Winter Arrives Early, Christmas Miracles and Chinese Democracy

What a weekend!

Friday night was a great success as Jingle Bell Rock was a blast at Dooly's in New Minas! Magic 94.9 raised over $2200 for the Kinsmen and Kinette Christmas Miracle, meaning families in OUR community will have a better Christmas. There were great prizes, tons of people and a killer karaoke crew. Thanks to all who came out before the storm to support the night, and thanks to those who convinced Jerry not to sing "Love Shack" in its entirety.

Well, well, well...let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! And snow it did! If it wasn't for my great neighbours, I wouldn't have left the driveway for my remote at Home Depot in New Minas, and would have had to spend the day throwing snowballs at my dog Jake, which did have its moments. It was the Grand Opening at the all-new location on Silver Fox Avenue, just off of Commercial Street and even though the weather was less than awesome, frozen faithful trickled in for the best selection of shovels and snowblowers available in the valley. The store can be summed up in one word - AWESOME. It's huge...the staff is great, and I had a great time greeting every shopper who braved the elements to be there!

Picked up Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy today. FINALLY! It seems like yesterday that a few friends and I hopped in the car and went to the HMV store at the Pickering Town Centre in Ontario when I was in the 10th grade and waited in line to buy Use your Illusion I. If you bought I, they gave you Use Your Illusion II free. It was worth the wait, and was an unofficial soundtrack to my grade 10 year. It's been until now, (not including the awful Spaghetti Incident) that I've been waiting for fresh new tunes from Guns. So yeah it's only Axel and some no-namers, but it's still Guns, and until Slash and the boys put their differences aside and rejoin Axel for the next one, this is what we get. Pick it up, you won't be disappointed.

This week brings a return to the County Fair Mall Friday for the $10,000 Shopping Spree and the big Robot Show at Acadia Saturday. It will be great to find out if Number 5 really is alive. I'll have to watch Short Circuit again before I go...besides it's been WAY to long since I've watched a good Steve Guttenberg movie.

Until then, feel free to drop me a line! hunter.brule@magic949.ca

Axemen, a Dark Horse, 007 and a trip to the mall...

It was another busy week at Magic 94.9...

The $10,000 County Fair Mall Shopping Spree contest is off and running, as I had the chance to award Sharon Gibson of Kingston a Pearl/Smokey Quartz Necklace from Charm Diamond Centres Friday afternoon in New Minas. This week another $200 gift certificate from Charm up for grabs, so don't forget to fill up your stamp cards at the County Fair Mall for your chance to win great weekly prizes and the Grand Prize of a $10,000 shopping spree on December 20th!

Saturday took me to War Memorial Gymnasium in Wolfville, as the Acadia basketball teams had their home openers against the visiting Cape Breton University Capers. The Axewomen had a tough outing, dropping to 0-4 on the season after a 89-45 loss. The Axemen, after being tied at 44 at the half, let the game slip away, dropping a 76-67 decision. Score aside, War Memorial was packed and the crowd was amped up for hoops. At halftime, I Hosted Tic-Tac-Toe for Cash with the Herald, and after pressure from the heckling crowd, the older of the two participating competitors gave his cash to the little kid who actually won the shooting contest, but couldn't quite figure out how Tic-Tac-Toe worked. Way to go Older Guy. You Da Man.

Last night, I saw the new Bond flick "Quantum of Solace". If you didn't see "Casino Royale" yet, see it first. This is the first sequel in the 198 years (rough estimate) that Bond movies have been in theatres, and even having seen "Casino" I found myself foggy on some of the plot for "Quantum". All said though, if you love Bond Flicks for their hot cars, lovely ladies and intense action...you won't be disappointed...and I must say, Daniel Craig is growing on me as 007.

Today...I'm listening to "Dark Horse"...the new cd from Nickelback that drops tomorrow. So far...big fan. Little heavier, little raunchy...but hey...that's what we love about Nickelback right? Be sure to check out our Global Album Premiere of "Dark Horse" tonight at 9:00 on Magic 94.9!

Congrats to our winners who filled out a ballot for a chance to check it out before it's released too.

Feel free to drop me a line anytime and let me know what you think of Dark Horse, Bond, the Axemen or Kraft's Even Cheesier Original Kraft Dinner. mailto:hunter.brule@magic949.ca

Jay Malone

Had the pleasure of having the very funny Jay Malone and Mike Landry as special guests on the Early show this week.

Jay and I realized we were the punchline of a joke when we discovered we had dated the same girl in high school...and he insists it wasn't at the same time...although he was wearing one of my old shirts I had left at her place I think. He is living in L.A. now, has a sold-out show tonight at Paddy's in Kentville, and will be back in the new year.

Mike Landry co-hosted the show with me on Friday. After he hit the snooze button a few times he rolled in around 6:30am and discovered what it was like to already be on your fourth cup of coffee by 7:00am :) Mike was in to throw a few Toronto Maple Leafs jabs...and promote his huge event today at the Kentville Mazda Used Vehicle Centre. It will be the first time he will have had a public auction, and first of it's kind today...and I'm really excited to be a part of it.

Listen and Win

We had a great time at Fraser's in Berwick for the Grand Finale of the Listen and Win contest Friday!

KRISTA MYLES OF LOCKHARTVILLE was the big winner of $5000 of free gas from

Magic 94.9!!!

It was great to have the Magic 94.9 Misfits out, and the REAL Elvis!! (Well...not THE real Elvis...BUT...if he WERE with us today, I'm sure he'd be very proud to see our very own Jerry Neville pouring out of his famous fashionable attire.

The Wolfman, and Superstar even stopped by, but she got nervous, started sweating, knocking things over and had to leave :)

Thanks to Paul and his staff at Fraser's for a great party!