Surrealism and Slidin’

Our good friends The Kindly Ones are hosting a monthly open jam at the Renaissance, and this coming Saturday we’ll be playing a feature set. The theme of the evening is “A Celebration of the Surreal”, so we’ll be dusting off a couple of our most out-there tunes. And there will be plenty of jamming and cross-fertilization of the musical sort. Please to come and listen!

As well, next week sees the release of Ellen Carol’s new CD, Slidin’. Eli played bass on the recording (undertaken at Don Kerr’s Rooster Studio) and will be playing with Ellen on Thursday. You can preview a few tracks at her MySpace page.

Thursday 13 December 2007
The Cadillac Lounge - 1296 Queen St West, Toronto [map]

C’est What - Oct 24th

The artists formerly known as F**kershow, (only very briefly, that time they were unfortunately mis-billed as such by the Cameron House, who apologized, but couldn’t find the pen for the whiteboard outside, so the boys had to fix it up with a finger and some spit), are appearing for one night only at C’est What, Wednesday October 24th.  Featuring a cozy bar, lovely microbrew on tap and in bottles, and great music from supporting acts David Hein and Adlai Waxman, it’s bound to be a hoot! 

Milestone: All four members of Flickershow will be appearing on stage at the same time!  The resulting distortion of the space-time continuum could kill us all!  Or leave us pleasantly relaxed and in need of a cigarette. It could go either way.
 
See yoooooou theeeerrrrrrrrre!

(And if you can’t be there, but you’re online at the right hour, C’est What has a live-off-the-floor webcast at whatsnext.ca.)

Track of the Fortnight: “The Ballad of Pine Creek”

Summer’s been busy, so we’ve been taking a break from our fortnightly schedule - but now that it’s fall, here’s the first of a new crop, recorded just the other night at the Renaissance. “The Ballad of Pine Creek” is a gritty tale of cowboys and guns on a desert night, featuring Richie Weisdorf on keys.

Gryffin Fundraiser - thank you!

A big thank you to everyone who came out to the Renaissance for the fundraiser. At last count we’d raised $745, enough to make a very big dent in our pal Marisa’s Gryffin-related vet bills.

Thanks also to David Hein for rockin’ out with a whole bunch of tunes new and old, and to Sean Howard for organizing the whole thing!

Gryffin Fundraiser, and Coffeehouse too!

On Saturday the 22nd, we’ll be returning to the Renaissance Café on the Danforth, along with our pal David Hein!

The tunes are for a cause this time: our friend Marisa, tireless friend and advocate for all creatures, recently ran up a vast vet bill trying to help a cat she’d found poisoned, and your donation will go to help her pay it off. David’s put together a lovely poster which you can view and print (PDF format).

If you can’t make it, you can donate online at the Gryffin page.

And a few days before that, on Tuesday September 18th, we’ll be hosting the open stage at the Renaissance, held every week by the fine folks at Coffeehouse.ca, and one of our favorite such events in the city.

The evening’s featured artists will be The Kindly Ones (it’s also bassist Sarah’s birthday!)

Musicians, spoken-word and other performers: you can sign up on the night, but slots go quickly, especially the ones earlier on in the evening. If you’re a Coffeehouse member, you can sign up online ahead of time.