September Shows, plus some Canasta news

While there's a lull on the blog, why don't I tell you about some fun shows in September?

Well, you've already missed one damn fine show last Friday at Schubas, i.e. The Joans' record release party. This is one of the most high-concept local bands active in Chicago right now -- it's a band with two Joan Crawford front-persons (one male, one female) who only sing songs inspired by or about Joan Crawford. So if you're a big flaming homo, why were you at Sidetracks instead of Schubas last Friday? Because it's west of Sheffield? (Fail!)

But later this month, Mary's Attic is doing a variety show called "Mary's Spotlight" on Sunday, September 2oth at 7:30. I'll be making an appearance along with some friends and acquaintances from the Youth Choir benefit. I'm interested to see what kind of draw Mary's has for original music/performance after having accompanied or seen a lot of shows there earlier in the summer.

Finally, some Canasta news: we have a new drummer! The timing is fortuitous since our last drummer, Josh, is already in Portland learning how to cook kale and ride a fixed gear bicycle and whatever else you Portland people do. We'll post all the official details on our website soon; all I can tell you right now is that we're hoping to get him up to speed on most of our regular set rotation by Tuesday, September 29th, when we're playing a 90 minute set at the Clark Street Music Series, so you can get a good look at him and decide if he's as mischievous as Josh or as whimsical as Colin. In fact, I've already said too much, because I should probably save such fine descriptive phrases for the next news blurb.....

More details on the Clark Street show on our shows page, or this Facebook event. Mary's Spotlight info is here.