As everyone voting for Christian Kane in the March edition of the Hossey Music Award Song Voting Contest Show probably already knows, their guy is also known to television viewers as the “bad ass” Elliot Spencer on TNT’s show Leverage.

While I probably surprised  a few Kaniacs by admitting during my last live show that I’ve found Leverage a wee too violent for my taste, I am sure the people behind the show aren’t losing much sleep over my television choices. (I’m not a big TV guy — I run a dang radio station, remember — so I’m not a good representative of any show’s  target demographic. ) In fact, the show seems to be impressing more than a few people these days. In just its second season (9 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesdays), its fans have already proved loyal enough to turn out for “Leverage Conventions,” and, what do you know, a dang convention is coming up this week (March 19-21) in Portland, Oregon.

Plenty of people who have voted for Christian Kane’s new song “House Rules” will be in Portland for this convention, including Dee Reeves, the woman who is mostly responsible for Christian being on the station this month. (Dee is a tireless supporter of Christian Kane’s friend Steve Calrson, and, after she helped push Steve to the Top of our contest in 2009, she didn’t stop working on me until I’d finally put Christian in the contest in 2010.) Dee has promised that she’ll have her lap-top and Skype connection going all weekend in Portland, and she’ll have several Christian Kane fans around waiting to chat with me on next week’s show. (So, there will be plenty of equal time opportunity for anyone mad at me for wishing Elliot Spencer was just a little more like, say, Gandhi.) Who knows? She might even be able to get a few big wigs behind Leverage to come on my show, too. (No pressure, Dee. You know how informal the dang show is, right? It’ll be fun talking to anyone you run into at the convention.)

Oh yeah, and, while we still haven’t made everything official, word is that Christian Kane himself is planning to be available to be on the show for a few minutes himself. It’s still too early for me to formally confirm any of the bands who will be on the show for Interview Week on March 20, but I’ll be sure to let you know when the details have all been worked out.

Oh yeah, and one more thing: I’m going to get as many friends and family as I can to come join me at my house for a dang Leverage watchin’ party Wednesday. (With my record, the party will be just me, Mrs. Hoss and Astro.) Who knows? I may change my mind about the dang show after watching another episode. My current judgement is based on a single episode I  stumbled upon several months ago — well before I knew that Christian Kane was also a singer and would be appearing in my own dang silly contest. I’m not even sure I could tell you what plot of the episode I saw was about. I just remember Elliot Spencer beating several bad/tough guys silly. If that was my taste in television, there’s no doubt I would have been impressed. Who knows. My taste may have changed. If you’re keeping score at home, I’ll let you know on the next Hossey Music Awards Song Voting Contest Show live show, 2 p.m. Central Time, on Saturday, March 20.