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David Friend
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Entertainment reporter at The Canadian Press @CdnPressArts - Music/film & TV/streaming + biz. @Variety contrib | Insta: dj_friend Mastodon: https://t.co/f0Dez1mRqb
Dec 1, 2021 • 51 tweets • 71 min read
Music kept us sane, gave us hope and set the tone for whatever this road map to the future looks like.

A countdown of the 50 songs that shook me, moved me and grooved me in 2021.

Follow along on the #SongsOf2021 playlist: bit.ly/BestSongs2021 Image #Songsof2021 #50: @thetrews - I Wanna Play

After a seemingly endless lockdown, it was an angsty, stadium-ready rock anthem that captured the heart of our collective desperation.

The song:

My Spotify #BestOf2021 playlist: bit.ly/BestSongs2021
Feb 14, 2021 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
Can we talk about "Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel"?

The buzzy four-part Netflix "documentary" is part of the streaming platform's damaging subgenre I call bingebait, or docs that withhold and manipulate truth to keep you watching multiple episodes.

A thread🧵 Image #CrimeSceneTheVanishingAtTheCecilHotel comes from production powerhouse duo Brian Grazer & Ron Howard.

They're two old hats of Hollywood with a lot of experience making blockbuster movies, but far less with documentaries that aren't about the lives of celebrities. ImageImage
Nov 26, 2020 • 51 tweets • 65 min read
2020 brought much hardship, but music kept us together, even if we sang & danced from a distance.

I am not a musical expert, but these are the songs...the songs I loved. Join me through the year's end as I count
them down.

#SongsOf2020 playlist: spoti.fi/363leWZ Image #Songsof2020 #50: @anonymotif - Speaking Moistly

An '80s-angled mix of @JustinTrudeau's gaffe was the pop culture moment we needed in Week 4 of the pandemic. Infectious in the right ways.

The song:

My Spotify #BestOf2020 playlist:bit.ly/BestOfSongs2020
Aug 12, 2020 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic shut everything down, I went to a movie last night.

Actually, I went to two movies.

Both were at the Cineplex Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto. Here's what I experienced... Image For context, it was cheap Tuesday so I made a night of it. I saw a second-run title ("Bloodshot") on Imax for a total of $2.69, an extra discounted price.

And then I watched "Peninsula," the new sequel to South Korean zombie movie "Train to Busan" for the usual Tues discount.
Nov 25, 2019 • 51 tweets • 278 min read
Unabashed genre crossovers, global phenoms, and newcomers who shattered the notions of the mainstream.

I'm not a critic, but I listen to a lot of music, and through the end of the year I'll count down my Best Songs of 2019.

Follow the Spotify playlist: bit.ly/BestOfSongs2019 Image #Songsof2019 #50: @TessaViolet - I Like (the idea of) You

R&B and pop fusion with a hearty helping of handclaps. The song slinks its way to being an understated bootyshaker.

The song:

My Spotify #BestOf2019 playlist: bit.ly/BestOfSongs2019