Pepperpot - A Little Bit of Everything

• Wonder how Jessica Biel was named Sexiest Woman Alive by Esquire magazine? Me too. Here's a little insight at what the throught process may have been as Fametracker presents Notes from the "Esquire" Editorial Meeting At Which Jessica Biel Was Named "Sexiest Woman Alive". FYI: Tina Fey, Gabrielle Union, Maggie Gylennhal, Parminder Nagra, Rosario Dawson, Maggie Cheung, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Sarah Silverman, Neko Case, Natalie Portman - 10 women who are sexier than Jessica Biel. Many women in real life - Way sexier. Jessica Biel - Not even in contention.

• All hail The Beer Hunter, your Google-mapped guide to finding beer,wine and liquor in Toronto. Shows where it is and when it is open. Pretty handy, I didn't know the independant brewers tend to be open a bit later and on weekends.

• Broken Social Scene, the Toronto band/indie darlings/collective mob with instruments have added a second show for their January Toronto appearance (Friday, January 20, Kool Haus, all ages, $25). In the 4 or 5 BSS gigs I've attended, I've never seen them put on a bad show and always left with a smile on my face. Most members I've seen on stage at one time for a song: 15. They could easily be confused with a flash mob.

• STARS have added a FIFTH!!! show to their already impressive December 15th thru 17th run of sold-out concerts at Lee's Palace, including an all-ages show. The love-in continues into a fifth show on the Sunday December 18th, 9 pm, $15.
  
  Both bands are Canadian and are from the arts & crafts label. The label's website is well designed with plenty of music previews. Their store has a great option of purchasing the albums and having it mailed or downloaded as mp3s. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster, but screw their service charges, try to get to Soundscapes on College or Rotate This on Queen West.

• The sword fight on CBS's great sitcom How I Met Your Mother is much better than that smarmy obnoxious duel with pool cues in that Captain Morgan's Rum commercial running on TV. By the way, I don''t tend to use the words "CBS" and "great sitcom" in the same sentence often (Ever?) so be sure to check out this inventive fun show Mondays at 8:30. Neil Patrick Harris is the bomb as the toxic bachelor character. Word.