New Year's Eve in Winnipeg

So there are these highly evocative ads for the company American Apparel permeating Pitchforkmedia's main page . These banners, well, in all honesty, complement the fun of visiting Pitchfork for the latest music news.

Anyways, I was busing by the remnants of The Collective earlier and was astounded to learn that the same company with these enticing ads on Pitchfork (the models aren't naked or anything...that'd be inappropriate...they're just kinda revealing) is the same company that gutted The Collective and opened shop. Today's coincidence quota was met earlier that usual.

R.I.P. Collective Cabaret. I enjoyed every show I saw there.

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I figured I'd discuss New Year's Eve happenin's at some of the local clubs, so here goes:

1. The Pyramid - NEW YEARS IN CANDYLAND. Sponsered by Sugar Mountain, the Pyramid will be decorated with all sorts of candy-ish novelties from "mountains of smarties" to "giant Pez dispensers. Spinning records during all this sugary fun will be DJ Co-op & Hunnicut, DJ RPG ( Grant from Moses Mayes) and all the way from Minneapolis DJ Mike The 2600 King. Tickets are $20ish at Into The Music, Kustom Kulture, The Pyramid, City Haul, and Ticketmaster.

2. Times Change(d) - New Year's Eve with The D Rangers, Andrew Neville & the Poor Choice. Tix TBA.

3. The Zoo - ZOO YEAR'S EVE with Xplicit, Still Village, and Lucid. Tix are $15 @ The Osborne Village Inn.

4. The Albert - NEW YEAR'S EVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT with American Flamewhip, The Geek Street Band, Big Trouble in Little China. Tix are $8 at Into The Music, Music Trader, and Ticket Workshop.

5. The King's Head - KING'S HEAD PUB NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY featuring The Braggarts, The Windups. Tickets $10 at the King's Head.

6. The Collective - See above.

Current rotation: Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha