12/2/09

This Week in Toronto Dec 3 - 9

THURS DEC 3

Matt Lennox book launch at Mitzi's Sister (7pm)
My good friend Matt Lennox has his first book of short stories out, and we'll be celebrating at Mitzi's Sister! He'll be reading as well, and the man knows how to tell a story.



FRI DEC 4

Evening Hymns CD Release at Tranzac

So, maybe you missed out on the free show Wed at Soundscapes. I did. But never you fret, you can catch this highly talked about act Friday night at Tranzac! Woo!


SAT DEC 5

Antlers and Anchors, Ronley Teper and Nick Zubeck at Tranzac
Stacked show!! Three Tranzac regulars together on one bill. I can't even pick a favorite, this whole show is going to be awesome!


SUN DEC 6

The Good Lovelies at Hugh's Room

The beautiful vocal stylings of the Good Lovelies at one of Toronto's finest venues, Hugh's Room. Yup, I just repeated the headline... but seriously, the gals are the tops.


MON DEC 7

Leon Redbone at Hugh's Room
Blues/jazz legend! One of the strangest performers in either genre, his life has been shrouded in mystery. But he has Toronto roots... Anyways, holy shit, check this guy out. He's also playing on Saturday!


TUES DEC 8

The Big Lebowski playing at Bloor Cinema 10pm

"Look, let me explain something to you. I'm not Mr. Lebowski. You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. That or His Dudeness... Duder... or El Duderino, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing."

WED DEC 9

Leon Redbone at Hugh's Room

Seriously, you may not get many more chances to see this guy. This week you have 3!!

6 comments:

Alexis said...

I don't think I've ever cringed so much through a youtube video. What the hell were the creators of this talk show thinking?

Shawn William Clarke said...

Ha! I know!! Elf the talk show?!?! Amazing. But what did you think of Leon?

Alexis said...

I mean, great of course. I'm pretty sure Redbone started off the show without the glasses but because he was rolling his eyes so much, the producers were like, 'hey, where are those shades you wear sometimes? Ummm, let's put those on.'

Shawn William Clarke said...

ha! yeah exactly.

embersonic said...

Leon is unique... soo cool.

I didn't know Alf had a talk show... wow - the 80s were pretty devoid of taste... so I looked it up on wikipedia, only to discover it was on the air in, wait for it, 2004. Yes, 5 years ago. *sigh* I feel sick.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf%27s_Hit_Talk_Show

Shawn William Clarke said...

WHAT?!?! 2004? Amazing.