The jug band of the damned trades in our washtub bass for washtub gin (hm… tastes a bit… bassy!) at this speakeasy-themed benefit for the Vancouver Police Museum, “Vancouver’s most arresting experience” (har har), celebrating their 25th anniversary. The museum itself is a very interesting piece of work, immortalizing our regional law enforcement AND lawlessness with all sorts of worrying evidence from local criminal acts throughout Vancouver’s history. These folks also host the exciting “Sins of the City” walking tour, but I digress…
Friday night from 7 pm on, we’ll be partying it up like it’s 1939 at the Biltmore Cabaret (395 Kingsway) with the Vaudevillains squeezing the last drop of humour out of period material with their last gasps, and the easy-to-speak-about burlesque authorities Lola Frost, Darla DeVine and Lacey L’Amour.
Plus prizes galore from numerous generous sponsors! Tickets only available in advance! $40! More information at http://www.bootleggersball.ca/
It’s gratifying to see how many folks over at Miss604, media sponsor of the show, agree that we’re an excellent fit for its format. Wow, gosh! These people know about us! (Maybe they remember the coverage of our One Cool Word performance there?) In truth, we are an excellent fit for every format — and any crying child who tells you otherwise is a dirty liar!
Impressed by our turn at the LMG benefit a couple of months ago, Paul Anthony has invited us to play a couple songs at tonight’s live taping of his variety show Talent Time. Tonight’s show is themed as an anti-SAD beach party, and though the last time we played an event with that theme we were gonged off the Lamplighter stage, tonight we’re planning a much sunnier set — bingo bango, in and out before we have a chance to get philosophical.
Visit his website for details about the recording’s airtime!
It’s an improbable and, quite frankly, somewhat foolish weeknight twofer from the Creaking Planks… but with this many good causes at classy venues, who are we to turn down the invitations to make our unmistakable mark? Starting the night, The Neighbours Organic Weekly Co-operative (NOWBC) hosts a benefit for the CityReach Care Society’s “Food for Families” project. As well as a potluck dinner and fabulous prizes, the evening presents a slate of performers (kid-friendly up ’til 7:30 pm):
6 p.m. D’Arcy Stainton, children’s performer
6:45 Lily Jo
7:00 Melodious Mandolins
7:45 Friends of Thieves
8:30 Creaking Planks
9:15 Yer Blues
and here’s its poster!
But by the end of that line-up, we’ll already have shuffled up Main Street to help celebrate the launch of One Cool Word magazine’s 13th issue (you remember, they presented our pal Bob Uker back in issue #5 in Spring 2007) at the Biltmore Cabaret (395 Kingsway)! (keep an ear open for the rendition of Dead Man’s Pants from our demo on the accompanying CD!) Here are the rough plans for THAT night…
9:30 The Contemporary Lovers
10:20 Creaking Planks
11:10 Analog Bell Service
12:00 Fur Bearing Animals
plus …and special guest models from Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School!
And here’s its poster!
Update! April Smith of AHA Media (backing up Rob “The Delete Bin” Jones’ report for Miss 604 — whew, what a tangled web! — where we are described as “jug band music as played by Tom Waits’ feral stepchildren”) caught us out at the Biltmore and posted a couple of videos of us on YouTube (as well as a schwack of photos from the whole evening on Flickr)!
Here we are performing Creep…
… and here’s our Psycho Killer! The classics always have something new to offer upon revisitation.
