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Awesome. I love Cracker. They don't get enough love. http://www.archive.org/details/Cracker Aloha, Brad

You mis-spelled the title: it's actually The Conversation (see also this description). Aloha, Brad

I'm planning on being there. Aloha, Brad

It looks like Google has teamed up with various public transit organizations (including Ottawa's OC Transpo) to produce Google Transit: enter a starting and ending address, and it gives you step-by-step directions on how to use a city's public transit system to get where you want to go; scheduling info is included. Aloha, Brad

My concern (and it's a mild one, I admit) has more to do with maintaining the privacy of the bidders than ensuring there are high bids. Aloha, Brad

Not necessarily. Since nobody knows what anybody else is bidding, each bidder has to make a guess at what a reasonable bid is, and there might be a bidder whose guess is higher than what an open competitive bidding process would get to. (I'd also be concerned with having a piece of paper with names, phone numbers, and dollar amounts sitting there open to anyone who wants to look at it.) Aloha, Brad

OK, you know I was going to do this... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_auction#Other_auction_terminology It sounds like a basic silent auction works the way phorbesie envisioned it: each bid is visible by all the other bidders, but there's no auctioneer and nobody shouts out bids. My version would be the sealed-bid silent auction. Aloha, Brad

Are all the bids written on the same sheet of paper? I thought that a silent auction had each bid submitted separately (and secretly) on its own sheet of paper. Aloha, Brad

The Muppet Movie Fantasia The Sting Support Your Local Sheriff Fandango Bullitt Aloha, Brad

Exactly whose soul is being sucked commercially? Aloha, Brad

I'd also assume that sunscreen should be applied at home, in private... Aloha, Brad

So you managed to sell your house? Aloha, Brad

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/R/Raconteurs/ConcertReviews/2008/06/06/5791281-sun.html Aloha, Brad

Yonder Mountain String Band at moe.down in 2003: http://www.archive.org/details/ymsb2003-08-30.shnf On deck: Umphrey's McGee from that same moe.down: http://www.archive.org/details/um2003-08-30.shnf Aloha, Brad

http://www.archive.org/details/HypnoticClambake has one show from each of 2006 and 2007. Aloha, Brad

Fareed Haque of Garaj Majal also has his own group http://www.fareed.com/ http://www.archive.org/details/FareedHaqueGroup and while I've listened to a few Garaj Majal shows, I haven't got around to FHG. Aloha, Brad

A better LMA URL for Garaj Mahal is http://www.archive.org/details/GarajMahal I know they've played the Martimes at least once http://www.archive.org/details/garaj2007-09-21.lsd2.acm660.flac16 so I'm hopeful they'll come through Ontario/Quebec (Hamilton > Toronto > Ottawa > Montreal would be a fun run) some time. Aloha, Brad

You might try contacting him through http://www.switchbackroad.ca/ Aloha, Brad

Mike doesn't have any gigs listed at http://www.myspace.com/mikefilipowitsch but it looks like he hasn't done any updates since mid-May. Aloha, Brad

I like Seoul House, too, but haven't really tried their Korean dishes. Aloha, Brad

My turn. Aloha, Brad

Just put one hand behind your head, then the other, then put the first hand on your hips, then the other, gyrate a little and everybody will think you're doing the Macarena. Aloha, Brad

Super Awesome Club w/ Wayne Eagles, 2008-06-03, Avant-Garde Bar, Ottawa, ON. Aloha, Brad

You might try checking at http://www.volunteertoronto.ca/ Aloha, Brad

Ottawa XPress has it as a "must hear" this week: http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/music/music.aspx?iIDArticle=14831 Aloha, Brad