The Organizing Centre for Social and Economic Justice (a mouthful, but you try saying “OCSEJ” — actually, usually we call it just “the O.C.”) is an eminently worthwhile local umbrella organization perhaps better known for its projects such as Food Security FACTS, Bitter Melons, People’s Health Radio and the Vancouver chapter of the Bus Riders’ Union. They aren’t all for-profit ventures, and neither are we all of the time, so we’re lending our strange musical taste to help fortify a fundraiser dinner they’re throwing at the Heritage Hall Sunday, October 30th. We’ll be sharing the stage with the female chorus The Larks, and everyone will be enjoying a North African dinner. Doors at 6, dinner at 7, music at 8:30. Individual tickets are $20 and costumes are encouraged! Further details over here on their site.
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.
