When there is a live music event, we often refer to it as a “gig.” Why? I’ve heard several explanations, and here’s the most recent, which comes from the musical history of New Orleans.

It begins with a term used in illegal lotteries, which moved to horse racing. A two-number betting combination was known as a “saddle,” while a three-number combo was called a “gig,” after a type of horse-drawn cart. When musicians were paid for a show, they got paid with whatever was left over after the venue took its cut. This was dicey because a club may or may not pay.

Getting money at the end of the night was like a “gig” bet at the track. You might or might not get paid. Therefore, playing a club show also became known as a “gig.”

Sidebar: The term “gig” may also refer to a show played using a horse-drawn cart as a stage that would be hauled from place to place.

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We all know how difficult it can be to get tickets to a big concert. You do everything right, but the gig is sold out within seconds of going on sale. It’s so frustrating. Maybe, then, it’s time for a different approach.

In the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo is a shrine that’s more than a thousand years old. It is called Fukutoku, a calm place in the midst of a very busy part of the city. But this Shinto shrine is visited for a very specific purpose. Like other such shrines, people come to ask for kami—good fortune and good health—from the Shinto gods.

But Fukutoku attracts people with a very special wish: The ability to get concert tickets. Superfans from all over Japan visit the shrine and pray that they’ll have luck getting to a show by their favourite artist.

Does it work? Fukutoku believers say “yes.”

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Skiantos was one of the first wave of punk bands in the 1970s. They were formed in 1975, but decided that they weren’t as angry as some of their peers, so comedy—the kind that draws from Futurism and Dadaism—became a driving part of their whole existence.

When it came to their music, it wasn’t exactly what you’d call polished or professional, but that was the point. The rawness, the out-of-tune vocals, and the weird lyrics were all designed to provoke the audience. Sometimes, for added effect, they’d throw vegetables into the crowd

Their most infamous gig was at the Bologna Rock Festival on April 2, 1979. For their set, they brought out a kitchen, a table, a TV, and a fridge. They boiled some spaghetti, sat down, ate it, and left, without playing a single note. It was…baffling.

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We’ve been brought up on TV crime shows and police procedurals. In about 45 minutes, a crime is committed, evidence is gathered, suspects are identified and arrested, sent to trial, and either convicted or acquitted. In real life, though, it doesn’t work that way.

When we learn of a horrific crime, it occupies the news cycle for days, weeks, and even months as the case plays out. But then, inevitably, something else comes along, and we move on before the story of that crime is complete.

Has the case gone cold? Did anyone ever get arrested? Was there a conviction? If so, what happened at the trial? Did anyone go to jail? And if someone is in prison, what’s their status?

In short, was justice served? Much of the time, we don’t know because no one ever follows up. And if they do, these new details get lost in the constant deluge of information that comes at us every day.

This is episode 67 of Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry. Over the life of this show, we’ve talked about dozens of cases, most of which have been resolved. But some of these tales just keep on going.

Time for some updates, resolutions, and conclusions to some very infamous crimes from the world of music.

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There has been a concerted effort on the part of phone manufacturers to move people away from wired headphones to wireless earbuds. When was the last time you saw a phone with a headphone jack? People seem to have had enough of this.

There’s a growing resurgence in the use of wired headphones. Why? A couple of reasons.

First, using wired headphones is a kind of statement against everything being digital. Practical, time-tested tech is winning over technology that’s constantly being updated, often with mixed results. Another reason could be the audio limitations of Bluetooth. If you want to listen to songs in their full resolution, you can’t with Bluetooth because the bandwidth is too narrow. The only way to hear the full glory of a digital song file is with a wired connection.

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Nearly five years after an atmospheric river devastated large sections of southern British Columbia, communities along the historic Kettle Valley Rail (KVR) Trail are still waiting to learn whether the popular route will be rebuilt or permanently altered.

The 2021 flooding washed out bridges, trail beds and infrastructure along the route, leaving major gaps in what was once a continuous corridor connecting communities throughout Canada.

Standing near one of the damaged sections, Tulameen resident and business owner Tom Reichert pointed to where the trail once ran.

“It is totally washed away, going into private property,” Reichert said. “The residents did their own riprap to save what they could.”

The trail’s closure has had a lasting impact on local tourism and businesses that relied on a steady stream of cyclists, hikers, horseback riders and outdoor enthusiasts. Before the flood, Reichert said, trail users were a constant presence in the area.

“It seemed like every minute you looked out there were horseback riders or pedal bikers,” he said. “Now, since the flood, not so much.”

A recent study found it would cost approximately $20 million to decommission the damaged sections of the trail, compared with an estimated $50 million to rebuild them. Federal approval is still required before any restoration work can move ahead.

Now the federal government is considering a third option where parts of the trail is rebuilt to attract users on popular sections.

“If Ottawa does approve it, we will have two sections rebuilt, but it won’t be a continuous trail,” said the mayor of Princeton, Spencer Coyne.

Coyne said the loss of the trail has been felt beyond tourism.

“It is a major transportation network for tourism,” he said. “People arrive in Princeton or Tulameen looking to continue that stretch, but they can’t. They get back in their cars and go somewhere else. That’s costing us economically.”

He added that the closure has also affected residents who used the trail daily and serves as a reminder of the destruction caused by the floods.

For Reichert, the trail is also an important emergency access route. As a volunteer firefighter, he said crews have used the corridor to reach injured people.

“It would be a shame not to have that access,” he said.

While communities continue to advocate for repairs, Ottawa has not provided a timeline for when a final decision on the trail’s future will be made. Until then, users of the coast-to-coast trail network will have to navigate around the impassable sections.

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The Toronto Marlies celebrated their Calder Cup victory with friends, family and fans on Monday at Real Sports Bar & Grill.

“We just care. We believed in each other and we worked hard. We had fun, we enjoyed it, we enjoyed coming to the rink every single day,” said Captain Logan Shaw.

“No one’s ever won at this level in that dressing room before, so everyone really bought in and trusted that we would get the job done.”

The Marlies defeated the Chicago Wolves 4-3 in Game 5 on Friday at Coca-Cola Coliseum to secure their second title in franchise history.

“To win, you got to get lucky for sure. We had some luck throughout playoffs. We had guys battle through injuries and all the guys that wouldn’t have played in the regular season,” Shaw said.

“We had guys score big goals when they had to score. We had goalies make big saves when they had to.”

It was a power play goal by Vinni Lettieri late in the second period that put Friday’s game out of reach for the Wolves.

He took a moment to thank the fans for their support.

“We’re champions today, tomorrow and forever and we etched our names in history, and we couldn’t have done it without you guys, so thank you,” Lettieri said.

Marlies goaltender Artur Akhtyamov made 27 saves in the net for the victory.

He was named MVP of the playoffs, winning the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy.

“What these guys accomplished was incredible and really special and just something that we’ll all remember forever,” said Marlies General Manager Ryan Hardy.

“These things just kept building, where it started to feel like destiny.”

The last time the Marlies won the American Hockey League’s top prize was in 2018.

As for what made this team so special, head coach John Gruden says it was the brotherly bond among the players.

“I really knew when I saw them off the ice hanging out. No one was eating alone, there wasn’t any cliques. It was a team and that, you can’t fake. So, when I saw that, I knew we were going to win this thing,” Gruden said.

Long-time Marlies fan Vinay Sharma was there during the 2018 celebrations and couldn’t pass up the chance to do it again this time around.

“It was something I will never ever forget. It’s a full-circle moment,” he said.

“Hockey is a very competitive sport. It’s very hard to win. A lot of work goes through on and off the ice. For them to come together, it’s something I knew I had to come and celebrate with the team. ”

Some fans even had the chance to hold up the Calder Cup and take photos with it.

Cat Ryckman, who has been going to Marlies games with her mom since she was a little girl, was one of them.

“I was in stadium for when we won Game 5 and that was unreal. Honestly, the energy was great,” she said.

“It’s a dream for them and it’s a dream for us to get to see them have that hard work pay off and be able to bring a cup home.”

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A recovery mission still ongoing at the South Saskatchewan River for a jet ski rider who went into the South Saskatchewan River Weir Saturday afternoon.

The Saskatoon Police Service have said they have identified the person and contacted their family but still have not been able to recover the body.

“The river is not the place to be, and unfortunately, I’ve heard cases over my career where, and in fact I’ve been working at times, where an individual’s been in the water and they’re with friends and all of a sudden, they disappear and they are gone,” says Saskatoon Police Chief Cameron McBride.

“We’ll continue searching the riverbanks and keeping our eyes open for, you know, anything in the water.”

Two rescue boats from the fire department headed back out Monday, using sonar and expanding the search south of the weir.

McBride says his department can support the efforts with a search plane and possibly their newly purchased underwater drone as they continue their investigation into the incident.

He says this is an important reminder of how dangerous the river can be.

“Given the location and the river flow and the danger of the circumstance, it’s really hard for us to do very much proactive ,” said McBride.

The dangers of the river’s tides are well known to water sports enthusiasts. Saskatoon Water Ski Club volunteer Jim Clunie has spent decades training people on water safety around Saskatchewan waterways.

“The way we tell other people to like going on a boat or anything on the river, especially around Saskatoon where there’s more people, it’s like if you drive into the same neighbourhood but they’ve changed all the streets,” says Clunie.

“Just because you could afford a boat or a sea-doo or whatever and you got a licence and you got insurance, doesn’t mean that you know everything. Like there’s a lot to be learned there.”

He says tragedies like this are felt by the whole community, while police are asking for support.

“They could turn up miles and miles down the river eventually. You just never know. I would like to think that individuals who live by the river or who use the river are always keeping their eyes open,” said McBride.

The water security agency has since cut off the flow of water from the Gardiner Dam.

The City of Saskatoon continues to warn residents to stay off of the river due to the ongoing elevated flow rate.

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Winnipeg shop owners tout Open Corydon as a shot of adrenaline after a slow start to patio season.

Every Sunday starting July 5, Corydon Avenue will be closed to cars between Daly and Lilac streets from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

“We really need it. A lot of us rely on our patios for our busy months to get us through the winter, so we’ve been off to a little bit of a slower start,” said Thomas Schneider, owner of Tommy’s Pizzeria.

Open Corydon will run till Sept. 6

Watch the video above for the full story.

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The federal government says women entrepreneurs are essential to starting businesses, creating jobs and strengthening communities across Canada.

Minister of Women and Gender Equality Rechie Valdez announced the federal government’s investment of $173.7 million to help businesswomen access financial resources, training and mentorship.

The announcement took place at Cafe Noir, a woman-owned coffee and pastry shop in downtown Lethbridge.

“It’s a big deal. I think women in business have been struggling to get capital and funding for a long time,” said Amber Morrow, owner of Cafe Noir.

Morrow says many entrepreneurs face challenges when they dive head first into opening their own business.

She says having this funding and support specifically targeted for women is “huge.”

Minister Rechie Valdez says this investment builds on what’s already underway.

“This strategy, it started in 2018, and this is funding that will help continue the momentum from our first initiation,” said Valdez.

According to the federal government, the strategy has supported more than 500,000 women entrepreneurs since its launch.

This latest investment includes funding for organizations that operate the Women’s Entrepreneurship Loan Fund, which offers loans of up to $50,000 across Canada.

More than 1,600 loans have already been delivered through the program.

The funding also supports the WES Ecosystem Fund, which helps organizations provide business training, advisory services and mentorship programs.

The federal government says the intention is to lift up women entrepreneurs, so they can start, grow and scale their business while contributing to economic growth across Canada.

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