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The Music Hall is under new ownership, and will be undergoing renovations after the first two shows. There was a comedy show there last week. It will reopen in December once the renovations are complete.

My brother is the GM of the venue now - I am checking with him to see if tickets will be available at the door.

Awesome news! The Danforth wasn't the same with the Music Hall shuttered. Can't wait to catch a show/gig in there again soon.

Hey Basher...might see you there. I'm leaning heavily toward going, but I called the venue today to find out if I could just show up with cash in hand, and there was just a message about how their box office is not set up for tickets, and all tickets must be purchased through Ticketmaster. I see your link also shows Ticketweb, but I just want to go if I get off work at a decent time and feel motivated. As it is, I'll be missing the beginning (which I guess is pretty standard for me anyway). What do you think? Can I pay at the door?

Hey MM, I recently moved from the neighbourhood where the Music Hall is. It was closed for over a year (since the Arcade Fire gig), but has been booked for sporadic small one-off shows since then. As of two weeks ago, the ticket booth/shop connected to the Hall was not in operation and didn't look to be starting up any time soon. I'd get tickets through the Bastard.

That ain't GnR. It's the Axl Rose Band.

So Slash, no Duff, no Matt NO GUNS!

Add no Izzy to that list. He's just as important as the first two.

Looks like she's staying at Delta?

I remember one time phorbesie couldn't do that walk. She laid right down on the sidewalk for a drunky sleep.

Sounds like Mayor Ford in his councillor days.

Tell her that her walk will take her past Osgoode Hall, the Four Seasons Opera House, City Hall, Old City Hall (the old red-bricked building west side corner of the Eaton Centre), the original Bay, Eaton Centre, Elgin Theatre and St. Mikes.

The downtown is safe, although Massey Hall is an area that borders a colourful stretch - but this area is several blocks east of Massey Hall. She'll be fine as it is a heavy pedestrian and tourist area with the Eaton Centre and City Hall along the way. She'll probably enjoy the walk since it goes through the core. The walk won't take longer than 10-15 mintues and she can do some of it in the Eaton Centre.

Wonderful and most deserving standing ovation for Anthony Calvillo before the start of last night's game. Well done Habs fans!

I'm a terrible judge of crowd numbers... maybe a little over 100 for Rich. Probably about 400 for Chris the night before.

Solo tours can be a tough beast regarding drumming up attendance. Combined, the Robinsons still drew around the same amount that turned out to see John Entwistle back in 1996 at the Warehouse (Kool Haus). I'll never forget the look on The Ox's face when he walked on stage... and I think it was mutual since nobody was there.

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/15/rest-in-peace-earl-mcrae-2

Pretty shocking. R.I.P.

It looks like Earl could have met an untimely end in the past given the monster who was after him (from the SUN article):

"Earl was a bit of an institution -- he caused a lot of commotion," said former heavyweight boxer George Chuvalo. "We had our moments. I chased him down the bloody street somewhere over something he wrote.

"We started off on the wrong foot, but as often happens in life we ended up friends."

How was the turnout for Rich's T.O. show? I love Rich's lead playing.

Pretty peaceful protest so far. The constant theme is that the rich are getting richer, poor are getting poorer. CP24 is airing it live throughout the day.

Most of those rioting douchebags would've shown up in NYC, so no, not worried (the first time I agree with Mayor Ford).

if anyone is interested the band that went through the worst musical development in the history of rock, here's the presale info:

So true, with Santana closing in fast.

Great lineup. PS I Love You's album is awesome.

Chuck Leavell! Fucking great! Like what he did with the Stones, but love his work with the Allman Brothers, especially on Brothers and Sisters and "Jessica".

I tried a six-pack of Hop Head IPA made by Tree Brewing Co. from Kelowna B.C. More on par in hoppiness to Mad Tom (and certainly not as strong as Smash Bomb Atomic), but has a smoother aftertaste. I prefer the Mad Tom, but Hop Head is worth checking out (it's in select LCBOs for a limited time).

"The Led Zeppelin".

I think the Steve Moffat is doing an even better job running Who than Russell T. Davies did. Moffat is a fucking great producer and writer (Jeykll, the new BBC Sherlock and now the upcoming Tintin movie). And I agree, Tom Baker was the best.

It's one of the best shows on TV. It only gets better as the seasons roll. The latest Doc, Matt Smith, is also great (and he had huge shoes to fill since David Tennant was the most popular in the series history).

I can't say I'm loving the US reboot of Torchwood, but the UK version is worth checking out (the US is pretty good, but I'm only 4 episodes in). Torchwood is the Who spinoff currently airing on Space via Starz. It focusses on Captain Jack from Doctor Who.

Good lineup:

Dawn and Marra

Lori Yates and Brian Griffith

John Ellison

Rocco Deluca

Serena Pryne and the Mandevilles

The Reason

Sarah Harmer

Gord Downie and the Country of Miracles

Daniel Lanois

Emmylou Harris

Ray LaMontagne

Great little park with a very nice beach. I drive by the park all the time on my way to my wife's parent's farm in Rockton. I hear the fest was fantastic.

Blatchford has finally unseated Sun columnist Sue-Ann Levy at #1 in the category of biggest c#^t.

I love waking up to an earthquake living on the 23rd floor.

It looks like a state funeral will be held in downtown Toronto, at Roy Thomson Hall, this Saturday. According to a Toronto councillor, the service will begin at 2pm.

Terrible news. I've lived in his riding for 8 years and I grew to really like and respect the man. He was always around, supporting small businesses and walked around the neighbourhood with a smile. Tremendous loss for Canada.