after the judge found the Crown had not proven beyond a reasonable doubt which of the two men fired the fatal shots.

The Crown had sought a life sentence, while the defence argued for a term of 12 to 14 years.

Anigbo’s parole eligibility will be determined by the Parole Board of Canada.

Under federal rules, most offenders become eligible to apply for full parole after serving one-third of their sentence or seven years, whichever is less.

Falk, meanwhile, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and is serving a life sentence, with no possibility of parole for 16 years.

Robertson says she had hoped the sentencing would bring some closure for those who have spent years waiting for answers.

“For me to be here today was like, this is the end. The trials are done,” Roberston said.

Robertson says she often thinks about Richardson, and believes her son, who remains behind bars for the Fryer brothers’ murders, likely does too.

“His actions caused this and that’s something that he has to live with for the rest of his life, and that has got to be heavy.”

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Results from an annual national poverty survey paint a worsening picture of food affordability in Canada, especially for young people, as tariffs imposed by the United States continue to shake up the Canadian economy.

The Salvation Army’s 2026 Poverty and Socioeconomic Analysis, released today, polled more than 1,500 Canadians and found that 31 per cent skipped meals or reduced their meal sizes because they couldn’t afford groceries, up from 27 per cent one year ago.

The number of people who reported using community supports such as food banks was also up — 15 per cent of those surveyed this year, compared with 11 per cent last year.

Young people report an even worse situation, according to the research conducted by Edelman Data and Intelligence on behalf of the Salvation Army.

Forty-one per cent of respondents aged 18-34 said they skipped meals, 10 percentage points higher than the average, and 23 per cent said they accessed food supports.

A separate report from Daily Bread Food Bank says the number of children struggling with food insecurity in Toronto has risen, as food bank visits held steady at more than 4.1 million visits for the second year.

The survey also suggests that Canadians are more concerned about U.S. tariffs and their effect on the economy than last year, with nearly nine in 10 saying they were worried the trade war would spike prices for everyday goods.

Three in five surveyed reported their household was already feeling the pinch from U.S. tariffs.

The survey was conducted over several days in September among a nationally representative sample of Canadians, including some current and past users of Salvation Army services, who are members of the online Angus Reid Forum. Residents of Canada’s territories were not included in the survey and a margin of error cannot be calculated for a non-probability sample, the report noted.

On the housing front, half of respondents said they aren’t confident they could find another home in their area that was both affordable and met their household needs, while 24 per cent said they spend at least half their after-tax income on housing costs.

To cover basic needs, 50 per cent of Canadians polled said they dipped into savings while 40 per cent reported taking on debt or using credit.

Glenn van Gulik, a strategic engagement director for the Salvation Army, called the results “deeply concerning.”

“For many families, making ends meet is no longer about cutting back on extras. It’s about making difficult choices between food, housing and other basic necessities,” van Gulik wrote in a statement.

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A road worker died Monday after being hit by a dump truck in Pickering, Durham Regional Police say.

Officers were called around 2:40 p.m. on Nov. 2 for reports of a collision near Peter Matthews and Alexander Knox drives.

“During asphalt repair on Peter Matthews Drive, a dump truck was reversing southbound when it struck a 31-year-old male road worker,” police said in a news release Tuesday.

“The road worker was transported to local-area hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The driver of the dump truck remained on scene and cooperated with police.”

Roads in the area were closed for several hours while police investigated.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

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Former prime minister Stephen Harper says he offered Mark Carney, then the governor of the Bank of Canada, a role in his Conservative government in 2012 — though not as finance minister. Not right away, at least.

In his new book “Here for Canada: Memoirs of the 22nd Prime Minister,” Harper says he told Carney the finance position was already taken but indicated that he would be next in line for the job when it became vacant.

“Obviously, I did not offer him the post of minister of finance, as it was then not available. However, I indicated that, if he chose to join the government, he would be the leading candidate should the post come open,” Harper writes.

Carney said in an interview on CBC during the 2025 Liberal leadership race that Harper had “asked me if I would be his finance minister in 2012.” He said at the time it wouldn’t be appropriate to go directly from the Bank of Canada governorship to party politics.

In his book, released Tuesday, Harper says while Carney was “highly effective” as bank governor, his finance minister Jim Flaherty was “increasingly” worried in the wake of the 2011 election that Carney was nurturing political ambitions and might wish to seek the Liberal party leadership — something widely rumoured at the time.

“This was a serious concern for us,” Harper writes.

Harper says he brought it up with Nigel Wright, his chief of staff, who suggested a job offer would either secure Carney’s services for the government or force him to rule out a Liberal leadership bid, since he was in the non-partisan role of bank governor.

“Mark took some time to reflect on the opportunity, ultimately declaring that he should stay out of partisan politics,” he said, noting Carney left soon after for the top job at the Bank of England.

The mention of Carney is just a small aside in the nearly 650-page memoir. Harper says he felt he should address the issue since it has “occasionally cropped up in the media.”

The book offers Harper’s perspective on his tenure in Canadian politics from start to finish, from uniting the right under the modern Conservative party through a decade in government.

It also contains a rare first-person account of Harper’s final election campaign and the defeat of his government in 2015.

The former prime minister writes that he debated stepping down from the leadership in the summer of 2014 to rejuvenate the party.

Harper says after deciding to remain at the helm and lead his party into what he knew would be a tough race, he decided he would serve until just after the 150th anniversary of Confederation on July 1, 2017, then call a leadership race.

Harper also says he only learned of one of the most controversial episodes of the 2015 election — his party’s embrace of a “barbaric cultural practices hotline” — during his preparation for the French leaders’ debate in Montreal when the news “flashed across my screen.”

The announcement of the proposed tip line — which frustrated Red Tories and hindered the party’s outreach efforts with multicultural communities years after the fact — was fronted at the time by former cabinet ministers Kellie Leitch and Chris Alexander.

Harper writes he was “furious” upon learning about the policy, which he says he was not consulted on and had to defend on the campaign trail.

The book spans decades of Canadian political history. It includes Harper’s description of face-to-face standoffs with Russian President Vladimir Putin at G8 meetings, his reaction to the 2008 parliamentary crisis — when opposition parties attempted and failed to form a coalition government to oust the Conservatives — and Harper’s personal experience during the 2014 shooting on Parliament Hill, which happened when he was without his normal personal protective detail.

The former prime minister also offers up occasional reflections on current matters. While he attended the World Economic Forum in Davos twice during in his time in office, he now says he opposes it.

If he were prime minister today, Harper writes, he would end the Canadian government’s participation in the WEF, an event he describes as a once-useful forum that has become a club for advancing the “narrow interests of its globalist, elitist attendees.”

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