--Six Shooter Bullets --

November 2004 - Vol. 1, No. 7

WHITE BELTS SHINING IN THE POUNDING SUN

Hola amigos! In this issue:

  1. Rheostatics fall nationals

  2. Lawyer wins math contest!

  3. Christmas specials!

  4. Six Shooter global hype!

  5. Justin Rutledge released in Spain!

  6. Chris Wynters on the boob tube!

  7. Artists on tour: Rheostatics in Ontario, Justin Rutledge in the UK, Weakerthans in the USA, NQ in Ontario, Ford Pier in Europe!

  8. Luke Doucet wishes he had been American!

  9. New Word! ...sort of!


Can someone please tell me what this world is coming to? Egads.

RHEOSTATICS IN FALL NATIONALS HI-JINX

After a bitchin' tour out west, the Rheostatics return home for a pile of shows in Ontario, mostly Toronto (see tour dates section below) as they gear up for the fourth annual Fall Nationals at the Horseshoe Tavern, Nov. 11-20. The fall nationals are truly bananas, last year was so much fun. Be sure to not miss this year's Killer Thursdays (co bills with By Divine Right on Nov. 11 and with Danny Michel on Nov. 18!). Teens, grannies and families are welcome to attend Sunday's All Ages show, which starts at 4 pm. Back by popular demand is Guest Vocalist Night, this year on Wed. Nov. 17. We are also pleased to welcome back the chortle-worthy comedy troupe, The Imponderables, who will have you grasping your sides with glee on Fridays and Saturdays. And we're pleased to welcome the Buttless Chaps to join us on our last weekend, completing this tour's Buttless Chap sandwich. What I mean to say is that the Rheos started the tour with one cheeky bit of butt in Vancouver and now they will be ending the tour with another cheek in Toronto, which isn't to say that the rest of the tour was the...oh, never mind.

On Saturday, November 13, The Rheostatics will also play an in-store performance at Sam The Record Man on Yonge Street at 2pm.

Get this, yesterday, the Rheos filmed their video for the song "The Tarleks" from their new album 2067. Here's the stinger: Frank Bonner, who portrayed WKRP IN CINCINATTI's Herb Tarlek, agreed to be in the video as Herb Tarlek! Did you catch that?! Herb Tarlek is in the video! Holy crap that rules! Apparently, Mr. Bonner gets requests for appearances all the time and for the most part says no, but when he played the Rheostatics "Tarleks" track for friends they all thought it was fabu and hilarious so he agreed to join in the fun! You should have seen him on set (you will eventually, of course, but for now see pictures at www.rheostatics.ca), that dude is a serious pro.

CALCULAMATIONS

Wow, the response to the Rheothmatics Mathstatic contest was overwhelming! Hundreds of hopefuls hopped on their abacuses (yes, the plural of abacus is indeed abacuses, I actually looked it up to make sure), and most of the participants even got it right-ish.

The correct answer was, of course, 62.5! here is a breakdown of the digit rock:

a. Yes album: 90125
b. Van Halen album: 5150
c. Rush album: 2112
d. Rheo's album: 2067

90125 divided by 5150 = 17.5
17.5 + 2112 = 2129.5
2129.5 - 2067 = 62.5

The contest winner was Tom "smarty pants" Woods of Vancouver, who calculated the answer within a couple of minutes. Tom is a bonafide rock and roll lawyer, which, as far as we know, means that he does lawyer stuff but still finds time to trash hotel rooms with his buddies.

WEBSTORE CHRISTMAS SPECIALS

Has anyone noticed that the day after Halloween all the supermarkets put out their Christmas stuff? That seems ridiculous to me, but hey, who am I to mess with the status quo? The Six Shooter webstore will soon be offering special deluxe package deals from all of our artists, as well as exclusive Martin Tielli Christmas card sets! Just in time! Speaking of Christmas, I would like to take this time to warn our readers that squashing a mandarin orange into a glass of vanilla vodka does not actually taste the same as a screwdriver...trust me.

LUKE DOESN'T HAVE SAGGY KNEES!

Six Shooter Records and the dashing (I am particularily fond of refering to him as a baby faced phenom, but dashing will do in this case) Luke Doucet graced last week's edition of Billboard in a full colour half page article (thank you Larry!), and our little label that could is about to appear in Canada's music export mag, Applaud, as one of Canada's top indies (thank you Richard!). Yay! Next thing you know, Luke will be on the cover of Star magazine, and everyone will feel better about themselves knowing that they aren't the only ones with saggy knees (not that we're saying Luke has saggy knees, but Star is particularly good at finding all the important and flattering angles).

JUSTIN RUTLEDGE RELEASED IN SPAIN

I like the headline to this section, because it sounds like we've been keeping Justin in a cage and we are finally releasing him and his voracious appetite on the unsuspecting citizens of Spain. Isn't that romantic? I don't think we actually have a single person on this list in Spain, but you're probably all dying to know that Justin Rutledge's awesome debut, No Never Alone, is now out in Spain! So let us be the first to say "El perro es grande y negro!!!" Dude's record was released through Everlasting Records on Nov. 1st. The last time I was in Spain, I bought a six pack of cerveza at the super mercado for under two bucks, which is obviously a wonderful, wonderful thing. Yay Justledge!

Oh yeah! Justin is also going to be playing an in-store at the Rough Trade shop in London, those of you who are kicking it on a London tip should go check it out! It's at the Covent Garden shop at 1 pm on Saturday, November 6th. Rough Trade have been a vocal supporter of Justin's album since its release in May on Shady Lane, and for that they get our official seal of niftiness.

WYNTERS MURDOCH OVERDRIVE

Co-producer Alex "call me James" Murdoch will have to go to Los Angeles by himself to mix the new Chris Wynters record (called Skywriting) with Mixer John Whynot. Alex-call-me-James is already suffering from separation anxiety from the mere thought of being so far away from Chrissy-Whissy, but he will just have to adapt since the silver screen is tearing the two apart (as it tends to do). You see, Chris himself will be busy flexing his thespian muscles in a Dreamworks/Turner Broadcasting TV production called "Into the West". It takes place in the East...just kidding, that would just be silly! It's a principal role, which means that he'll have a bigger trailer than most, but not as big as the leads, and that his trailer has to have a TV in it (???). My suggestion would be that he wear one of those hollowed out TV set hats, a friend of mine did that on Hallowe'en, and let me tell you, it was hi-larious. It looked like his face was on TV! Ha ha! In any case, Chris has to b one up on his horseback riding, rhinestone wearing, whiskey swilling, varmint stomping, and western accent, so Jameslex is off to L.A. alone. Dig?

LUKE DOUCET WISHED HE WAS AMERICAN

So, a couple days ago Luke wished he was American and wrote a song about it. I'll bet ya he doesn't have the same wish today. Go to www.lukedoucet.com and listen to the exclusive acoustic track and wish along with Luke that more of our American neighbors had voted differently. It's going to be a long four years.

TOUR OF DUTY

RHEOSTATICS
TONIGHT!: Starlight Social Club, Waterloo, ON. Support: NQ Arbuckle. Tickets $15. Doors 8pm.
Sat. Nov. 6: The Casbah, Hamilton, ON. Support: Wayne Omaha. Tickets $15. Doors 9pm.

FOURTH ANNUAL RHEOSTATICS FALL NATIONALS
AT THE LEGENDARY HORSESHOE TAVERN IN TORONTO, NOV. 11-20, 2004:
Thursday, Nov. 11. OPENING NIGHT/Killer Thursday. Co-bill with By Divine Right. Tickets $12/$16. Doors 9:30; showtime 10:00.
Friday, Nov. 12. Support: Scribbled Out Man, and comedy troupe The Imponderables. Tickets $12/$16. Doors 9:30; showtime 10:00.
Saturday, Nov. 13. Support: Scribbled Out Man, and comedy troupe The Imponderables. Tickets $12/$16. Doors 9:30; showtime 10:00.
Sunday, Nov. 14: ALL AGES. Support: Hebrew School Dropouts. Tickets $8/$10. Doors 3 pm; showtime 4 pm.
Monday, Nov. 15: Support: Faceless Forces of Bigness, and Selina Martin. Tickets $8/$10. Doors 9:30; showtime: 9:45.
Tuesday, Nov. 16: Bookman's Indie Night. Support: Jesse Harris, and Justin Rutledge. FREE admission. Doors 9:30.
Wednesday, Nov. 17. GUEST VOCALIST NIGHT. Support: Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle. Tickets $8/$10. Doors: 9:30; showtime 9:45.
Thursday, Nov. 18. KILLER THURSDAY: Co-bill with Danny Michel. Support: John Wojewoda. Tickets $12/$16. Doors: 9:30; showtime: 9:45.
Friday, Nov. 19. Support: Buttless Chaps, and comedy troupe The Imponderables. Tickets $12/$16. Doors 9:30; showtime 10:00.
Saturday, Nov. 20. CLOSING NIGHT. Support: Buttless Chaps, and comedy troupe The Imponderables. Tickets $12/$16. Doors 9:30; showtime 10:00.

Advance tickets available at Ticketmaster, the Horseshoe Tavern, Rotate This, and Soundscapes. Advance tickets range from $8-$12, with 10 Day passes at $75. www.rheostatics.ca


NQ ARBUCKLE
TONIGHT!: Starlight Social Club, Waterloo, ON., with the Rheostatics.
Saturday, Nov. 6: Rivoli, Toronto, ON, with the New Black.


JUSTIN RUTLEDGE
Friday, Nov. 5: What's Cookin' The Plough Inn, Walthamstow London (UK)
Saturday, Nov. 6: In-store at Rough Trade Covent Garden London (UK)
Sunday, Nov. 7: The Hanbury Ballroom, Brighton (UK) with The Czars
Tuesday, Nov. 16: Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, with the Rheostatics


THE WEAKERTHANS
Airfields and Woodlands North American Tour :

NOVEMBER: The Great Plains Tour
04 Minneapolis, MN @ The Triple Rock Social Club, support: Piebald, The Fembots.
05 CANCELLED: First Avenue has closed
05 Minneapolis, MN @ The Triple Rock Social Club, with Matthew Sweet, Velvet Crush.
06 Lawrence, KS @ Granada (18+), support: Piebald.
07 Oklahoma City, OK @ The Green Door, support: Piebald, Chasing Paris.
08 Austin, TX @ Emo's, support: Piebald, Despistado, The Fembots.
09 Dallas, TX @ Gypsy Tea Room (17+), support: Piebald, Despistado.
11 Memphis, TN @ The Hi Tone, support: The High Strung, Despistado.
12 Nashville, TN @ The End (18+), support: The High Strung, Despistado.
13 Louisville, KY @ Jillians, support: The High Strung, Despistado.
14 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop, support: The High Strung, Despistado.
Nov. 26: Winnipeg, MB @ Pyramid Cabaret (18+) with Fembots and Telepathic Butterflies
Nov. 27: Winnipeg, MB @ West End Cultural Centre with The Western States (Afternoon Matinee Doors 1pm, all ages)

DECEMBER: Ocean Highway Tour
01 Seattle, WA @ Neumos, support: Murder By Death, The Fembots.
03 San Francisco, CA @ Slims, support: Murder By Death, Lucero.
04 Santa Cruz, CA @ Veterans Hall, support: Murder By Death, Lucero.
05 Ventura, CA @ The Livery Theater, support: Murder By Death, Lucero.
06 San Diego, CA @ Casbah (21+), support: Murder By Death, Lucero.
07 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theater, support: Murder By Death, Lucero.
08 San Luis Obispo, CA @ San Luis Obispo Brewing Co, support: Murder By Death, Lucero.
09 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's, support: Murder By Death, Lucero.
10 Portland, OR @ Bossanova, support: Murder By Death, Arcade Fire
11 Vancouver, BC @ Red Room (19+)


FORD PIER
Nov 4 Tourcoing, FR - Grand Mix
Nov 5 Nijmegen, NE - Doornoose
Nov 6 Haarlem, NE - Patronaat
Nov 7 Geel, NE - De Bogard
Nov 9 Alphen An De Rijn, NE - Querelle
Nov 11 Hamburg, DE - venue tba
Nov 12 Bremen, DE - venue tba
Nov 13 Alphen An De Rijn, NE (afternoon show) - venue tba
Nov 13 Antwerp, BE - venue tba
Nov 14 Amsterdam, NE - venue tba
Shows up to Nov. 9th are support for NoMeansNo.

NEW WORD ALERT...SORT OF

New word alert...sort of

So, the other day I was looking at the word "Romans", and it struck me for about half a second that it should maybe be "Romen". Now, I know that Roman really just means "from Rome" or "of Rome", or "in the style of Rome", and doesn't actually refer to Romanity, but come on! The plural "Romans" generally does refer to humans from Rome. Wouldn't it be rad if the plural was Romen? Or at least Romyn? Doesn't Romans sound a little silly? Who wanna mob wit? me? So yeah, I guess the new word is really just a new plural for those with the patience to explain what the hell they are talking about when they try to use it in conversation. Try these if you dare:

Romen
Romanity
Romyn
Wromen


That's all for now, so skeedaddle!
Beauty on and giddyup,
Six Shooter Posse

Title track: I couldn't help but put another lyric from "The Tarleks", track 4 from the Rheostatics' latest release, "2067".

This was Six Shooter Bullets--Vol. 1, No. 7

Life is too short to listen to shitty music.