--Six Shooter Bullets --

April 2005

dance our favourite song on the player piano

If it wasn't official before it sure is now: bucatini is my favorite pasta.
In this issue:

  1. NQ CD Release show

  2. Elliott Brood joins the posse

  3. Six Shooter teams up with nrmls wlcm

  4. Digital age

  5. Tour dates: NQ in TO + Winnipeg, Luke in Australia, Valery in ON, Rheostatics in the Maritimes, Justin in eastern Canada, Weakerthans across Canada

  6. Contests

NQ

NQ Arbuckle officially celebrates the launch of his sophomore CD, "Last Supper in a Cheap Town", this Thursday at the 360 in Toronto. I like a good veggie dog, but even fake street meat hurts my stomach. To help cheer ol' gravel-voice on, the Six Shooter gang will be out in droves, with a bunch of our artists playing a couple songs each to warm up the stage for NQ and his $10,000 band. Don't miss mini-sets by Ford Pier, Justin Rutledge, Valery Gore, and roster newcomers Elliott "we haven't announced 'em yet" Brood (oh my, did we say that out loud? Well I guess the cat is out of the bag, see below!).

ELLIOTT BROOD

Six Shooter couldn't be more pleased to welcome death country artists Elliott Brood to the posse. Bust out the corpse paint and banjos! We've never seen anyone giv'er on the ol' twangy-twang the way Mark Sasso does, who teams up with the brilliant (and hilarious) Casey Laforet on guitar and suitcase-kicking Steve Pitkin on drums. We've been courting this awesome trio for months now, and finally nailed down the gritty details the other night while macking down on some grilled cheese at Shanghai Cowgirl on Queen. Grilled cheese is the official sandwich of Six Shooter Records. Bucatini is the official pasta. Damn I love that stuff. Remember that for the quiz. Watch for the Elliot Brood's full-length debut this fall.

SX SHTR RCRDS WLCMS NRMLS WLCM RCRDS

Did anyone else watch that young hercules documentary thing the other night? That six year old kid was standing on a basketball with one foot while touching his nose with his other foot, all while flexing his super ripped abs. I wish! Speaking of which...we are especially proud to announce that we are now associated with a great new label from sunny Edmonton! Normals Welcome Records! Founded by our very dear Veal-bassist Nik Kozub, who has been operating (as a producer/engineer, promoter, dj, poster designer, musician, etc, etc) under the name nrmls wlcm for some time now , the new label will be specializing in new wave and electronic music (or whatever we call this stuff with the rock kids playing synthesizers). The label is co-headed by Nik's best bud Jason Troock. Jason and Nik enjoy bowling. Last week Jason bowled a 239, which is a big deal for those of you who don't know. The first release from these Edmonton cool kids is the full length debut from The Floor. Settl e down, we'll keep you posted. nrmls wlcm Rcrds, normals welcome records, nrmls wlcm records... whatevah, It's going to be a good year.

DIGITAL BEACH

The following future speak must be dictated through a vocoder to have the proper impact:

We're loaded! Uploaded that is...hardy-har-har. Six Shooter is now available on all the digital sites in Canada, the US, and Europe! After copious hot dates with various digital distributors, we finally found someone we wanted to go steady with! We are now hitting the proverbial global drive-in with the lovely folks at Kufala. So it doesn't matter where you are interwebbing from, you should be able to find our catalogue of songs available for download at all of those sites you've been hearing so much about, namely: iTunes international, Napster, Audio Launch Box, Net Music, Liquid Audio, Reel Rhapsody, MSN, Loud Eye, OD2, My Coke Music, Starbucks kiosks, UK Sounds, Karma Downloads, Music Net AOL, Disc Logic (note: some of these won't be in effect until the end of April). Stay tuned for the unveiling of song & ringtone downloads from our very own site...coming soon! Aaaaah, I looove ringtones.

TOUR DATES

Speaking of hot dates:

NQ ARBUCKLE
March 31: 360, Toronto, ON, album release party!, with all the Six Shooter kids.
April 2: Times Change, Winnipeg, MB, Junofest, 11 pm, with Alana Levandoski, Gordie Sampson
May 22: The Legion, Huntsville, ON, with Serena Rider
July 14-17: Ness Creek Festival, Ness Creek, SK

JUSTIN RUTLEDGE
April 5: MTCC, Sydney, NS, with Sarah Slean
April 6, The Cellar, Fredericton, NB, with Sarah Slean
April 7: Manhatten, Moncton, NB, with Sarah Slean
April 8: Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax, NS, with Sarah Slean
April 9: Delta Ballroom, St. John's, NL, with Sarah Slean
April 12: Cabaret Music Hall, Montreal, QC, with Sarah Slean
April 13: Barrymore's Music Hall, Ottawa, ON, with Sarah Slean
April 14: Empire Theatre, Belleville, ON, with Sarah Slean
April 15: The Boathouse, Kitchener, ON
July 1-3: Stan Rogers Festival, Canso, NS
July 15: Stewart Park Festival, Perth, ON
July 21-24: Calgary Folk Festival, Calgary, AB

LUKE DOUCET
March 30: The Gin Club, Brisbane, AUS
March 31: Town Hall Hotel, N. Melbourne, AUS
April 1: Instore - Basement Discs Melbourne, AUS
Note!: April 2nd show canceled!
May 23: The Living Room, NYC, 8 pm.
July 8-10: Winnipeg Folk Festival, Winnipeg, MB
July 15: Stewart Park Festival, Perth, ON
July 23-24: Hillside Festival, Guelph, ON

RHEOSTATICS
April 6: Saint Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS
April 7: Reflections Cabaret, Halifax, NS
April 8: University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
May 27: The Embassy Hotel, London, ON
May 28: The Casbah, Hamilton, ON
July 8-10: Winnipeg Folk Festival, Winnipeg, MB
July 13: 100 Georges, Sudbury, ON
July 14: Algonquin Theatre, Huntsville, ON
July 15: Babylon, Ottawa, ON

THE WEAKERTHANS
.: The Rolling Tundra Revue 2005 :.
Tour w/ The Constantines
MARCH
28 Quebec City @ Le Kashmir
29 Quebec City @ L'Anti
30 Montreal @ Cabaret Music Hall
31 Montreal @ Cabaret Music Hall
APRIL
01 Ottawa @ Barrymore's Music Hall
02 Ottawa @ Barrymore's Music Hall
03 Kingston @ Elixir
07 Toronto @ Lee's Palace
08 Toronto @ Lee's Palace
09 Toronto @ Lee's Palace (matinee: all ages )
09 Toronto @ Lee's Palace (evening: 19+)
15 Winnipeg @ Rendez Vous
16 Winnipeg @ Rendez Vous
19 Regina @ Riddell Centre, UR (matinee)
19 Regina @ Riddell Centre, UR (evening)
20 Saskatoon @ Louis Pub
21 Edmonton @ The Power Plant
22 Edmonton @ The Power Plant
23 Calgary @ Wyckham House
24 Calgary @ Wyckham House
26 Kelowna @ The Warehouse
27 Vancouver @ Mesa Luna (All Ages)
28 Victoria @ Sugar Night Club
29 Vancouver @ Richard's on Richards Cabaret
30 Vancouver @ Richard's on Richards Cabaret

VALERY GORE
April 9: Boathouse Kitchener, ON, 9 pm, $7, with Royal Wood
April 22: Staircase Cafe, Hamilton, ON, 9 pm, $6, with Royal Wood
April 30: Montreal House, Peterborough, ON, with Royal Wood
May 19: Mitzi's Sister, 9 pm, with Ugly Lovers
June 18: Phog Lounge, Windsor, 9 pm, with Royal Wood

FORD PIER
April 8: Lee's Palace (band), Toronto, ON, w/ Weakerthans, Constantines, Bicycles
April 14: Mitzi's Sister (solo), Toronto, ON, w/ Scribbled-Out Man




CONTESTS

In the last newsletter we asked you to write a haiku detailing Six Shooter's global takeover. This was a very difficult contest to judge, we received some really great ones. In the end, we chose this one by Lina Scott/Evelyn Shift (it seems she has two names) because it is to the point, it ties in with our slogan, and it makes us sound super bad-ass (which we are):

The stars will foretell
of disaster that looms high
for nogood music

Yeah! What she said! Watch your back shitty music, we're coming to stomp ya!

speaking of haikus:

Is Justin Handsome?
Luke a baby faced phenom?
Nik Kozub says yes

The winning entry in the come-up-with-a-slogan-for-Captain-Tractor's-new-beer contest was:

"Man, Captain Tractor is like totally sweet! Let's get waaaasted!"

Unfortunately, we found out that this wonderful entry was submitted by a Six Shooter employee and it was promptly disqualified (we run a tight ship around here). Ok, well, what really happened was that all the entries we received for this contest sucked. Try harder. No offense. Until we receive a better slogan the official tag line will be:

"When we say Yellowhead, we don't mean a pus-filled zit!"

Our prior promise of prizes for the clever individual who comes up with something that won't gross out potential customers still stands.

New Contest : The first mac guru who can tell me why the display on my ibook shuts off if I open it more than a third of the way (thus making me endure the hardship of holding my laptop funny and looking like a total dork while I write this newsletter) and how to fix the problem by myself wins my gratitude and the Six Shooter album of their choice. Bonus points will be awarded if you can tell me why my trackpad sometimes freezes until I plug in a mouse. aaaargh.

Alternate Contest : Let's see just how smart you are. Whoever can draft up the most accurate Six Shooter family tree wins a fabulous prize. Who plays in which Six Shooter bands, and how are they connected? Dig?

So all in all, there are THREE contests you can win this month. Yay!


Beauty on down the road,
Six Shooter Posse

Title track: From "Delorla", track 5 from Valery Gore's epnomous debut.


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