{"id":5436,"date":"2013-01-09T08:30:04","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T16:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=5436"},"modified":"2013-01-09T15:16:56","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T23:16:56","slug":"20-years-ago-in-nexus-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2013\/01\/09\/20-years-ago-in-nexus-4\/","title":{"rendered":"20 years ago in Nexus<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remember you: <\/strong>Wait, that\u2019s Skid Row. Remember Toronto sleaze rockers Slik Toxic? No? Back in 1993, they were hot stuff, as evidenced by our January 11, 1993 issue, which featured an interview with guitarist Rob Bruce. The band briefly were on top of the world, with gold records on major labels, limo-related dust-ups at Juno celebrations, and more excess than they can even remember. Cut to two years later and they were more or less completely forgotten in a musical landscape that decided that kind of rock wasn\u2019t valid. Still, Bruce told Nexus<\/em> that he was going to play guitar \u201cfor the rest of his life.\u201d The band has broken up and Googling his name didn\u2019t yield much in the way of solid evidence, but we can report that it does appear that Bruce is still out there playing the six-stringer.<\/p>\n

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Subtlety, we never knew ya: <\/strong>The editorial in this issue talked about donating some of those tight student funds to worthy charities. Always a good idea, yes, even when delivered with an opening sentence like this: \u201cThere are children dying of starvation in Somalia.\u201d Luckily, the article turns around in tone by the end, with the last sentence being this: \u201cHappy new year and welcome back to school\u201d!<\/p>\n

Just awesome: <\/strong>This issue featured a profile of Nexus<\/em> contributor Elizabeth Rotenburger, a university transfer student who overcame impressive obstacles to persue her love of journalism. Lots of writers have a hard time meeting deadline for no particular reason, but Rotenburger dealt with something more concrete: she\u2019s blind. Using a special Toshiba that told her what keys she was typing, she wrote for the paper, bringing students stories against incredible odds. Good on ya, Elizabeth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I remember you: Wait, that\u2019s Skid Row. Remember Toronto sleaze rockers Slik Toxic? No? Back in 1993, they were hot stuff, as evidenced by our January 11, 1993 issue, which featured an interview with guitarist Rob Bruce. The band briefly were on top of the world, with gold records on major labels, limo-related dust-ups at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-views","category-january-9-2013"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t