The Daily Populous

Tuesday June 27th, 2017 day edition

image for TIL Steven Tyler did so many drugs that he forgot that he recorded certain songs. Upon hearing "Toys in the Attic", he said “Hey! That’s great! We should cover this. Who is it?” Joe Perry responded, "It's us, fuckhead."

Aerosmith once decided to play their set list in reverse, then opened a concert with their encore and mistakenly walked off the stage.

There’s a famous story about Aerosmith playing a gig in the ’70s when they came on stage, having decided to reverse their set list.

They played their encore song first and, then, assuming they’d done the entire show, walked off the stage.

As amusing (and perhaps believable, among some quarters) as this tale might be, according to Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry there’s nothing to it:.

Having said that, there was one occasion when we played the same song twice [in the same show] because we’d forgotten we’d already played it.

That might seem funny to some people, but we’re not proud of it.

It was that kind of sh*t that stopped people from coming to our shows. »

Under Trump, a majority of Canadians dislike the U.S. for the first time in 35 years, likely much longer

Authored by thestar.com
image for

Canadians overwhelmingly oppose many of the U.S. president’s policies, including travel restrictions, according to a Pew poll released Monday.

“Maybe it was pretty bad in 1812,” joked Environics Institute executive director Keith Neuman, “but there’s no data for that.”.

Under Obama last year, 83 per cent of Canadians had confidence in the president to do the right thing in world affairs. »

Sisters apart for 40 years reunited by working in the same US hospital!

Authored by feedster.com
image for

Two orphaned sisters separated decades ago in South Korea have been reunited after being hired at the same hospital in Florida.

The women, now both in their 40s, were stunned to learn that they were related, having not seen each other since the early 1970s.

Both women had suffered tragic losses and spent time at orphanages in South Korea before being adopted by American families. »

Google Home Is 6 Times More Likely to Answer Your Question Than Amazon Alexa

Authored by adweek.com

New York-based 360i has developed software to determine how well Google Home and Amazon Alexa execute exchanges with human beings.

So far, Google Home is six times more likely to answer your question than Amazon Alexa.

While Amazon Alexa has shown considerable strength in retail search during the agency’s research, Google won the day thanks to its unmatched search abilities. »

Teenage boy in India kills his father for raping sister

Authored by independent.co.uk
image for

A man reportedly killed his father after his sister told him that he raped her.

Police said the woman told her 19-year-old brother that her father had attacked her twice at the family home in the village of Jamnagar's Jodiya taluka.

After the woman told her brother, a heated altercation took place and he strangled his father to death. »