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This is absolute gold:

And a Juno for Dragonette! Good for them.

Happy belated Mr. Taper-man!

Congratulations!

Hasel Adkins, Out To Hunch.

Ordered. Thanks to everyone in the world. Except Rick Santorum. He's kind of a douche.

***sigh***

That shoot-out winner by Kadri was beautiful. Too bad they blew the lead to put themselves in that position to begin with.

John Mayall's Blues Breakers, Crusade.

Nice! Also Lee will be in Ottawa at Ritual Nightclub on Friday May 6.

Lee Fields is playing in Hamilton on May 6, which is a Sunday, rather than a Friday. Perhaps he's in Ottawa on the 4th?

Wilco, The Whole Love.

A rather good show, I thought. Enthusiastic crowd.

A lot of dudes. To the point that they were directing guys into the women's bathroom.

Peter Gabriel, Security.

Dave Holland is a god. Too bad he's not playing with his usual quintet; they are amazing. Still, all three of the dates on here look delicious.

Sad; 65 is pretty young. I really only just got into the Monkees over the past year or so; their first five albums have a lot of hidden gems on them.

RIP Davy Jones.

I'm going to have to agree with the "fire Wilson" crowd. This team doesn't suck (although it could use some tinkering, particularly in net), but they have clearly stopped responding to Wilson's coaching style. If he can't get them to play the way they should, find someone who can.

Very cool to see that Radiohead will be playing in South Korea! I would have been freaking out had this happened while I lived there. Is Jisan a new festival (hamilton)?

No, it's been around for a few years - since 2009, I think. It's a three-day thingy, started by some of the guys who used to be involved in the Pentaport festival. I've never been, though; every year there were a few bands that I wanted to see, but they were always spread out over the three days with not enough else in the lineup to make me want to shell out for it.

If Ottawa got Bishop for a 2nd round pick, the Leafs could have done it, too. Why on Earth didn't they do that, if only for next season?

Michael Chapman, Rainmaker.

Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel.

I guess this will affect the masking effect cigarettes have on smoking weed.

Like. Or +1. Or whatever. You know what I mean.

Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel.

That was just awful. At least Kulemin broke his scoreless streak.

Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel.

Has anyone seen Extremely Loud, Incredibly Close?

I've heard mixed things. Wondering if it's worth the time.

I rather enjoyed the book, but I'm not so sure I want to see the movie. Sandra Bullock makes me want to punch myself in the groin repeatedly.