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What’s Good Wednesday!? (–proper noun) pronounced: whats – good – wednesday
1. A very useful and reliable resource that proceeds to document Toronto’s electronic music events each and every weekend, 2. A weekly post that can be found exclusively on electroTO, 3. The highlight of many people’s Wednesday afternoon/evening.
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As if the incredible emergence of warmer climes isn’t enough, the city is featuring a very nice assembly of events this weekend which will allow you to take full advantage. Quite frankly, this weekend is one of this weekends where it’s oh-so-easy to gloat about the city of Toronto (and it’s on-point promoting). There really is no soft spot, with massive line-ups throughout, including House legend Funkagenda on Thursday, a late-night Rave on Friday with Dinamo Azari & Friends, and of course Saturday, the Diplo & Switch collabo of Major Lazer invade Sound Academy. Add to that a very healthy helping of local talent in clubs across the city, and there is all-of-a-sudden a flavour for everybody’s fancy.
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Thursday
The Headliner: Funkagenda — Thursday @ Cobra
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The Opener: Johnny Hockin & Lucie Tic — Thursday @ Andy Poolhall
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The Opener: DJ Matt Medley — Thursday @ StrangeLove
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The Opener: Dick Diamonds, Paul Beazy & More — Thursday @ Sutra
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The Opener: DJ Jedi — Thursday @ Nyood
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Friday
The Headliner: Jaques Renault, Dinamo Azari, Mikey Apples, B Sek — Fri. @ TBA
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The Opener: Nacho Lovers & Dirty Dale — Friday @ Wrongbar
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The Opener: Henry Cullen, Jelo, Riviera, FranDiscos & More — Friday @ TBA
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The Opener: Goofee & DJ Eck — Friday @ Shallow Groove
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The Opener: Arthur Oskin, Jamie Kidd & More — Friday @ Nocturne
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The Opener: Le Freak C’est Keek & Lucie Tic — Friday @ The Beaver
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The Opener: DJ Medley, Deanious & More — Friday @ Mod Club
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Saturday
The Headliner: Major Lazer, Drop The Lime & Sinden — Saturday @ Sound Academy
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The Opener: Azari & III — Saturday @ Wrongbar
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The Opener: Minor Modes, Brandon Sek, DMT — Saturday @ The Social
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The Opener: Sylvermayne & Paul Revered — Saturday @ Blondie’s
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The Closer: Ahmet Sendil, Subfractal & More — Saturday @FootWork
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Simply put, our city has been on musical crack lately. Big time artists, from all branches of electronic music, have been flocking to our city’s finest establishments, resulting in some of the biggest parties in recent memory. This weekend is no different. It starts off big and wonky on Thursday, at The Social with 12th Planet and company. Next, on Friday, progressive/tech house legend D. Ramirez makes an appearance at This Is London.
Now Saturday, it deserves a paragraph of its own. With international sensation, Vitalic, set to hit up Wrongbar, you would think that would be enough — but no, not even. German techno royalty, Marc Romboy, will be throwing it down at FootWork, and local heroes Azari & III will be spinning at an underground warehouse near you (TBA). Enjoy everyone.
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Thursday
The Headliner: 12th Planet w/ XI, Killabits & More — Thursday @ The Social
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The Opener: Damaged Goods & Medley — Thursday @ StrangeLove
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The Opener: Brandon Sek, Mark Meny & More — Thursday @ Andy PoolHall
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The Opener: Leah Joelle — Thursday @ Brooklynn
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Friday
The Headliner: D. Ramirez — Friday @ This Is London
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The Opener: Troy Kurtz, Damaged Goods & More — Friday @ Mod Club
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The Opener: Pole & Barbara Preisigner — Friday @ Drake Underground
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The Opener: Riviera & DJ Ghaleon — Friday @ Shallow Groove
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The Opener: The FranDiscos, Bloody-L & Special Guest– Friday @ Sneaky Dee’s
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The Opener: Parallels, Holy Fuck DJs & More — Friday @ Wrongbar
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Saturday
The Headliner: Vitalic — Saturday @ Wrongbar
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The Opener: Marc Romboy — Saturday @ FootWork
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The Opener: Azari & III — Saturday @ Location TBA
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The Opener: Mark Meny, Riviera & DMT — Saturday @ The Social
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The Opener: Brandon Sek & Sylvermayne — Saturday @ Blondie’s
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The Opener: Denise Benson, Blackcat & More — Saturday @ The Barn
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Yet another big weekend, with a full slate of events being served up in the city. Some big time appearances including a notable Fool’s Gold recording artist (Sammy Bananas), as well as a Mad Decent recording artist (DJ Sega). In addition to the international talent, there are also some very notable local acts going down with Dinamo Azari, Nacho Lovers, Meech, Golden Gloves and Bordello, all set to throw it down at their respective events. You know the drill, check out the full roster of events below.
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Thursday
The Headliner: Daedelus, Nosaj Thing & Jogger — Thursday @ Wrongbar
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The Opener: Kanji Kinetic, Bombaman & Lucie Tic — Thursday @ The Social
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The Opener: Bordello & Medley — Thursday @ StrangeLove
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The Opener: DJ Rhiannon w/ Betti Forde & More — Thursday @ Andy PoolHall
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Friday
The Headliner: Mark Knight — Friday @ This Is London
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The Opener: Golden Gloves, Meech & Daniel Jacob — Friday @ Mod Club
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The Opener: DJ Sega, Torro Torro, Frandiscos — Friday @ Eddie’s
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The Opener: Nacho Lovers, Brandon Sek & More — Friday @ Wrongbar
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The Opener: Divas Live!, Dinamo Azari & More — Friday @ Supermarket
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The Opener: Beast Mode, Sleezy D & Teebz — Friday @ Tota Lounge
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The Opener: Thriftwars — Friday @ Shallow Groove
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Saturday
The Headliner: Sammy Bananas w/ Andrew Ross & DMT — Saturday @ The Social
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The Opener: Joel Mull w/ James Teej, Hali & More– Saturday @ FootWork
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The Opener: Dan Black w/ Bordello, DJ Cal & More — Saturday @ Wrongbar
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The Opener: Syntonics, Rainbros, Terror Tone & More — Saturday @ The Garrison
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Is case you weren’t aware, this weekend is a long-weekend, so brace yourself for the onslaught of events that have been planned to keep you busy. The four day bonanza is kicked off by an absolutely crazy Thursday night, which will feature two world class events. In the dubstep world, there are few names bigger than Emalkay, and of course, our boys at The Faktory have done it up large, and brought him to The Social. Also on Thursday, Scion will be hosting an absolutely star-studded jam at Mod Club, which will feature a showdown between Fool’s Gold label artists, and Trouble & Bass label artists — with names like Drop The Lime, AC Slater, Jokers of the Scene and Nacho Lovers on the bill, this one will get ridiculous very quickly. For the rest of the Friday to Sunday details, please see below!
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Thursday
The Headliner: Drop The Lime, AC Slater, JOTS, Nacho Lovers — Thursday @ Mod Club
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The Opener: Emalkay w/ Zeds Dead, Spyne & Fluke — Thursday @ The Social
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The Opener: Medley & The Jackals — Thursday @ Strangelove
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The Opener: Fatale Femme — Thursday @ Brooklynn
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The Opener: Mark Meny & Lucie Tic — Thursday @ Andy PoolHall
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Friday
The Headliner: Laurent Wolf — Friday @ This Is London
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The Opener: Vaneska, Fathom, Conor Cutz & More — Friday @ Mod Club
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The Opener: Tom Wrecks, Shit La Merde, Your Boy Brian — Friday @ Wrongbar
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The Opener: Kowall & Deanious — Friday @ Shallow Groove
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Saturday
The Headliner: Barletta, Yale Fox, John Roman & Golden Gloves — Sat. @ Wrongbar
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The Opener: Brandon Sek, Andrew Ross, DMT — Saturday @ The Social
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The Opener: Le Freak C’est Keek & Paul Revered — Saturday @ The Beaver
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The Opener: Robb G, Medley, Tay’More — Saturday @ Andy PoolHall
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The Opener: Marco V — Saturday @ Guvernment
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Sunday
The Headliner: Untold, Egyptrixx, Sidenote, XI & More — Sunday @ Wrongbar
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The Opener: Dubfire, Davide Scuillace, Carlo Lio — Sunday @ Guvernment
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The Opener: Riviera, Real Talk, Paul Revered & More — Sunday @ Nocturne
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The Opener: Zeds Dead, Bourgeois Bass & More — Sunday @ The Social
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For the third weekend in a row, we’ve been blown away by the acts that are making their way through the Toronto nightclubs. For starters, Luca Bacchetti (Thursday), LA Riots (Friday) and John Dahlback (Saturday), make a pretty nice trio of headliners for the weekend. They also bring diverse sounds to the table, with Bacchetti doing his Techno thing, LA Riots bringing the finest in Electro House, and Dahlback busting out true Swedish Tech House.
In addition, exciting local acts, which include sets by Brandon Sek, Riviera, Y-Pro and many more, make your alternate options very very enticing. Enjoy everyone.
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Thursday
The Headliner: Luca Bacchetti & Mike Shannon — Thursday @ Cobra
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The Opener: Andrew Roti & Fawn Big Canoe — Thursday @ Andy PoolHall
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The Opener: Y-Pro & Medley — Thursday @ StrangeLove
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The Opener: Ultragamma, Sylvermayne & More — Thursday @ The Social
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Friday
The Headliner: LA Riots — Friday @ This Is London
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The Opener: Riviera, Isis & Jackals — Friday @ Mod Club
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The Opener: TapeDeck Bros. & Bromance — Friday @ Shallow Groove
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The Opener: Synkro & More — Friday @ Nocturne
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Saturday
The Headliner: John Dahlback & More — Saturday @ FootWork
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The Opener: DJ Benzi & Dougie Boom — Saturday @ Drake Underground
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The Opener: Destructo, Nasty Nav & More — Saturday @ Wrongbar
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The Opener: Brandon Sek & Mark Meny — Saturday @ The Social
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The Headliner: Annie Mac — Thurs. @ The Social
This Thursday, Toronto will welcome Annie Mac, the widely recognized host of a number of shows on BBC’s Radio 1. Her most notable show, Annie Mac’s Mash Up, “is renowned for playing an eclectic mix of new musical genres such as electro, dubstep, dnb, hip-hop, and disco.” In addition to her on-air accolades, Annie Mac has a reputation for throwing it down live. This will be crazy.
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The Opener: Laidback Luke — Fri. @ Mod Club
With simply too many top-notch productions to mention, it is sufficient to say that this Friday Toronto will host one of the world’s top electro-house acts, Laidback Luke. His resume speaks for itself, and regardless of the fact that he was in town less than a year ago, you’d be silly to sleep on this one.
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The Opener: Zombie Disco Squad — Sat. @ The Drake Underground
The weekend’s super-sleeper involves the Dirty Bird, Made to Play, and Sound Pellegrino breakthrough DJ/producers, Zombie Disco Squad. These guys are popping up all over the place, and that is music to our ears, as there is no denying the quality of their productions and live sets. Take advantage of the rare opportunity to check these guys in North America.
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The Opener: Tommie Sunshine & Felix Cartal — Sat. @ London Music Hall
If it’s a roadtrip that you fiend, then you might as well make the two hour trek down to London, Ontario and check out the London Music Festival’s tent party. It will be a star-studded affair with both Tommie Sunshine and Mr. Felix Cartal on the decks. Definitely worth a nauseating drive West on the 401 highway.
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The Closer: Martyn — Sun. @ Wrongbar
“The man the dubstep scene has come to know simply as Martyn has been a drum & bass DJ in his native Holland for more than a decade (he even recently collaborated with Mancunian D&B king Marcus Intalex). Deykers grew up in Eindhoven, but eventually settled in Rotterdam (his record label, 3024, is named after his old zip code there), and his fingerprints are all over the Red Zone D&B club nights that were held throughout the country.” (Thanks xlr8r.com) Be sure to check out the city’s solution for dubstep, Wrongbar Sunday.
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This week’s edition of What’s Good Wednesday!? is absolutely jammed packed with events in light of the Toronto International Film Festival. Because of the total log-jam of talent, we’re going to switch up this week’s format, and outline a headliner for each day this weekend — Thursday to Sunday. With headlining names like AC Slater, The Twelves and DJ Spun , this sporadic collection of events was the only feasible way to publicize the incredible electronic agenda that’s in-store for our city, in lieu of the TIFF festivities. In addition to the surge of musical talent, the majority of the host venues will be operating under extended (4am) bar licenses — every ravers dream. Enjoy, everybody.
Thursday
The Headliner: AC Slater w/ Brandon Sek & Meech, Thurs. @ The Drake
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The Opener: Tom Wrecks w/ Medley, Thurs. @ StrangeLove
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Friday
The Headliner: DJ Spun w/ Azari & III, Fri. @ The Social
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The Opener: Parallels w/ Milano & More, Fri. @ Mod Club
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Saturday
The Headliner: The Twelves w/ Nasty Nav & Millions, Sat. @ Wrongbar
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The Opener: The FranDiscos, Sat. @ The Social
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The Opener: Vitaminsforyou w/ Sports & Boys Who Say No, Sat. @ The Drake
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The Opener: Lindsay Love w/ Paul Revered & More, Sat. @ The Barn
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Sunday
The Headliner: Skratch Bastid w/ Barbi, Meech & Tape Deck Bros., Sun. @ Cobra
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The Headliner: Tiga w/ D.I.M., The Whip, AutoErotique & More, Sun. @ Guvernment
Toronto’s saturation of dance music talent this weekend can be attributed to the Guvernment’s annual Labour Day festival, conveniently named “Labour of Love”. This year’s crop of performers within the famous “electro tent” is a truly star-studded affair, with Turbo Recordings mainstay, Tiga, holding down the grand finale. Tiga is joined by Boys Noize Records product D.I.M., fresh off his absolutely mind-numbing collaboration with TAI, entited “Lyposuct”. The evenings openers include The Whip, DIM MAK’s AutoErotique, hometown hero Nasty Nav, among many others.
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The Opener: Milano, Nasty Nav, Brandon Sek, Barletta, Fri. @ Mod Club
The inaugural night for Arcade Friday’s brings a haul of local talent that is brimming over the top. Former Randomland boss, and Turbo Recordings artist Milano will be joined by Wrongbar’s Nasty Nav, Brandon Sek, and Barletta. With FAK, The Jons, and Mansion all in on this one, there will likely be a lot of beautiful people, and vodka being used for both consumption and bathing. Should be nuts.
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The Opener: Brandon Sek & Paul Revered, Sat. @ Tota
Our choice for Saturday is a bit of a sleeper, but totally worth the trek to Queen West. The spot is called Tota and the music will be an eclectic mix of house, tech house and techno. Music to be provided by the very talented Brandon Sek and Paul Revered. We had the chance to check out Sek last weekend at the Faktory Loft afterparty with Drop The Lime, and Blatta & Inesha – and seriously, Brandon Sek absolutely blew us away. Don’t sleep on this Toronto.
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The Opener: Real Talk, The FranDiscos & Deadlines, Wed. @ Pacha
Tonight, Pacha’s “Movie Night” will host the talented duo Real Talk, our homeboy’s The FranDiscos and Deadlines. The evening is a FAK production, which assures you that shit will indefinitely pop-off. Pacha is very solid venue, and the bill is right, so make your way down to 1305 Dundas and have yourself a good one.
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