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Count me in! Booze + paper bags + outdoors = Good times!

Can't wait for this one!!! You Ottawa folks will be seeing me again... Rheos then BNB... somebody pinch me! It's a Saturday night made in heaven for this kid.

Plus, I just won a contest from the Rheos record label Six Shooters... so my new toque (part of the prize pack) will be keeping me warm at the canal.

Del - I think you should picket the beer store.

Make a placard saying something like "Not feeling so Lucky today" on one side and "Lucky beer raises prices "

Get the media behind you, maybe you'll get some free beer for being such a loyal / irate customer. They'll either reward you or try to keep you quiet. Either way, there could be some free beer involved.... enough to make up the difference of paying for a few 24's at the higher price.

Just a thought...

Happy Birthday Dave!!!

Hope to see you guys soon!

Mary

Gotta get on the Bohemian, Del !

It's our new fave at our house for ghetto beer. It's not bad at all.

All prices include GST, PST, and Deposit

12 Bottle 341 ml 12.00

24 Bottle 341 ml 23.70

Thanks for such a phenomenal night everyone. The music and the company kept were stellar. Extreme kudos as well to the Bou/oches for providing a summation of the eve and a forum for us all to express our impressions in. As well to the 40 main mainstays who made sure the party and the music never stopped that eve / ensuing day. (Did it ever stop?!)

Cheers to the nero boys & Velvet for being such rockin' lads, both in musical wizardry and in spirit. I wish you all nothing but the best.

Take care and thanks for the memories... you're a fine bunch indeed.

Mary

> Wilco will be the musical guest tonight on Letterman (keeping Sir Bacon company)

> Wilco are also on Austin City limits tomorrow night (Sat. Jan 8th) on PBS

> from nme

WILCO will release a new version of their current album 'A GHOST IS BORN' before they undertake short UK tour in March.

The band will play two dates in Britain. The new version of the 2004 record, complete with a host of additional material, will be issued on March 7, shortly before the shows, which are at:

Nottingham Rock City (March 13)

London Hammersmith Carling Apollo (14)

Did someone say party?!!!

Just confirmed I'm in.... see you all there!

Mary

Wow... looks like my name topped the list for quite some time... I guess people's parents got sick of hearing the name when they were growing up and didn't wish it upon their kids

I've always liked my name though.. and strangely have never met a Mary around my general age... only older ladies.

1900's - 1st

1910's - 1st

1920's - 1st

1930's - 1st

1940's - 1st

1950's - 1st

1960's - 2nd

1970's - 15th

1980's - 34th

1990's - 41st

Happy day mister!!!

Try not to break any ribs tonight!

Take care and cheers to another year of great tunes and good times...

Mary

hey new rider - - check yer pm's...

Mary

Hey NewRider -- I just talked to Mike and he said that tonight's show has been cancelled.

Happy day GM

Wishing you all the best and another year of good times!!

Take care & keep on rockin'...

Mary

My sister and mom were on just like mom! I got to sit in the studio audience while they filmed it and it was incredibly exciting. We have it on video tape and used to play it whenever my sister would bring home a new boyfriend to embarass her.

The host of the show pre-fergie oliver was a complete drunk & pervert. The whole show he was hitting on my mom and slurring his words. Hysterical to watch years later.

Ok... I found some of these quite funny...

beighborhood

n. Area populated by good-looking people. ("Let's go downtown. Fifth Street has turned into a total beighborhood.")

DIZO

n. Acronym. Describes (busy, working, all-too-typical) couple: Dual Income, Zero Orgasm.

Earnest Hemorrhage

n. A man who is oppressively forthcoming with every thought and feeling. Antonym: Ernest Hemingway, linguistically stingy author.

foxymoron

n. One who is incredibly dumb but incredibly cute, who simultaneously attracts and repels. ("I'm so ashamed. I hooked up with that foxymoron last night.")

GHaG

n. Acronym. Girl-Hating Girl. The one whose only friends are guys.

hobeau

n. A less-than-hygienic boyfriend. ("Better open the window. Here come Gloria and her hobeau.")

nontourage

n. A group of undesirable sycophants. ("The party was fun until Justin showed up with his nontourage.")

pharmasecrecy

n. The secret bond one has with her pharmacist. ("Only Mr. Myers knows the truth about my little Klonopin/Paxil/laxative habit.")

showflake

n. Person who chronically misses every appointment (e.g., haircuts, doctor visits, dinners). ("Is Louisa going to show, or is she pulling a showflake again?")

SoDeeWah

n. Socialite/designer/whatever. The model/actress/ whatever of the '00s. You know the type.

staremaster

n. Gym dandies who constantly check themselves out in the mirror. ("If that staremaster touches his pecs one more time ...")

For any and all east coasters, the Burt boys are in the glorious east at the moment.

The reports I've been getting is that they are having a blast. "Guitarzan" reported that PEI rocked.

Here are the remainder of the show dates:

Thursday November 18th > Chuggles - Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Friday November 19th > UNB - Fredericton, New Brunswick

Saturday November 20th > The Marquee - Halifax, Nova Scotia

Sunday November 21st > The Paramount - Moncton, New Brunswick

..oh and Danny Michel released recently a CD of all Bowie covers, so if you check it out tonight, you'll likely be treated to a few.

Hey Trev - don't forget about the Rheostatics Fall nationals @ the horseshoe!! I've been to a few since they started last week and they do NOT disappoint.

Opener tonight is Danny Michel.

As well, Hayden is @ Lee's w. Cuff the Duke. I think that one might be sold out though.

Happy day!

Mary

Happy day, Trev... rock on!!!

Mary

Very into him... saw him at moe down as well. Friendly and I listened from our tents by the side of the hill and loved it. Amazing musicianship. Then, when we were treated to the accompaniment of his gravelly beautiful voice.... stunning.

Agree with solar garlic on the humour factor as well... he was such a hilariously-grumpy-old-lovable-bastard.

If you could bring him, that would rock.

I went and saw a screening of the Dylan film "Eat the Document" last night @ the Drake Hotel in Toronto. Really interesting film... Dylan lovers should check it out.

here's some info on it... from the band

Rock and Folk Would Never Be the Same

Bob Dylan's Eat the Document is a documentary that captures the madness that ensued during Dylan and The Hawks' 1966 tour of Europe in which Dylan transformed himself from an acoustic folk singer to a rock ‘n’ roll musician. The tour was also finally documented officially by Columbia/Legacy Recordings' with the 1998 release of the CD Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert—The Bootleg Series Vol. 4, Dylan's 1966 performance at Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England.

Bob Dylan's 1966 tour of Europe created more controversy and artistic debate than any other tour to date. Dylan left behind his image as a scruffy, socially relevant folk singer and now embraced rock ‘n’ roll: his clothes were mod, his lyrics oblique, and the music loud. His once loyal fans bombarded him with shouts of "Judas" and "traitor." The enveloping madness was captured by filmmaker Donn Pennebaker, who made the documentary of Dylan's 1965 tour, Don't Look Back. Eat the Document was later edited by Bob Dylan with Howard Alk—resulting in an extraordinary look into the artist's psyche.

Originally made for network television, Eat the Document had been commissioned for ABC Stage 67. Not yet ready for Dylan's impressionistic, experimental work, the network was confused by its stream-of-consciousness organization, and Eat the Document languished on a shelf until the early seventies, when it was screened at New York's Academy of Music and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Barely viewable bootleg copies of this documentary have been in circulation for years. Eat the Document was edited specifically for network television, with breaks planned for commercials to be inserted; because it was turned down by ABC, it has rarely been seen in its intended form.

Eat the Document presents a multitude of Dylans for the viewer to contemplate: weary and fatigued on tour; jamming with guitarist Robbie Robertson and country legend Johnny Cash; riding around with John Lennon; and confronting a dubious press and public. The rage of Dylan and his backup group The Hawks (later known as The Band) can be felt on such energized performances of "Tell Me, Momma"; "I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Met)"; and "Ballad of a Thin Man."

Among the highlights: an elegant "One Too Many Mornings"; Dylan and Robbie Robertson working out some new material, with Dylan singing in his Basement Tapes voice - proof that he had it in him all along; a song by Dylan and Robertson that sounds strangely like a future Band song,

Rumors say that Pennebaker's version, called Something Is Happening, may soon become available. His cut reportedly contains more music than what eventually wound up in Eat the Document.

the men

It's my favorite time of year.... yesterday @ the Horseshoe was night 1 of 10 ... the Rheostatics Fall Nationals.

Go see these guys over the next week if you can... they delighted everyone in attendance by delivering an amazing show.

Gentlemonkey - - they played "The Tarleks" !

Here is some info on the upcoming gigs::

Thursday, Nov 11 - OPENING NIGHT/KILLER THURSDAY. Co-bill with By Divine Right. Tix $12/16. BDR @ 10:00; Rheos @ 11:45.

Friday, Nov 12. Opening acts Scribbled Out Man and comedy troupe the Imponderables. Tix $12/16. SOM @ 10:00; Imp @ 11:00; Rheos @ midnight.

Saturday, Nov 13 - Opening acts Scribbled Out Man and comedy troupe the Imponderables. Tix $12/16. SOM @ 10:00; Imp @ 11:00; Rheos @ midnight.

Sunday, Nov 14 - ALL AGES. Opening act Hebrew School Dropouts. Tix $8/10. HSD @ 4:00; Rheos @ 5:00.

Monday, Nov 15 - Opening acts Faceless Forces of Bigness and Selina Martin. Tix $8/10. FFOB @ 9:45; SM @ 10:30; Rheos @ 11:30.

Tuesday Nov 16 - Bookman's Indie Night. Opening acts Jesse Harris and Justin Rutledge. FREE admission. JH @ 9:30; JR @ 10:30; Rheos@ 11:30.

Wednesday, Nov 17 - GUEST VOCALIST NIGHT. Opening act Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle. Tix $8/10. KH @ 9:35; Rheos @ 11:00. In no particular order, the guests and their song selections will include:

Jennifer Foster: "Take Me In Your Hand", Introducing Happiness

Ron Koop: "Fish Tailin'", Introducing Happiness

Justin Rutledge: "Sweet, Rich, Beautiful, Mine", The Blue Hysteria

Michelle Rumball: "Saskatchewan," Melville

Steve Stanley: "Power Ballad for Ozzy Osbourne," 2067

Amer Diab: "Lying's Wrong," Melville

Simon Head: "Shaved Head," Whale Music

Simon Wilcox: "Dead is the Drunkest You Can Get", Double Live

David Celia: "Claire:, Introducing Happiness

Yawd Sylvester: "Record Body Count," Melville

Royal Wood: "It", Melville

Matthew Cowley: "First Rock Show", Double Live

Reid Jamieson: "In This Town", Introducing Happiness

Ford Pier: "Motorino", The Blue Hysteria

Selina Martin: "Rain, Rain, Rain", Whale Music

Robin Lowe: "Introducing Happiness" , Introducing Happiness

John Crossingham: "A Midwinter Night's Dream", The Blue Hysteria

Mike Evans: "Stolen Car", The Nightlines Sessions/Double Live

Chris Brown: "Bad Time to Be Poor", The Blue Hysteria

Dennis Ellsworth: "Palomar", Whale Music

Greg Smith: "The Tarleks", 2067

Kurt Swinghammer: TBD

Paul Linklater: "King of the Past", Whale Music

Melissa McLelland: "Aliens", Melville

Mike Bell: "Beerbash", Whale Music

Kate Fenner: "Northern Wish", Melville

Thursday, Nov 18 - KILLER THURSDAY. Co-bill with Danny Michel. Opening act John Wojewoda. Tix $12/16. JW @ 9:45; DM @ 10:20; Rheos @ midnight.

Friday, Nov 19 - Opening act The Buttless Chaps and the Imponderables. Tix $12/16. BC @ 10:00; Imp @ 11:00; Rheos @ midnight.

Saturday, Nov 20 - CLOSING NIGHT. Opening act The Buttless Chaps and the Imponderables. Tix $12/16. BC @ 10:00; Imp @ 11:00; Rheos @ micnight.

the boys with "Herb" - - from The Tarleks video shoot last week

I like 'em.

As an FYI... they are the musical guest tomorrow night on Saturday Night Live.

I like 'em.

As an FYI... they are the musical guest tomorrow night on Saturday Night Live.

I read an article on this in today's National post but was unable to link to it (due to subscriber fees)... I dug a similar article up online... this is crazy and pretty scary!!

World for sale - or a private island?

God made the world in seven days for an undisclosed cost, and now man has recreated it for a steal. Artificial reality has taken on a whole new slant with developments in habitat and ecosystem creation by the Dubai based Nakheel Corporation, which is creating their own customised islands for sale. Once the stuff of science fiction, terraforming is now an affordable reality as real estate can be designed and shaped to the most outrageous whim. Nakheel have gone so far as creating an artificial archipelago that replicates a scale model of the world with all major land masses, as well as replicas of lost cities from different parts of the ancient world that have to be seen to be believed.

Surrounded by the Arabian Gulf and year round sunshine, the climate of Dubai is drawing in a record number of visitors and residents and the real estate market is booming. There's some keen fiscal management behind all the real estate, as the Dubai government is keeping interest rates and property prices low to attract foreign investment and residency. With an 8% GDP growth rate Dubai can barely keep up with the demand for housing - which is why they are creating new real estate from scratch!

Two visionary artificial island environments have been created just off the coast of Dubai - the "Palm, Jebel Ali" and the "Palm Jumeirah", both palm tree shaped land masses surrounded by hemispherical reefs. Time lapse photography allows you to watch the fascinating growth of these man made island paradises as they rise from the sea like Atlantis in reverse, are customised and developed for luxury living, with five star hotels and exclusive retail outlets dotted along the trunk of the palm.

The third environment is "The World",which consists of 300 man made islands in the shape of continents - but unlike the overcrowded original, each island in this world is up for private sale.

This can be broken down into a collection of estate homes for a community of weekenders or year round residents, resorts, or the perfect island sanctuary for those who can afford it. Miniature replicas of England, Shanghai, even Tasmania are up for grabs as location is still everything - even on the small scale.

The imagination is let loose populating the World, with Nakheel encouraging micro versions of global environments on each of the World's islands, from full scale replicas of Caribbean ships to European castle resorts and even an African game preserve. Nakheel water patrol security will ensure the safety of residents while exclusive water taxis will ferry guests between islands day and night.

On the mainland, Nakheel has again stretched the boundaries of the imagination with it's "Lost City" development (Located in Jebel Ali, near Nakheel's other signature developments the Gardens Shopping Mall and Discovery Gardens, the Lost City is a recreation of history through architecture. Properties feature fresh water streams flowing near the homes in a recreation of ancient styles from the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East to places as far as the Orient and Mediterranean Africa, or totally transformed environments to your brief.

Greg Norman has even designed a world class golf course exclusive to the property. Nakheel has invested enormous detail in the project, sending engineers to archaeological sites to copy the layout, styles and building materials used by the Old World and combining them with 21st century comfort and convenience for modern needs.

It used to be said that 'no man is an island', but thanks to Nakheel, every man can now own and design one.

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