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Last time was a great show (at Revival). I'll likely try to go to this but yeah, the fact that it's at the Opera House sucks.

Definitely one of the highlights of my day! That and Ms. Hux's avatar. (the original is still the best!)

Couldn't secure the rights for this one? Ha! It was supposed to be in there but somehow got lost in the mix. Too lazy to erase that text and change all the numbers before the songs that come after it... And WAYYYY to lazy to go back to MixMeister, insert the song, mix it, place track markers, export to wav, transfer to MP3, edit tags in ID3, re-zip and re-upload.

Hey everybody, This here is a very light, summery mix that I made for a friend's wedding celebration in July 2009. Thought you might like it! LINK: http://www.sendspace.com/file/7xkd6x Kev's Cuts Vol. #26 (July 2009) 1. Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly 2. They Love Each Other - Jerry Garcia Band 3. Soul Shake Down Party - Bob Marley 4. In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry 5. Big In The Belly - Folkalarm 6. Tennessee Waltz - Sarah Harmer & Jason Euringer 7. Gone Gone Gone - Robert Plant & Allison Krauss 8. Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly & The Family Stone 9. Kinetsa - Bela Fleck 10. Water In The Sky - Phish 11. Cripple Creek Ferry - Neil Young 12. Don't Ya Tell Henry - Bob Dylan & The Band 13. Hotwax - Beck 14. Baby You're A Rich Man - The Beatles 15. Sentiments & Syllables - Russian Futurists 16. Homenagem A Mongo - Som Tres 17. Best Of All Possible Worlds - The Little Willies 18. The Race Is On - The Grateful Dead 19. Girl Of My Dreams - Dizzy Gillespie & Stan Getz 20. Judge Not - Bob Marley 21. Against Th' Law - Billy Bragg & Wilco 22. (I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock & Roll Shoes - The Band 23. Killer Queen - Queen 24. Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield 25. The Right Time - Ray Charles 26. PYT - Michael Jackson 27. Kiss - Prince 28. Ol' Time R&B - DJ Serious

Tonight, FYI!

I just came across this: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=324846805449&ref=nf#!/event.php?eid=324846805449&ref=mf And am wondering if there are any other dates coming up in other cities.. Anyone know? Their MySpace page is out of date. :superman:

Hey all --- I am a guest speaker tonight at a fundrasing gala dinner in Toronto for Mines Action Canada. I'll be speaking about my experience as a participant in MAC's internship program, working in Uganda with landmine survivors. Thought I would give this a plug here! Tickets available at the door. FB event page: Link Attend Mines Action Canada 1st Annual GTA Gala at the Pearson Convention Center. This GTA Gala initiative is to create awareness regarding the impact of landmines and cluster bombs, as well, to remind Canadians of our leadership in mine action and human rights. When: Feb. 5th Doors Open: 6pm Tickets : $100 Ticket includes: Appetizers, 4 course meal, drinks (open bar) and raffle Mines Action Canada's GTA Gala is a formal event open to all in the Greater Toronto area. The night’s festivities will feature a special keynote address by Ms Song Kosal, the Youth Ambassador of the Nobel Prize-winning International Campaign to Ban Landmines who is also a landmine survivor from Cambodia. In the early days of the movement to ban landmines, Song Kosal became the first face of children affected by landmines when she was just 12 years old. Since that time, she has tirelessly travelled the world meeting with heads of states and other key decision makers to ensure that the humanitarian reasons for banning these weapons is never forgotten and the voice of survivors is heard. The night will be filled with diverse entertainment, a Fair Trade Silent Auction and guest speakers including Mines Action Canada’s Executive Director Paul Hannon and the Coordinator of the global movement to stop explosive investments, Roos Boer.

Looks like The Rivoli gig is a NuFunk, nice on Jay. Interested to see what else is on the bill. Harry Manx is playing at Glen Gould Studio on Mar 3&4 - wouldn't be surprised if one shows up on the others' stage at some point over those couple of days.

Did they air a segment on Neil? That was all I was interested in seeing purty much.

I went to see Folkalarm there about 2 months ago. Great looking room, sound seemed fine to me. When I was there, the crowd (max 15 people) were seated at tables. Between songs was dead silence except for the bartender tinkling around at the back. Its a jazz club with somewhat of a low profile (IE they must not have much of a budget for promotion).

Hey all, A bit late, but I found a live stream of the Africa Cup of Nations final, happening now! Ghana vs Egypt. live stream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel-popup/e1-00000061 commentary: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8490126.stm

Just want to say that I have been going back to this site multiple times per day, THANKS!

How was it last night?

Looks like two Mondays a month at the Orbit Room.. sweet! What is most exciting of all those dates (to me) is the Supergenerous date. Always wanted to see Kevin Breit play with Cryo! http://www.myspace.com/kevinbreit

The Hamilton show started at about 10:30. At least they put on a non-stop 3 hour show when they finally DO come on! Review of ACC show from today's Globe: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/the-bloom-is-off-this-rose/article1449833/

I've recently become engaged with a group/night called CuJam West that put on this ukulele jam for beginners every Monday night at Lula Lounge. Haven't actually made it out yet, but looking forward to it once I finally do have the time. Anyways... Just got their weekly email, and it has a bunch of cool events going on this week that I thought some of you'd like to know about. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Big Night, MASSIVE Week! TONIGHT 8:00pm at the Royal Theatre ($15 all-in) The Toronto premiere of MIGHTY UKE the fabulous uke documentary produced and directed by Toronto’s own Tony Coleman and Margaret Meagher. Your $15 ticket includes the movie and performances by the world’s BEST ukulele superstar James Hill, along with Melanie Doane and Andrea Koziol. Hosted by Corktown Ukulele Jam co-host/founder David Newland. If you love fun, love music and love your uke, you simply can not afford to miss this occasion. Jan 28, 2010 at 8:00pm If you don’t have tickets already, GET THERE EARLY! The Royal Cinema (608 College St. West Toronto Phone: (416) 534-5252) More: Mighty Uke website BRING YOUR UKE! Check out what the media is saying: Toronto Star National Post Toronto Sun NOW Magazine TOMORROW NIGHT 8:00pm at The Blue Moon ($10) Ukulele Speakeasy with Manitoba Hal and guests! A not-to-miss concert featuring Manitoba Hal, the world’s foremost BLUES ukulele performer AND one of YouTube’s most known and respected ukulele celebrities Ukulelezo (Zoe Janzen) along with Rye n Ginger (David Newland & Steve McNie) and special guest Jimmy the Uke! Jan 29, 2010 at 8:00pm Tickets $10 at the door The Blue Moon (725 Queen St. E. at Broadview, immediately east of the DVP) Please do everything you can to be part of this event. The success of this one will impact significantly on our ability to present more just like it. SATURDAY Jan 30 TWO spots have opened up due to cancellations for this wonderful BUILD YOUR OWN UKE workshop. We provide everything (but the strings!!!) to assemble a tremendous uke from a kit. Both spots are for the morning session that begins this Saturday morning at 9:30am sharp. If you are interested email Steve McNie at stevius@yahoo.com and we will fill on a first-come, first-served basis. Cost is $85 per person ($88 if you wish to pay by PayPal). Full details are on our website CALENDAR by clicking on the date for the MORNING SESSION. Steve will notify you about whether or not you were able to secure your spot and to arrange for your immediate payment. To those of you who have already signed up, we will have limited quantities of Aquila ($13 including tax) and Kala Red ($7 includes tax) soprano stings on hand, thanks to Michael and Heather at Broadway Music. Feel free to purchase and bring your own, but these will be available as a convenience if you are interested. THIS WEEK @ cujamWEST Our very first full-tilt program and we are pumped! Positive reaction on this week’s program changes, so moving forward here’s the program: 7:30pm Doors open, the bar is open, the kitchen is open and YOU are welcome to join us for the pre-game warm-up. Time to meet people, have a drink, get settled and get tuned and ready to jam uke-style! 7:45-8pm If you’ll be joining us for the very first time OR if you would like some help tuning, please arrive by 7:45. We’d like to get to know you and help those of you who would like some road-side assistance in tuning. 8-8:45 Please be tuned and ready to start right in with some songs by 8pm. The less time we take in getting ready to play, the sooner we start to play. We’ll be jumping right in with some of the songs you requested last week, along with some neato surprises from Dan Misener! 8:45-9 Social break: your chance to fill your glass and empty your bladder 9-9:45 Workshop. This is when we cover new stuff about playing technique. 9:45-10 The seventh inning stretch. Bar, Bathroom and banter as you get settled for… 10-11pm Open-mic hosted by Dan Misener! Sign up in this email below to get your song on the program for Toronto’s most happening open stage. One song per performer, groups welcome and other instruments are good as colour provided that your song is uke-centric. Please check the list in advance by clicking this evening’s date on the Cujam CALENDAR. We have 10 slots available on a first reserved basis. A reminder that from this week forward we introduce our best entertainment deal in town, all-inclusive cover charge of $3.

My roommates went to the Hamilton show and had nothing good to say about it! They said that the band members look exactly like the original members. They also said that people dressed like Slash weren't allowed in.

DAMNIT I will be in Calgary.

Blue Streak Records in Peterborough is a fav.

Kanye West did, but if I recall correctly it roughly fit into the space that the normal stage fits into. He was about 8.9 hours late getting the gig going though, which didn't go over well at all.

http://torrentfreak.com/oink-admin-found-not-guilty-walks-free-100115/ OiNK Admin Found Not Guilty, Walks Free Written by enigmax on January 15, 2010 Lawyers have presented their final arguments in the trial of Alan Ellis. The prosecution slammed the ex-OiNK admin, saying that the site was set up with dishonest and profiteering intentions right from the start. The defense tore into IFPI and countered by calling Ellis an innovator with talents to be nurtured. Today the jury returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty, and Ellis walked free. After a very long wait of more than two years, last week the OiNK trial got underway with the prosecution making their case against Alan Ellis. This week it was the turn of the defense and yesterday both sides had the opportunity to summarize their positions by submitting their closing arguments to the jury at Teesside Crown Court. Peter Makepeace, prosecuting, naturally painted an extremely negative picture, labeling the Pink Palace as a place designed from the ground up as a personal money-making machine for Ellis. “21 million downloads. 600,000-plus albums. £300,000. This was a cash cow, it was perfectly designed to profit him and it was as dishonest as the day is long,†said Makepeace. It is common sense to come to the conclusion that Oink was dishonest, claimed the prosecution lawyer, adding that Ellis knows that it’s dishonest “to promote, encourage and facilitate criminal activity,†and accusing him of telling the jury “persistent, cunning, calculated lies.†It would, of course, be dishonest to promote “criminal activityâ€, but Mr Makepeace should be very well aware that the activity engaged in by OiNK’s users is covered under civil law. Switching momentarily from criticism to praise and then back again, Makepeace said that the OiNK website was a “wonderful machine†for sharing music but noted that while the site had a really good brand name, it was a brand synonymous with “ripping off music.†University of London professor Birgitte Andersenok gave evidence earlier in the trial, stating that file-sharing didn’t hurt the music industry and led to more sales. Mr Makepeace trashed her evidence. “It’s nonsense, it’s flannel, it’s verbiage, it’s garbage,†he told the Court. For the defense, Alex Stein said that Ellis had never knowingly acted dishonestly and that in 2004 when OiNK was launched, it was a “brave new world†on the Internet. “In many societies he’d be an innovator, a creator, a Richard Branson. His talent would be moulded, not crushed by some sort of media organization,†he said. The media organization being referred to by Stein was the IFPI, who he said had never requested that OiNK be shut down, and had instead “sat and watched.†Gazette Live reports that Stein went on to launch a scathing attack on the IFPI. “They used this site. Their own members used this site to promote their own music and now they’re crushing him. Maybe he grew too big for them, maybe they’ve taken a different marketing approach. I don’t know. But it was decided that this site should be taken down. “All of us here are being manipulated to some sort of marketing strategy by the IFPI. If anybody’s acting dishonestly it’s them,†he said. At the end of the two week trial the jury returned a unanimous verdict (12 to 0). Alan Ellis is not guilty of Conspiracy to Defraud the music industry. He walked out of Teesside Crown Court a free man today, his name cleared. The verdict cannot be appealed and Ellis can finally put the past behind him and move on.

I left Korea in July of 2007! Good to see them getting the odd show though. Remember those Slackers shows Hamilton??

I couldn't get through Naked Lunch either Jon.. Didn't have the patience for it, or wasn't in the right mood I guess. I might pick it up again another time though. Cat's Cradle is my favourite Vonnegut book by far.

Whoops, pardon my oversight there (lonng day in front of the screen). I could be mistaken but I'm pretty sure Habitat for Humanity doesn't operate in emergency relief situations.

I am happy to see them doing this once again. BUT: When do we find out which organizations are eligible?