Top of the morning to you, Triple J's members! We'd like to begin by wishing everyone a speedy recovery after lastnight's St. Patrick's Day celebration! Fishhead Stew performed at the Capital Hotel - their first performance in 2006. Anyone who was in attendance will agree that they put on an amazing show! Thanks to Rick and Amelia for making it happen!

There's much to fill you in, so let's get started!

On Thursday afternoon, a number of artists spent the afternoon at the Capital Hotel with Al Foster and film crew from CBC. Next Sunday, March 26, at 10 am or 10 pm, on the SUNDAY REPORT, you will witness interviews and performances by Drifting, Death in Venice, DJKJ, Reid Parent and Jordi! This is a national news program on CBC, and it gives great exposure to our up and coming artists. Check it out!

As some of you folks may have heard, Kardinal Offishall is coming to town. On Monday, March 20, Triple J's Music is hosting Definitely Not the Opera and Kardinal to judge an MC Battle between 5 heavyhitting hip hop artists - the winner of which will open for Kardinal Offishall at the Yukon Arts Centre on Tuesday, March 21 at 7 pm. Tickets are $10, and can be purchased at Hougens or the Arts Centre. Please note that all proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the studies for and victims of MS (Multiple Sclorosis). The in-store performance will be live on CBC. Feel free to come out and support your local artists.

Next week: Chilkoot Lager presents a Triple J's Production: SIMAPALOOZA 2006 - Saturday, March 25, up at Mount Sima. The festivities commence at 10 am, and includes the most diverse, and most excellent, muscial line-up Whitehorse has to offer. The morning will kickoff with 5 DJs, including DJKJ, Blown Breaka, Synapse, DJ House Arrest and Disc Jockey Benjamin. We'll flow right on through to the hip hop portion of the day, which will boast performances by Dag Yo and Northern Knights. The fun train keeps on chuggin' with the sweet sounds of Crash the Car, Drifting, Fullers Earth and Death in Venice. Not only can you come out to support your favourite artists, but you can also enjoy the barbeque or beer gardens! That's right....the Great Northern Ski Society will be running the barbeque, and Triple J's Music will be hosting the Yukon Brewing Company Beer Gardens! The reason we're doing all of this is, of course, for the snowboarding competitions. Snowboard Yukon will be hosting the Yukon Snowboarding Championships! Parents, friends, skiiers, snowboarders, musicians, media, and more are invited to join us! For more information on the competitions, please check out: www.snowboardyukon.com. For more information on the festivities, please contact Jordi at Triple J's. Thanks go out to Whitehorse Travel, Underhill Geomatics, Cooperators Insurance, Board Stiff, Zola's Cafe Dore, The Capital Hotel, The Great Northern Ski Society, Snowboard Yukon and Northern Hempisphere for your support and donations! We couldn't do this without your generousity!

That evening, most of us will be heading downtown to the Yukon Convention Centre to hear Pegasus Wing and 867 open for the Trailer Park Boys comedy routine. (Props out to Chris McNutt who will be organizing the snowboard competitions during the day, then emceeing the evening's events!)

The Capital Hotel has a fantastic deal on for anyone holding a day pass from Mount Sima: Just show your day pass from Mount Sima, buy one drink, and get your second drink free! Now there's a hotel who cares about Mount Sima and its patrons!

On Friday, March 24, the Capital Hotel is putting on an 80's Night with Pegaus Wing. There will many prizes for costumes (best and worst dressed), and we invite anyone needing a lil' 80's revival to come on down and revisit memory lane!

Next up, Triple J's Music presents An Empire Records Idea on Friday, March 31, at Triple J's. We are hosting a fundraiser to help out the shop, and to say good-bye to our friend, Chris Janzen, who will be leaving us to move to Victoria in 2 weeks. Tickets are $25, and very limited. Essentially, with the purchase of a VIP ticket, you will be entitled to a free beer (Yukon Brewing Company product, of course), plus tantalize your tastebuds with a large food buffet. There will be door prizes, a light show and an excellent line up of music. Some of our tentative musical guests include: Fullers Earth, + Standard Deviation, acoustic performance by members of Death in Venice, hip hop performers, Dag Yo, plus DJ heavyhitters, DJKJ, Blown Breaka, Disc Jockey Benjamin, etc! This will also be the unveiling of a new clothing line by TwisteDNA - you're first opportunity to purchase these highly anticipated t-shirts. We only have 50 tickets available, and we're looking for all you Triple J's supprters to come out and join us. For more information, just give us a call or stop by!

On Saturday, April 15, Triple J's Music and Larger Design bring to you the internationally renowned drum and bass DJ from Canada: DJ FREAKY FLOW! Check out his credentials at: www.djfreakyflow.com The first 100 tickets will be on sale as of Monday, March 20, and will be $35. You can purchase them at Triple J's Music or Unitech. All tickets thereafter will be $35. The show will take place at Takhini Arena, from 8 pm to 2 am, and opening acts include DJKJ, Blown Breaka and Synapse. For more information, please call or stop by!

Gisli Balzar has an amazing exhibit in-store, just unveiled last week. Stop by to check out his fierce artistic talents - support your local artists!

Knitwear by RAJ is currently on sale - especially since Old Man Winter won't go away! All toques, mittens, slippers, scarfs and sweaters are on sale. Don't miss out on this wikked opportunity to get "handmade with love from mum" apparel at a great price!

New Sicmats and Ultimate DJ Gear bags have arrived straight outta Intellimix! We are now taking orders for specialized, coloured carrying cases which are heavy-duty, and can hold up to 100 LPs. Ask in-store for more details and prices.

Death in Venice t-shirts are now available at Triple J's in a variety of colours and sizes! All t-shirts are $20, and worth every penny! We've also got swag from Friend Called Five, Scotch, + Standard Deviation, Drifting (3 different styles) and Triple J's Music.

We have just started carrying Merlin's DVD Magic Repair Kits and in the coming weeks, DISC Magic Repair Kits. Jordi personally recommends DISC magic to take care of all scratches for cds, DVDs, and games. Deep scratches can be removed with the patch, by reducing the depth of the scratch to a light abrasion, then repaired with the solution. Restore all your old cds for just $7.00!

Freestyle Fridays will be coming back this Spring - every Friday from 6 until 9 pm - come out if you think you got skills! Females are encouraged to represent! If you need a little Hip Hop flava before then, go out to Zola's on Wednesday, March 22 to Rock the Coffee Shop with Hip Hop. Free coffee and small cakes, plus prizes!!! Hosted by Reid Parent of BYTE. For more information, please contact the BYTE office at 667-7975.

That is all for now, but keep checking the website as it will be updated soon with local artist pages, more products and news of upcoming events!

Thank you for your continued support!

Jordi and Jeremy Jones