Beer for Breakfast

 

 

09 JAN 10

PETITION TO SAVE THE WINDSOR HOTEL

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Let's keep the Windsor Hotel "Nothin' but the Blues!"

Do we really want another parking lot at the expense of culture, heritage, and jobs? Yes, jobs. A parking lot employs no one, not a single person - The Windsor employs 22 people and countless musicians.

 

27 DEC 09

2009 NEARLY SCIENTIFIC SIX PACK
END OF YEAR FULL MEAL DEAL
Here they are, the hottest of the hottest songs from Peg City in '09!
The perfect soundtrack to your New Year's Eve festivities!
The right antidote for shopping mall xmas muzak!
 

1. STEEPLE CHASER : Lullaby
2. PUSHING DAISIES : Ride
3. PERMS : Running Away
4. JICAH : Our Time
5. TABLE TWENTY-ONE : Karma
6. AFTERBEAT : Purple City
7. WATCHMEN : Trampoline
8. ENJOY YOUR PUMAS : Less Enthused
9. GRAND ANALOG : Electric City
10. EARDRUMS : You Win Again
11. JASON PETRIC aka DAWSON : I Don't Know The Why
12. RUDE DALE : 100 Mannequins
13. WHY : More Or Less
14. SHOUTING GROUND : Get It Together
15. NEW STELLAR STAR : All The While
16. WHY : We Started Out (Somebody's Baby)
17. FURR : You're So Popular
18. STIFF BISHOPS : C'Mon C'Mon
19. SONS OF YORK : Running Home To River Heights
20. JICAH : Left Her There
21. CHRIS CONNELLY : Slow Me Down
22. QUINZY : Admit
23. JOEL NICKEL : Silver
24. ALENNA MAZUR : If Only
25. RECORD OF THE WEEK CLUB : Wails On
26. JOEL NICKEL : Searching For Leethe
27. CODENAME: THE SHARKS! : Set Your Sights
28. SIERRA NOBLE : I Still Do
29. DEAD LETTERS: Ghost Of A Thousand Battles
30. JP HOE : Always
31. DETAILS : Height Of The Land
32. LIPTONIANS : Our Better Days
33. MELLOW POLLUTION : Sucker
34. QUINZY : Feast!
35. HONEYBUCKETS : Cigarettes Song
36. DON AMERO : She
37. PERMS : Gimme All Your Lovin'
38. CROSSTOWN RIVALS : Bright Idea
39. PERMS : World To Me
40. JOEL NICKEL : Callous

Honourable Mention:

• MARK LEHNERT : Dollar Store Shoes

 

 

31 OCT 09

LANDAN IS GOING TO THE MASON RACK BAND SHOW!

Congrats to Landan, who won a pair of tix to the Mason Rack Band show at The Ellice Street Theatre -

Tuesday November 10th - Doors @ 7:00pm - The The Ellice Street Theatre Sherbrook and Ellice

 

 

 

31 OCT 09

SHAMELESS JAMES IS GOING TO BILL & WANDA'S CDs RELEASE!

Congrats to Shameless James, who won a pair of tix to the Bill Klysh - In From The Cold / Wanda Wilson - Under Donald CD Releases Party with Jamie Rumley -

Monday November 9th - Doors @ 7:00pm - The West End Cultural Centre Sherbrook and Ellice

 

Shameless James called in to say he had just been able to tune and wanted to make a request - Hey did I win anything? Why yes! Really? Rock on!

 

 

 

31 OCT 09

ANGELA'S GOING TO THE QUINZY EP RELEASE!

Congrats to Angela M. who won a pair of tix to the Quinzy Self-Defense EP Release Showcial with Special Guests -

Saturday November 7th - Doors @ 9:00pm - The Academy Stradbrook and Osborne

 

 

 

27 OCT 09

 

AN EMAIL FROM OLIVIA:

 

Have you guys heard about this guy? I saw him on TV; he actually believes this stuff!  

www.chasdawson.com  

love your show
Olivia

 

 

 

I couldn't bring myself to link to that christian right nascar-watching bucket-a-chicken-eating oxy-popping good ol' boy - he just makes me shake my head. Banjos - I hear banjos ... Entertaining like a car crash.

 

 

29 SEP 09

FIRST EVER BEER FOR BREAKFAST HOUSE CONCERT!
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Beer For Breakfast has joined the HomeRoutes Harmonic Planet House Concert Circuit. - HUH?! You say?
Beer For Breakfast is now hosting house concerts with artists from across the globe! Yes, you heard correctly, across the globe. How do China and Quebec by way of Vancouver sound for a start?

Silk Road Duo from China and Quebec will be performing in The Rec Room:
     Saturday, October 17
     1 Neptune Bay (in Fort Garry)
     Doors at 7pm, Concert at 8pm, Afterparty at 10pm.
     BYOB
Tix are $15 (all of which goes to the artist) in advance as seating is very limited.

Since the mid-90s Silk Road has traveled the world playing major events and venues; BBC recital in England, UBC in Vancouver, Montreal Jazz Festival, Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, and Winnipeg Folk Festival. In 2004, they were featured with the Vancouver Symphony to welcome His Holiness the Dalai Lama. And on October 17th for the first time, they will play Fort Garry, at an intimate venue built for 30.

 

 

30 AUG 09

We at B4B, me n SLV, want to help ring in the latest Dust Rhinos album - The Day After The Night Before being unleashed September 19th - You will hear the first track September 5th on Beer For Breakfast and Rhinos live in the studio on the 12th - in a proper fashion.:

First, Manners and etiquette, a few simple rules:

1. Have fun, find a sober person or a cab - Vince representing the U-City in the 1-7-1.
2. When the band calls, "SOCIABLE," at the top of your lungs answer with , "SOCIABLE," while raising your libation, take a healthy swig, and finish with your best pirate, "ARRRRRRRRGGGHH"
3. The rest of the night will follow

Secondly, a trio of tipples - nudge nudge wink wink - one for the Night Before, one for The Day After, and one for the sheer fun of it. To quote Homer Simpson, "Mmmm, beer!"

for THE NIGHT BEFORE:

PRAIRIE DOG (Official Beer For Breakfast Beverage):
   In a highball glass:

   
• 1 shot Crown Royal
   
• 2 shots Canada Dry Ginger Ale
   
• 1 or 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
   
• Fill with Fort Garry Pale Ale or Half Pints St.James Pale Ale
   
• Ice is optional

and for THE DAY AFTER:

BREAKFAST BEER:
   In an old-fashioned glass:

   
• Half fill with Tomato/Clamato/V8.
   
• 1 dash each:
        Salt and pepper, Worcestershire Sauce, and Angostura Bitters
   
• Fill with Fort Garry Pale Ale or Half Pints Bulldog Amber Ale
   
• Gently stir to mix
   
• Break 1 egg into drink
   
• Up your kilt!

 

and just for good measure:

DE WHI BWOY BREWSKI ETE:
   In a glass, in a cup, in a can, in a bottle, it don't matter man:

   
• Your favourite light beer; a pilsener, a lager, a pale ale, even a lite beer.
   
• Uno wedge of lime.
   
• A dash or two of Angostura Bitters.
   
• Ohhh, yeahhhhh! Take that Kool-Ade!

Now that you are properly prepared, there's only one thing left to make Labour Day Weekend a blast - Tune-age!

THE ALMOST-ALL-REQUEST-LABOUR-DAY-WEEKEND SHOW Saturday September 5th - outside of our interviews with Immaculate Machine and Hot Panda - it's all about all of you who work a forty hour week for a livin just to send it on down the line. Our lines are open to your requests. We will play 'em as we git 'em!

Email your request to broose or Shannah-Lee

An updated playlist will be posted daily.

 

 

22 JUL 09

CONGRATULATIONS TO MARK B.
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Mark won a pair of tix to this Saturday's CHUGFEST, out near Franklin MB. Pushing Daisies and Equal Loudness Curve are trucking out from Peg City to rock the sticks. They will be joined by hard rocking Locomotive, who is using Chugfest to release their debut CD. Also on the bill: Sonic Eclipse (great name), Meatdraw (F*&@ing brilliant name - I love it), and Hellride. Camping/Sleeping in your car - no one drives under the influence. It is BYOB, but NO GLASS. Tix are just $20 available at the gate. I'll try to get a bootleg from the board.
Last night I missed BJ Garrison @ Mona Lisa Ristorante and Lindsey White at Fringe after Dark on the new Old Market Square Stage as I was bagged, but I saw a wicked Nova episode on cuttlefish (Must be brain food - humans and dolphins eat tonnes every year); Thursday - Rik Leaf house concert; Saturday - Chugfest; Sunday - Weeding the garden (volunteers get beer and pizza)!

 

 

19 JUL 09

After the excitement (and cost) of the Folk Fest, I'm much less inclined to leave the sanctuary of the couch, despite the goodness that is the Fringe Fest Outdoor Stage at Old Market Square! Powered by the Sunday Morning Resurrection with H., coffee and motivation, I did it, though! I knuckled under and updated the website: Playlists, Six Packs, Brewnos, Guest Links, the whole she-bang! Pictures, Audio clips, and Downloads coming relatively soon.
Tuesday - BJ Garrison @ Mona Lisa Ristorante; Thursday - Rik Leaf house concert; Saturday - Chugfest!

 

 

18 JUL 09

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know - way out of date!

There is always so much going on in the Manitoba summer that I'm too busy experiencing to write. But I'll try - updating the website as we, um err ah, speak.

 

 

11 APR 09

Thanks to Kyle and Glen from Lost In Transmission for unveiling their new disc on the show today, Truth, Lies & The Things We Hide which won't be in stores for a few weeks at the earliest. The only place you'll catch the single Take Me Over is 92.9 KICK FM. It all begins with a Beer For Breakfast.

Tune in this week when we will be joined by 2009 Brewno Award Winner Ismaila and The Joys from London. Did you know they had a gold record? Me neither. Canadian Fact: Londoners, the Ontario variety have the greatest amount of disposable income per capita in Canada. Anyway, the female-lead hard rockers hit Doubles Fun Club (apparently it still exists) April 23rd. Check out the calendar on the left, where we post 'em as we book 'em!

The Return to the Vinyl Diner has been postponed until May 2nd. Grand Master Mike, me and SLV spin our favourite (and not so favourite) flat black discs. As promised, I shall bring nothing but gold; Mike has pledged to bring nothing under 8 minutes long and SLV has vowed to make up for our lack of crap by sharing nothing but guilty pleasures.

 

 

05 APR 09

There's still freaking snow on the ground in April!
Thanks to everyone involved with the Brewnos. They were a bigger success than I could have hoped for. Thanks for supporting local music.

     

2009 BREWNO AWARD WINNERS

• She's a Rainbow (FEMALE ARTIST) - Lindsey White
• Dude, Where's Your Band (MALE ARTIST) - Old Folks Home
• A Flock of Something (GROUP or DUO) - Eardrums
• The House Is A-Rockin' (VENUE) - Old Market Square
• Vinyl Diner [it was kinder and gentler] (RECORD STORE) - Music Trader
• The Big 12 Inch (RECORD) - Reunion Tour by The Weakerthans
• Mandatory Shot of Beer (PARTY BAND) - Flying Fox & The Hunter Gatherers
• Open Mic Nite (SONGWRITER) - J.P. Hoe
• Reunion Tour (GET 'EM BACK TOGETHER) - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
• Club Thang (URBAN/ELECTRONIC ARTIST) - Ismaila
• Mama Let 'Em Play (ROCK/POP ARTIST) - The Weakerthans
• Gravel N Grubs (ROOTS ARTIST) - Rik Leaf
• Hall Of Fame - Flo, UMFM

 

 

15 MAR 09

Where to start?

Hey! Hey! Hey! Welcome to the new Beer For Breakfast site.

First and foremost - the 2009 Brewnos take place Friday, April 3rd at the Academy, Stradbrook & Osborne.

Click on the poster for complete information.