Artist: iNSiDEaMiND Album: FragMental Release Date: late 2006 Label: Public Transit Recordings When one thinks of turntablists from the Great White North, most would immediately think of the hyperkinetic Kid Koala, but no, he ain't the only one with wheels of steel in the land of ice and snow. Toronto's iNSiDEaMiND is composed of Professor Fingers and Steptone and their flavor of scratch magic is much more mellow, ambient, and atmospheric than the battle-DJ......

I've lived in the U.S.A. for more than half my life now, but I still grapple with the issue of cultural identity and a sense of national heritage. This is further complicated by the fact that my people and my motherland suffer from what I see as a lack of culture beyond a handful of longstanding stereotypes that I feel oftentimes at a loss to counter or defend, unless I am taking exception to......

Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley were married today in Montecito. The diminutive Canadian couple claimed it's still too damn hot to get hitched in Great White North. kidding. People magazine is reporting that the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" will be the pair's first song, which makes only proves that the Lavigne/ Whibley spawn will not save rock. Unrelated - Britney Spears Caught Not Driving Illegally Nor Nearly Killing Her Baby - X17 Not sure......

Our first bit of apple talk was on a more national scope, it seems, and we're ready to bring things closer to home for all you fruit lovers out there. Sure, we have a scant working knowledge of California produce; garlic up in Gilroy, strawberries in Oxnard, and the vineyards full of wine-ready grapes, the avocadoes, figs, artichokes, and varities of citrus fruit up and down this glorious state. Ah, the bounty! But apples......