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Oh, Gern sounds like if Captain Beefheart grew up on a farm.

I immediately liked this band when I checked out their myspace page. Gern f has a Howlin' Wolf/Tom Waits kind of grit to his voice.

They play tonight at Sneaky Dee's in Toronto. Velvet may have made other plans to see Jaydawg's thing at the ElMo, but I hope he reads this thread... and the ElMo and Sneaky Dee's aren't that far apart, even by foot.

I'd live in Roncensvalles. It's still dodgy down by Queen Street, but the area itself is excellent. It's way the hell west, but then again, so is Humber.

Normally I'd put this in Rich Stadium, but man, Torii looks really happy after getting beaned in the face. Boris Karloff, eat your heart out:

Fuck that. The MLS draft is riveting.

Still my favourite Jay ever:

Harry Shearer is live on MuchMusic's show Much On Demand at 5pm today.

Halladay and Burnett are pitching well. Ohka has generally looked good and Chacin has pitched well at times too. If this continues, the Jays will be really competetive. The bats can't be sluggish forever - they have too much hitting talent.

Plus, Todd can always stumble to and from Little Italy before and after Sneaky Dee's.

I think Sneaky Dee's looks really interesting.

Here's Saturday's live club listings: alleycatz Graffiti Park. axis Julian Fauth (blues) noon, the Great Escape eve. bar italia Methodology (funk). beerbistro The Gene Poolboys (jazz). Black swan The Homeless (blues). boilerhouse BUMP (jazz). Bovine Diemonds and Sick Fits (rock). cadillac Melody Ranch 4 pm, Coldsweat (blues) eve. cameron Sue & Dwight 3:30 pm, the Cameron Family Singers (classic country) 6 pm, Coal Mine Canaries (roots) eve. central Tripping Hazard, the Psycs and Static Lab (rock). C'est what The Hot Five Jazzmakers 3 pm, Jory Nash and Josh Gabriel (folk) eve. chalkers Ce Ce Pastor. chick n' deli Climax Jazz Band 4 pm, Boyz vs Girlz eve. ciao edie roxxx Pinko Kronkite, Ghost/Girl, Terror Lake and Divorced (alt-rock). commensal Ryan Oliver (sax). Crosstown Irie Band and Muva Collective (reggae). Crown & Dragon Michael Theodore Trio (pop). Dakota Tavern Creaking Tree String Quartet (jazzy newgrass). dominion on queen Bill Colgate & the Urbane Guerillas (roots). Drake Robero Rosenman (lounge) 7 pm, Dog Day, Germans and Yellowwood (indie rock) (underground) eve. ein-stein (229 College) Signe Miranda and Kevin Stock. foxes Den (1075 Bay) 4-Gig. Funhaus From Autumn to Ashes, Haste the Day, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Alesana and Twelve Gauge Valentine (emo/nu-metal dirgeyness). gate 403 Bill Heffernan & Friends 4 pm and Laura Hubert Jazz Band eve. global village Departure Lounge w/ travelling musicians. grossman's The Happy Pals (jazz) 4 pm, Box Full of Cash (country) eve. Happy's Rumbleseat (rock). Heads or Tails Redline Run (rock). Healey's roadhouse Tarbox Ramblers, Rattlesnake Choir and Tim Gibbons (rootsblues rock). The Hideout Big Chin (funk). Horseshoe Rockafellers, Hollows, North of Hollywood and Ayra (alt-rock). Hugh's Room Glendale One. Irish Rose Pub Danny B & Brian Gauci (jazz) 3 pm, Peter Verity (folk) eve. joe mamas Shugga (funk/soul/R&. kiwi Kick Lounge Singer/songwriter night w/ Richard Souce & Max Tunage. latinada The Jorge Campos Project. Lee's Palace Priestess (Montreal metal). live @ Courthouse Dave Young Quintet. Lola Pub Open mic w/ Johnny Bootz. lula lounge Cafe Cubano. mambo lounge Evaristo (Cuban jazz/pop). Michael M's Music Cafe Open mic w/ Dan McLean Jr. miguel's club 329 Blues Driver. Mitzi's Sister The Three Bears and the People of Canada. n'awlins All Star Band (jazz/R&B/ Motown). Neu+ral Kensington Station and the Incidentals (pop/rock). No Regrets Lounge (42 Mowat) Insideamind. not my dog Heavy Ethics (prog jazz). Old nick Pamela Gilmartin. opal jazz lounge Benny Green (piano). orbit room The A Team (funk/soul). Original's Justin Time. peel pub Nancy B. picadilly Faith In 11 (roots/acoustic pop rock). renaissance cafe Rootsy hootenany 2:30 pm, Coffeehouse.ca eve. reservoir lounge Tory Cassis & Tyler Yarema (swing/jazz). rex Ed Vokurka Swing Ensemble noon, Jake Chisholm Quartet 3:30 pm, Justin Bacchus 7 pm and William Carn Quintet (jazz) eve. Rivoli Hamell on Trial (Righteous Babe folk-rock ranter) 6 pm and Fineprint CD release eve. Saini's East Coasters (2861 Keele) Trill. Silver Dollar Blue Room, Nik Beat and the Tyranny of Love and Julie Hill and the Poetiks. Sneaky Dee's United Steel Workers of Montreal (country/roots) and Ladies of the Canyon CD release (folk/roots). southside Johnny's Erin Ford & the Good Life (rock). timothy's Jam w/ the Meteors 4 pm, Cottonmouth (blues) eve. Tom jones steakhouse James Ambrose. tranzac Jamzac 3 pm, LAM (Montreal pop) 6 pm, Castlemusic, Eric Chenaux & Alex Lukashevsky (art-folk) eve. white orchid Shitt Hottt CD release.

Who cares about awe-inspiring? The kicked Yankee ass in New York. They also beat a rookie pitcher's first ever game and Burnett didn't choke pitching against the always intimidating Yankees.

Check Now and/or Eye Weekly online. There's always something to do and bands to see, especially on a Saturday.

Fuck Leo. He's my favourite college player ever, but Jack's way better.

I thought the episode was excellent. Well done!

It's on The Score at 7pm. It seems that The Score finally has their HD shit together. No more stretched non-upconverted video. Let's hope Leo isn't doing colour tonight.

The NBA playoffs always suffer from flow problems with far too many days off between games. Three or four networks fighting for rights kills the momentum.

Kidd will play, unless his son has his cell-phone and gave it to his estranged wife.

Jack's guitar solo at the end smashed my face in just now.

BTW, I believe the bag-pipes is the mystery instrument.

I fucking love that new single!!!!

I don't know if I'm working, going to a wedding, on vacation or that I may even be deathly ill in June, but I'm going to the Toronto show.

The Raptors game was ugly last night, but exciting all the way. Man, both teams are playing some terrible offense. I can't wait until the Raptors start to play their game.