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The Elmdale lists them as being back there on Friday, April 3. http://www.jambands.ca/sanctuary/showtopic.php?tid/250852/ Aloha, Brad

I'm thinking about going to this show. Are there any other Ottawa folk who want to go? Aloha, Brad

I'd be interested. Aloha, Brad

The John Henrys - Sweet As The Grain Aloha, Brad

It might be, but that's irrelevant. If those Newfoundland MPs choose to break a rule (party unity) they said they'd follow (by joining the Liberal Party of Canada and following its rules to run as a Liberal MP), the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada is entirely justified in disciplining them. Aloha, Brad

Newfoundland Liberal MP vows to vote against budget Ignatieff won't say if he'll discipline N.L. MPs who vote against budget Aloha, Brad

Me, playing guitar in the basement a little while ago. Aloha, Brad

Another one from Accordion Guy: Aloha, Brad

http://www.ottawasun.com/News/OttawaAndRegion/2009/01/29/8195761.html Aloha, Brad

Since the wings from Pizza Hut would already have been cooked, and since bacon is only (or more) wrappable in its uncooked state, wouldn't the cooking you'd have to do to the bacon end up re-cooking the wings? Aloha, Brad

CBC Newsworld ran an audio clip, highly critical (in vague generalities and "derived" criticisms, such as pointing out supposed motivations, rather than criticisms of specific items in the budget) from an ad the NDP just started running, and it struck me as being driven by seriously sour grapes: since Ignatieff won't be voting against the budget, that means the Conservatives will remain in power, which eliminates any (current) chance for a coalition being asked to govern, which means the NDP are shut out of the game. I expect that the coalition is pretty much dead, too, from the way Layton is criticizing Ignatieff. Aloha, Brad

I don't have any plans for The Dead or Phish this year. If Phish were to come to Toronto, or do a weekend at SPAC, then I'd be in. ::starts to get very, very hopeful:: Aloha, Brad

Thinking of Mayor O'Brien's complete lack of hair, and how some people might consider him a shithead, I read that as "toupee for his bunghole." Aloha, Brad

I think the fact that nobody's died (yet), or is reported to have died, as a result of the buses not running is the reason OC Transpo isn't considered to be an essential service. (In other words, the "essential" criterion is applied to individuals, as opposed to the city as a whole, and specifically to individuals being in imminent danger. By that criterion, public transit is very different from, say, ambulance services or the services provided by police or fire departments.) Aloha, Brad

Right now, I'm listening to the tracks available on The DoneFors' built-in player. I'm really looking forward to their Ottawa show. (They're also playing in Toronto on Feb. 12.) Aloha, Brad

Agreed (with the "too soon to tell" and "may...have" provisos). In seeing him on TV over the last week or so, I've heard him talk about his vision of what Canada could/should be, which is something I don't recall having seen Harper do. As well, I've seen him anknowledge what he feels are mistakes made by previous Liberal governments (e.g., the National Energy Policy; while Ignatieff admires Pierre Troudeau, he feels the NEP was bad for the West, and damaged the Liberal party in the West). Has Harper publicly said he disagrees with anything done by previous Conservative governments? Aloha, Brad

When pigs fly...you could have bacon wings... Aloha, Brad

I'm becoming more impressed with Ingatieff. I'm watching the press conference in which he's presenting his reaction to the budget, and it looks like he's doing some cool things. He started off by enumerating the things he doesn't like about the budget, then went into the things he does like about it, noting that those things are in the budget due to pressure from a united opposition (read: coalition). He's going to support the budget, but the government is, as he says, "on probation." He's going to introduce an amendment to the budget that requires the government to produce status reports on how the budget measures are going (e.g., how much of the promised money has actually been delivered), and those status reports are going to be confidence votes; the first report would be due in March, with the other reports due in June and then December. Ignatieff says he's doing this to hold the government accountable. He was asked why he wasn't proposing amendments that would affect or include how much money was spent (or how it was spent), and he replied that the job of setting policy was the government's, not the oppisitions; his job as the opposition was to hold the government accountable. Aloha, Brad

On Saturday night, The Flaps are playing at Irene's Pub. I haven't seen them, but I've heard they're a really good instrumental band. Aloha, Brad

Luther Wright is also playing in Wakefield, Quebec on Saturday night, at Kaffe 1870. Aloha, Brad

Nope, that's Friday night. http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&Band_Show_ID=38527337&friendid=78837506 Aloha, Brad

E-mail sent. Aloha, Brad

I get those calls, too. There's only one problem: I don't own a car. I've never owned a car. (And the warning that I've heard goes like "...your warranty may have expired...", which is kind of slimy, and is obviously a dodge to get people to think that it's actually the warranty company calling, even though it's not.) Aloha, Brad

According to http://www.jambase.com/Articles/16446/That-1-Guy-New-Gear.Tour Aloha, Brad

Would "Moose Lovements" be a worse title? Aloha, Brad