I truly am a lucky bastage to have so many talented people help me pull off a Tuesday night when I’ve come down with the flu, or a cold, or the plague, or whatever the heck this is. Cracker Jack Salteen and Sailor Billy stepped in at the last minute to steer the SpeakEasily ship last night while I sat incognito in a darkened corner, alternately blowing my nose and rasping out orders that no one listened to. And the show was great! Thanks again everybody. I thanked everyone so much at the end of the evening that I’ve pretty much lost my voice…at least it gives me an excuse to not talk to anyone at work. But seriously folks, Sheah and Hot and Bothered played two great sets and got people out on the dance floor…even Sheah, who joined Rose Pistola for an impromptu chair dance during an instrumental. Cherry Lix amazed us with her glittery and virtuosic dance number…wotta dancer! Amber Lox performed FOR HER FIRST TIME EVER but she was so good that we just don’t believe that. AND Bombshell Betty and Sweet Cheeks premiered a horserace number that was…well, RACY! Oh, and I can’t forget Riff Ditties and Cracker Jack Salteen’s punkrawk uke duo. We hear that they’re getting married next June.

There’s too much great stuff coming up in October and so razor blades to stick in candy apples that there’s just no time to get sick. I won’t overwhelm you with the long list now, but this weekend is Doug’s Cabaret Verdalet at Ruby Sky! Sailor Billy, Rose Pistola, and I will be helping The Indra with her famous High Body Count Apache Dance 2004. I have to get better so The Indra can stab me to death! Where’s the Vitamin C?!

BTW, does anyone know anyone who wants to help me fix my home computer? It’s totally rotten to the core and moves so slowly that I can’t even bear to send an email.(Apologies to those who haven’t heard from me…I have to use the connection at work.) Let me know.

Good ol’ Pat McCarthy caught the best of last Tuesday, September 28th, staring Tippy Canoe and the Paddleman, The Flying Fox, and Bombshell Betty’s Burlesque Bonanza!

The Flying Fox is a royal tease.


Tippy Canoe and the Paddleman are flying fox hunt’n.


Riff Ditties and Bombshell Betty get tropical.


And Sweet Cheeks goes wild.


We love our regulars.