NEW VIDEOS

When she wrote "You'll Go Far", Jenn Grant never imagined that it would actually apply to herself in the making of a new video. Icebergs make for surprisingly elusive prey, but Jenn and director Drew Lightfoot turned a successful expedition to the far reaches of Newfoundland into a stunning new video. Watch it here: http://www.jennscoolnewvideo.com/youllgofar/icebergprey just kidding, the real web blammo is here. Oh, and by the way, we hear a rumour that Six Shooter hero Bruce Cockburn is going to make a cameo appearance at Jenn's Kingston show this month. Cool! Plus, don't miss Jenn's headline concert in Toronto at the Glenn Gould Theatre. Hott!

You may already have seen the new video from Shout Out Out Out Out with homie Cadence Weapon on MuchMusic's "The Wedge". No? It's also in rotation on AuxTV (who we love by the way! Music videos? For real? You play those?)! If you haven't seen it yet, watch the Shoutset boys set things (and themselves) on fire here.

This summer, Justin Rutledge dipped the oars in the waters north of Toronto (that's what she said) to make a new video for the sombre track "The Wire". While cabin + lake + summer usually = fun, this video puts a new spin on a slow spin out of control. So yeah, it's like a new-spin-slow-spin type of vibe, kind of like when you drink waaaay too many crantinis and then ride one of those merry-go-round things in a playground, and the mere thought of sand makes you want to barf for years afterwards... except for it's a video in a lake with oar dipping and such. Director Exan Auyoung shot a beautiful video AND taught Justin how to row ("first lesson Justin, stop calling it PADDLING!!!"). Sadly, the link didn’t come in soon enough for us to include here, but check our website, twitter, and so on... we'll post it as soon as we have it.

THE BEAUTIES TOP BEST OF TORONTO LIST

Isn't it satisfying to have something you know to be true in print so that everyone else can read it? I was hella stoked when I finally saw a tabloid report that Demi has saggy knees, I feel like I've been saying that for years, and no one listened! I am now legitimate! Similarly, NOW Magazine recently announced The Beauties as the Best Roots Band in Toronto. The critics have spoken! And this all before they even have an album out. The Beauties head into the studio this month with producer Martin Kinack (Sarah Harmer, Apostle of Hustle, Amy Millan, etc), upon which we have high expectations that they will be reported as being the Best Roots Band in Toronto Who Also Have an Album and Remarkably Taut Knees.

NQ ARBUCKLE AND CAROLYN MARK SITTING IN A TREE

NQ Arbuckle and Carolyn Mark have consummated their long-standing love affair with each other by recording a CD together, entitled Let's Just Stay Here, out now on Mint Records. We think it's weird to lend NQ out to our friends on the west coast...it's sorta like wife swapping, maybe, except at least we didn't have to sleep with any strange men, thank goodness. But the record is out in any case, and it's totally great, of course. We were pleased to see that the CBC Bucky Awards thought so, too, nominating NQ's song Saskatoon Tonight for Best Canadian Song and his ballad, Officer Down for Best Lyrics. NQ & Carolyn were supposed to do more touring in November, but it looks like those dates have gone by the wayside and will be picked up in January. Stay tuned!

OTTAWA WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

The Six Shooter showcase, "Night of the Shooting Stars" crowed wowds in Ottawa on October 16! No wait, other way around... I meant wowed crowds (I've never been good at tongue twisters). It was an amazing night of music. NQ Arbuckle was in fine form as an emcee (more profane than Chris Rock) and we were all thrilled to see the artists up on stage all at once (although, really, was a human pyramid too much to ask?). How could we pick just one highlight when artists like Royal Wood, Bidiniband, Amelia Curran, Justin Rutledge, Luke Doucet, Melissa McClelland, NQ Arbuckle and The Beauties are in the same line-up? We can't. The whole thing was decidedly highlightatious! Thanks everyone!

Check out some pictures from the event courtesy of the fine people at WGTS: www.wgtsmagazine.com

TATTOO YOU

Awhile back we made these bitchin' Six Shooter fake tattoos based on classic early tattoo art. Our pal Andy Washington was so inspired by these pumpin' tatts, that he ran with the idea and got some bonafide ink based on the idea! Wow, that's dedication! Check out the pics: gallery.me.com

So, of course, this has prompted us to realize the necessity of throwing a tattoo based contest! So here it is: the first person who gets a full back piece tattoo of Justin Rutledge's face, gets a free CD! HA HA HA HA!!! Just kidding (but if you do wanna do that, we will give you a free cd).

How about this instead: we want you to get artistic! Sketch up a Six Shooter based tattoo flash design, whether it be one of our fabulous artists rendered as a pin-up or sailor or something, or a classic tattoo style rendition of our logo, or even a picture of the Tasmanian devil wearing a Six Shooter toque and smoking a doob! Send the design to us, and whichever one we deem to be the best (based on our completely subjective judging criteria), wins a wonderful prize!!! Yaaah!