Music

Last week my column for the Los Angeles Times was kind of a big deal. I got to interview Neil Peart, the drummer for the band Rush, about his fitness regime and how he stays at the top of “best drummer” lists, even at 58 years old, by getting a lot of intense exercise.

Sometimes it takes an awesome song to push you through a tough workout. With that in mind, every week on this blog we'll feature a new playlist of workout tunes from a notable Canadian woman. This week starts us off with a cardio-happy list from Angela Smith, a Toronto-based fashion and lifestyle producer at ET Canada.

Dear headphones, it’s over. It’s not me; it’s you. You are at times uncomfortably clingy (around my head) and on other occasions leave me hanging (when a wayward hand tugs you straight out of my ears revealing to the world that I warm up to Madonna’s 'La Isla Bonita'.) So that's it, I’m cutting the cord.

My daughter has been obsessed with The Lion King for about three years now. Don’t get me wrong: it’s a great production with great music. But after listening to it in the car for three years, and learning every single song by heart, I think enough is enough.

Justin Bieber beware. The Canadian pop idol is going to have to do more than insult Americans to stay on top of the charts come the end of April, as it’s just been announced that iTunes will be peddling a royal wedding album, just hours after the ceremony is over.