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6 unusual facts about Exclaim!


Exclaim!

earshot 20, a nationally-syndicated campus/community radio program available through the National Campus and Community Radio Association and produced by CFMH-FM in Saint John, New Brunswick.

Exclaim.ca is also increasing its coverage of film festivals, such as the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and the Sundance Film Festival.

Full of Hell

Exclaim! magazine noted Howl's take on the doom metal genre as "something unique, violent and ugly, but there's also heaps of potential for a bit of just-beyond-underground recognition".

Lit Hop

Canada's Exclaim! Magazine calls it a "boring album title" but praises the album as a "versatile, skilled debut".

Live from KCRW

In his review for Exclaim!, Vish Khanna said "here the band strip down to play mellower fare. That's not to say it's not intense or pensive in its own right; Cave is a master of phrasing and knows how to enhance the suspense and drama in his carefully written lyrics", rating Live from KCRW eight out of ten.

Quebec Connection

The album charted on !earshot's campus radio charts in 2005, and has had airplay on CBC Radio 3.


First Words

Their pre-release peaked at #1 on the top 30 and hip hop charts of Fredericton, New Brunswick's CHSR, which landed them at #13 on earshot's national hip hop charts in December, 2004.

She'll Break Your Heart

Released in May 2006, the record received airplay on CBC Radio, as well as a positive review from Toronto music publication, Exclaim! magazine.

Shit happens

In the commercials, drivers and their passengers get into accidents while driving the VW Jetta; upon exiting the vehicle unharmed but shaken, the characters exclaim "Holy..." (as in the beginning of the expression "Holy shit") before being cut off by a titlecard that jokingly finishes their sentence with the word 'safe' instead of 'shit', and then adds 'happens' (a minced version of 'Shit happens', as stated above).

The Big Tall Wish

Originally cast in the lead role was champion boxer Archie Moore, who would later exclaim, "Man, I was in the Twilight Zone!" when describing the knockout punch delivered by his opponent Yvon Durelle in a 1961 match.


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