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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EDMONTON – The Anaheim Ducks are filling the net at a pace unseen before in franchise history.

Pavel Mintyukov and Beckett Sennecke each had two goals and an assist as the Ducks held on for a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.

Cutter Gauthier also scored for the Ducks (8-7-1), who have won three straight.

It is the sixth straight game that the Ducks have recorded five goals or more, a franchise best. They also became just the ninth team to do so since 1986-87.

“We’re rolling hot right now,” said Sennecke, who has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his last two games. “I think we all feel good and we’re confident in our group now, so it’s nice to kind of feel that way after the start we had,”

Sennecke, 20, passed Mason McTavish (76) for the second-most points by a Ducks player before age 21.

“Beckett found the scoresheet the last couple of games, big production nights,” said Ducks head coach Joel Quenneville. “He’s dangerous, he’s slippery, competitive. Our power play’s really been putting us in a spot to get this production we’ve had lately.”

The Anaheim power play was 2-for-8 on the night, after coming into the contest ranking tops in the league at 38 per cent and having one 10-for-12 in their previous three outings.

“We had a lot of opportunities today to score on the power play, so I’m glad we got one or two there,” Gauthier said. “Just playing with each other, a consistent power play, it’s nice to build off each other with chemistry. So, we’re getting our opportunities and we’re finishing them.”

Gauthier, who came into the game with back-to-back hat tricks, extended his incredible goal-scoring streak to four games, during which he has recorded nine goals overall and seven on the power play.

“He’s got a hot stick going right now, and when he gets hot he shoots everything and they find a way,” said the head coach.

Laurent Brossoit made 23 saves to earn the win in the Anaheim net, improving to 3-0 on the season.

“He’s been great,” Quenneville said. “We got a couple breaks too, I mean, they had an open net, a couple of their big guys hit the post and the crossbar. It was a fortunate break, but we still battled in front and he played three games for us and done everything we were hoping he’d do. So, we couldn’t be happier.”

Jackson LaCombe extended his assist streak to eight games, tying Scott Niedermayer for the longest run of helpers by a Ducks defencemen.

Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists and extended his points streak to all 17 games this season, with Evan Bouchard, Kasperi Kapanen and Leon Draisaitl also scoring for the Oilers (11-3-3), who have lost two in a row.

Fourth-string goalie Matt Tomkins made 16 saves for Edmonton, with Tristan Jarry out ill and both Devon Levi and Frederik Andersen injured.

There was a scary moment early in the contest where Ducks defender Drew Helleson took McDavid hard into the post, leaving him rattled and the fans holding their breath.

“I don’t think anyone really knows what it’s like to go Mach One into the net or into the end wall,” he said. “It takes a sec, obviously. It’s a play that is close to home for me because those are the plays that have really, really hurt me.

“Those are dangerous plays in my opinion in a situation I find myself a lot in. It was a close call for me.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 6, 2026.

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The ex-boyfriend of a 47-year-old woman stabbed to death on Saturday was recently charged with assaulting and threatening her, according to court documents obtained by Global News.

The woman, Gregoria Alilio, died in hospital after being found with stab wounds in the area of Bathurst Street and Finch Avenue West. Police responded around 4 p.m. Saturday and found a man alongside Alilio, also with stab wounds, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

It’s believed the man is responsible for killing Alilio, police said. While police confirmed Alilio’s identity, they would not identify the man, noting he is dead and will not face criminal charges.
Multiple sources tell Global News that the deceased male is Alilio’s ex-boyfriend Reydel Del Rosario.

The court documents show that on Sept. 1, Del Rosario, 57, was charged with two counts of assault, one count of assault with a weapon, uttering threats and theft not exceeding $5,000. It indicates police were investigating the incident as intimate partner violence.

The charge details allege that Del Rosario assaulted Alilio multiple times, including with a kitchen knife. It also states that he allegedly uttered death threats towards her and stole her phone.

Bail documents obtained by Global News show Del Rosario was released on his own recognizance with a condition he not have any contact with Alilio.

The Ontario Court of Justice also ordered him to not possess any kind of weapon, including knives outside of his home or workplace.

Edelyn Cabrera, Alilio’s niece, told Global News that her aunt was relied upon by family in the Philippines. “Especially her mother, she supports her mother’s medication and her daily living,” she said.

Friends of Alilio in Toronto informed the family that she had been killed. They were aware her ex-boyfriend had been charged with assaulting her, said Cabrera. “My aunt called the police after she was threatened by (him),” she said.

Alilio had been in Canada over a decade, she said. Facebook photos show she became a Canadian citizen in 2022.

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WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Jets were spurred on by their unprecedented ‘Miracle in Montreal.’

After erasing a four-goal deficit and beating the Canadiens 5-4 in overtime on Tuesday, the Jets came out brimming with confidence when they opened a three-game homestand against the lowly Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.

The Jets scored two goals in the first four minutes of the game and never looked back in a 6-2 victory over the Canucks before 13,312 at Canada Life Centre.

“Obviously, I think we proved ourselves there in the first period,” said Jets forward Dawson Mercer. “We came out really strong, with speed and kind of built off that win. That (Montreal triumph) was a pretty spectacular game, to say the least. It definitely gave us a lot of motivation here coming into the game at home.”

The past two wins came on the heels of a nine-game losing streak for Winnipeg.

“Yeah, the big thing for me was the first period,” said Jets coach Scott Arniel. “We (could) very easily be caught up in what happened in Montreal and come up flat and allow Vancouver to get to play their game. I didn’t think we did that.

“I thought all the lines, the D, everybody was ready to go. We got out in front real quick. So now, all of a sudden, you have the opposition on their heels and that’s what we were hoping for.”

Mercer benefited from that momentum to score his first goal as a Jet.

“It was good,” said Mercer, who added an assist. “I was happy to get it finally. I’ve been thinking about it. To get it during a win and at home just made it a little bit better.”

A key piece in the trade that sent disgruntled star goalie Connor Hellebuyck to the New Jersey Devils, Mercer had been struggling to find his game since he arrived.

“It was really hectic the first few days, then to get on the road and travel, try to figure out everything,” he said. “Just overall in my game, using my speed, handling the puck, I think it’s improved day by day.”

Arniel appreciates Mercer’s talent.

“Every game, you’re starting to really see the skill set,” he said. “But he also has a real good compete side to him. We use him on the penalty kill. He’s not afraid to block shots. He’s using his speed.

“I think he’s really starting to get comfortable and starting to feel like he’s a part of the Winnipeg Jet family.”

Rookie Viggio Bjorck assisted on Mark Scheifele’s second-period goal for his first NHL point. The crowd started chanting his name after the assist.

“It was fun,” Bjorck said. “I felt like it should have come a couple games earlier, but eventually it came here.”

“We’ve got a wonderful crowd here,” he added. “The fans are so passionate; it is really fun to play here.”

Bjorck acknowledged that it hadn’t been easy to go without a point up to this point.

“For me, it’s also important to go through,” he said. “It’s not the end of the world, but still a tough time to build up here mentally. It’s not always going to be glamorous and sun and rainbows and stuff like that. Eventually you’ve just grind your way through it.

“Hopefully, it will come more. But, as a team, we are hungry for more right now. We had a tough couple of games there down the stretch. But we are just hungry to get back to it.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 6, 2026.

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Online gambling has more than doubled among young men in Montreal, even as the overall number of adults who gamble has declined, according to a new public health study.

The study surveyed 8,500 Montreal adults and found 39 per cent said they had engaged in some form of gambling in 2025, 15 per cent fewer than in 2018 and 2002.

But researchers say the trend is moving in the opposite direction among younger men.

The number of men between the ages of 18 and 34 who reported gambling online has more than doubled, according to the study.

Sylvia Kairouz, a Concordia University gambling researcher and one of the study’s authors, said the ease of accessing gambling sites through a phone can make it difficult for people to resist.

“When you just need to pick up your phone and push a button to gamble, that makes it very difficult to resist,” Kairouz said.

“We have seen more interest in online gambling than in gambling in casinos or in any other physical location.”

Anne Elizabeth Lapointe, CEO of Maison Jean Lapointe, which offers treatment programs for gambling addiction, said the findings reflect what the organization is seeing among people seeking help.

“We have more and more young men seeking help for online gambling addiction,” she told Global News on Thursday.

Lapointe said that since the COVID pandemic, the organization has been helping far fewer people struggling with in-person slots or video lottery terminals, while online gambling has become a growing concern.

She said even minors are finding ways to gamble online, and that young people with little or no income can face serious consequences from their losses.

“For the last two years now, we’ve seen kids coming to our office with a gambling addiction or starting to have serious consequences to their gambling habits,” Lapointe said.

Kairouz said the abundance of gambling advertising is also contributing to the problem by making sports betting more socially acceptable.

The study found 75 per cent of those surveyed said they wished there were no advertisements at all for gambling sites.

Lapointe said gambling advertising needs to either be banned or more effectively regulated.

Kairouz also pointed to restrictions adopted elsewhere. “Spain has done it. Belgium has done . So I think the lack of regulation is one of the major problems now,” she said.

For those who gamble, Kairouz recommends setting a budget and sticking to it. She said that over the long term, people who bet on sports will lose money because unpredictable outcomes are unavoidable.

“I have to say what we always say, the house always wins,” she said. “So we’re gonna always lose when we bet.”

Help is available across Canada for people experiencing gambling-related problems. In Quebec, Gambling: Help and Referral (Jeu: aide et référence) offers free, confidential, 24/7 support at 514-527-0140 in Montreal or 1-800-461-0140 elsewhere in Quebec, as well as online support.

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EDMONTON – Pavel Mintyukov and Beckett Sennecke each had two goals and an assist as the Anaheim Ducks held on for a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.

Cutter Gauthier also scored for the Ducks (8-7-1) who have won three straight.

Laurent Brossoit made 23 saves to earn the win in the Anaheim net,

Evan Bouchard, Connor McDavid, Kasperi Kapanen and Leon Draisaitl responded with the goals for the Oilers (11-3-3) who have lost two in a row.

Fourth-string goalie Matt Tomkins made 16 saves for Edmonton, with Tristan Jarry out due to illness and both Devon Levi and Frederik Andersen injured. The Oilers became the first team in the NHL to dress a full-time emergency backup goalie, as Brett Epp sat on the bench.

Takeaways

Ducks: Gauthier, who came into the game with back-to-back hat tricks, extended his incredible goal-scoring streak to four games. He has nine goals, including seven on the power play during the stretch.

Oilers: McDavid, who was rattled early in the game when Ducks defender Drew Helleson took him hard into the post, returned with a goal and three assists to extend his points and assist streaks to 17 games this season and give him an NHL-best 44 points. He tied for the fourth longest points streak to start a season in league history.

Key moment

Anaheim regained the lead 6:15 into the second period at four-on-four as Mintyukov pounced on a rebound and scored his second of the game and of the season.

Key stat

The Ducks power play had been unreal of late, jumping from 23.8 per cent in October to first in the NHL coming into the contest at 38 per cent. In their three previous games, they had scored on 10 of their last 12 chances. However, they went 2-for-7 against Edmonton.

Up next

Ducks: Visit the Flames in Calgary on Friday.

Oilers: Continue their homestand against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 5, 2026.

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A Kelowna woman says she’s still shaken after being violently attacked in broad daylight in the city’s downtown core, leaving her with bruises, a sore scalp and a large clump of missing hair.

“I was fighting with everything I had,” Robertson told Global News.

Robertson was waiting for a friend on the sidewalk in the 400-block of Lawrence Avenue shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday when a woman she didn’t know approached her.

Without warning, Robertson says the woman grabbed a handful of her hair, pulled hard and began punching her.

“She was about here from me, and she said, “I’m really sorry about this,” and she grabbed a mitt full of my hair and pulled it so hard and started pummeling me with her other hand,” Robertson said.

Robertson says she fought back, kicking at her attacker before the two fell to the ground.

“She twirled me around with my hair, and we fell to the ground. And then I started screaming for help,” Robertson said.

Robertson says she believes her screams scared the woman off.

The attacker fled with Robertson’s phone, but it was later recovered after Robertson connected with members of the Downtown Kelowna Association (DKA) red-shirt on-call team.

The DKA team managed to get a photo of the suspect, who was still in the area, and called police.

Robertson says the experience has left her feeling shaken and less safe in an area she’s visited many times.

“I have never felt this unsafe here before,” she said.

She says the realization of how much worse the attack could have been only hit her afterward.

“Oh My God, what is she had a knife?, Like, it really shook me then how close we came,” Robertson said. “She could have bashed my head into the ground or whatever.”

Robertson’s daughter, Nina Harder, posted a photo of the suspect on social media.

Harder said she had several people reach out since, sharing stories of encounters with the same woman.

“There was a lot of people who had said that they had recognized her and had seen her around town and also shared stories of similar attacks that had happened to them,” Harder said.

RCMP say they located a suspect the day after the Nov.1 attack adding that one person was taken into custody but has since been released.

Police say no charges have yet been laid but the investigation is ongoing.

“I was really upset and shocked how fast this you know, catch and release, really is,” Harder said. “I thought for sure that they would hold her longer.”

Robertson says she believes more needs to be done to address growing concerns around public safety.

“Like involuntary holding medical rooms, medical beds. They’ve talked about it, but it’s not happening,” Robertson said. “It’s time to push the boundaries a little more and try and demand some kind of action.”

Robertson added that she feels grateful she did not sustain more serious injuries.

“I have a couple of bruises and sore scalp and missing hair but other than that, I feel so grateful,” she said.

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EDMONTON – The Edmonton Oilers became the first team to have a full-time EBUG dress for an NHL game on Thursday night.

Brett Epp, Edmonton’s emergency backup goalie, dressed while Matt Tomkins started in net for the Oilers in their 5-4 loss to the Anaheim Ducks. Tristan Jarry missed the game due to being sick.

As of this season, NHL teams became required to have EBUGs on rosters.

The goaltenders, who travel with their club and wear No. 00, can’t have previously played in the NHL under a standard contract, must have 80 games or less of professional experience, and can’t have suited up in the pros over the three preceding campaigns.

Before the 2026-27 campaign, home teams were tasked with providing an EBUG in the event either side suffered an in-game goaltending injury or illness.

The amateur emergency backup would get the pads on and be ready if needed.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 5, 2026.

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