Your Easter Sunday Dinner Open Thread

Not to cast aspersions on Sunday Gravy, but WineWife stuffs the finest turkey this side of the Rocky Mountains. The projected menu for the evening will include: Turkey + stuffing   Yams & potatoes Firecracker green beans Asparagus & prosciutto some form of salad Lemon Cheesecake (homemade) Chocolate mousse Depending upon the

Your Saturday Evening Open Thread

Last Saturday, I introduced you to the venerable Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver's finest concert venue. In the comments, a question was asked - "Hey Beerguy, why you no mention any Canadian bands you saw there?" Well, the short answer is that I usually went to the Commodore for visiting acts. There

Your “Different From Every Other Sport” Sunday Evening Open Thread

When I was a kid, my parents let me get comedy records from the public library. For a suburban Canadian public library in the 1970s, you had the usual standard fare: Allan Sherman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jjiWS__Mp0 Bill Cosby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5jKKN5v6yA Bob Newhart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y9xnj0zj3A Peter Sellers / The Goon Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuVFFNvyUT8 and, because Canada, Wayne & Shuster. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow5MqFywqSI As you can see,