Return to Cake in Feb + Benefit Performance

Two solo shows coming up for ya'll in the next couple of weeks. My next big solo set, complete with all the beats and synthey goodness that comes out of my Yamaha Motif, is on Saturday, February 6th at Red Line Tap as part of Ripley Caine's inimitable Cake Chicago series. If you want to see all of the other cool kids who are going check out the Facebook event. For those of you who are newer to the sordid little world of local queer music that I would like to suck you into, Cake Chicago is into its third year now of bringing queer performers of all stripes (hip hop, rock, folk, electronic, comedy) to Roger's Park. Ripley and I have been talking about collaborating for a while and we're finally getting our shit together for this show and doing some tunes together.

Speaking of occasional collaborators, Stephen Leonard (from Unpugged and Mary's Spotlight fame) is having a CD release party on Wednesday, January 27th at Sidetrack. It's also a benefit for Join the Impact Chicago, which helped organize the Prop 8 protest downtown last winter and organized Chicagoans to go to the DC march last summer. It's from 8-10pm, tickets are $20 (which includes two drinks). I'll be doing a short acoustic set, as will Manny Capozzi and Christine Kent. Steve Shubert, who some of you may know from Mary's Spotlight, will be making a comedic appearance as well, I think filling us in on his continued storied relationship with Julie Andrews.