Mike Sullivan chats with Rival Sons at Cherry Cola’s Rock N’ Roll Cabaret in Toronto.

Rival Sons is an American blues-rock band from Los Angeles, California. Musically they have been compared to Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, and The Rolling Stones.

The Parlor Mob is a rock band from New Jersey.

Adam Cohen is a Canadian singer-songwriter and frontman for the band “Low Millions”. His father is musician Leonard Cohen.

Adam Cohen: “What Other Guy”:

Adam Cohen: “Beautiful”:

Notice the difference in sanity between the first part and the second part of this quote:

“Since we’re big Michael Jackson fans, we want Michael to continue to rock and ‘ROLL’ forever,” said Jack Mason, spokesperson for OnlineGamblingPal.com. “We therefore intend to have a professional roulette ball made which will contain his hair.”

For me, the strangest part of the news release is the beginning, where they state that the site “is proud to announce it has purchased some of the King of Pop’s hair for $10,871.”

Also, there’s the use of the word “Thriller” and the implication that Michael Jackson was a “rock and roll” artist, proving what big fans they are…

Would real fans turn Michael Jackson’s hair into a roulette ball? I don’t know, but no matter what, I think it’s a hell of a strange thing to do.

Have a great weekend, and remember, like Courtney Love’s landlady said, “The walls that had been hand-painted and glazed were ruined, covered in damask wallpaper and ice-blue paint.”

Along with the record’s name and release date, there are the words “Population 2,753,609,” and the name of the rapper’s hometown in the style of the official city logo.

Apparently, city officials “are reviewing the matter” of whether or not the billboard constitutes a “possible misuse of the Toronto logo,” as it, “in conjunction with other creative elements used for the billboard, may cause some confusion about the source of the information.”

I hope that they let Drake get away with this.

I mean, Toronto’s a pretty big city, and as big as Drake is, would anyone really think that our official “welcome to the city” sign would primarily serve as an ad for Drake’s new album? Seriously, we didn’t do that for Snow, and he name-dropped Toronto in his biggest song—granted, it would have been weird to advertised 12 Inches of Snow on an official city sign so soon after city officials had arrested Snow.

Back to my point, while Drake is so huge that music fans might immediately think of him when they think of Toronto—this due in no small part to the rapper frequently giving props—I doubt many people would see the sign and assume that Drake owns the place.

I think Drake’s use of the logo is cool, and I’m as proud now as when I first heard Snow say, “where me born in the one Toronto”—that was sometime after I first heard him say, “you know say daddy me Snow me a-gon blame.”

Have a great weekend, and remember, as Lindsay Lohan’s rep said, while Lindsay is “grateful for her friendship, Courtney Love is not her sobriety coach.”

Current Swell – “I Wanna Bird”

Current Swell – “For The Land”