Stamos will be back dancing onstage for his Quentin-Crisp solo work in the spring. And there will be yet more nudity.  “Taking your clothes off is not normal,” Stamos says. “You’re putting your body on the line and giving away a certain amount of power when you become naked in our society. If you walk naked on the street, you’re vulnerable. It’s only something I am comfortable with when I feel safe, when it’s called for.
“But when I look at some contemporary dance art, performers make being nude look like it is normal. And it’s not. Look at nudity among professional dancers versus strippers. I love how strippers are able to be naked and sexual while also saying, ‘This isn’t the real me.’ There is a certain distance that is comforting, whereas in some contemporary dance,  nudity is like baring your soul. And I find that less effective.”

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… A man in his early 20s was shot twice in the back in the parking lot of a stripper bar in Laval early Wednesday. His condition was later listed as stable.Photograph by: Google StreetView, Gazette
MONTREAL â A man in his early 20s was shot twice in the back in the parking lot of a stripper bar in Laval early Wednesday. His condition was later listed as stable.
The victim was shot about 3 a.m. in the parking lot in front of the Sexpert Bar on Dagenais Blvd. near Montée Montrougeau, Laval police constable Nathalie Lorrain said.
âœHe didnât the see the shooter because he was shot in the back,â Lorrain said. Police do not yet know what led to the shooting. The victim was not previously known to police.

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A 31-year-old man who spent more than half his life in a Montreal street gang is set to be released within days on a sentence he received after shooting a rival inside a West Island strip club.
On March 3, 2008, Luders Jeanty – by his own admission, a member of a Montreal street gang since he was 14 – walked into Cabaret Bazaz on Gouin Blvd. W., near Sunnybrooke Blvd., in Pierrefonds, and opened fire on a man who had argued with three of his friends earlier that night.
The trio, including a prolific drug dealer in the West Island, had been ordered out of the bar after the argument but returned a short while later with Jeanty.
Eight people were standing or seated less than two metres from the victim when Jeanty shot him; the man suffered superficial wounds despite being struck in the chest, neck and one ear.

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Self-described gangster convicted of attempted murder set for parole
32-year-old involved in shooting at Pierrefonds strip club
Paul CherryThe Gazette Tuesday, January 31, 2012
A 31-year-old man who spent more than half his life in a Montreal street gang is set to be released within days on a sentence he received after shooting a rival inside a West Island strip club.
On March 3, 2008, Luders Jeanty – by his own admission, a member of a Montreal street gang since he was 14 – walked into Cabaret Bazaz on Gouin Blvd. W., near Sunnybrooke Blvd., in Pierrefonds, and opened fire on a man who had argued with three of his friends earlier that night.
The trio, including a prolific drug dealer in the West Island, had been ordered out of the bar after the argument but returned a short while later with Jeanty.

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… More Images »  A shooting involving street gang members in 2008 was among incidents that led the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux to suspend Cabaret Bazaz’s licence for 35 days.Photograph by: John Kenney, Gazette files
MONTREAL â A 31-year-old man who spent more than half his life in a Montreal street gang is set to be released on a sentence he received after shooting a rival inside a West Island strip club.
On March 3, 2008, Luders Jeanty â by his own admission, a member of a Montreal street gang since he was 14 â walked into Cabaret Bazaz on Gouin Blvd. W., near Sunnybrooke Blvd., in Pierrefonds, and opened fire on a man who had argued with three of Jeantyâs friends earlier that night.
The trio, including a prolific drug dealer in the West Island, had been ordered out of the bar after the argument but they returned a short while later with Jeanty.

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Bromby is serving a life sentence, but has been eligible for parole after 10 years because he was tried in adult court as a minor. He was also denied parole in 2007.
Bromby had been a casual acquaintance of Tara’s brother and had visited the house on a few occasions before the murder. However, Tara’s brother had kicked him out one day after finding Bromby snooping around his bedroom.
The parole board officials told Bromby that he still had anger management issues with women, Michael Manning said.
Bromby, who is now 34, acknowledged this and said he had been abandoned as an infant, had been abandoned by the woman who had adopted him and was jealous that his friends had girlfriends.
Bromby said he had visited a strip club before breaking into the Manning house in Dorval.

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Bromby is serving a life sentence, but has been eligible for parole after 10 years because he was tried in adult court as a minor. He was also denied parole in 2007.
Bromby had been a casual acquaintance of Taraâs brother and had visited the house on a few occasions before the murder. However, Taraâs brother had kicked him out one day after finding Bromby snooping around his bedroom.
The parole board officials told Bromby that he still had anger management issues with women, Michael Manning said.
Bromby, who is now 34, acknowledged this and said he had been abandoned as an infant, had been abandoned by the woman who had adopted him and was jealous that his friends had girlfriends.
Bromby said he had visited a strip club before breaking into the Manning house in Dorval.

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Bromby is serving a life sentence, but has been eligible for parole after 10 years because he was tried in adult court as a minor. He was also denied parole in 2007.
Bromby had been a casual acquaintance of Taraâs brother and had visited the house on a few occasions before the murder. However, Taraâs brother had kicked him out one day after finding Bromby snooping around his bedroom.
The parole board officials told Bromby that he still had anger management issues with women, Michael Manning said.
Bromby, who is now 34, acknowledged this and said he had been abandoned as an infant, had been abandoned by the woman who had adopted him and was jealous that his friends had girlfriends.
Bromby said he had visited a strip club before breaking into the Manning house in Dorval.

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Bromby is serving a life sentence, but has been eligible for parole after 10 years because he was tried in adult court as a minor. He was also denied parole in 2007.
Bromby had been a casual acquaintance of Tara’s brother and had visited the house on a few occasions before the murder. However, Tara’s brother had kicked him out one day after finding Bromby snooping around his bedroom.
The parole board officials told Bromby that he still had anger management issues with women, Michael Manning said.
Bromby, who is now 34, acknowledged this and said he had been abandoned as an infant, had been abandoned by the woman who had adopted him and was jealous that his friends had girlfriends.
Bromby said he had visited a strip club before breaking into the Manning house in Dorval.

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Let’s face it: 3 p.m. is the cruellest time of the workday. The morning latte has worn off, and the post-lunch crash has you staggering around like an extra from a George A. Romero flick. That’s why, each weekday at 3:01 p.m., we present you with a video hand-picked to kick-start your heart. If the following clip doesn’t bring you temporarily back to life and help get you through the rest of the afternoon, chances are you’re dead inside.
You know what we like about the Montreal music scene? That would be the way that its bands have made some of the most relentlessly tasteful music in the history of modern rock ’n’ roll. Imagine sitting down with the folks from Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade, or Islands over a beer. Forget talking strippers, favourite Farrelly Brothers films, and how they manage to get the caramel inside the Caramilk bar, you’d end up discussing modern art, classical film theory, and why old-fashioned tape sounds better than digital eve …

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