Big thanks to Dean Blaine and Mike from Single Car Garage for allowing me to play a small role in their hugely successful coffee house Saturday night at Art Space. It was a wonderful display of local talent including The Enforester's, the Earl Green Band and of course, Single Car Garage!

Also, huge pats on the back to the organizers and volunteers of the Indoor Soccer Showcase between PGFC and Edmonton Drillers. I spoke with Sipho Sibya about the weekend and the experience for our local players.

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Tributes poured over the weekend following the death of Charlton Heston. Heston was one of the biggest box office draws of the '50's and '60's and starred in such classic movies at the Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur. Heston died Saturday night at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 84.

She was nominated in five categories and Feist has five awards to put on her mantle after a weekend of Juno celebrations in Calgary. After winning top artist and songwriter, she added single of the year, Album of the year and Pop Album of the year. Blue Rodeo increased its total for the weekend to three with `Group of the year'. Vancouver crooner Michael Buble took home the coveted Juno fan choice award.

``21'' still has the best hand at the movie theatres. The tale of the MIT blackjack team is number one for a second weekend. George Clooney's new comedy ``Leatherheads'' opens in a virtual tie for second. It and the new family fantasy ``Nim's Island'' both open with a little more than 13 (m) million each. ``Horton Hears a Who!'' was fourth this weekend.

We still have a few weeks before the new Indiana Jones movie opens. But if you're jonesing for Indy items now, you can order action figures, hats, statues and all kinds of other stuff. IndianaJonesShop.com is open now for business. There are the usual items, like DVDs, posters and t-shirts. But there's also a $42 fedora, modeled after the hat Indiana Jones wears. And there's a whip, like Indy carries.

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Classic Rock Calender: (Weekdays at 11:20am)

Those born on April 7th share a birthdate with Mick Abrahams (1943), founder of Jethro Tull ... John Oates (1949) of Hall and Oates ... Bill Kreutzmann (1946), of the Grateful Dead ... Bruce Gary (1952) of The Knack.

In 1962, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards met future Rolling Stone Brian Jones at a London blues club.

In 1975, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple to form Rainbow.

In 1988, Alice Cooper simulated hanging himself during a London concert. A safety rope snapped, and Cooper dangled by the neck for several seconds before being rescued by a stage hand.

In 1990, Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee suffered a mild concussion during a New Haven concert. Lee fell while swinging down a rope from on-stage scaffolding.

In 1997, Oasis lead singer Liam Gallagher finally married actress Patsy Kensit.

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The Drive Nooner - Random Rock News: (Weekdays at 12:10pm)

Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood has said a Faces reunion “could happen”. The guitarist quit the band in the mid-seventies to join the Stones instead, but has responded to reports the Rod Stewart fronted band could get back together by saying a reunion is a possibility - if they find the time. Drummer Kenny Jones last year claimed a reunion had "every chance of happening".

The lead singer of the British band Procol Harum won an appeals court judgment Friday awarding him the full royalties to "A Whiter Shade of Pale." Britain's Court of Appeal ruling for Gary Brooker overturned a lower court decision granting the group's former organist 40 percent of the millions of dollars in royalties from the song. The appeals court agreed Matthew Fisher, who played the haunting organ theme, was entitled to co-authorship but said he will receive no money from past or future royalties.

It's been 20 years since the North American chart debut of Midnight Oil's landmark album “Diesel and Dust,” and in celebration, an expanded edition of the album will be released May 6th. It will include the long-lost 11th track "Gunbarrel Highway," which was banned from North American editions of the album because of the profanity, aw well as a bonus DVD of a 1987 Tour documentary.

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This week's theme on the Classic Rock Challenge,

Win a pair of tickets to the the Blues Underground presentation of Gary Comeau and the Voodoo All Stars this weekend at the Treasure Cove Showroom.

This week's theme is “Classic Rock Anatomy!”

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According to Bon Scott's biographer Clinton Walker, this tongue-in-cheek song "has become an anthem."

This song is unusual because instead of a lengthy guitar solo it features interplay between Angus Young on lead guitar and Bon Scott who was a proficient bagpipe player.

The band made a video to promote the single and the album. This was filmed while riding through the center of Melbourne on an open topped truck accompanied by 3 members of the Rats of Tobruk Pipe Band.

It's A Long Way To The Top If You Want To Rock 'n' Roll ... ACDC !

(Search facts on your favorite songs at www.songfacts.com)

The big man dropped by the studio today. Here's our conversation about this Sunday's "Spirit Of The North Day" on PGTV.

What happens when two Survivor fans hook up to talk about last night's episode?

Entertainment News This Morning: (Weekdays at 10:20am)

Providing further evidence that the digital medium has overtaken physical CDs, an independent study found that iTunes passed Wal-Mart in music sales during the months of January and February, making Apple’s service the largest music provider in North America.

You have to go all the way back to ``Maverick'' in 1994 to see Jodie Foster being funny in a movie. So when she decided she wanted to do another comedy, it was tough finding a studio to agree she could handle one. She says she had to keep banging on doors before finding a studio to support her. Foster says she has a funny side she doesn't often get to show. But she will now. “Nim's Island” opens today.

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was in a harrowing rollover wreck but was unhurt after the brakes on one of his classic cars failed. Seinfeld was driving alone in the Hamptons, on Long Island, when the brakes on his 1967 Fiat BTM stopped working Saturday evening. Seinfeld tried the emergency brake, to no avail, and then swerved to keep the car from careering into the road's intersection with a busy highway. The two-door sedan flipped over and came to a stop just metres from the highway. Police say Seinfeld's manoeuvre `probably avoided a very serious accident.'

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Classic Rock Calender: (Weekdays at 11:20am)

Those born on April 3rd share a birthdate with bluesman Muddy Waters (1915) as well as Berry Oakley (1948) of the Allman Brothers Band.

In 1963, the Beatles' ``Can't Buy Me Love'' reached the top of the U-S charts, knocking off another Fab Four tune, ``She Loves You.''

In 1996, Jerry Garcia's widow and Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir sprinkled a small portion of Garcia's ashes into India's holy Ganges River. The rest of Garcia's ashes were released off San Francisco later that month. The Grateful Dead leader had died of a heart attack the previous August.

In 2002, heavy metal band Megadeth announced it was disbanding after 19 years. The decision was caused by serious injuries to founder Dave Mustaine's left arm and hand leaving him unable to play the guitar. The rest of the band decided not to continue without Mustaine.

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The Drive Nooner - Random Rock News: (Weekdays at 12:10pm)

Kiss will release a new three-CD box set, “Playlist Plus,” on April 29th. Beware, the track-listing just happens to feature the exact same songs that appeared on the three volumes of that discount staple, “20th Century Masters: The Millenium” that they put out in '03, '04 and '06 respectively. But if you want the expensive repackaging, you got the expensive repackaging!

Sweden Rocks by Ted Nugent will be released on CD May 13th. The concert was captured at the 2006 Sweden Rock Festival. A DVD of the show will be released June 10th.

The Rolling Stones have turned to YouTube to help bring them one step closer to their huge fan base. As part of a new ‘Living Legends’ channel on the video-sharing website, fans will be able to ask the band any question they like. The band’s own video answers will then be posted on the website in the coming weeks. In The Rolling Stones concert film, ``Shine a Light,'' opening today, director Martin Scorsese shows a clip from 1972, in which Mick Jagger is asked if he envisions himself performing when he's 60. At the press conference promoting the film, a reporter asked Jagger -- now 64 -- a somewhat similar question.

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This week's theme on the Classic Rock Challenge, in honour of April Fool's Day, is “Foolish Rock.”

Here's Greg Rogers winning a pair of tickets to the Single Car Garage coffee house this Saturday night at Art Space.

Speaking of Single Car Garage, I talked with Dean Cherkas about the fact that they really enjoy hosting local Coffee House events ...

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Classic Rock Song Facts: (Weekdays at 1:20pm)

In June 2007, lead vocalist Rob Halford was one of a number of musicians interviewed for a BBC series about heavy metal. He said this song came about when he was trying to get some sleep. The band were using a house once owned by John Lennon, and lead guitarist Glen Tipton's riffing woke him up. Halford looked at his watch and noticed it was after midnight.

It is ... Living After Midnight ... Judas Priest !

(Search facts on your favorite songs at www.songfacts.com)