Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 8:06AM 
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 7:55AM 
Monday, June 3, 2013 at 10:05PM SOME QUESTIONS FROM LAST WEEK:
Which actor -- who can be heard providing many advertising slogans -- recently became the voice of American Airlines? This represents a change, as he commonly makes a pitch for Mohawk Airlines.
Originally manufactured and marketed for cleaning soot off of wallpaper, what now-classic kids’ toy began to be marketed as such after WWII when it was discovered that schoolchildren were using it to make Christmas ornaments?
On December 4, 1971, the Montreux Casino in Switzerland caught fire and burned to the ground during a performance by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. A colorful band were watching from the other side of Lake Geneva and immortalized the events in a song that contains the fourth greatest guitar riff of all time according to Total Guitar magazine. What is the name of that song?
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Trivia night at 3030 is always a riotous good time, but this week's Season Finale promises to be a trivia extravaganza with facts flowing like water and prizes flowing like craft ale. Huge thanks to our amazing sponsors at Junction Craft Brewing for another stupendous season.
What happens after our season finale, you ask? On June 12th we have a special 3030trivia exhibition game (no exhibitionism, please). Anthony and Leila have collected each team's category suggestions and put together a night of trivia that was designed by you: trivia by the people, for the people. After that, we'll take a break from our regular trivia programming until July, but not to worry, trivia junkies - we'll have special trivia nights in the meantime to keep you going until Anthony and Leila's return. Stay tuned.
As for this week, good luck to all our teams at the Season Three Finale. If you've never been to 3030trivia, don't be shy! I'm talking to you, guy who came for dinner on a Wednesday then spent 15 minutes watching the fun from beside the curtain. Just come on in, grab a pen and get in on the fun! There's no registration, no commitment - bring your team of four any Wednesday for a friendly old-fashioned trivia throw-down. 8pm start.
Here are the standings, going into the finale:
(and here are the answers to the questions above: JOHN HAMM / PLAY-DOH / SMOKE ON THE WATER)
STANDINGS, SEASON THREE, WEEK 6:
1 Trivial Pantsuit 261
2 James Van Der Beek 247
3 Joey Triviani 244
4 Keep Calm and Trivi-On 222
5 Toronto Maple Queefs 221
6 We're More 'Street Smart' 202
7 Bender and the Bent 190
8 I've Got Mayan You 188
9 Come Back to Bed, Honeys 181
10 Who is...Alex Trebek? 153
head-to-head finals: Trivial Pantsuit v. James Van Der Beek
Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 2:31PM A very truncated round-up!
Appologies in advance for this very truncated version of the weekly roundup. It's been a very busy week, with two great events on the Monday and Tuesday just passed, and for some reason our internet connection has decided to not be very cooperative today so here is to hoping that this update goes live. Here's a quick rundown of our weekend.
Thursday - Broken Cloud Theatre Co. Fundraiser 'I Like Trains' - the songs of Fred Eaglesmith
One of my favourite Fred Songs - Lesbia Song after Lesbian Song...
Fred Eaglesmith is one of Canada's best songwriters, banging out album after album about a vanishing way of life in rural Ontario filled with songs that have more heart, soul and hurt than all the commercial country album's that Nashville seems to vommit each year.
This Thursday, we're raising a few bucks for the Broken Cloud Theatre Co. so that they can participate in this year's Fringe festival, and some awesome local folks are getting together to do their best takes on the songs of Fred Eaglesmith. Check out all the event details here.
Friday - Steamwhistle Presents Mexican Movie Poster w. The Cucos, Tupper Ware Remix Party & DJ Ricky Bionix
Up for something a bit different? Want to see some really cool and interesting bands that you've never heard of for only five bones? Get all the details here.
Saturday - The Toronto Launch of The Pinball Sessions - Brought to you by F&M Brewing
Do you like pinball? Do you like rocking out? Ever wished you could do both at the same time? We sure did, and the folks behind the Pinball Sessions did as well. Get here early, it's going to be a wicked party.
Friday, May 31, 2013 at 9:59PM
Hear two albums get launched in one night!
Toronto up and coming bands Calla, along with Alyson McNamara are both releasing their albums on the same night for one incredibly low cover of only $7. Want to know more about the show? Check out this video...
Calla
Part of Calla’s appeal is a range of original material that travels around the musical spectrum. There are upbeat rock anthems, country ballads, and introspective singer/songwriter tunes woven into her set list that also includes a few classic covers Calla often turns into rousing clap-and-sing-alongs rejoicing in life and love.
Allyson McNamara
Alyson McNamara, B.Mus graduate from Humber College has been songwriting since a very young age. Past winner of the Mountain Stage Newsong Contest, she has performed at The Ottawa Folk Festival alongside artists such as Tanya Davis. She has won the Shelter Valley Songwriting Contest twice and, in turn, been on the panel of judges. She has opened for Gregg Allman at The Kitchener Blues Festival singing with the band Aphrodite's Bodice. Hired as a commissioned songwriter for Premier Dalton McGuinty's Character Education Initiative, Alyson performed her original work for him and one thousand invited guests at the official release.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 11:57AM QUESTIONS FROM LAST WEEK:
Question #1: What American city has a basketball team whose name means the stock market is doing well and a football team whose name means the stock market is doing poorly?
Question #2: Only three people that are best known as actors or actresses were included in Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th Century. Name ANY ONE of the three. Hint: Two were male, one was female.
Question #3: Soft ball, hard ball, soft crack, and hard crack are all stages in the cooking process of what substance, that has an annual global production of around 170 million tonnes?
FACT: Trivial Pursuit was invented when a couple of guys realized they were missing some Scrabble tiles and decided to create their own board game.
FACT: 3030trivia was invented when Anthony and Leila realized they were spending a lot of time writing trivia questions 'just for fun' and decided to create their own trivia night.
FACT: If you've never been to 3030trivia, you're missing out on the smartest night in the Junction - it's a chance for teams of four to duke it out for intellectual supremacy as well as some nifty prizes courtesy of our good friends at Junction Craft Brewing. Bring your friends, bring a pen, bring a thirst for craft beer. The fun starts at 8pm, but you'll want to come early to psych out the competition.
Last week will go down in 3030trivia history as 'the week of tie breakers' - we had tie breakers at the half, at the end, for the individual glory round...heck, we even had to re-play our last heads-or-tails toss just to confirm the winner. Congratulations to James Van Der Beek for a stupendous photo-finish game four victory. Four teams were eliminated in our Elite Eight competition, so congrats to our Final Four teams! There are only TWO WEEKS left in the season. Is there time to surpass the Trivial Pantsuit? We're looking at you, James Van Der Beek and Joey Triviani...
Here are the standings as we head into the penultimate game:
(...and here are the answers to last week's questions from above: CHICAGO, MARLON BRANDO/CHARLIE CHAPLIN/MARILYN MONROE, SUGAR.)
STANDINGS - SEASON THREE, WEEK FOUR:
1 Trivial Pantsuit 204
2 James Van Der Beek 196
3 Joey Triviani 195
4 Keep Calm and Trivi-On 184
5 Toronto Maple Queefs 179
6 We're More 'Street Smart' 162
7 I've Got Mayan You 151
8 Bender and the Bent 141
9 Come Back to Bed, Honeys 134
10 Who is...Alex Trebek? 111
FINAL FOUR:
Trivial Pantsuit v. Keep Calm & Trivi-On
James Van der Beek v. Joey Triviani
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 8:49PM 
It's Been a Whole Year of Hip-Hop in the Junction!
It's hard to believe that we've been running positive Hip Hop shows in the Junction for over a year, but along with our pals at Philly Moves, it's been awesome to see folks coming out and supporting this, and also giving great music a great home.
For our one year anniversary, we're pulling out all the stops. We've got the don of Canadian Hip-Hop himself, Maestro Fresh-Wes hosting the evening, and an absolutely stellar line-up for an incredible night of hip hop.
This will sell out, so get your advance tickets are available at 3030, Sanction Skate Shop in the Junction and online at Ticketscene.com
Maestro Fresh-Wes
As one of Canada’s most successful and influential Hip Hop artists, Wes Maestro Williams was selected to be the guest speaker for the former Governor General of Canada’s Summit on Urban Arts when Her Excellency visited Vancouver, BC. Wes has received two Juno Awards and his albums have reached gold and platinum status. His signature song ìLet Your Backbone Slide remains the only Canadian Hip Hop single to ever go gold.
Cesar Comanche
One of the founding emcees of North Carolinas critically acclaimed hip-hop crew, The Justus League.
Cesar Comanche, originally from Jacksonville, NC, began writing rhymes in 1994, but didn’t pursue rhyming as a career until 1996. In that same year, he met budding producer 9th Wonder for the first time, and began doing live performances and recording songs.
Bronze Nazareth
Detroit, Michigan to New York City is a 15 hour one-way bus trip. It took Bronze Nazareth four of such round trips on a Greyhound bus from Detroit to New York to finally meet The RZA, the abbot of the Wu-Tang Clan; the man responsible for selling millions of records, selling out arenas, scoring wildly successful movies and, generally, changing the course of popular culture. On the fourth trip, Bronze was able to use his talent to get inside 36 Chambers, ended up doing three tracks for one of Rza’s groups that was recording and then Rza arrived.
As Bronze recalls:
“When he walked in I noticed he was nodding his head to the beats. After vibing for awhile in the studio, Rza and crew were about to go to the club, and I was like, ‘yo RZA, let me get just five minutes, that’s all I need!’ He graciously gave me those five minutes. I showed him one song, and it was Wu Tang from then on.”
Scott Jackson
Introducing the 2012 Canadian Beat Boxing champ...
Thrust
One of the men who brought you the Northern Touch...
Philly Moves
Moving from Ottawa, right to the heart of the Junction, Philly Moves have been blowing up over the past year, and are the masterminds behind the Third Fridays Hip Hop nights at 3030.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 3:24AM Hope you had a great long weekend
It's bee a pretty eventful week in Toronto, from news about our intrepid Mayor gaining worldwide attention, to a long weekend chock full of great shows, we've finally had a bit of time to catch our breadth and get on to the next week, and we've got another great week for you.
But first, I wanted to draw your attention to a really cool little cafe located just outside of the Junction. As you know, at 3030 we are big fans of vinyl, and also big fans of coffee, and when the two are combined that makes us big fans of Cabin Fever Collective. They are located a few blocks from Dundas West Subway station on Bloor, so stop on in, get a cup of joe and chat music with the friendly folks who run the place.
Free coffee or tea with every record purchased. Really.
So now that you've got your next destination for great music AND coffee, let's get to all the cool stuff that we're bringing to the Junction this week.
The Kitchen
Boar Burger!
Some pretty big news coming out of the Kitchen this week, as we've taken the jump, and have launched lunch service during the week, from 11am - 4pm. Chef Adissa, has put his unique spin on an amazing lunch menu. Take a look at it, and make plans to visit us in the afternoon. The neighbourhood has spoken and we're open now!
The Bar
This weekend, our friends from the culturally distinct part of the country are helping us to give you two great shows on Friday and Saturday. McAuslan St-Ambroise, who make one of my favourite stouts, are going to be bringing in some special, limited time only beers for our taps, while helping us to bring you both an awesome Burlesque show, as well as some great music from Montreal.
One of the first modern craft breweries, it was launched in 1989, and has been brewing some of the best beer in this country for almost half a century. We hope that as you're enjoying the tunes this weekend, that you raise a glass of theirs, and hopefully you'll get to meet our friendly rep Holisha, who will be providing free samples of some of their brews. How can you argue with that?
The Programming
We've got a really eclectic line-up this week, and hopefully there is something in here which will appeal to just about anyone.
On Wednesday, it's the return of our exceptionally popular @3030Trivia brought to you by Junction Craft Brewing.
Experimental dub band, Masters of Love and Sound release their album in the back part of the venue on Thursday.
An overdue return on Friday comes with a high-school themed burlesque presentation brought to you by McAuslan St-Ambroise.
Phenomenal soul-funk-ska band from Montreal, The Key Lites return to 3030 as part of the #MetropoleTO series brought to you by McAuslan St-Ambroise, on Saturday.
Finally, on Sunday we've got an event the whole family can enjoy, with our Wonderful World of Lazy programming, featuring screenings of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs at 5:30 and Despicable Me at 7:30.
Thanks for taking the time to give this a read, and in honour of our amazing neighbourhood, I hope that you enjoy this Betty Lavette b-side.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 2:42AM 
OH16 Soul Presents...
On the first friday of every month (usually), DJ OH16 hits the decks, spinning an all vinyl set of some of the best soul (both new and old) that is sure to get the dance floor up and bumpin. Thanks to the good folks at Amsterdam Brewery, we're able to keep the cover low, and pints of Amsterdam very reasonably priced. It's party music, but it's also smart music, where you can expect to hear some vintage Sam & Dave, Temptations, Al Green, Marvin Gaye and James Brown, along with slightly more rare tracks from cats like King Floyd and Kool & Together. You can also expect to hear some newer wax getting spun by folks like Sharon Jones, Menahan St. Band and Black Joe Lewis. Bring your dancing shoes, and expect a killer night of some of the best soul music you'll ever hear. But wait...
The Famly
The Famly is a six-piece band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada who recently recorded their second album. The celebratory spirit of their music is rooted in their long-standing friendship. Elie Maalouf, Mark and Greg Calderone, Robert Riccio, Ernesto Barahona and Aubrey McGee combine the power of soul music with the grit and rhythm of the blues and funk to create an energized experience for any listener.
These young musicians have played at many of the staple venues of the Toronto music scene including The Ballroom Bowl, Grace O’ Malley’s, the El Mocambo, The Hideout, Sneaky Dee’s, and The Opera House, often filling the space to capacity.
The Famly, composes and produces all of their own original music in addition to covering songs by James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and many others during live shows. Their passion and enthusiasm for music will surely contribute to making many quality records in the years to come.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 1:56AM 
That's not just any burger, it's a Boar Burger!
3030 Does Lunch
First we started with small plates, and people seemed to like it. The Chef Adisa Glasgow introduced a full dinner menu, and the critics loved it. So we decided to start serving brunch as well, and folks seemd to really like that to. There was only one thing missing...
lunch.
Well not anymore! So the next time you're in the Junction, and the usual lunch options just aren't cutting it for you, head on down to 3030 for something a bit off the beaten track. While playing a game of pinball, and enjoying a nice pint of locally crafted beer, feast your eyes on the menu below and give yourself a treat some afternoon soon.
