--Six Shooter Bullets --

Nov. 2006, Vol. 03, No. 12

we welcome you with open armchairs

Six Shooter Bullets, mistletoe edition:

  1. Justin Rutledge in Best of Toronto

  2. Luke Doucet rocks both coasts

  3. East End Christmas: Sarah Doucet twitches (Nov 24), NQ chugs tha nog (Nov 30)

  4. Christmas Rocks: Justin, Luke, NQ, & Elliott Brood all put on Christmas shows

  5. International releases: Ford in Europe, C.Fellows in USA, Elliott Brood on tour with the Tennessee Three

  6. Tour Dating game

  7. Contestualize

I've been doing some thinking. It's not even a matter of being broke anymore, I just straight up looooove Kraft Dinner. Like, top 10 foods, if not top 5. Of course I love it "au classique", but these days I've been rocking the yellow tastebud ticklers with a bit of purple onion, a sliced up veggie dog, and a dash of hot sauce. Oh, and in case you haven't figured it out, the directions on the box are a joke, just stir that powder straight up and forget all that butter/milk garbage. KD makes winter turn into a beach in San Diego... or something. Word.

JUSTIN IN BEST OF TORONTO

The accolades keep pouring in for our Justin Rutledge as he burns up the pavement on tour with Jim Cuddy. Lighting up the reviewers, not unlike the kabillion Christmas lights that we use to warm the cockles of our hearts, in just about every major print media in the country with four-star reviews, he was also recently named Best Songwriter in NOW Magazine's Best of Toronto 2006. That basically means that he is really really really good. For our Toronto friends, if you don't already have tickets to see Justin play the Danforth Music Hall this weekend, then you can catch him live at the Horseshoe Tavern on Dec 21. That place is all Legendary and stuff. One time I saw Alex Lifeson there, and who knows, maybe you will too!

SEE LUKE'S VIDEO FOR FREE ON TV

Also doing dates in Ontario (Ottawa/Kingston) this weekend is Luke "Mr. Nashville" Doucet, whose chiefin' video for "Free" has been added into rotation at MuchMoreMusic, CMT.com, and spin.com. Luke is literally traveling coast to coast next week for an appearance at the Transmission festival in Vancouver on Nov 30 and a full band set at Mo Pitkin's in NYC on Dec 2. I bet if we added up all the miles that Luke has traveled over the years, it would be even farther than the distance traveled by the hot dogs on the little roller things at 7-eleven in their lifespan... well, maybe not that far, but it would be close!

EAST END CHRISTMAS

Scratching your head as to what to get your girlfriend/wife/sister/mother/daughter/niece/jewelry-wearing-man-friend for Christmas? Then show up at the store on Friday (Nov 24) between 7 and 10 pm and check out the winter launch of Sarah Doucet's Twitch Designs. Her necklaces and earrings are the bees knees, and they're gonna get snapped up like whoa! Don't sleep!

Another great day to stop by would be for the NQ Arbuckle in-store concert on Thurs Nov 30 as we participate in Wanderlust, a Queen St./Riverdale block party to lure people out to our burgeoning little neighbourhood for some Christmas cheer. Check out all the great new merchandise we've brought into the store for Christmas, In addition to an expanded collection of books, DVDs, and music, we have a beauty-tastic range of other trinkets, including musical instruments for kids, saucy compacts for the ladies, ornaments for the tree, and the most hilarious cutting-edge Christmas cards we've ever seen. Serious yuks! Oh, and of course we keep a steady stock of wild stunna shades that will solidify your hyphy reputation. Late night shoppers can enjoy hot chocolate while they peruse our shelves until 10 pm on Thursdays and Fridays. We are also considering setting up an eggnog filled hot tub... just looking into the health regulations for something like that... There's gotta be a loophole somewhere....

Oh hey! Don't miss Wax & Wood on Dec 7 (until the end of the month): where art and music collide on vinyl & acoustic guitars. For those artists out there planning to submit art for the show, ya better git on it, 'cause the deadline is November 30! Geeyulp!

HAPPY HOLLA-DAYS!

wwww yeah, we gots some serious holly-jollies goin' on up in hurr. Trust me, every single person in the Six Shooter office is wearing red and green every day from right now up until the 26th! Ok, well Eli is rocking it a bit more on the dreidel tip, but what I'm getting at is that we are crazy festive and we've got the yule log on lock! Holla!

The following Santas are dropping down the following chimneys in the following month:

NQ Arbuckle: Dec 15 @ The Cadillac Lounge, Toronto
Elliott Brood: Dec 15 @ Lee's Palace, Toronto, with the Acorn + Sun Parlour Players
Justin Rutledge: Dec 21 @ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, with Jim Bryson
Luke Doucet: Dec 21/22 @ The Times Change(d), Winnipeg, with the D-Rangers

INTERNATIONAL RELEASES

Ford Pier voyages to Europe next week with his superb disc, "Pier-ic Victory" in hand. He will be traveling by schooner. Christine Fellows beautiful CD, "Paper Anniversary" just came out in United States of America. Up next is the USA re-release of Elliott Brood's "Ambassador", which will coincide with a west coast USA tour supporting the Tennessee Three (Johnny Cash's band). They will be traveling by dune buggy. I was gonna say that they will be touring by boxcar racer, but those blink 182 dudes had to go and wreck it for everyone. Check out tha Broodz tour dates below for all the details on their American ambush.

TOUR DATES

JUSTIN RUTLEDGE
On tour with Jim Cuddy:
TORONTO, ON: Danforth Music Hall, Nov 24&25
PEMBROKE, ON: Pembroke Festival Hall, Nov 27
BROCKVILLE, ON: Brockville Arts Centre, Nov 28
KINGSTON, ON: AJ's, Nov 29
MISSISSAUGA, ON: Living Arts Centre, Nov 30
WHITBY, ON: Johnny B's, Dec 2
KITCHENER, ON: Centre in the Square, Dec 3
MOUNT FOREST, ON: The Old Roxy, Dec 5
LONDON, ON: Cowboy's Ranch, Dec 6
ST CATHERINE'S, ON: Brock Centre For The Arts, Dec 7
TORONTO, ON: Horseshoe Tavern, Dec. 21, with Jim Bryson


LUKE DOUCET
OTTAWA, ON: Zaphod's, Nov 24 w/ Melissa McClelland
KINGSTON, ON: The Grad Club, Nov 25, w/Melissa McClelland
VANCOUVER, BC: Roundhouse, Transmission, Nov 30
NEW YORK, NY: Mo Pitkin's, Dec 2
WINNIPEG, MB: Times Change(d), Dec 21/22 w/D-Rangers


ELLIOTT BROOD
TORONTO: Lee's Palace, Dec 15, w/The Acorn and Sun Parlour Players
SEATTLE, WA: El Corazon, Jan 12, w/The Tennessee Three
PORTLAND, OR: Dante's, Jan 13, w/The Tennessee Three
EUGENE OR: WOW Hall, Jan 14, w/The Tennessee Three
MCKINLEYVILLE, CA: Six Rivers Brewery, Jan 15, w/The Tennessee Three
SAN FRACISCO, CA: The Independent, Jan 16, w/The Tennessee Three
SANTA CRUZ, CA: The Attic, Jan 17, w/The Tennessee Three
HOLLYWOOD, CA: Safari Sam's, Jan 18, w/The Tennessee Three
SANTA BARBARA, CA: Lobero Theatre, Jan 20, w/The Tennessee Three


NQ ARBUCKLE
OSNAGO: locomotiva, Nov 24
ARCOLA: pegaso, Nov 25
FAENZA: MEI Festival, Nov 26
TORONTO: Cadillac Lounge, Dec 15 (NQ's xmas show)
TORONTO: Horseshoe Tavern, Dec 22-23, w/ The Skydiggers


FORD PIER
PAU, FRANCE: L'Ampli, Dec 3 w/No Means No
BORDEAUX, FRANCE: Le Jimmy, Dec 4 w/No Means No
TOULOUSE, FRANCE: Le Kleo, Dec 6 w/No Means No
ST NAZIARE, FRANCE: Le VIP, Dec 7 w/No Means No
PARIS, FRANCE: Le Maroquinerie, Dec 8 w/No Means No
DIJKSMUIDE, THE NETHERLANDS: 4AD, Dec 9 w/No Means No
GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS: Vera, Dec 10 w/No Means No
(not to be confused with the nether regions. har har.)

CAPTAIN TRACTOR
MEDICINE HAT, AB: Medicine Hat College, Dec 8

SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT
EDMONTON, AB: The Citadel Theatre, Dec 31 w/MSTRKRFT

RHEOSTATICS
Toronto: Massey Hall, March 30, 2007


COME-UP-WITH-A-CONTEST CONTEST!

Alrighty-o, so this month's contest is a double-whammy of time-strapped brilliance. Here it is: whoever can come up with the best idea for a contest for the next edition of this newsletter wins this issue's contest! Woo! Please keep entries realistic and fun, we do want people to enter after all, as telling people they won a contest makes us feel warm and cuddly inside like a cup of cocoa that's been steeped with peppermint tea (try it! It's really freakin' delicious!). Whoever comes up with the best contest will win the esteemed title of honorary-temporary-contest-master and some radical Six Shooter Swagga. I do believe the proper term is booyakasha.


Ho ho humbug,
Six Shooter Worker Elves

Title Credit: From "Red Carpet", track 8 of Ford Pier's debut album, "Meconium".


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