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As the weather got chilly, I headed indoors into the Pubs – specifically Fionn MacCool’s Irish Pubs. From September to December, I will have played 4 different locations across the GTA multiple times, meeting and greeting those who just want to hear renditions of forgotten 90’s hits (and of course my own original ditties). I’m also playing the great King Street West Irish saloon (Fynn’s of Temple Bar). This place is a party every Wednesday, and you never know how crazy it will get until some random person starts requesting Whitney Houston songs (it happens).

The summer of 2012 has been an interesting ride of different shows and events. Shows = Pubs, Clubs, Patios, Parties, Cafes, Waterfront Cafes. Events = Fundraisers, Weddings, and Fairs. All of these came and went in July and August.  In particular, one of the most interesting places I had the pleasure of playing at was Turtle Jack restaurants throughout the GTA. Interesting because the locations I played at had some of the most responsive crowds I’ve ever played too. It really was like being a human jukebox on steroids some nights. On a single night, I’d get requests for the most unlikely retro songs (i.e Betty Davis Eyes,  Rocky Horror Picture Show tunes, etc.). A challenge, but a welcome challenge.

Among my events and performances, I’ve managed to sneak sometime back into the podcast world. I am not sure what TV shows you guys watch, but I was heavy into this years, 5^th season of MadMen. And with that, I took to Podcasts, Blog posts, Twitter and Facebook to read, listen and discuss with other fans –  storylines, characters, and ‘what it all means’ for our tragic heroes (Don Drapper, Roger Sterling, etc.) living as out of touch Ad Men in the swinging 60’s.

The Madmen Podcast is a great iTunes Podcast based in the U.S (somewhere), and my review of an episode called “At the Codfish Ball” (based on the Music and Drug Use in the show) was actually read by the hosts of the show in their listener feedback section. Considering they get tons of feedback and read my review, it was pretty cool.  Check it out at -16:35 toward the end of the show. Click the link here. http://madmenpodcast.com/037/