‘Tis the season to get shticky!
After the hibernation of the local entertainment scene over the winter holidays (not to mention my own medical leave from the world), the season of stuff has begun again. And there probably won’t be another rest until December 2005 (if I’m lucky)!
This past weekend started off with a rockin’ loud show over at Thee Parkside with Brett’s other band, The Bippies (made mostly out of ex-Mummies). It was a birthday party show (those seem to be catching on lately…) for Johnny Bartlet and included his retro-party band The Barbary Coasters and Sacramento’s own garage rockers Th' Losin' Streaks. I ran into a few unexpected friends from the past (Sophia…what’s your new email?!) AND one of my best customers from when I was a taxi dancer at the Tingle Tangle. You never know when your dime-a-dance past is going to haunt you.
Saturday, Rose Pistola recruited Sailor Billy, Hudson, Miss Lynda, and I to perform a number at My Sucky Valentine, a fundraiser for SFSI at The Citadel! After two hours of readings (which included an old grad school friend, the excellent Daphne Gottlieb) and, simultaneously, the sounds of floggings from patrons over-eager to start the night’s festivities, we got up and performed a pretty chaotic act to songs by Leslie Gore and The Stooges! It’s probably safe to say that most of the audience was confused since they’d shown up expecting racy readings and power games. However, a few were brave enough to get up and dance along at the end. From the Citadel, we headed over to Bootie…still in our costumes. A nurse, a sailor, a flapper…we actually blended in pretty well there. (Me, Not-so-undercover, at Bootie.)
AND, of course, plans for the upcoming SpeakEasily continue to be made. Buy a dog shirt!