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  Article Contributed by The Royal Pota… | Published on Friday, January 15, 2021 Mike Dillon has spent the last three decades playing well over 200 shows a year with both his own band, as well as a vibraphonist and percussionist with artists including Rickie Lee Jones, Les Claypool and Ani DiFranco. So when the pandemic hit in early 2020 forcing Dillon off the road, he instinctively directed his perpetually restless creative energy to writing and recording. Recently relocating to Kansas ...

You can’t touch this by MC Hammer pic.twitter.com/dOZmqzvBCY — ꪑꪊꪀꪖ ✊ ℓм (@MunaNawabit1) January 2, 2021 With many social gatherings and travel plans being thrown out the window this year, many were forced to find joy in solitude, with one person tweeting “Dancing with Myself” by Billy Idol defined their year. With parts of the world literally on fire, that theme came up in many people’s tweets. One Twitter user said the song of the year was “Burning Down The Hou...

Sponsored by: Eurico Rosa Da Silva gives Bullards Alley (by Flower Alley) a hug after his Canadian International victory Former jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva has just released his new book entitled  Riding For Freedom. The book follows his journey from a young boy with a big dream in a poor country to a seven-time recipient of Canadas outstanding jockey award, according to Canadian Thoroughbred. The crux of the book, however, lies in the inner demons that he battled along the way. “...

Support Provided By Growing up in the Compton/Lynwood area of Los Angeles, near the “diesel death zone” that is the Interstate 710 freeway, Jasmin Vargas is used to breathing the city’s thick smog. But as wildfires continue to blanket vast swaths of California this year, worsening the city’s already polluted air quality, she had to purchase a new inhaler after decades of not using one.  “My whole life I’ve lived in sacrifice zones,” she said, referring to the traffic-congested ...