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THANKSGIVING.
Everyone should have
SOMETHING to be thankful for over the holidays.
Times are rough all around. Everyone I talk to is
undergoing some kind of hardship in their life.
And if they haven’t this year… then in the recent
past and it has made them who they are today. In
any case, this is the time of year when our
thoughts stray to all the things that are good in life
and we look forward to spending the holidays with
friends and family.
The mayor, Ken Mottet, is thankful for a family
that has pack-rat-it is too. His tale begins with “Boy
meets Batman” and progresses to a lifelong
friendship. Isn’t it funny how much it can mean to
you when an old relic from your past comes back
to you?
Ken’s heartwarming and endearing
classic will bring a tear to your eye.
Well, the Chrome Czars Motor Club are thankful
they have another successful Hunnert Car Pile Up
under their belts. They have done it yet
again...broken their own darn record. This year
the Hunnert Car Pile Up was such a bang-up success, I don’t know how they’ll top
themselves. This year over 830 cars were in the car show and upwards to 5,000
pedestrians made their way around the fairgrounds. The fellas in the club are going to be
featured in many print magazines, as well as on TV (several cable networks showed up).
You can’t beat that. And I think it has become clear that this is indeed the greasiest car
show on earth. This month we have a bunch of pictures from Chrome Czar, Chad Hill
(Django) that show to show ya’ll what you missed out on.
Tony Cambio is thankful his car finally made it to the Pile Up this year. He’s back in
racing form and comes to us with a narrative based upon his preparations for the trek out
to the Hunnert Car Pile Up this year. If he can manage to keep from blowing another
engine or radically altering the composition of his car before the next one, I’m sure he
won’t miss it!).
Doug Freedman, International Man of Mystery, is thankful that there are MILLIONS of
movies in this world to review. He delivers a fantastic review every month. This time
he’s at the forefront of the Hollywood film industry. He offers a very timely review of the
latest George Clooney (Editor’s Note: one of the hottest men on the planet) film,
“Good Night and Good Luck”.
Rocko is thankful for turkey. And pie. And parades. Never being one to let distance get
in the way, each month we can count on an interesting little diatribe from the Kentucky
Wildman, Rocko. He writes this time expressing his joy for Thanksgiving and the
coming shopping (read that selling) season.
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Dennis Leise is thankful for his new dance moves. Writing
about the conversion of a wallflower to a budding Astaire,
Dennis points out the positives to learning to dance. Ladies
next time you see him give it a whirl.
Joe Hellfish pops in this month and writes about some
theater productions worth checking out. Get a little culture
kids! Check out the plays this month by Lifeline Theater.
Detroit’s rockin’ cat, Matt Strickland, is back again this
month with another review. This time he reviews the
Helldivers record, .
Ken Mottet Dennis Leise
Desiree Kiss
Chad Schaffer, never one to let distance get in the way,
keeps us in the loop on the happenings down in Austin.
This month he shares some photos from the Harvest Classic
Vintage Motorcycle Rally in Luckenbach, TX which took
place on Oct 21-23, 2005. He also loves to let us all know
what we’re missing out on music-wise down in the Lone Star
State and shares some pictures from the recent Marti Brom
and Wanda Jackson show.
Tony Cambio
Chad Schaffer
Rocko
Additionally, Dez Kiss never fails to pull through on the ohso-daunting task of keeping track of upcoming show dates.
Serving as your guide to the social scene, Dez keeps you
updated on concerts, art gallery shows, car shows, and just
about anything else that would be interesting to check out
from moth to month.
Re-Vue Chicago Magazine is trying to jump that technology
hurdle by getting itself established online. It’s slow going,
especially without a web designer or anyone able to write Matt Strickland
Doug Freedman
code for a site to do what we want it to… but at least now if
you don’t make it to the Big C to pick up a copy of the recent
issue, you will have some other way to relieve your Re-Vue
jones. The site that we started is a free site, so you may
have to put up with some pop-ups. And we’re extremely
limited by the templates that the site makes us use… but
heck, what do you want for free. Share the link with your
pals in other parts of the world. Let them know you’re alive
and kickin’ and that Chicago still has a rockin’ scene. If you
would be willing to help us with designing something
better… SPEAK UP. I’m waiting. I’ve been trying to get a
Joe Hellfish
Chad Hill
hold of someone willing to help us with a site for about 2 1/2
(Django)
years
now.
You
can
contact
me
at
revuechicago@yahoo.com if you’re interested in designing
something better… For now, the link to the new Re-Vue
Susan E. Funk
Chicago Magazine webpage is:
http://www.re-vuechicago.50megs.com
Covering all the angles… all the time.
Susan E. Funk
November 2005
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Formerly known as Ace Brown &
His Helldivers, this little group
from Butler, PA has tightened up
their sound into a nice little
traditional three piece rockabilly
outfit. The group features Ace
Brown on vocals/lead guitar,
Johnny Bones on upright bass
and guests Dave Moore/Nic
Antonetti on rhythm guitar.
I'd seen Ace Brown (on drums)
and Johnny Bones backing up
Pat Cupp in Green Bay with
Eddie Clendenning on lead guitar
earlier this year and was quite
curious to see what their release
sounded like. Recorded live and
engineered by Dave Moore, the
sound on the CD is relatively raw
and acoustic sounding in
nature. The vocals are excellent
(remind me a bit of Eddie
Clendenning), some pretty good
guitar licks and the rhythm
section is solid. The top song on
this set of recordings is definitely
"Starlight Rock n’ Bop" (nice little
bopper), but I also enjoyed "True
Blue Lover" quite a bit as well.
The CD contains 14 tracks….13
originals and 1 cover of Joe
Penny's "Real Live Doll". Not
exactly in the wild/savage vein of
rockabilly, but a nice listen none
the less!
Starlight Rock n
Bop
Wild Hare Records
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"Walk the Line" Movie
Release: Nov. 18th
As many of you already know,
"Walk the Line," a Johnny CashJune Carter biopic starring Joaquin
Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, is
scheduled to be released this
month. They is already Oscar talk.
Date is set at Nov. 18 for release
(tent). The movie focuses on Cash's
1950s and '60s period, from his first
rockabilly recordings at Sun
Records to when he married Carter
in 1968. Also covers his as a hero
for his tours of prisons.
Checkerboard to reopen
The
Helldivers
Tracks:
1. Starlight Rock n' Bop
2. Real Live Doll
3. Lucky Penny
4. True Blue Lover
5. Lonesome Wind
6. Feel So Bad
NOTE: The CD contains liner 7. Hot Rod Boogie
notes from the Long Gone Daddy 8. Tough, Tops, Gone
9. Yeah, She's Mine
himself Pat Cupp.
10. Rhythm Gonna Rock You
www.thehelldivers.com
11. Street Angel, House Devil
www.wildharerecords.com
12. Jet Plane Jump
13. Up A Pole
14. Water Boilin'
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The world-famous Checkerboard
Lounge, a Bronzeville institution, is
set to reopen this month in Hyde
Park. The orginal club, slammed
with building code violations was
forced to shutter its doors. The
club owner, L.C. Thurman, plans to
start live music at the new
Checkerboard on Nov. 17. The
new addresses is 5201 S. Harper
Court; the space, is owned by the
University of Chicago and will seat
about 145 listeners.
"Stating that about 95% percent of
the clientel is from Hyde park
anyway, the owner explained that
as the reason for picking the area.
The grand opening weekend will
reportedly feature bluesman Vance
Kelly on Nov. 17; jazz artists Willie
Pickens, Maggie Brown, Jimmy
Ellis and Malachi Thompson on
Nov. 18; and a mixture of jazz and
blues thereafter.
Susan E. Funk
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Good
Night
and
Good
Luck
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I
finally got off my ass and went
to the movie theater (only to sit
on my ass again) to see "Good
Night and Good Luck". There
are only three things that I could
say about it, cool, cool and ultra
cool! Every hipster should see
this movie, especially the people
who believe that living in the 50's
would have been better than living
today.
This movie is the true
story oh how newsman Edward
R Murrow went after commie
hunter Sen. Joe McCarthy.
Joe McCarthy was the
chairman of the House UnAmerican
Activities
Committee,
and
he
recklessly goes after
members of the Communist
Party whether or not there
is evidence that the person
is guilty or not. Imagine
living in an era where yo go
to work and have to sign a
statement that you have
never been a member of a
questionable organization,
or lose your job (watch out
Maboohah
Club
members). Imagine living
in a society where you have
to be careful of which
magazines you subscribe to. Imagine
having to worry about whether or not you
will still have your job, because of
something you might have done 20 or 30
years ago. That is what it was like living
in the 50's. George Clooney brings this
era to life. Not only does he direct this
movie, but he stars as Murrow's
producer Fred Friendly.
The movie starts off when a member of
the Air Force has been discharged
because his father subscribed to some
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questionable publications. What
bothers Edward R. Murrow
(played by David Strathairn, who
portrayed Eddie Cicotte in
"Eight Men Out")about this is
that the discharged person
never got a trial, and that
there were no specific charges
made against him. Murrow
airs the story on his show
"See it Now". After the show
is aired, Chairman of CBS
William Paley (played by
Frank Langella)receives an
envelope
containing
information
about
Murrow's association with
q u e s t i o n a b l e
organizations. Only one
person could have done
t h i s ,
J o e
McCarthy.
Murrow and
Fred Friendly decide to go
after McCarthy. At the risk
of
pissing
off
the public and losing their
sponsors, they do a show
on Joe McCarthy. They
show various films about
McCarthy
making
s p e e c h e s
a n d
contradicting himself, and
present
facts
that
contradict the statements
that McCarthy has made.
They also
invite McCarthy to come on the show
and present his side of the story. Much
to the surprise of everybody, the
public reacts favorably.
As the story unfolds, Joe McCarthy
decides to take Murrow up on his offer
and come on the show to do a
rebuttal.
As Murrow had hoped,
McCarthy does not talk about the facts
that were presented, but makes personal
attacks against Murrow.
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International
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Workers of The World,
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one
of
the
coolest
organizations ever, is a terrorist
organization.
The public thinks that
McCarthy looks good, until Murrow
appears on the following "See it Now"
and answers the charges that McCarthy
has made.
He truthfully admits the
charges that are true, and is able to deny
the ones that are false, and ends up
looking better than McCarthy. As the
story goes on, McCarthy is eventually
censured by the senate, and his
career is ruined. In those days, like
today, a majority of the viewers would
rather be entertained instead of
educated, and "See it Now" is moved out
of it's weekly prime-time slot to a oncein-a-while Sunday afternoon slot
because of bad ratings.
Other great performances are turned in
by Robert Downey Jr. and Patricia
Clarkson who play reporters Joe and
Shirley Wershba, a couple who must
keep their marriage a secret because it is
against station policy to be married. Jeff
Daniels plays station manager Sig
Mickelson, and Ray Wise gives a great
performance as anchorman Don
Hollenbeck, a man who is afraid that it
will be revealed that he had written for a
questionable publication and had left
leaning veiws. Through the clever use of
newsreel and film footage, Joe McCarthy
plays himself (if he wins an Oscar,
someone will have to accept it for
him). There is also a great scene where
Murrow is interviewing Liberace and asks
him if he is ever going to get married. Of
course Liberace replies that he is waiting
for the right woman to come along.
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Good and Good
Luck
Night
Because we have fifty years of hindsight,
this scene becomes extremely
hilarious. Actual footage of Liberace is
actually used instead of an actor. Just
like today, networks worry about a
sponsor's reaction to a news
story.
Unlike today, Murrow, Fred
Friendly and CBS were willing to stand
up to their corporate sponsors. Like I
said is a must see movie. Unfortunately,
it is only showing at four theaters. I hope
they show it at more theaters in the
future.
By the way, did I mention that this movie
was filmed in black and white?
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Lifeline
Theater
Lifeline Theater in Rogers Park has two shows running
right now and both are getting great reviews, so I
thought I'd send out a little heads up. If you're looking
for some great theater for you... a date...the kiddies...
the P's... your unemployed brother...crack-smoking
roommate... whoever, here are some great
opportunities.
“The Talisman Ring” is a great Victorian mystery and has a lot of
action scenes, including fights, sword play and flint-lock gun shots, etc. I saw it in
previews and it was really cool. Oh yeah, and the costumes from that era showed a lot
of cleavage - nudge nudge wink wink. The show runs through December 11 and
tickets are $14-$26.
http://www.lifelinetheatre.com/performances/talisman.html
The second play is “Stuart Little.” This one is about a little mouse who was adopted by
a human family... yeah, they made a movie out of it, but it was actually a novel first.
This would be a great one to take your kids, nieces, nephews, neighbors’ kids... or just
go on your own. I haven't seen it personally, but Lifeline Theater is known for its plays
for kids. They do some great stuff. The show runs through November 27. Great place
to take the kiddies after Thanksgiving… and there’s a bar next door. Flexible pricing.
http://www.lifelinetheatre.com/performances/stuart.html
Keep checking the site for upcoming shows (for adults and kids) from this multiple
award-winning theater including Snowflake Tim’s Big Holiday Adventure, Johnny
Tremaine, Riki Tiki Tavi, and Brave Potatoes.
Joe Hellfish
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Magazine
Next Monday
November’s Issue
will be
AVAILABLE.
Now Online !!!
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Ok, check it out. I wake
up at 9 and watch the
hour
or
so
of
performances
from
Broadway
Musicals
performed
on the street
which leads
into the
Macy's
Thanksgiving
Day Parade. It's
the
cheesiest
thing in the world
and I love it.
While it's on, I call
virtually everyone I know
and make them get up
and watch it, too. You
can't record it and watch
it later or TIVO or
whatever you call it. Tibo
Bryson? I don't know
what. I still make
Memorex audio cassette
tapes. I'm retro.
in. It's Thanksgiving. One
day I'll be gone and you'll
be sorry. Now it's
Guiltsgiving.
Thanksgiving
=
these people on holidays.
My cousin who hosts this
thing is married and her
husband's sister comes
over with like 6 kids
between 1-8 years old
and they trash the house
and run around and go
wild, her husband's mom
talks a bunch of shit, his
Rocko’s Favorite Holiday
Anyway, I call everybody
I know and watch the
parade and talk to them
about it. Who is Percy the
Penguin? He has a float.
He should be somewhat
important. Is that a Louis
Vitton scarf he wears?
Might Percy be a
homosexual? Remember
when the Snoopy balloon
broke
away
and
escaped? Did that really
happen? Yes, he floated
over my house. Hope this
is what you wanted to
talk about at 9:30 AM on
your big day off. Hope
you didn't want to sleep
Rocko
After the parade and ever
since the success of the
movie Best in Show,
NBC
features
the
Mayflower Dog Show
after the parade. They
have the guy who played
J. Peterman on Seinfeld
in the earnestly clueless
Fred Willard part. There's
always one or two weird
dogs that are roughly the
size of a horse. I always
pull for the poodles.
Then I'm off to my
cousin's house for dinner
in the middle of the day.
Does everyone have
Thanksgiving dinner at
like 1 PM? My family
always has. My mom and
dad and aunt and uncle
all split town and moved
to Florida and left us kids
to fend for ourselves. I'm
an only child and I have
two cousins. I'm the
youngest of the bunch
but
the
most
independent; I only see
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dad falls asleep and
looks dead. It's a little bit
like a refugee camp over
there. They think I'm
pretty weird, I guess.
They're not really my
family. Even if they were,
I get the feeling they
would have a real hard
time with me. You guys
get that? I understand a
woman in a holiday
sweater. I understand a
guy who works at a
factory. I understand
these people watch
whatever is on TV and
think Celine Dion is great.
I get regular people. I see
how they think. To them,
I might as well be a
fucking Martian. Is it that
bizarre that I have
sideburns? That I put
grease in my hair
sometimes? That I don't
want to get married or
have kids? is that tough
to understand?
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Anyway, after a few
glasses of wine that
shit goes out the
window. Then the
tables are turned and it's time for dinner. It's been well established that I love to eat and I
go right at it, buddy. Right at it. I eat all of it. Maize, you call it corn. Mashed potatoes.
Stuffing. Broccoli casserole. And Turkey. Turkey, man. Trip-Toe-Fan, tryptophan! Hell
yeah! I wanna be sedated, dog!
Rocko’s Favorite Holi-
In the Aftermath I crash on the couch, everyone not between the ages of 25-35 split, and
it's time to cool out with some pie. Derby pie, which is a Kentucky chocolate thing.
Pumpkin pie. Apple pie. Pecan pie. I eat all the pie.
Then I start preparing myself mentally for the onslaught of Black Friday.
Black Friday is a big thing in retail, the concept being on that day your numbers go well
out of the red and the yellow and into the black. It's Game On. You sell the shit out of
some merchandise. As I may've established, I'm really into selling music. I'm the music
manager at a Barnes and Noble. Starting that day and running through X-mas day I
wear sport coats to work everyday, ties on the weekends, and I STRONGLY URGE my
employees to do the same. I know everybody knows what it's like at most music stores,
the clerk acts too cool to talk to anybody and seems socially retarded. My staff and I are
the opposite of that. When you come into my spot, it's like you're at a party I'm hosting. I
sell stuff like crazy. I hustle and sell the shit out of some music. It rules.
I like Thanksgiving because it's the beginning. It's the start of something awesome.
Christmas Day and then New Year's is the wrap party for the hectic time between
Thanksgiving and then. It's nuts and I love it. I'm already fired up. Can you dig it?
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Joe Vincent (Treniers) R.I.P.
Rocko
YISKLA ADIAKIA-HANNA a.k.a. JOE VINCENT - Yiskla Adiakia-Hanna, 63,
passed away peacefully at his home in Hesperia, California on October 5, 2005. He
was the husband of Lynn D. (Viero) Adiakia-Hanna for 16 years.
Joe was a member of the trailblazing Rock n' Roll group called the Treniers, some of
you out there may remember the group from the movie "The Girl Can't Help It", featuring Little Richard and Marylin Monroe. http://www.thetreniers.com/discfilm.html.
Joe was born February 17, 1942. As he was a man of diverse interests and talents, he
touched the lives of many people. Joe was perhaps best known for his love and active
participation in the music and entertainment industry. His career as a musician in his
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For the sake of argument let's say that I used to be completely normal. And I have the
photographs to prove it. Short little haircut. Conservative slacks and loafers. I focused on
my schoolwork and read historical biographies in my spare time. This all changed in
1966.
1966 was quite possibly the most important year of my life. I was five years old and I
was about to be introduced to the wondrous world of obsessive compulsive behavior by
a fellow in grey tights and a dark blue cape and cowl. That's right, kids. If it hadn't
been for Adam West as
Batman I would be the president of ExxonMobil today.
B a t ma n
‘66
Obviously I had watched
television before the
debut of "Batman" in
January of that fateful
year. My dad was a cardcarrying member of
the Lawrence Welk fan club so we watched
his
show
every
Saturday night. And I liked to swing with "The Beverly
Hillbillies" and "The
Red Skelton Show" every now and again. But there was nothing on the tube that really
fell into my must-see catagory...until "Batman."
Over night I changed. The days when "Batman" was on TV found me looking at the clock
every five minutes trying to make time go faster. Everything stood still until 6:30 when
that deep voice would intone, "Another sunny day in Gotham City!" And then it was off to
the races.
I put my mitts on every bit of Batman that I could which basically amounted to a comic
book here and there and pictures cut
from the newspaper. Let's face it.
Hollywood did not have its merchandise
machine in high gear in the middle
sixties. Once in a while you might find a
poster or a board game for sale...and I
bought them.
The big ticket items, however, were
strictly out of my reach. Who could
afford the $15 for a fold-out plastic
Batcave or the $8 for a Batman utility
belt(which I have seen on the internet
with a going price of $1000...for the
empty box)? I couldn't even persuade
my folks into driving me into town to see
the Batmobile at the local Ford
showroom. Money was tight and times
were tough.
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‘66
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My prize possession during the first hail storm of
Batmania, however, was my Batman costume. We
didn't buy it from a store. It wasn't some crap plastic mask and
a blue beach towel cape. No sir senator! It was a full-length jumpsuit
contraption with a zipper in the back. It had a one-piece cape and cowl. And, best of all,
my mother made it by hand. She didn't even use a store-bought pattern. She just
whomped it up on the old Singer sewing machine in the living room. One day I'm a
simple five-year old millionaire on a farm in Iowa. And the next minute I am fighting crime
in Gotham City!
I am reminded of all this by a recent visit from one of my sisters. She was in Chicago for
the marathon (hell, I couldn't even drive 26.5 miles without resting). And we got together
after the race. She had a small package for her little brother. She offered it to me with a
big grin. I opened the bag and there was a tiny bundle of grey and blue fabric. I unfolded
it with a nervous laugh knowing it was my Batman costume from forty years ago!! She
had been keeping it at her home in Minnesota for all these years and her sons had worn
it when they were young. I held that costume in my arms and I knew that I loved my
mother and my sister. I knew that I loved the way my life happens. And I knew that I
loved the Caped Crusader.
Come to my house some time if you would like to see my Batman costume. It is on
display in a full-length glass case in the living room.
Please... no
flash
photography.
Ken Mottet
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November 2005
Having been a long time admirer of watching folks moving
around out on the floor during
shows, I decided to take the first
step away from being a wallflower to being a leading man
out on the floor by taking a
swing dancing lesson. Rather
than have my dance moves end
up being like my self taught
rambling and often hackneyed
guitar stylings, I figured that if I
am to be as light as a feather
out on the dance floor, lessons
would be a wise move.
Now, some of you may be thinking, “Isn’t this guy about 10
years behind the curve?”-to this
I will agree-but, I will also say,
“Better late than never.”.
I
would wager that the greater
majority of those of you reading
are in the same boat that I amyou have been able to slow
dance like a champ since junior
high, but when the music picks
up, you end up looking or feeling more like a chimp.
Luckily I was already in contact
with Nicolle-who is eternally
more patient with the likes of my
capabilities than I have words to
describe and fit in this write up,
plus she set me up with a patient and willing dance partner
(Who shall remain nameless in
an effort to protect her identity a
little more than her toes were
protected on the night of our
lesson.).
The basic style we learned was
the quick-quick-slow-slow
method of the Lindy Hop/
Jitterbug/East Coast Swing.
Nicolle was well versed in the
origins of this dance along
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Wallflower
Blues...
To you dear reader-If I can get
to this point, anyone can.
Granted, I’m not burning up the
floor yet, but give me time.
Guys, once you get past the
fear factor of getting moving on
your feet, the world is yours. I
have it from a reliable female
source that once you can
dance “It’s an in with all the
gals.”.
with other styles and how they all
evolved along with music over
time. Things in the beginning
were a little tricky-the closest
thing I had been involved with
that was akin to a dance lesson
was playing trombone in the
marching band in high school
and college (In defense of band
geeks everywhere, this does require quite a bit of coordination.).
After the lesson we had some
good discussions of the importance of dancers to music with
a swing. I mentioned that I
have yet to see a live show
where there are dancers on
the floor where the band did
not thank the dancers at the
end of each song-the band
feeds off of this energy. In
turn, they give the energy back
Though both of my left feet in their performance.
started out flat, they began to
sort themselves out as an actual Once I get my comfort level
left and right foot and a little down with this style, I hope to
rhythm made it’s way into the move on to learning how to
routine through the lesson. Next Jive-more on that in future artiwas the matter of keeping my cles.
knees bent-this was a good reminder of how lanky and white I Nicolle tells me that she has
am and despite this hopeless- some upcoming classes that
ness, that I can still get a little bit may be of interest: She has a
beginner class on Saturday,
of a swerve on.
November 19 with a follow up
Next was the upper body-this on December 3. She also has
was mostly focused on moving a 5 week session of intermedithe girl around, things like the ate swing on Mondays at 7:30
turns and spins. Each stage and a 5 week session of intertook a little more coordination mediate everything else Monand patience from both the in- day's 6:30 beginning Novemstructor and my partner, but once ber 14.
we had it down, it all happened
much more easily. Now I just All lessons are held at The
need to get out and get more Happy Village, 1059 N. Wolcott
For more information, email
practice.
Nicolle at
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artists.
Out of his avid interest in Egyptology,
ancient peoples, cultures and religions,
Yiskla established the Shem Su Hru
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Tacoma, Wash., but Fisher moved back
to Texas, settling in Houston. He was
drawn to music by his father, who played
guitar and sang cowboy songs. Fisher
eventually would start his own band,
playing hillbilly music.
Later, he would say, the band became
influenced by Joe Turner, Fats Domino
and B.B. King. He also became an early
fan of Elvis Presley and saw him at the
Texas Korral in Houston.
Fisher was signed by Jack Starnes of
Starday Records, who saw him perform
at the Cosy Corner in Houston. Starnes
was a business partner of H.W. "Pappy"
Daily, who later recorded the Big Bopper,
J.P. Richardson and George Jones.
Sonny Fisher Dead at
Age 73
His first recording session was in early
January 1955 at Bill Quinn's Goldstar
Studio in Houston. Nicknamed the "Wild
Man From Texas" Fisher was an original
rockabilly, Chalard said.
By ARMANDO VILLAFRANCA, Houston
Chronicle - Therman "Sonny" Fisher, a
rockabilly artist in Houston during the
'50s, died Oct. 8. He was 73. Fisher only
made a few recordings with Starday
Records in Houston during the mid-'50s,
most notably Rockin' Daddy and Hold Me
Baby, but he left a lasting impact in
Europe.
Fisher never achieved great fame in the
U.S., Chalard said, because he was
never able to move beyond a regional
recording label. But his career was
revived in the 1980s when he was invited
by rockabilly fans in England and then
France.
With his trademark jaw-length sideburns
and slick pompadour, Fisher embodied
the spirit of Texas rockabilly during its
infancy to his many European fans. "For
Europeans, it was the first time they heard
people like him," said Jacky Chalard, of
Big Beat Records in Paris. "Nobody in
Europe had seen a man like Sonny. That
was magic for people in Europe."
Fisher was born Nov. 13, 1931, in
Chandler. His family later relocated to
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Sleepy LaBeef in Spain in 1993 with the
Spanish group, Los Solitarios. While in
France during the early '80s, Chalard
said Fisher stayed at his home and
appeared on French television. Chalard
produced an album, Texas Rockabilly
Period by Fisher at his Davoust Studios
in Paris.
Chalard last saw Fisher in 1982 or 1983
when they parted at an airport in Paris.
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He said Fisher planned to return to too little appreciated," said Museum
France because he believed he still had a
lot to offer there. "He said, 'I'll telephone
you,' and never heard from him again,"
Chalard said. "We shaked hands and he
called me, 'son.' "
Director Kyle Young. "The 'Ray Price
beat' is elemental. Without it, country
music would certainly be incomplete. He
is a central figure in the 20th Century
history of American popular music."
Chalard said he repeatedly tried to track
down Fisher. Concert promoters in France
were eager to book him. But he was never
able to reach him and assumed he had
died in the more than 20 years since their
last encounter.
Following a tour of duty in the U. S.
Marines during World War II, Price aimed
for a veterinary career and enrolled at
North Texas Agricultural College.
Supplementing his formal education with
a little nightlife singing in a local
establishment, and with encouragement
from Dallas recording entrepreneur Jim
Beck, the young Texan made his first
record, "Jealous Lies," for the Bullet label
in January 1950.
"In one week (after he left) we don't have
any more news. I tried to contact people in
America," Chalard said. "Sonny is like a
gypsy man, he changed his house all the
time. It was impossible to contact him."
Survivors include three daughters, Vickie
Daigle; Kimberlerly Eason; and Felisha
Evans; four sons, Gary Bennett Fisher;
Tony Wayne Fisher; Gordon B. Fisher; and
Wendell C. Fisher; a sister, Judy Webber;
and two brothers, Charles Frieley; and Carl
Frieley; nine grandchildren; and seven
great grandchildren.
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His singing on Dallas radio programs
earned the notice of Troy Martin, an
executive at the powerful publishing
house Peer-Southern Music, who guided
him to a contract with Columbia Records
in 1951. His first Columbia release, "If
You're Ever Lonely, Darling," written by
his chart-topping label mate Lefty
Frizzell, didn't make any money and
failed to chart.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., October 21, 2005 The Country Music Hall of Fame and
Museum will pay tribute to American music
architect Ray Price with an exhibit,
tentatively titled Ray Price: The Cherokee
Cowboy, opening in the Museum's East
Gallery in August 2006 and running
through June 2007.
Price, who was inducted into the Country
Music Hall of Fame in 1996, will celebrate
his 80th birthday on January 12, 2006.
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In the fall of 195l, Hank Williams took Price
with him on tour and wrote a song, "Weary
Blues (From Waiting)," which he gave to
his new pal to record. The song did well
enough to garner Price an invitation to join
the Grand Ole Opry in January 1952.
When Price moved to Nashville the same
year, he and Williams roomed together.
Williams let Price use his band, the Drifting
Cowboys, which is part of the reason
Price's recordings sounded so much like
Williams' for a few years.
However, Price wasn't just any Hank
Williams sound alike. Blessed with a dropdead tenor voice and an eagle eye for
great songs, the balladeer delivered two
Top Five country hits for Columbia in 1952:
"Talk to Your Heart" and "Don't Let the
Stars Get in Your Eyes," (which would later
become a #l pop hit for Perry Como). He
returned to the Top Five again in March
1954 with "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want
Me)." Though "I'll Be There" continued to
shadow Hank and Lefty, Price was clearly
showing signs of his own musical coming
of age.
With his recording of "Release Me," a 1954
Top Ten, Price further framed his soon-to-
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be-signature sound by adding session
musicians like guitarist Grady Martin to a
core group of Drifting Cowboys,
embroidering his usual honky-tonk style
with threads of western swing.
In 1956, as Price began to enjoy success
with his personally branded honky-tonk,
rockabilly cats like Elvis Presley and Carl
Perkins were suddenly jitterbugging past
superstars like Eddy Arnold and Red
Foley to dominate the upper echelons of
the country music charts and to preside
over what looked to be the death of
traditional country music. Some country
stars began to emulate the rockabilly
sound, but Price had already learned the
limitations of imitation. Instead, when he
and his band, the Cherokee Cowboys,
entered the studio in March 1956 to cut
"Crazy Arms," they created a new sound,
incorporating both an acoustic and an
electric bass to lay down a 4/4, dancefriendly shuffle rhythm that worked like an
Evinrude behind Price's imposing tenor
and harmonized choruses. The sound
became known as "the Ray Price beat,"
and it catapulted honky-tonk high enough
and far enough to land and endure in the
21st century. "Crazy Arms" neatly
knocked Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede
Shoes" off its #l aerie and remained in the
top slot for twenty weeks.
Fledgling honky-tonker Price was now a
fully feathered star, who helped give wing
to the careers of others. At various times,
the Cherokee Cowboys included Roger
Miller, Willie Nelson, Johnny Paycheck
(known then as Donnie Young), Johnny
Bush, Jimmy Day and Buddy Emmons,
among others. He championed talented
songwriters like Bill Anderson, Harlan
Howard, Hank Cochran, Roger Miller, Mel
Tillis, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson.
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Price's 1959 Top Five recording of
Howard's "Heartaches by the Number"
helped establish the young writer's
professional credentials, while his 1958 #l
hit-and-runner "City Lights" did the same
for Anderson. "City Lights," which
memorializes the alienation of countless
rural southerners who abandoned dirt
farms for factory work in the industrial
states in the '50s, is a clear example of the
special way country records document
American history.
By the early '60s, Price was edging toward
a more polished, uptown sound, which
reached full flower with his acutely
emotional 1967 interpretation of the Irish
standard "Danny Boy." The recording
found its way to the country Top Ten, but
many disc jockeys rejected it as a poporiented "sell-out." Done with a full
orchestra, the song alienated many Price
fans, but it won him new devotees as well.
Price returned to the top of the country
chart in 1970 with Kris Kristofferson's "For
the Good Times." The song also went to
#11 on the pop chart, and was
Kristofferson's first #1 country hit. "For the
Good Times" modernized country lyrics for
a new generation and united Price's early
fans with new ones. The recording merited
recognition as the Academy of Country
Music's l970 Single and Song of the Year
and won a 1970 Grammy Award for Best
Male Country Vocal Performance. The For
the Good Times album, on Columbia,
garnered the ACM's Album of the Year
accolade. In 1971, the Country Music
Association voted Price's I Won't Mention It
Again Album of the Year. The title song
followed "For the Good Times" to the top of
the country chart.
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Between 1952 and 1989, Price scored a
whopping 108 chart hits including eight
chart-toppers and two dozen Top Five
classics. Price's recordings for various
labels since the 1970s have included the
critically acclaimed Time in 2002 and Run
That by Me One More Time, a collection
of duets with Willie Nelson, in 2003. In
2003, the Academy of Country Music
presented the versatile singer with the
Pioneer Award.
Price's membership in the Country Music
Hall of Fame is deserved recognition for a
man who has used remarkable resources
of talent, will and taste for the betterment
of the genre. Well before his recordings
evolved from the barroom to the
showroom, the versatile Price was making
music that borrowed from jazz, blues, pop
and rock. His innovative honky-tonk beat,
designed for roadhouses located a long
way from church, and the often-criticized
strings that helped to carry his story
songs heavenward, attracted new
audiences to country music and have
become staples of modern country.
His hits helped draw pop stars to the song
catalogs represented by Nashville
publishers, and his recording career is
synonymous with the rise of Nashville as
a recording center. Many of those he
helped along the way, including his
longtime producer Don Law, are now
themselves members of the Country
Music Hall of Fame. Like his voice and his
ear for powerful songs, his skill as a
bandleader and his will to make music the
Ray Noble Price way is undiminished.
Price still regards Nashville and its music
industry as a key part of his career. He
continues to travel here to record, valuing
the players who live here and the studios
available here. Earlier this year, Price
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told CMT.com columnist Chet Flippo that
he wanted to be remembered as "the best
damn singer ever." Ray Price: The
Cherokee Cowboy will be another step in
that direction.
Accredited by the American Association of
Museums, the Country Music Hall of
FameÆ and Museum is operated by the
Country Music Foundation, a not-for-profit
501(c)(3) educational organization
chartered by the state of Tennessee in
1964. The Museum's mission is the
preservation of the history of country and
related vernacular music rooted in
southern culture. With the same
educational mission, the Foundation also
operates CMF Records, the Museum's
Frist Library and Archive, CMF Press,
historic RCA Studio B, and Hatch Show
Print.
The Ford Division of the Ford Motor Co. is
a Founding Partner of the $37 million
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum,
which opened on May 17, 2001. More
information about the Country Music Hall
of Fame and Museum is available at
www.countrymusichalloffame.com or by
calling (615) 416-2001.
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ago. The guy who sold it to me said it
would cruise at 70 all day long (except for
the bad front U-joint that caused the car to
shudder violently at 60). He also said
there wasn’t much Bondo. I found out
that also wasn’t the case the first time I
painted it. It took until about 2 weeks
before the Hunnert Car Pileup to find out
how bad it was…
Last year, the Pileup was approaching & I
had the first engine I ever built sitting on
an engine stand & my car waiting for its
new engine. I worked day & night, along
with the help of many friends, during the
weeks approaching the Pileup. As luck
would have it, the engine was in & fired
up the day AFTER the Pileup. @#%! I
swore my car would make it to Pileup ’05.
This year, things were going well. The
car had come together. My buddy Kevin
fabricated some beautiful exhaust
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He decided to make his work a little
easier & took off the fender. This allowed
him to work at the dent from both sides.
headers. The engine was running strong.
I even took it to the dragstrip once & let
‘er rip. As luck again would have it, the
engine broke a few weeks later. This was
the middle of the summer. It wasn’t
cheap, but I got it fixed & put it back
together & I painted the open engine bay
a really cool Candy Gold/Orange while
the engine was in the shop.
While the engine was out, I had a tarp
covering the open engine bay.
The
rubbing of the tarp screwed up some paint
on the fenders. I wanted to clean it up &
repaint the front end of the car before the
Pileup. (Famous last words)
Ever since I had the car, there was a
crack in the Bondo on my front fender. I
decided I wanted to get to the bottom of it.
It was 3 WEEKS before the Pileup & I
took out my little sander, and before I
knew it, I had a hole about a 6” by 12” &
half an inch deep! I’m a geeeenius!
Thank goodness, my buddy Duane came
to the rescue. With
about a WEEK to go, I
dropped off my car at
his small garage & he
went to work. I don’t
think he new what a
can of worms he
opened when he took
his
grinder
&
uncovered the other
half of the huge dent!
This is what I saw
when he posted some
photos…
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First thing Friday morning, I went over to
Duane’s garage, put the fender back on,
sanded the Bondo as smooth as I could in
a hurry, cleaned up the dust & sprayed
some primer on the fender. Not perfect,
but damned good considering how it
When I went by his place to prep the rest looked for the last 4+ years, & considering
of the car for paint TWO DAYS before the Duane had to rush. Another skim coat of
Pileup, this is what I saw…
Bondo & some more patient sanding & it’ll
be show-quality, baby!
In my mind, I had a million ideas for the
blank slate of my now all black car –
flames, scallops, flames & scallops… All
I had done so far was to lay 1” candy
stripes on the roof, almost all the way
across. I thought I was going to go blind
trying to make all those stripes straight!
(That took two hours & two rolls of 1” 3M
blue masking tape for the statistics.) For
the color, I had already decided on the
same Candy Gold/Orange that I had done
in the engine compartment during rebuild
#2.
Suddenly, I thought “We just might pull this
off!” While Duane laid down a LITTLE bit
of Bondo to smooth the few irregularities
left, I masked off my car for paint. It was
pretty cool that Thursday night & my nose
was running like it was in a race. Anyway,
three rolls of tape later, I finished for the
evening & went to watch Duane work his
magic.
Time for action. I started at the top & was
going to work my way down. Let me say
Candy paint is a pain in the rear quarters
– there’s one try & no re-touching. I
started with the base coat of Gold
Metallic, followed by a couple coats of the
translucent Candy Orange. CAREFULLY,
I peeled off the masking tape – too fast &
I’ll pull the paint off with the tape, which I
started to do in one small spot. Nobody
He wouldn’t let me watch him pound my will ever know (except for all the folks
fender, but I watched him lay the THIN reading this). Finally, for the roof, I
coat of Bondo. “This stuff isn’t hardening. topped the stripes off with some clear for
There’s an all-night Auto Zone on Touhy. some shine on my semi-gloss car.
Go & pick up another can while I grind the
bad Bondo off”. (Bad Bondo. Sounds like Then, I went to work on the bottom.
a good band name!) I went to Auto Zone & Simple Semi-Gloss Black. I hope I don’t
got him a little can of Bondo. About 12, he run out! I was pretty much done… A little
put the Bondo on, we cleaned up a bit, he more to look pretty… As luck would have
gave me a spare key for his garage, he it… It was now after noon. I needed to
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I promised I’d actually show up to help
this year, so bright & early Saturday
morning I headed back to Morris. But
first, I headed back to the gas station.
Good thing I can temporarily overdraw
with my ATM card at the pump because I
leave for Morris & I headed out on a was broker than broke due to the move.
search for spray paint in CHICAGO. Spray
paint is ILLEGAL to buy in Chicago! I gave I got to Morris about 10am. I went the
up, headed home in my “daily driver”& wrong way at the exit. Turn around & I
called for a ride back to pick up the ’56. made it to The Pileup ON TIME! (kinda)
While I waited for my ride, I packed! I also No line. Cool. I pulled in & parked in the
tried unsuccessfully to take a shower. (Did middleof the lot, about 4 cars deep in any
I mention I also moved during the time I direction. This is BIG when you show up
was working on the car?) Something on time!
wrong with the water pressure. I got wet &
dried off.
Where are Dez’s coffee & donuts?
AAHH! I sat & ate donuts & drank coffee
The ride got there – a ’56 Buick & socialized until I was designated to man
Roadmaster – Niiiice! We went back to the orange paddle. (Parking duty-“Turn
Duane’s, pulled off the remaining masking right, Take a left at the garbage can…”).
tape, put the headlights back in, no time to
put the turn signals & hood ornament back Until Hi-Fi started that is. Then, Dez & I
on, quick clean up, & we’re off IN THE started a two-person “Jive Pit” while Eric
RAIN! (No wipers? Rain-X is a wonderful & Hans & the boys did their stuff. Then,
thing!)
The Riptones. “Don’t touch my hair” is
one of the coolest songs ever written.
Traffic all the way. I was due at the Fool’s
Bar at 7 to DJ. (Did I also mention that I I even managed to trade a RatFink air
planned to DJ from my iPod, but freshener for a ride in a converted
accidentally erased TWO WEEKS worth of dragster with a ’34 Ford Truck body.
music? No problem. I had HALF the CDs W H H H H O O O O O O O O O O
for the music that WAS on my iPod.) I HHHHHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wanna
headed straight for the bar, while the rest build one of these!
of the group headed for the hotel to check
in.
I saw a camera crew interviewing Joe &
Mike of the Czars. Rumor had it they were
Friday night DJing was a ball. Thanks to from ESPN2 or something like that. The
The Chrome Czars for trusting me (or for boys are big time! I’m sure they’ll keep
being desperate enough!).
the show just small enough & just big
enough to be the Best Damned Car Show
Due to an argument that ended too late to
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mooch floor space in a buddy’s room, I
headed back to Chi-town on Friday night,
Helluva job this year, Chrome Czars!
about 1:30am. That was Coooold.
There were some AMAZING cars there.
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What was there? 900+ cars? AND it was cold & cloudy! Next year – “Thousand
Car Pileup”?
Saturday night, I was on parking duty at Fool’s Bar. When the “regular” cars left their
spots, Joe & I ran for the spot with orange cones & saved the spot for hotrods. The
city OKed it. Well, some redneck in a big black pickup truck decided to do a burnout
in the middle of the street. When I saw the back of his truck start to drift toward a
beautiful parked ’59 Chevy Wagon, I started running & yelling. Thankfully, disaster
was averted. Next, a big WHITE pickup pulled right up to my legs as I blocked the
“hotrod only” spot & wanted to argue with me. I’ll edit the conversation for the
kiddies that might be reading. It ended “You have a big truck. You can do whatever
you want.” He left in a huff & that was it. I went in & saw Knuckeldrager ROCK.
Later, the BLACK pickup came back & did another burnout all down the street. (Did I
mention this was in front of the POLICE STATION?) Then, I had a pointless
conversation with their redneck buddy as to why we all didn’t do burnouts in our old
hotrods. “Did you like the car show?” “Yeah.” “Would you like to see the car show
next year?” “Yup.” “That’s why.”
When I finally made it home, I fell asleep at 8:30. I can’t wait until next year! Oh
yeah, this is how the car turned out…
Tony
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Christmas is 7 WEEKS
away. Seems like a long
time, doesn’t it?
You’re
thinking of Thanksgiving
right now, aren’t you? Well,
let me ease some of your
shopping stress. Some of
you may be parents, others
aunts, uncles, godparents,
cousins, babysitters or just
friends with people who
have kids.
What do you get babies/
kids? Books. In this day
and age of computers, video
games, and toys that can all
but dress themselves, books
are STILL a wonderful
present. The only way to
turn kids into readers is to
read to them (you can never
start early enough) and to
encourage them to read for
themselves.
Christmas is
7 weeks Away . . .
You can easily find them online
(try Bookfinder.com), at your
local booksellers (some may
even special order them for
you) or at one of my favorite
places, Myopic Books
(myopicbookstore.com) 1564
N. Milwaukee in Wicker Park.
Goldilocks Has Chicken Pox
& Little Bo Peep Can’t Get to
Sleep by Erin Dealey and
Hanako Wakiyama http://www.erindealey.com/
Goldilocks Has Chicken Pox
(4-8)
“Goldie Locks has chicken pox;
from head to toe were polka
dots” this is the first line of the
book. As it turns out, baby
bear does not have them since
bears can’t get them, Henny
Penny, Little Bo Peep and
even Jack be Nimble all come
by to visit. Aside the funny
rhyming verse, the usual
suspects of our childhood
nursery
rhymes,
the
illustrations are RETRO!! Her
dad even wears a cool cowboy
shirt and Levi’s!
There are millions and
millions of kids books out
there today. There are the
“classics” that still endure:
Good Night Moon, Curious
George, Amelia Bedelia,
etc. But, there are also
some wonderful new books.
Following are my picks for
some
of
the
most
entertaining (for kids and
adults alike) books out
there. Rhyming text, great
Little Bo Peep Can’t Get to
illustrations and humour.
Sleep (4-8)
Not your run-of-the mill
boring kid’s book:
I just found out about this one.
Since my daughter is already
(Recommended ages are in enamored of “Goldilocks”,
parentheses, but I never pay
Santa will most certainly leave
attention to that personally). this one under her tree.
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Frances Minters
Another one of my favorite
authors is Frances Minters.
She takes the classic old
fairytales that we grew up with
(I actually grew up with the
“real” Brothers Grimm stories
which I don’t recommend out of
pc-ness):
Princess Fishtail (4-8)
Christmas is
7 weeks Away . .
McDuff by Rosemary Wells
(Baby – Preschool)
There are a ton of McDuff
books. I was lucky enough to
find a box set with 4 books in it.
McDuff is a white West Highland
Terrier who finds a good home,
adjusts to a baby in the house
and gets into all kinds of
adventures.
The illustrations
are amazing. Complete 30’s
Deco house, clothes, etc.
I
can’t rave enough about this. If
there’s a Westie fan on your gift
buying list, they would
appreciate one of these books
as well.
“In a crystal palace deep down
beneath the water, Lived the
kind old Mer-king and his lovely
daughter.
Once again, the
rhyming text is entertaining for
adults and kids, A take-off on
the classic “Little Mermaid”, this
is updated for our times.
Instead of a prince, she falls in
love with a surfer and loves all Good Night! & Christmas is
the shoes she can buy when Coming! By Claire Masurel
(Baby – Preschool)
she loses her fins.
In Good Night! Juliette has to
find all of her stuffed animals,
“Once upon a time O so they tuck them in and finally go to
tell me There was a girl Called bed herself.
Cinder-Elly.” A retelling of
Cinderella, it takes place in In Christmas is Coming!
Manhattan and instead of a Juliette and her stuffed animals
prepare for Christmas. Both are
ball, it’s about basketball.
gorgeously illustrated with
simple text.
Sleepless Beauty (4-8)
Cinder-Elly (4-8)
“The day I was born I was such
a cutie Mom and Dad called
me their own Little Beauty.” An
updated re-telling of Sleeping
Beauty. In this book, a record
player needle is the cause of
her falling asleep and her
prince is a guitar slinging
singer.
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So Many Bunnies, Bunny Day
& One More Bunny by Rick
Walton & Paige Miglio
Each one of these is illustrated
with wonderful rich details.
So Many Bunnies is so skillfully
illustrated and written,
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that kids don’t even realize
they’re learning A-B-C and 1-23. “1 was named Abel, he
slept on a table”, etc. Poor
mother bunny has 26 children
to put to bed in all sorts of
places.
“Once upon a time Chicken
Licken was standing around
when a piece of something fell
She wasn’t
on her head.
the
brightest thing on 2 legs, so
she started running around in
circles clucking. “The sky is
falling! The sky is falling! We
must tell the President!”. So it
begins. The Stinky Cheese
man is the Gingerbread man
of our youth, except that he’s
made of stinky cheese so
NOBODY WANTS to catch
him.
Bunny Day follows a family of
bunnies from morning through
bedtime, a sneaky way of
introducing the time concept
and last but not least,
And, for adults, The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova this
One More Bunny where kids year’s Da Vinci Code in my
unknowingly start adding opinion. Just as engrossing
(bunnies, bumblebees, etc.).
but instead of the search for
the Holy Grail, this book takes
you in search of Vlad the
Olivia by Ian Falconer
Impaler (Dracula) through the
Olivia is not your typical pig. decades.
She dreams she’s Maria
Callas!
I love this book, I
almost think it is geared more
towards parents than the littler
kids, however, older kids will
appreciate the illustrations.
The Stinky Cheese Man and
Other Fairly Stupid Tales by
Jon Scieszka
Not a book for everyone.
PLEASE read it before you
give it away as a present.
Remember the “Fractured
Fairytales” cartoons? This is
the book version thereof:
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Sun
Mon
Every
Sun.
Roots
and
Rockabilly @
Smoke
Daddy
Tue
1 Every
Tues. DJ
Pete Spins
Rockabilly,
doowop,
blues, 50s R
n B @
Streetside
Devil in a
Woodpile @
Hideout
Www.gunthermurphys.com, www.beatkitchen.com,
www.abbeypub.com, www.fitzgeraldsnightclub.com,
www.schubas.com, www.metromix.com, www.martyrslive.com,
mwrab@yahoogroups.com, www.chicagorockabillycom (Amy
Ott), and Desiree Kiss.
Thu
Fri
Sat
2 Every
wed.
Rhythm
Rockets @
Frankies
Blue Room
3 Big C—
Mexcal
Brothers@
Martyrs
4 The
Blasters @
Fitzgerald’s
5
Every Thurs.
Rockin’
Billy @
SmokeDaddy’s
Every Fri.
Hoyle Brothers @ Empty
Bottle
10
11 Git
Gone Boys @
Dukes (6924
N. Glenwood) 9pm12am
12 Kent
Rose w/
Fiddlin Rick
Veras, Super
Mini Trio @
Horseshoe
Neverly Bros
@ McNally’s
6
7
8
9
13
14
15
16 Junior 17 Neverly
Brown @
Bros @ Ed &
Subterra- Joe’s Pizza
nean
Kent Rose &
the RemeBlue Rodies @
deo @
Horseshoe
Martyrs
18
19 Brian
Setzer
Christmas Extravagan
za @
House of
Blues
20 Brian
Setzer
Christmas Extravagan
za @
House of
Blues
21
22
23
25 Asylum
Street
Spankers @
Beat
Kitchen
26
27
28
Neverly
Bros @
Westfield
Shopping
Mall
Be sure to check with venues before shows. Schedule
subject to change.
Dates are compiled through several courses:
Wed
Neverly
Bros @
St.
John’s
Pub
29
30
Wayne
Hancock @
Beat Kitchen
Kent Rose w/
Michael
Krasovech
from Riptones
@ Horseshoe
24
Big
Heads up: 12/31 Big Sandy, Los
John Bates, Straitjackets, Pontani Sisters,
The
and Hi-Risers @ Oneida
Stranger,
Hot Rod
Hucksters
GinPalace
Jesters @
Hideout