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If that's the Marriott Residence on Peel between Sherbrooke and Maisonneuve, you lucked out. I stayed there a couple of times and liked it a lot. The rooms I got were suites (with kitchenette) both times, and the room included buffet breakfast (with make-your-own waffles), and dinnertime snacks in one of the conference rooms (and one night a week, full dinner with the hotel's general manager). It was also really close to a Metro station. Aloha, Brad

Happy Day, Sean! Aloha, Brad

Toronto calendar entry Aloha, Brad

"I want a girl with fingernails that shine like justice" Aloha, Brad

I just tried reading one of my private topics, and got an error: Aloha, Brad

As Tooly has noted, there's a problem with private topics. When I click on one of them, I get an error: Aloha, Brad

good thing that wasnn't a frog. that would have been MESSY! Messy, but substantially less creepy than plugging a USB cable into it. Aloha, Brad

It looks pretty close: http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1qn=Casino+Rama&1c=Rama&1s=ON&1a=5897+Rama+Rd&1z=L0K+1T0&1y=CA&1l=44.64612&1g=-79.35057&1v=ADDRESS&1id=24941734&2c=Rama&2s=ON&2a=5897+Rama+Rd&2z=L0K+1T0&2pn=Hotels&2y=CA&2l=44.64612&2g=-79.35057&2v=ADDRESS#a/search/l::5897+Rama+Rd:Rama:ON:L0K%201T0:CA:44.64612:-79.35057:address::1/m::9:44.621383:-79.386677:0:::::/so:Hotels::::25::701101::1:/e says it's about a quarter of a mile away, 5850 Rama Road vs. Casino Rama at 5897 Rama Road. Aloha, Brad

The Friday, June 5, 2009 show by The Jimmy Swift Band at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, ON is now available for download: http://www.archive.org/details/jsb2009-06-05.superlux.flac16 Enjoy! Aloha, Brad

My bad: it's actually on at 9pm, not 7pm as I had originally written. Aloha, Brad

If there are any fans of American writer Harlan Ellison, TVOntario will be airing Dreams With Sharp Teeth, a documentary about him, tonight (Sunday, June 7) at 9pm. Aloha, Brad

The Friday, June 5, 2009 show by Envelope 3 (the name David Lauzon is now using) at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, ON is now available for download: http://www.archive.org/details/envelope32009-06-05.superlux.flac16 Enjoy! Aloha, Brad

On the main forum page http://www.jambands.ca/sanctuary/fusionbb.php? the posts that are listed in the "Last Post" column used to be actual links to the last post in each particular forum, but now they're just text; you have to drill down into the forum to get at the post itself. Aloha, Brad

I picked up a can of today, and am enjoying it now. It's pretty good: cloudy, with a kind of sour taste, typical of the Hefe-Weissbier style. I'd love to try it on draught, ideally sitting on a nice patio somewhere. Aloha, Brad

Is anyone planning on heading to Collingwood for the E3/Jay Robinson show on Saturday, ideally returning to Toronto on Sunday? I'll be in Toronto on Friday night for JSB/SOS/E3, and would be willing to split gas and a hotel room with anyone who could get me there and back. Aloha, Brad

Seeing that envelope 3 is also on the bill, I'm in for the Toronto show. Aloha, Brad

I found http://www.ihoz.com/perstats.html Aloha, Brad

Happy Day, Esau! Aloha, Brad

How about some kind of iced coffee concoction? Take something like a Tim Horton's iced cappucino (espresso+ice+cream/milk, blended), but with booze, through not necessarily coffee liqueur, maybe a chocolate liqueur, or a banana liqueur, or straight rum, or whatever flavour booze the drinker wants. Aloha, Brad

Happy Day, Jay! Aloha, Brad

Mike Filipowitsch, 2009-04-21, Avant-Garde Bar, Ottawa, ON. Aloha, Brad

Lost me at cake. Aloha, Brad

I know Sisters Euclid has a lot of festival gigs booked into late July; maybe it's just a summer break from the Orbit Room gigs? Aloha, Brad

None of those are Slip dates. The June 12 show has Brad (solo, I think) opening up for Hank Pine and Lilly Fawn, and The Ladies of the Canyon. http://www.montrealfringe.ca/en/spectacles/fringe-mtl-bites-hank-pine-lilly-fawn As well on June 12, Share, along with Snailhouse and Silver Starling, is playing at the Green Room. Aloha, Brad

Highlights: They played Happy Snails (with Andrew on marimba; Andrew also had a steel drum set up next to his kit), a couple of old blues tunes (a Robert Johnson song, and one by Blind Willie Johnson), and the encore was Let There Be Horses (by request). Bring on Slip tour! Aloha, Brad