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In other news, would any­ HANGEDUP global community giving their Geek-1 cools out at the one like to tell me what's up attention to Terminal City as NE Starbucks at Robson and with that new Shania Twain KICKER IN TOW the nation's alternative hip Thurlow, but the rest of my song, "I'm Gonna Getcha hop culture relocates itself homiez represent for the SW Good!"? Okay—"You're a fine here (see "Vancouver Hip Hop Starbucks. SWeatshot Bros piece of real estate, and I'm Migration" elsewhere in this been up in that shit since gonna get me some land"? issue) and Battleaxe Records Day One and while we've got What? I've heard more sin­ wins Junos. Heady times and respect for Geek-1, if it came cere love overtures in a fuck­ while we can afford to feel a down to him or our cappucci­ ing Judas Priest song. If my little smug, we can't become no, well, ain't no muthafuckin' girlfriend started crooning, GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR complacent. We have to be choice, you know? He's the "I'm your turbo-lover/Better YANQUI U.X.O. CST024 2XLP/CD CONSTELLATION CSTRECORDS.COM DISTRIBUTED BY SCRATCH & SONIC UNYON careful that the image we're exact same. Outside the Rob, run for cover" at me, I'd be sending out to Canada at large son, there ain't none closer, far more likely to drop trou is not only accurate, but will but in the 'hood business and hop into the sack than bring others here and revital­ is business for him and the if she unloaded that unmiti­ ize the areas of the city that NExpresso Thuggs. gated electro-country pap in DEATH FROM ABOVE are in dire need of an economic And that's the way it is, my direction.