Deluxe Valentine Bundle #1
includes a black ceramic mug containing a beautiful velour keepsake pouch filled with delicious milk chocolate candies. Each item is tastefully embossed with Michael’s signature MB logo – right down to the red foil wrapped chocolates! In addition, the gift bundle includes four brand new photo postcards. $19.99

Valentine Bundle #2
Get the Coffee Mug and four postcard set combined together for only $10.99.

Domestic Orders place by February 2nd for delivery by the 14th. For two day delivery service, place order by February 10th. Canada and International place order by January 28th.

Remember, Bungalow-B members receive 10% off on all online purchases (I’m a member, and it’s worth it!)! Be sure to check the stores regularly for new merchandise and other specials. Soon to come: a collection of three official MB tour baseball hats and event posters. Visit michaelbuble.com and bungalow-b.com today.

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New poll is up on the sidebar: Does Harry Connick, Jr. truly deserve the nickname “Vice Chairman of The Board”? (see this post)

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Hi Lara
Just found your great little website, today!!
If all things were equal with regard to their respective ages, looks, personalities, who has the best voice…Bing or Michael Buble?

Regards
TOM

Well, that’s pretty difficult for me to really say because of my Michael Buble obsession… I mean, it’s hard for me to think “equal” there, but in trying, I decided to check out some old Bing movies on YouTube…

This is a film clip from “The Road To Hollywood” showing Bing Crosby singing “Just One More Chance” and “I Surrender Dear”. These were originally part of some comedy shorts produced by Mack Sennett in the early 1930s. It’s likely that Bing was around the same age as Michael is now (if not a little younger) around this time. And of course, Bing was no ugly duck.

I still find it difficult, but Bing’s got a certain tweak he does with his voice that kind of makes me take more notice. His voice is “clean” and beautiful, there’s no doubt. I don’t think anyone will ever truly come close to matching his skill and talent.

Of course, for comparison, I had to grab a Buble vid:

This one’s his music video for the song “Lost”…

I do love the piano in here, which I think his voice compliments beautifully. I also like the “whispery” tone to his voice at times, going from that to the clearer, higher pitch.

Gah, this is a really hard question to answer!!! I love them both, for their own reasons. Bing’s voice was totally original and only Dino’s ever been compared to it (and not in a good way, really). I have to say though…

Michael gets it. His voice gives me shivers and tingles and makes me just fall apart. Bing’s is beautiful, but Michael’s MOVES me… if that makes sense?

Thanks for your question, Tom! I hope other readers decide to follow suit and send in their own! I’d love to hear who agrees or disagrees with me on this one, so check out the poll in the sidebar and leave your comments below!

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Can’t talk.
Buble-vision.
I’m drooooooooling.

Happy New Year, All!!

Update: It’s from his DVD “Caught In The Act”, which I own, but am still watching on WMHT and drooling at right NOW.

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10. Marilyn Monroe – Yes, she’s a female crooner, and oh man, you can’t help but imagine she’d be a blast at a holiday party, maybe even drinking a Royal Stretch. I have a feeling she’d likely be the one making photocopies of her butt on the xerox machine, but what guy in the office wouldn’t want a copy of that!?!

9. Elvis Presley – C’mon, Blue Christmas!? You know he’d be singing that in a corner with his guitar, drinking some mulled cider with a cinnamon stick in it, wearing a thick, creamy wool sweater and a deep red turtleneck. Picture it! I know you can!

8. Definitely Tony Bennett – I think he’d be the guy telling all the stories of Christmases past. With that great smile of his, you know he’d have a crowd around him. I think he’d be mostly a gin and tonic kind of guy, don’t you?

7. The Rat Pack – I lumped these guys into one, but we’re talking Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop for sure. They’d likely be spilling their dirty martinis over who gets to put Marilyn up on the Xerox machine and who gets to push the “copy” button, but you know they were a bunch of fun drunk guys!

6. Yes, my Michael Bublé would have to be there. Yes, he and I would disappear into the boss’s closet and everyone would be wondering where we were. No booze needed here. Yes, I fantasize about this one a LOT. Shaddup!

5. Josh Groban just released the most amazing Christmas album. He’d have to partake in the karaoke for sure! He’d likely be the designated driver, too… drinking only virginal eggnog with a sprinkle of nutmeg on top.

4. John Legend would be looking all suave and cool in his brown/maroon leather jacket, jeans and blackout aviators. He might be in the corner with a Bailey’s on the rocks somewhere, hanging with only his closest friends. (Have you seen him in the new Bailey’s commercial? Whee… “Let’s go to the paaaark…“)

3. When I think of Ella Fitzgerald, I think of a character like Queen Latifah’s Motormouth Maybelle in Hairspray for some reason. I’d love to see her at the party with a blonde wig, a big shiny gold lamé top, and maybe some jingle bells bobby pinned in to the wig there. Ha! She’d be drinking something hot and peppermint-y I think.

2. Gotta get some Norah Jones in there. She’d be consoling all the single girls at the party, who are planning their New Year’s Eve “Girls’ Night” so that they didn’t feel all alone and sad. I think Norah might be the one to partake in the Smirnoff Ice or something. “Don’t Know Why,” but it seems like that’d be her kinda drink.

1. The number one crooner to invite to the holiday office party is… Bing Crosby! Are you kidding me!? You didn’t see that one coming a mile away? C’monnnn, you know you’d want a little “White Christmas” in there! Oh, and Bing’s totally a champagne kinda guy I think.

So there you have it – can you see it? I’d give anything to have a party like this one!

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A part of me really doesn’t want to post this – because you all know I love this man. But can anyone get me these photos on a coffee mug or something? LOL

Seriously – none of us knows really when these photos were taken. For all we know, it’s not even him, though she does have other photos of herself and the man, but they could be ancient too. I know he’s human, I just can’t imagine he’d do this…

Tiffany Bromley swears that she took these photos on August 17, 2007 when she and Michael were having an affair. The photos are supposedly taken in the apartment he shares with actress Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada) in Vancouver.

Tiffany Bromley, 28, claims she repeatedly hooked up with the Canadian singer [...]

“We’ve made mad, passionate love a couple of times since he and Emily have been together,” Bromley tells the Globe tabloid. “The last time was August 17 in the apartment they share in Vancouver.”

Bromley claims the relationship ended when Buble suggested they take part in a threesome.

“I told him, ‘No way!’ He said: ‘Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it. You don’t know what you’re missing,’” she says.

But Bromley didn’t leave the relationship empty-handed. She allegedly stole one of his designer shirts, as well as taking some [...] pictures of the singer sleeping naked with her cameraphone.

I just have a hard time with this. I think she’s jealous that he cut it off with her for Emily and she’s trying to cash in. She likely supported him and his career for all those years, and wants a piece of the pie. She’s looking for him to buy her off. Something. This just CANNOT be real!

But I still would love that hiney pic framed! LOL

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If you go to the Michael Bublé web site, preferably the ringtones page, and listen to some of the voicetones, you’re going to want to spend the $2.49, I guarantee it.

My favorite is “Getting Lucky” (Voice) – go listen to it and let me know what you think! Hahahaha…

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I’m really not sure I’m willing to fall for this one, but I suppose anything’s possible… I suppose.

Tiffany Bromley, 28, insists she has been dating Canadian singer Michael Buble on and off for the past decade… Bromley tells The Globe, “Michael is a cheater and a rat. We’ve made mad, passionate love a couple of times since he and Emily have been together. The last time was August 17 in the apartment they share in Vancouver.”

And Bromley claims that sexy encounter was “an 11 out of 10″ experience that ended with Buble allegedly suggesting they took a series of naked photographs and then took part in a threesome.

She adds, “I told him, ‘No way!’ He said, ‘Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it. You don’t know what you’re missing.’”

But the threesome didn’t happen and they just made love through the night, surrounded by Blunt’s belongings.

The following morning Bromley woke before Buble, took camera-phone photos of him sleeping and then left wearing one of his designer shirts.

She claims Buble called her later furious that she’d left with an item of his clothing – and that was the last time she heard from her ex.

Ummm… “an 11 out of 10″ did she say?!?

Gee uh…

Where do I sign up!?!

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Tickets to concerts in Sydney & Perth go on sale Monday, December 3rd. Tickets to Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane on sale Thursday. December 6th.

This tour follows 2005’s “It’s Time” visit, which saw 13 sold out shows. “Call Me Irresponsible” entered the Australian charts at number one. It is the biggest selling album released by an international artist this year, spending nearly five months in the Top 10 and has since gone triple platinum.

One of Michael’s biggest markets, Australia gave him his first number one album in the world when his 2003 self-titled set, hit top spot in September 2004. The album is now seven times platinum and “It’s Time” is five times platinum.

The tour announcement coincides with the release of a special edition of “Call Me Irresponsible”, featuring an 8 track bonus disc which includes ‘Stuck In The Middle With You’ and some festive favorites.

The tour is proudly sponsored by Mastercard. In addition to a pre-sale beginning November 26th, cardholders can purchase unique hospitality packages with their ticket.

Tickets are available through ticketek.com, or phone 132 849. Tickets for Perth are available through ticketmaster.com.au, or phone 136 100.

Here are the dates:

May 28th- Canberra, AIS ARENA
May 30th- Sydney, Entertainment Centre
June 2nd- Brisbane, Entertainment Centre
June 6th- Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena
June 9th- Adelaide, Entertainment Centre
June 11th- Perth, Challenge Stadium

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“Can’t Buy Me Love” can be found on the It’s Time album.

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