1. The Great Lake Swimmers will tour in the US and Canada again:

   09-12 Ottawa, Ontario - Barrymore’s Music Hall
   09-14 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rosa
   09-15 Quebec City, Quebec - Le Casbah
   09-17 Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia - Old Red Schoolhouse
   09-18 Halifax, Nova Scotia - St. Matthew’s United Church
   09-19 Sackville, New Brunswick - Brunton Auditorium
   09-21 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - The Guild
   09-28 Guelph, Ontario - River Run Centre *#
   09-29 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Hall
   10-02 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom
   10-03 Cambridge, MA - Middle East
   10-04 Philadelphia, PA - TBA
   10-06 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
   10-09 Dallas, TX - The Cavern
   10-10 Austin, TX - Stubb’s
   10-12 Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts
   10-13 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
   10-14 San Francisco, CA - Café du Nord
   10-16 Portland, OR - Holocene
   10-17 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern
   10-19 Victoria, British Columbia - Lucky Bar
   10-20 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard’s on Richards *^
   10-22 Calgary, Alberta - Quincy’s on 7th
   10-23 Edmonton, Alberta - McDougall United Church
   10-24 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Lydia’s
   10-25 Winnipeg, Manitoba - West End Cultural Centre
   10-28 Chicago, IL - Schubas

2. Just a cool video of Beirut performing Siki Siki Baba with The Kocani Orkestar in another edition of La Blogotheque’s Take Away Show:
   
   
3. And last but not least: John Mayer covers Tay Zonday’s infamous Youtube-hit ‘Chocolate Rain’:
   The original
   
   
   The wannabe ‘funny’ *cough* cover

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