O Canada: Ohbijou and The Acorn bring a little slice of our neighbor to the north to Bend

They don’t smile much up there in Canada.Think for a minute. How much do you really know about the Canadian
music scene? If you think that you maybe remember hearing that Alanis
Morisette was Canadian (and who can forget Snow and "Informer") then
probably, like the rest of the world, you overlook Canada's
contribution to the music scene. The thing is, you shouldn't. Canada
has been pumping out some talented bands for the last century - some of
them have made it mainstream (like Great Big Sea and Our Lady Peace)
and some of them are just being discovered.

Lucky for you, two
Canadian-bred promising and popular acts make their way into Bend for a
show that will prove that The Country Above the United States has more
talent than just Shania Twain and the Barenaked Ladies … and Snow.

He’s not joking around.Americans have watched Wall Street crumble to ashes bringing our
economy to a dangerous low, gas prices that have skyrocketed to a point
where soccer moms have to take out a loan to get the kids to school, an
election parading forward with a lot of talk about everything but
solutions, and two wars that have cost three trillion dollars and more
than five thousand American lives. To take a catch phrase from the
current campaign rhetoric, "It's time for some tough talk." The
Recountdown Tour which began in September is the latest spoken word
outing for hardcore orator Henry Rollins, a master at his unique blend
of talking tough, and will be coming to the Midtown Ballroom on
Saturday night. This newest engagement is not only a chance for him to
address the madness plaguing our country, but also, in his words, "to
celebrate the end of the Bush era."

The native of Washington, D.C.
began this recent tour in September and will be venting his disapproval
to fans across the United States and Canada. Though he could speak for
days on the follies of the Bush administration, which he has at great
length over the past two terms, the content of the Recountdown Tour
addresses the current parties battling it out for the Oval Office.