![]() “So I always think that that adds a different that adds a flavour that's pretty unique.”įor more than a decade and a half, Blood Ceremony have carried the torch of 70s heavy metal and 80s doom metal, drawing sounds from bands like Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull and Pentagram while continually pushing the genre into interesting new directions. “England was heavily on our radar when we were writing music, but again, it kind of takes on its own mutated form when it passes through the prairies, and especially since we do the majority of our writing and recording is always in winter,” MacKinnon said. Picture Robert Smith in a Oilers jersey, on his fifth pint of stale beer. Featuring sturdy production from F - cked Up’s Jonah Falco and Shout Out’s Nik Kozub (see: hand claps), Home Front dabble in thrashing punk (“Nation”), muscular industrial (“Real Eyes”), nervy post-punk (“Born Killer”), lush new wave (“Overtime”) and even krautrock ( “Games Of Power”). That might come off as a bit bleak, but in fact, “Games of Power” is a blast. We wanted that same feel when you listen to ‘Games of Power’ - this is what is in our well, in our water.” “Joy Division and New Order - you can’t hear those records without thinking about Manchester. The term refers to the unique sound and cadence of boots walking on frozen concrete, or crunching through a frozen layer of snow. “We call it ‘bootwave’,” MacKinnon explained to the Star. The result lands somewhere between post-punk and new wave, shot through with a style that is distinctly Edmonton. On their debut full length album “Games of Power,” Edmonton’s Home Front - a band led by vocalist Graeme MacKinnon (Wednesday Night Heroes) and musician Clint Frazier (Shout Out Out Out Out) - seek to capture that spirit of the Alberta capital with pummeling drum machines, lush synths and exuberant vocals that make you want to dive headfirst into the icy North Saskatchewan River. ![]() Spokesman for Bailey’s Day, a charitable event that has raised over $1Mil for the Monash Children’s Cancer Centre.Anyone who has visited Edmonton during its long winter months will be familiar with a particular sense of grittiness that’s draped over the city’s downtown core - an unyielding hardness that pervades both its urban landscape and the spirit of those who call it home.Governor, Malcolm Sargent Fund for Children with Cancer 2004-2010.Medical Director of the Victorian Paediatric Integrated Cancer Service 2010-2014.Chair of the Australian & New Zealand Children’s Haematology-Oncology Group 2007-2014.Peter is Head of Oncology at the Children’s Cancer Centre at Monash Children’s Hospital and Head of the Children’s Cancer Research at the Hudson Institute, Monash University. Since 2004, Peter has mentored and trained 12 Paediatric Oncology Fellows, many of whom now hold senior consultant positions in Australia and overseas. Leukaemia Research Fund at the RCH, which has raised over $3mil for research into childhood leukemia. He has been a Consultant at the Royal Children’s Hospital since1994, leading the unit for three years from 2008. As a consequence of this work, Peter was awarded 1st Prize at the 4th annual Basic Sciences Symposium, University of Chicago, for his research. Peter spent two years studying biology and molecular signalling in childhood leukaemia. Peter accepted a consultant position in general paediatrics and paediatric haematology-oncology at Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, (1992) and then as a Research Fellow at the Wyler Children’s Hospital, University of Chicago. He was appointed Chief Resident (1988), and Clinical Research Fellow in the Department of Haematology-Oncology (1989 – 91). Peter’s contribution extends well beyond his medical expertise and research into children’s cancer, as he is also recognised for his contributions to fundraising for paediatric cancer research.įollowing an internship in general medicine at Prince Henry’s Hospital (Melbourne), Peter commenced training in paediatrics at the Royal Children’s Hospital in the early 1980’s. He is well regarded by his peers and much loved by his patients. Peter Downie has made an outstanding contribution, and impact on paediatric cancer. ![]()
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