Friday, February 29, 2008

Lake Effect Calender

I've booked Halloween, a Friday this year, at everybody's favorite bar, Silvies. Now before you detractors start hollering, let me share my rationale behind using Silvies:

1. We can have any date we want
2. It costs us a total of $70 off the door, wheareas Martyrs, for instance, is $400 +
3. Its actually a pretty nice room

Yes the drinks are expensive and a bit weak, but stick to shots and beer and you're gold.
I just think of the extra $10 I spend there over other bars as a premium for having our own private club for the night.

For Halloween, I suggest one of the following:

1. Lads

2. A show similar in format to the Uke Cab, but with full backline, where each act plays three songs in character and costume as another band, famous or invented. Its not a new idea, they've been doing it at Double Door/Subterranean for years. Just think of the potential from our comunity though! In case a full scale lads reunion isn't in the offing, an abbreviated 3-song set as part of this concept would be great, and manageable.

3. Halloween Karaoke- We have a house band and get people to sign up in advance to perform a song as famous singers and bands. The house band learens all the songs and off we go.

Personally, I think #2 is the way to go, unless by some miracle, we can find Ron Woods-Taylor and Dale Manion and convince them to come out of hiding.

Chime in Lake Effectors!

10 comments:

the developher said...

Whatever option allows me to lead us in "It's a Living Thing" by ELO, I am in.

Alvy said...

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Simo said...

Eva & Company as ELO? YES!
Will you build the spaceship too? perhaps you can share it with whoever comes as Parliament/Funkadelic (hopefully featuring a bearded Kwasman in diaper, serpico glasses and crown of thorns)

quickdraw said...

Alvy, I'm unclear as to which one you voted for.

My vote is for either Option 1 or
2...alas, I have yet to experience a Lads show, however, the band impersontation thing has already sparked ideas.

Shanghai Shecky said...

Last I heard Dayle Manion was whacked-out and grass and impersonating a quack doctor in SoCal and Wood-Taylor has become a mormon and has shunned the bass as 'satanic' and will only play the violin.

Simo said...

could we get a Poncey Lads tribute band then? How great would that be?

Shanghai Shecky said...

that's so post-modern it makes my head spin. we might need the Yale University comp. lit. department in attendance to explain it to everybody.

Alvy said...

may i repeat

LADS

C'mon. Once every four years is too often for the motherfucking crowned princes of Waltimore?

Simo said...

you don't have to tell me

Tony B. said...

Lads + a few Opening kareoke / halloween short acts.

Why not?