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.

The Ongoing History of New Music can be heard on these stations:

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• FM96/London – Sunday nights at 8pm
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• Sonic 102.9/Edmonton – Sunday at 8am and 8pm
• The Zone/Victoria – Sunday at 9am and 9pm
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• The Goat Network/Interior BC
• WAPS/WKTL The Summit/Arkon, Canton, Cleveland, Youngstown – Mon-Fri at 9pm

 

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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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Fall weather is set to arrive and stick around for the next week on B.C.’s coast, with a series of storms expected.

Global BC meteorologist Mark Madryga said well-defined frontal systems will sweep through all coastal areas starting on Thursday night.

That will last until Friday, followed by another later on Saturday night and then another wet stretch will return on Monday night through the remainder of next week, Madryga added.

“Total rainfall for the next week, forecast from various computer weather models, is between 250 and 600 millimetres on west Vancouver Island and from 100 to 300 millimetres in the Lower Mainland,” he said.

“Windy conditions will accompany each very moist frontal system as well.”

A heavy rainfall warning is now in effect for north Vancouver Island plus coastal and inland sections of west Vancouver Island, where 80 to 150 millimetres of rain is forecast on Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon.

In the central coast inland areas, 60 millimetres is forecast, Madryga added.

He said wind warnings are in effect on Thursday afternoon for the central and north coast and Haida Gwaii, with 80 km/h southeast winds and 110 km/h gusts expected.

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The first of two new electric ferries commissioned by the City of Toronto will soon begin its journey across the Atlantic Ocean before its expected December arrival.

A video showing the launch of the Lady of Quays ferry was posted by the city in late May, but there have been few updates on sea trials for the vessel since then. The city confirmed that the ferry, which has capacity for up to 650 passengers and 14 vehicles, was towed via tug boat from a Romanian shipyard to Istanbul.

General Manager of Fleet Services Abi Thomas said in an emailed statement the completed ferry will be loaded onto a ship and transported across the ocean. Thomas said once it begins its journey, residents will be able to track the journey online.

The city’s strategic communications division declined multiple interview requests to provide more details. No details were provided on the status of construction of the second vessel commissioned by the city, named Toronto Islander, which is due for delivery sometime in early 2027.

Once each vessel arrives in the city, lake trials and crew training will need to be completed before passengers will be able to hop aboard. It’s unclear how long the testing period will take.

About 1.4 million passengers are carried across the city’s inner harbour by the current fleet of ferries, but all four are between 61 to 90 years old.

Although the procurement process to acquire new ferries began more than a decade ago, there have been several delays due to council changing its mind over the design. In 2018, council voted in favour of swapping the ferries to a hybrid diesel-electric propulsion system, but in 2022 it changed course again to fully electric models.

More than a year after a contract was signed with Dutch shipbuilding company Damen, councillors learned city staff hadn’t accounted for charging infrastructure at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal. The discovery ended up seeing oversight of the city’s ferries shift to its fleet management division from parks and recreation.

When the vessels arrive, they will replace two of its current ferries, including the William Inglis, which struck a wharf in 2023 after it lost propulsion, injuring a crew member.

In 2022, the Sam McBride also crashed, injuring several passengers and lead to the Transportation Safety Board ruling the City of Toronto’s safety protocols had been lacking at the time of the incident.

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The City of Regina’s proposed 2027 budget recommends a 5.81 per cent property tax hike.

Next year’s budget was prepared by city staff and released Thursday ahead of Regina city council’s deliberations on Dec. 7 and 11.

“Early on this year, city council made a very clear request of administration,” Jim Nicol, acting city manager for the City of Regina, said at a news conference.

He said council asked city staff “to help us keep Regina affordable while providing services that residents want.”

Nicol said that he believes city administrators met that demand in the 2027 budget.

“On the one hand, we must prioritize residents’ needs for affordability in a world that is becoming increasingly unaffordable for many. On the other, residents have come to expect and rely on quality municipal services every day, every season, year-round,” he continued.

“To be frank, these two priorities do not necessarily or easily go hand-in-hand. Difficult choices lie ahead, not just in 2027, but in the years to come.”

The proposed mill rate, pending city council approval, would provide the city with around $22 million in new revenue.

That figure is based on the projected increase in the operating costs of the Regina Police Service, as well as the need to pay off debt for the construction of the Indoor Aquatics Facility. The public pool will require $122 million of the city’s cash this year.

When construction is complete in 2029, the city’s website states the year-round pool will have waterslides, a lazy river and a wave pool.

The budget will also restore city reserves that are below the recommended minimum threshold, while addressing civic operating pressures and the impact of inflation on municipal services, said Jeff May, the City of Regina’s acting CFO.

In a home with an assessed value of $324,000, the mill rate increase would mean an additional $163 in taxes paid by homeowners per year.

“This combined with other revenue increases, such as additional grants from other levels of government, or increases in fees and levies (will) cover the funding gap between 2026 and 2027 and address rising service costs,” May continued.

It will also see more than $20 million in capital investments on street and sidewalk upgrades, as well as more than $5 million for Regina Transit’s day-to-day operations and $7 million to purchase new buses and expand the transit network, according to the city.

The $12 million allocated to Regina Fire and Protective Services will be spent on operations, salaries and expanding the firetruck fleet.

“During the debates, staring Dec. 7, if council wants to further reduce that 5.81 (per cent), then they’re going to have to dig into other things to cut or reduce service levels. Conversely, if they want to add things, we will be giving them real-time information as to (how) that would impact the mill rate,” Nicol said.

He told reporters releasing the budget more than a month before city council meets to deliberate will give the city time to hear feedback from residents, businesses and other stakeholders.

Looking to future budgets, the acting city manager said mill rate increases should be expected by Regina’s residents in the years to come.

“For people out there who are saying, ‘Cut taxes. Hold the line at zero,’ I’m basically trying to say, ‘Don’t hold your breath. It’s not going to happen.’ The only way that could happen would result in serious reductions,” he continued.

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Two people were able to flee a house just south of Calgary Thursday following a fire and explosion.

The Foothills Fire Department said it began receiving calls around 7 a.m. for an explosion on North Coulee Trail, northeast of Okotoks, Alta.

Crews found the home engulfed in flames, and the fire department said two people who were inside were able to make it out safely.

People who live in the area told Global News they were awoken by multiple explosions so strong their homes were damaged as well.

Dave Simms, deputy chief of the Foothills Fire Department, said the two people who were inside the house were taken to hospital as a precaution.

Officials have not confirmed the cause of the fire or the blast.

An investigation is ongoing.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is a “confident country” and is focused on the same issues as before the U.S. midterms, when asked by reporters about how the results impact his approach to dealing with the U.S.

“We’re focused on affordability, and we’re focused on opportunity. We’re focused on sovereignty for Canada, more independence so we can live our lives as we choose and make our own decisions,” Carney told reporters.

“So yes, it’s important what happens in the U.S. and things will evolve, but we’re focused here. We’re focused on the same issues as we were at the start of the week, as we will focus on next week. It’s a confident country moving forward, and I think that’s the core message. Yes, we’re a great partner for many countries around the world, including the United States.”

Canadian politicians were quick to speak following the Democrats sweeping win of both the House of Representatives and the Senate earlier this week.

Tensions have simmered between Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump after trade talks came to a crashing halt in August. Since, the two countries have been deadlocked in a trade war launched by Trump that is hurting businesses and consumers on both sides of the border.

Carney had said Tuesday that “more intense” trade negotiations with the U.S. were resuming following a phone call with Trump over the weekend.

With escalating trade tensions through the year, Canada has made it a priority to secure trade deals and closer ties with other countries, and that his vision for a closer relationship with the European Union reflects a “dangerous and divided” world, where trade has been “weaponized.”

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday that “the results yesterday demonstrate that Americans hate tariffs. A tariff on Canada is a tax on Americans,” he said, urging the prime minister to use his “immense leverage” to get a good deal with the U.S.

Speaking Thursday, ministers in Carney’s cabinet said Canada will continue to engage with representatives in the U.S.

“Controlling the things we can control, that’s the way to go,” Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon said.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration held secret talks with Iran on deporting Iranians even as the war there dragged on, court documents obtained by The Associated Press show.

The court documents unsealed Thursday show the Republican administration as recently as mid-October said it had plans to deport the Iranians through an unnamed third country, although it was unclear when it intended to do so. The judge in the case ordered the government to give the court 24-hour notice of any finalized plans to deport Iranians to Iran or to any other country and five days’ written notice before any such deportation is carried out.

The documents show that the administration maintained contacts with Iranian officials during the war over the removals, specifically for submitting travel documents and figuring out “possible avenues for removal.”

“We are at war with a country where the President of the United States has said, as recently as two or three days ago, if not yesterday, that it is essentially lawless … A country that is an enemy of the United States, according to the current president. A country that, according to our president, murdered tens of thousands of protestors,” Judge Ana Reyes said according to the Oct. 15 transcript.

“And what you’re telling me is that the United States of America is going to send individuals back to that region, facing what you and I and everyone who would ever look at this would know would be, at a minimum, a serious threat of certain death.”

“Yes, your honor,” Justice Department attorney Dimitar Georgiev-Remmel said. “The government is executing lawful orders of removal.”

The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The development emerged from an ongoing lawsuit that alleges the Trump administration’s immigration agencies have been sharing confidential information about Iranian asylum seekers with the Iranian government, violating national immigration regulations and endangering countless Iranians, court filings argue.

The new court documents show the coordination continued during the war.

The lawsuit depicts a coordinated campaign between the U.S. and Iranian governments to identify Iranians in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and pressure them to return to Iran — a marked departure from decades of diplomatic hostility between the two governments and an ongoing war. DHS has denied that it is sharing asylum application records with the Iranian government.

Hundreds of emails exchanged between U.S. immigration officials exposed how the two countries worked together to arrange for more than 100 Iranians to be flown back to Iran on three immigration flights in September and December 2025 and January 2026.

Deportations of Iranians back to their home country are historically rare, owing to the lack of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Iran and the possible persecution they could face if they were sent to Iran.

But under the Trump administration, ICE has aggressively pushed to deport people even from countries that have typically been reluctant to take people back or with whom the U.S. has had icy or no diplomatic relations.

Sometimes that has meant sending people back to their home country but it has also meant deporting people to other countries that they have no connection with.

The Trump administration has deported people, including Iranians, to countries other than their own in an attempt to circumvent diplomatic hurdles with governments that won’t take their people back. During Trump’s second term, countries including El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama have accepted noncitizens from the U.S.

In June, an Iranian woman was among the two dozen migrants the U.S. deported to the Central African Republic.

Activists abroad have expressed concern about deportees returning to Iran, whose theocracy has been cracking down on intellectuals and where the government vociferously cracks down on any dissent.

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The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Jen Affleck has filed for divorce from her husband Zac Affleck after seven years of marriage.

The 27-year-old reality star filed for divorce on Tuesday, Nov. 3, in the Fourth Judicial District Court in Provo, Utah, according to the filing obtained by People, Entertainment Weekly and E! News.

She is currently pregnant with her and Zac’s fourth child.

Global News has reached out to Affleck’s representatives for further comment, but has not received a response.

Affleck became known as an influencer in the #MomTok community, a group of women from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sharing their lives on TikTok.

Affleck and Zac’s relationship has been a major storyline on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, which follows a group of Mormon mom influencers while they navigate their relationships.

The couple met in 2018 and were married by 2019. They currently have three children together, Nora, Luca and Penelope.

Affleck recently announced that she was pregnant with their fourth child in June.

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After season one of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives aired, Affleck and Zac, 30, briefly separated, which became a major plotline featured in the second season of the show.

While the couple was separated, Affleck discovered that she was pregnant with their third child.

Affleck and Zac reconciled and continued to appear together on seasons three, four and five of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

She is currently set to appear in the new Mormon Wives spin-off, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County, which premieres on Nov. 12.

The couple’s marriage troubles will reportedly be featured in the new spinoff series, which saw the duo move to Southern California as they prepare to welcome their fourth child, according to E! News.

In August, Affleck told People that she and Zac were working through a lot “behind closed doors.”

“It’s been a lot the past couple of months, I’ll be honest,” she said at the time. “But I do feel like I’m seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and just trying to count my blessings every single day.”

“There’s a lot that we’ve been navigating behind closed doors,” she added, “but I do have to say, I wouldn’t have survived the first trimester without him.”

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One person was killed and two others were critically injured after a helicopter crashed into Biscayne Bay near Miami on Wednesday.

The Robinson R44 II helicopter went down late Wednesday morning near Bill Baggs State Park, off Key Biscayne, while on a trip to film boats on the water, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office  (MDSO) said.

Rescue workers from Key Biscayne Fire Rescue, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office and the City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue, as well as the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, responded to the crash.

“MDSO Marine Patrol units responded and observed a Good Samaritan on a boat providing CPR to the adult male victim. MDSO Marine Patrol units took over the lifesaving efforts and brought the victim to the dock at No Name Harbor. City of Miami Fire Rescue arrived, and despite the efforts provided, the victim was pronounced deceased on scene,” police said in a press release.

The preliminary investigation revealed that the commercial helicopter was filming boats as they were heading south.

“The cause of the crash is currently under investigation by National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration. MDSO Homicide Bureau detectives have assumed the death investigation,” police added.

During a news conference, Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said that the two survivors were taken to a nearby trauma centre in critical but stable condition.

MDSO identified the people involved in the helicopter crash on Wednesday afternoon.

The pilot was identified as Tomas Pendas, 63, who was killed in the crash.

Ryan McCoy, 52, and Ryan Ferraro, 27, were identified as the men who were injured in the crash.

“This is a very tragic event,” Cordero-Stutz told WSVN. “Clearly very early on in the investigation. Our hearts go out to the people affected by this tragedy and prayers for those who were lost.”

The crash comes after nine people died when a Learjet plummeted into the ground near West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday.

A piece of the Learjet that slammed into the ground in Florida was found nearly 6.4 kilometres from the crash site, investigators said Tuesday, confirming that the plane was breaking apart before impact.

National Transportation Safety Board member Tom Chapman said most of the left elevator — part of the tail that controls the plane’s pitch — was found in three pieces between two kilometres and 6.1 kilometres from Greenacres, near West Palm Beach, where the jet went down Sunday afternoon.

“What that means exactly, in terms of what caused the aircraft to lose control, or whether the loss of this piece was a result of the forces on the aircraft, we don’t know yet,” Chapman said at a news conference.

Without the elevator intact, the pilot would not have been able to pull the Learjet out of its nosedive, Chapman said.

Weather will be a key initial focus of the investigation, Chapman reiterated Tuesday. The nosedive started after the co-pilot reported ice starting to build up on the plane and some significant turbulence as the Learjet flew into a rapidly developing thunderstorm cell.

The National Transportation Safety Board is also investigating that crash.

—With files from The Associated Press

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