The universe loves bass. And yes, I do mean out there in the infinite vastness of space. Even though sound can’t travel through a vacuum, pressure waves can travel through the thin wisps of gas in interstellar and intergalactic space.

The biggest bass machine is a black hole somewhere in the centre of the Perseus Cluster of galaxies, 250 million light-years away. It’s pounding out a continuous B-flat thump 57 octaves below middle C.  (I swear that’s only slightly lower than the kid with the Honda Civic down the block who still has things cranked when he’s coming home at four on a Sunday morning. But I digress…)

If you want to get really nerdy about it, it takes 10 million years for one note to oscillate just once. We can’t hear that, of course, but we can pitch-shift it up using a process called “sonification,” which translates astronomical data into sound. By shifting the pitch up about 288 quadrillion times, we get this.

Back here on Earth, we know that for any song to rock, there’s gotta be bass: those notes that start at about 250 Hz and go down until the sound waves are so long that the human ear can’t detect them.

Sometimes, we don’t hear the bass in a song as much as we feel it, as large volumes of air hit our bodies. It hits the chest first, making our lungs vibrate inside our rib cages… then our heads, as our eardrums try to process it. We might even get a little bit dizzy. Tthen our stomachs start to move in sympathy with the low notes. Bass is what gives rock depth, heaviness, and power. Without it, songs would sound tinny and be perceived with far less of a physical sensation. And this is why rock needs bass players.

But bassists don’t always get the recognition they deserve. The attention goes to the singer, the flashy guitarist, or the flamboyant drummer. But without a bass player, you just can’t rock or groove.

Let’s go through some of the most important and creative bass players in the history of alt-rock.

Songs heard on this show;

• Joy Division, Transmission
• The Cure, Lullaby
• Red Hot Chili Peppers, Higher Ground
• Power Station, Get It On
• Stone Roses, She Bangs the drums
• REM, Orange Crush
• Faith No More, We Care a Lot
• Sonic Youth, Kool Thing
• Pixies, Gigantic

Here’s Eric Wilhite’s playlist for the show.
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If you’re any kind of musical artist, you need a logo. It’s part of your visual identity. But who was the first band to design their own logo?

This is something with a fuzzy history because musical artists have always used stylized fonts and looks for their names, going all the way back to at least the 1920s. But we do have to look at The Beatles. The logo with the “dropped-T” was designed by Ivor Arbiter in April 1963. He ran a drum shop called Drum City in Liverpool and sketched out the logo when Ringo came in to buy a new kit. A local sign painter named Eddie Stokes hand-drew the first logo on Ringo’s bass drum.

The first time anyone saw this new design was in May 1963. And because of what The Beatles became, they established the need for every band to have a logo.

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Let’s say that you’re in a band and some promoter on your tour objects to your opening act, a group that you hand-picked to start all your shows.

“Dump your support act or else!” What would you do?

If you’re Green Day, you stand up for your principles. For a 1994 tour supporting the Dookie album, they went on the road with an opening gay punk band called Pansy Division. But then they were informed that a particular promoter in Fairfax, Virginia, was refusing to allow Pansy Division to perform at a stop on the tour because he considered them to be “inappropriate.”

Green Day could have told Pansy Division to sit out that one show, but they didn’t. They stood up to the promoter, saying, “Either Pansy Division plays or we don’t.” The promoter then backed down.

That’s what you call solidarity and sticking up for your friends.

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EDMONTON – The Edmonton Oilers closed out their road trip in ideal fashion, cooling off the surging Calgary Flames on Wednesday.

Tristan Jarry made 24 stops to earn the shutout as the Oilers snapped a two-game losing skid, defeating the rival Flames 4-0.

Mathieu Joseph, Mattias Ekholm, Kasperi Kapanen and Alex Formenton scored for the Oilers (9-2-2), who finished their five-game road trip with a 3-1-1 record. Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had two assists.

“Big wins against some good teams there early, it wasn’t necessarily pretty,” McDavid said. “I don’t like the Toronto game, but we were a minute away from winning the other night, losing in a shootout (to Detroit). There was lots to like from the homestand, lots to build on too as we continue to try and be better day in and day out.”

It was the ninth time the Oilers have earned a shutout win in the ‘Battle of Alberta’ and the first since Dec. 9, 2018.

It was Jarry’s 24th career shutout.

“I thought he played great,” McDavid said. “He made some big saves, especially early in the game and in the second period there. He was really, really solid.”

McDavid extended his season-starting points streak to all 13 games, adding two assists to give him a league-leading 36 points. He also extended his campaign-starting assists streak to 13 games, setting a new record by surpassing the likes of Sebastian Aho, Ken Linseman and Wayne Gretzky for the longest in NHL history.

“I thought the game was pretty solid, it’s what we needed to do tonight,” McDavid said. “Calgary had been playing really, really well and scoring lots of goals. We had to defend hard and find a way to get a win.”

Joseph opened the scoring 7:46 into the first period with his third of the season when Calgary honed in on McDavid, who was able to send it across to Joseph. Evan Bouchard also picked up an assist and has points in 11 of 13 games this season to lead all defencemen with 23 points.

The Oilers extended their lead 4:52 into the second as Ekholm sent a long laser of a wrist shot through traffic and past Dustin Wolf for his second of the season in his return to the lineup from a concussion.

Kapanen made it 3-0 on the power play just 55 seconds into the third with a nice display of passing as McDavid sent it to Kapanen for his fourth. They added to their lead just 21 seconds later as Jason Dickinson stole a puck in the Calgary zone and fed it across to Formenton, who ripped in his second of the campaign.

“The big thing tonight is we had a good team game, everybody was involved,” Oilers head coach Mike Babcock said. “(Jarry) in the second period had to make some saves. But overall we looked after him good and he didn’t give up anything so that’s a really good night for him and a good confidence builder for him.”

The Oilers are now 7-0-1 when scoring first and 7-0 when leading after 40 minutes. By contrast, Calgary is 1-6 when allowing the first goal and 0-5 when behind after the second.

The Flames (5-7-0) saw a four-game winning streak come to an end and also have cause for concern as Cooley was run over in the crease by Oilers forward Colton Dach late in the first and did not return to start the second.

“You don’t want to see anyone get hurt, let alone a guy that’s been playing some of his best hockey,” Wolf said. “It’s unfortunate, we have to try and build around it and not rely on one guy, we’re a whole group in here, that’s how we have to play.”

Dach said he had no intent to injure on the play.

“I mean, I hate going out for the second period and seeing him not lead their team out,” he said. “I’m just trying to take it to the net and create a chance. But really unfortunate that he got hurt.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 29, 2026.

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TORONTO – Before every Toronto Raptors game Jamal Shead starts bouncing in place, dancing to the music during warm-ups. A conga line forms up behind him with the Raptors’ entire bench getting in line, bouncing along behind him.

They then break in unison and jog forward, giving high fives to Toronto’s starters, coaches and other personnel, getting fired up.

“It’s just fun, man. It gets us hype, gets us doing something before the game, and gets us talking to each other,” said Shead. “High fives, getting hand touches, and just getting ourselves prepared for the game.”

The tradition was started by veteran shooting guard Garrett Temple when he joined the Raptors for the 2023-24 season. After three seasons in Toronto, Temple retired as a player and became an assistant coach for new Dallas Mavericks head coach Dusty May starting this campaign.

“Last year, when he wasn’t available, the couple of games he missed, I filled in for him and did it,” said Shead, who was usually second in the conga line behind Temple. “So I knew once he was gone this year that I had to do it.”

Shead provided a different kind of spark on Wednesday, scoring 13 points, dishing out seven assists, and grabbing two steals off the bench in the Raptors’ 129-99 rout of the Orlando Magic.

Head coach Darko Rajakovic and all-star forward Scottie Barnes both credited Shead with turning around a slow start by Toronto.

“I thought that once Jamal Shead checked in, he changed the game,” said Rajakovic. “He was really following our principles, doing a great job on the ball, and once he started doing that, our whole team they picked up from that point.

“I thought that we did really good job with our hand activity on defensive end, and that we were able to get out in transition and score a lot.”

Barnes, who lead all scorers with 28 points and added six rebounds and four assists for Toronto (3-1), could pinpoint the moment when Shead’s presence changed the momentum of the game.

“He came in late in the second quarter, and I think the lead went from like around 10 to 17,” said Barnes. “He did a great job being on ball, was getting steals, being active.

“It just elevated everybody else. Everybody was getting more active, guarding the ball. We’re talking more on defence, and it definitely gave us that spark that we needed.”

The two teams will meet at Scotiabank Arena again on Friday in an NBA Cup game.

“We take one game at a time. I thought that we were prepared for this game tonight,” said Rajakovic. “I think there is a lot to learn from this game.

“I always like to look at these games like mini playoff series, you know? It allows you to go back to analyze, to see what you can do better, and to learn from that.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 29, 2026.

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Russ Wyatt, the Winnipeg city councillor facing multiple sexual assault charges, will not return to city hall as the representative for Transcona.

Wyatt received just under 11 per cent of the vote and finished a distant fourth place, according to the unofficial results of Wednesday’s municipal election.

Lora Meseman takes over the role from the embattled, veteran politician. Speaking with 680 CJOB, Meseman said she is “excited and honoured” for the opportunity to represent her community. Meseman won the ward by a 460-vote margin, finishing just ahead of Shawn Nason who was the city councillor for Transcona from 2018 to 2022.

“The biggest thing is making sure the ward knows what we’re doing at city hall. Communication is a big thing, and being present,” she said.

Speaking with Global News after the race was called, Wyatt said that he wished Meseman well.

Charges were laid against Wyatt twice in the past year. He was arrested in March, then again in August.

The initial charges were laid in relation to the alleged sexual assault of a man. Wyatt was also charged with administering a noxious thing with intent to aggrieve or annoy.

In August, police announced another sexual assault allegation against Wyatt in connection with a man police said Wyatt met in July 2023. In that case, Wyatt is accused of providing the man with a noxious substance to endanger life or cause bodily harm and sexually assaulting him at a home in southwest Winnipeg.

Wyatt has maintained his innocence, but said he believes the allegations played a role in how the election played out.

“I know I’m going to be okay. If you tell a lie you have to remember a lie, but if you tell the truth and you know the truth, it comes from your heart,” he continued. “I ran knowing that fact.”

Days after Wyatt’s August arrest, Mayor Scott Gillingham announced that he would bring a motion to Winnipeg city council to change the city charter.

As it stands, the City of Winnipeg Charter Act does not prevent people facing criminal charges from performing the duties of an elected official, including running for election or re-election. The exact details of how the revisions may be made to the city’s guiding document will be determined after the civic election and require approval from the Manitoba government.

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EDMONTON – Tristan Jarry made 24 stops to earn the shutout as the Edmonton Oilers snapped a two-game losing skid, defeating the rival Calgary Flames 4-0 on Wednesday.

Mathieu Joseph, Mattias Ekholm, Kasperi Kapanen and Alex Formenton had the goals for the Oilers (9-2-2).

Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had a pair of assists.

Edmonton wrapped up its five-game road trip with a 3-1-1 record.

The Flames (5-7-0) saw a four-game winning streak come to an end.

Dustin Wolf recorded 20 saves for Calgary, coming in to replace Devin Cooley (eight saves) who was injured late in the first period.

Takeaways

Flames: Cooley was run over in the crease by Oilers forward Colton Dach late in the first and did not return to start the second. The 29-year-old has been on fire of late, coming into the contest with four straight wins, during which he had a 1.50 goals-against average and .955 save percentage.

Oilers: McDavid extended his season-starting points streak to all 13 games, adding two assists to give him a league-leading 36 points. He also extended his campaign-starting assists streak to 13 games, setting a new record by surpassing the likes of Sebastian Aho, Ken Linseman and Wayne Gretzky for the longest in NHL history.

Key moment

Edmonton made it 3-0 on the power play just 55 seconds into the third with a nice display of passing as McDavid sent it to Kapanen for his fourth.

Key stat

The Oilers are now 7-0-1 when scoring first and 7-0 when leading after 40 minutes. By contrast, Calgary is 1-6 when allowing the first goal and 0-5 when behind after the second.

Up next

Flames: Return home to play the Seattle Kraken on Friday.

Oilers: Start a three-game trip in New York against the Islanders on Saturday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 28, 2026.

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TORONTO – Scottie Barnes led all scorers with 28 points as the Toronto Raptors routed the Orlando Magic 129-99 on Wednesday without superstar Kawhi Leonard in the lineup.

Barnes added six rebounds and four assists for Toronto (3-1). RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., flirted with a double-double, scoring 25 points and adding nine rebounds and six assists.

Leonard will miss at least a week with swelling in his left knee. He was not on the Raptors bench.

Ja’Kobe Walter had 14 points and five rebounds starting in place of Leonard.

Backup point guard Jamal Shead provided a spark for Toronto, scoring 13 points with seven assists.

Reserve forward Tristan da Silva had 20 points to lead Orlando (1-3). Franz Wagner had 15 points, five assists and four rebounds.

Takeaways

Magic: Wagner, Orlando’s leading scorer with Paolo Banchero out due to a sprained right ankle, had a strong start to the game, scoring 11 points in the first half. Toronto tightened up its defence on him in the second half, forcing him into seven turnovers and limiting him to just four points in the final two quarters.

Raptors: Barrett dominated play in the first half and Barnes dominated the second. Barrett had 21 points in the first half — 12 in the first quarter and then nine more in the second — but Barnes had the best quarter of the game, dropping 16 in the third.

Key moment

Barnes’s 360-degree dunk with 1:11 left in the first half capped a 12-3 Toronto run for a 16-point lead.

Key stat

The Raptors said throughout the pre-season that their goal was to shoot at least 35 three-pointers per game this season. They put up 35 against Orlando, making 15 of them. The Magic went 10 for 35 from beyond the arc.

Up next

The two teams will meet at Scotiabank Arena again on Friday in an NBA Cup game.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 28, 2026.

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Okanagan Falls’ first-ever municipal council is learning the ropes ahead of its inaugural meeting as the South Okanagan community prepares to take control of its own affairs.

Mayor-elect Matt Taylor, a former regional director with four years of experience, is helping guide the community’s four newly elected councillors through multi-day training sessions focused on the responsibilities of local government.

“Yeah, it’s local governance 101,” Taylor said.

Taylor said bringing local government to Okanagan Falls was one of the reasons he ran for mayor.

“That’s one of the things I wanted to bring to the community, and one of my reasons for running,” he said.

With incorporation comes a new set of responsibilities for the community of approximately 2,700 people.

Nearly 20 services previously delivered by the regional district, including fire protection, parks, water and sewer, are expected to transfer to the new municipality over time.

Taylor said the new council will need to ensure those services are delivered effectively while establishing the administrative and financial foundations of the municipality.

“We’ve got to operate services, and every municipality has to do that, and we’ve got to do that, and we’ve got to do it just as well as everybody else does,” Taylor said.

The municipality will also need to hire staff, about a dozen of them, and establish a financial plan.

“We’ve got to adopt a budget. The province says every municipality has to have a budget. So, boom! Right away, we’ve got to adopt a budget,” Taylor said.

The move toward municipal government comes after a challenging period for Okanagan Falls.

The closure of the Weyerhaeuser sawmill in 2007 dealt a significant blow to the local economy.

In 2019, the community also lost its only grocery store.

A grocery store eventually reopened, but its owners say continued growth will be important to supporting local businesses and creating economic stability.

Kyle Belich, of Belich’s AG Foods, said the community needs to build on its momentum after several years of economic uncertainty.

“We need this momentum. The last five years have been a roller coaster with the economy, with the uncertainty around here,” Belich said.

He hopes the new council will help create conditions for growth.

“I hope they start to pave the way to start to have some growth here. It’s so important. It’s so essential,” he said.

The desire for growth is also being echoed by residents, many of whom want to see Okanagan Falls thrive while maintaining its small-town feel.

“I just want to see more homes for young people. I would like to see it expand a little bit,” said Okanagan resident Barb Mulrooney.

Another resident expressed hope that incorporation could help move the community forward.

“Progress, I would think, and maybe the town will grow a bit,” said Okanagan resident Steve Zanatta.

For the new council, balancing those expectations with the practical demands of running a municipality will be a key challenge as Okanagan Falls enters a new chapter.

The council is expected to hold its inaugural meeting on November 6, marking the next step in the community’s transition to local municipal government.

 

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