Our Holiday Picks (December 23, 2013 - January 1, 2014)

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Monday, December 23

8pm: Dinner Belles Holiday Party and Food Drive/Ladies of the Canyon@Casbah $10

8pm: A Leahy Christmas@Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts $68+

9pm: Dave Rave@Cat's Caboose (St. Catharines)

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Tuesday, December 24, 2013 (Christmas Eve)

1pm Mike Woods@Teddy's (Grimsby)

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Wednesday, December 25, 2013 (Christmas)

10:30pm Tone Deaf@Dickens (Burlington)

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Thursday, December 26, 2013 (Boxing Day)

2:30pm Mighty Duck Blues Band/Jerome Godboo@Golden Pheasant (St. Catharines)

9pm Boxing Day Jam w Greg Brisco, C-Mack, Sean Le Sage@Corktown

9pm Chris Chambers@Rib Eye Jack’s Ale House (Burlington)

9pm Shawn Kellerman's Boxing Day Blowout with Dave Rodenberg@Liquid Lounge (Brantford)

9:30pm Saints are Coming/Human Orchestra@This Ain't Hollywood

9:45pm Chuck Jackson Duo@Dunn Street Grill (Niagara)

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Friday, December 27, 2013

7pm Joe Tucker and the 2nd Wind@Waterdown Legion

8pm Rhythm Works@447 Wing (Mount Hope)

8pm Acoustic Jukebox@Gator Ted's (Burlington)

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Saturday, December 28, 2013

8pm: Fred Eaglesmith@Dundas Legion $25 adv/$30 door

9pm Eggmen@Corktown

9:30pm: Jack DeKeyzer@Stonewalls $15

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Sunday, December 29, 2013

8pm: December Babies Bash (Fundraiser)@Casbah $?

8pm Suzie Vinnick/Duane Rutter@Moonshine Cafe (Oakville)

10:30pm Phil and John Show@Dickens (Burlington)

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Monday December 30, 2013

8pm Dinner & Jam w Shawn Brush@Moonshine Cafe (Oakville)+

9pm Shake Rattle and Rave@Casbah $20

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Tuesday, December 31 (New Year's Eve) DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE!

6pm Sonny Del Rio@Stonewalls

8pm Crawlin' Kingsnakes/Gooligans@Bay City Music Hall

8:30pm Big Rude Jake@Jazz Room (Waterloo)

9:30pm: Dave Rave@Jordan House (Jordan, ON)

10pm: NYE Costume Ball w/ Gypsy Rebels (Fundraiser)@Savoury and Sweet (Niagara) $10

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Wednesday, January 1, 2014 (New Year's Day)

3pm Lounge Lizards/Chuck Jackson/Mike Fonfara/Joel Johnson@Liquid Lounge (Brantford)

4pm: Jack DeKeyzer/Jerome Godboo/Conor Gains@Brantford Legion $20 adv/$25 door

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COMING SOON!  

January 3-5: Jersey Nights (Frankie Valli Tribute)@Niagara Fallsview Casino $30+

January 4, 3-6pm: Glen Woodcock and the Big Bands@Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts $53

January 4, 8pm: Paul Reddick@Pearl Company $?

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January 6-13: Jersey Nights (Frankie Valli Tribute)@Niagara Fallsview Casino $30+

NEW! January 10: Artcrawl@James Street North

NEW! January 11, 7pm: Freedom Train 25th Anniversary & Fundraiser@Knight of Columbus Hall (Hamilton)

NEW! January 11, 8pm: An Evening with Ryan Van Sickle@Pearl Company $20

NEW! January 11, 8pm: Brother Sun@Registry Theatre (Kitchener) $18 adv/$20 door

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Brooklyn Party Chatter

HOST: "The landlord says he caught somebody on the security camera leaving my last party and throwing up in the hallway. That wasn't you, was it?"

GUEST: "No! I didn't puke until I was blocks away."

On the 9th Day of Christmas, My Blogger Gave to Me . . .

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Links: Andre Bisson, More Andre Bisson stories, Video courtesy of Andre and the J-Tones, Buy His Christmas CD

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New Episodes of Ensemble on YouTube, Part 1

These are the first batch of videos from Season 2



Links: Lynn Jackson, Jesse Parent, Meghan Webber, Matthew de Zoete



Links: Jacob Moon, Brad Germain (Dinner Belles, Marble Index), Rae Billing, Tim Gibbons



Links: John DiBattista, Wayne Janus, Corey Lueck, Dan Walsh

More videos to come . . .

More episodes of Ensemble

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12 Videos of Christmas (5-8)

Links: Harrison Kennedy, More Harrison Kennedy Stories, Video above courtesy of Diamondav, Read our review of this CD



Links: Doug Feaver, More Doug Feaver Stories, Video above courtesy of Doug Feaver



Links: Brenda Lewis, More Brenda Lewis Stories, Gayle Ackroyd, Video above courtesy of Brenda Lewis



Links: Colin James, More Colin James Stories, Video above courtesy of Diamondav

Check out our other Christmas videos

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News Roundup (Trickbag, Ray Price, Jeremy Fisher, Passings)

Local

• Hamilton's secret guitar maker to the world
• Read Greater Hamilton Musician magazine online
• Inside Halton feature with Chris Chambers
• Roly Greenway of Crowbar added to library's list of famous Guelphites
• Barbershop podcast w Trickbag
  
  
  

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Canada 

• Dec 2013 issue of Maple Blues

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World

• Passings: Chris Polk, Richard Coughlan (Caravan drummer), Robert "Chick" Willis, Ray Price 
  
  
  
  Links: Ray Price, Video above courtesy of ChooseBranson
  
  
• Freddy Mercury biopic casts lead

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Funny Stuff

 

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Featured Video



Links: Jeremy Fischer, More Jeremy Fischer Stories, Video above courtesy of Victoria House Concert B

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"It seems like, to me, a vagina -- as a man -- would be more desirable than a man’s anus. That’s just me. I’m just thinking: There’s more there! She’s got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I’m saying? But hey, sin: It’s not logical, my man. It’s just not logical." -- Phil Robertson, star of Duck Dynasty and Tea Party hero, speaking to GQ Magazine

"Logical." Yes, sex is all about being "logical." That's why Anna Nicole Smith couldn't find a boyfriend. That's why all those insane "Real Housewives" are single. That's why nobody will fuck Miley Cyrus. Poor things have to dress like tramps to try to attract guys. Nobody will have sex with them. "It's just not logical," men say, though maybe that's just if they're Vulcan.

If we're going for logic, we should all fuck watermelons. They don't get pregnant, and you can eat them afterward.

"Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men. Don’t be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers—they won’t inherit the kingdom of God. Don’t deceive yourself. It’s not right."

All the other sins just "morph out" from homosexuality? Oh, puh-LEEZE. Like heterosexuality doesn't "morph." As teenagers, dudes start off begging chicks to go to "third base" and by the time they hit thirty they're snorting coke off Nigella Lawson's ass.

And really, just male prostitutes? Like female prostitutes are cool, but the dudes -- they always use your Kiehls.

Still, I think we can learn a lesson here. Maybe GQ shouldn't take ethics lessons from a huckster whose company received an "F" from the Better Business Bureau. And maybe we shouldn't listen to a lecture on deception from an idiot who spends most of his life standing in a pond pretending he's a duck.