:: propagandART ~ july 27, 2004 ::

don't you love summer? especially when the weather is hot...but not too hot.
well, i hope that you've been getting out of the house and frolicking around.
if not...you should...it'll add years back on to your life.
take a bike ride...call some friends for frisbee in the park...whatever.
live life...don't hear about it!

did i tell you i'm singing with the nine live cats again?
here's the scoop on our gig...

:: Nine Live Cats ::

It's been two years since my last gig with the Cats...and i've sure missed it. The band is a blast to play with. We've got a lot of new members, so we've got a renewed excitement towards playing. The gigs are filled with great people anyway, so combine that with our excitement and you've got a potent evening of brass-kickin' rock'n'roll fun in store. The 4-piece horn section is brassy as ever and the rhythm section is fired up and ready to go.

If you haven't seen the band before, we play mostly classic rock-era brass-based rock and roll. So you'll hear standards like Brown Eyed Girl, Brick House, Mustang Sally and Honky Tonk Women. But things really get jumpin when we pull out classic cuts by Blood, Sweat & Tears, Tower of Power and Chicago. Then, just when you think you've got us figured out, we drop some U2 or Harry Connick Jr on you. (We even do a horn tune from the Beatles' White Album...can you guess it?) If you have seen the band before, be sure to hit the first set for the unveiling of a couple new additions.

Get there early for a good seat. Duggan's has deceptively fantastic food - you should consider planning to eat dinner there. Call your friends and tell the babysitter it's going to be a late night...the cats are on the prowl again.

Friday, July 30 ~ 9pm-ish
Duggan's Pub (11th & K)
www.ninelivecats.com

:: Electric Soul Method ::

This is one of my favorite local bands and they've just gotten started. They're parts of Magnificent 7 and Animato. They play great funky, dance-friendly jams. There are some fantastic musicians on the stage, but I love when the turn the mic over to Laniece. She's got a sultry vixen voice that's as smooth as you'll find.

Thursday, July 29 ~ 9ish
Zoo Bar ~ $5ish cover charge

:: Seussical: The Musical ::

"After all those years being stuck on a page,
Did you ever imagine you’d see me onstage?
Now I’m here, there is no telling what may ensue!
No, there’s no telling what!
But I’ll give you a clue..."

So says the mischievous Cat in the Hat at the onset of this fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza! Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Once On This Island, Ragtime) have lovingly brought to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz, Lazy Mayzie and all of the Whos of Whoville!

These classic, colorful tales are seamlessly brought together by Jojo, a young “thinker of strange and wonderful thinks”! As each story unfolds you will marvel at how relevant and profound Seuss’s subtle themes are, making this a musical that appeals to all ages.

The score emerges as a Seussian gumbo of musical styles, ranging from Latin to pop, swing to gospel, and R&B to funk! So let your toes tap, your fingers snap, and your imagination run wild!

"If you open your mind,
Oh, the thinks you will find
Lining up to get loose!
Oh, the thinks you can think!
Oh, the thinks you can think
When you think about Seuss!!"

:: A Taste of Wine and Broadway ::

Featuring the talents of Judy Anderson, Emily Raasch, Cris Rook David Rutz, Karen F. Wills, Tom Westfall
with accompaniment by Sheri Ericksen

Friday July 30th
Show at 7:30pm ~ Tickets available at the door starting at 6:30pm
Only $10 Includes Your First Beverage
-seating is limited-

James Arthur Vineyards ~ jamesarthurvineyards.com
2001 West Raymond Road; Raymond, Nebraska 68428
For More Information Call 783-5255 or www.tadaproductions.info

:: Mineola Twins ::

Sixteen Casters, Omaha's newest theatre company, is excited to present a timely, heartfelt, and hilarious play never before seen in Omaha. Renowned for winning the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Paula Vogel wrote this humorous send-up of American domestic politics in the Cold War era. Dramatic in its subject, yet filled with the zany and absurd, The Mineola Twins will make you think as you laugh your way through this comedy in "six scenes, four dreams and seven wigs."

The Mineola Twins begins in the Fifties as two almost-identical twin sisters, Myra and Myrna, lock horns over their differences. Myrna, the big-busted, conservative sister loathes Myra's free-wheeling, rebellious lifestyle while Myra,the flat-chested liberal sister, eagerly baits Myrna and eventually ends up sleeping with Myrna's fiancé, Jim. This crushes Myrna's spirit as the placid Fifties gives way to the countercultural Sixties. Ten years later, Myrna is a housewife while Myra is on the run from the law. Kenny, Myrna's rebellious son, tries to help his aunt Myra evade the law to no avail ­the Feds come busting in. The story does not end there, however. Flash forward to 1989. Republicans are in the White House, Rush rules the radio, and the Cold War has thawed. Myrna, now a conservative talk show host, meets her sister's son Ben who chafes at his liberal upbringing, much to her delight.

Still obsessed with Myra, she disguises herself as her sister and plants a bomb at the abortion clinic where Myra works. After meeting Myra's lesbian lover, Sarah, Myrna cries out in remorse to her sister to escape just as the bomb explodes. Later, in dreams, the two reconcile with each other and meld into one soul ­ acceptance at last. It features Sarah Lynn Brown in the dual roles of Myra and Myrna with Amie James and Brandon Rohe portraying the many characters that live in Myra and Myrna's world. The Mineola Twins is directed by Susann Suprenant.

July 16-17, 23-24, 30-31 ~ 8pm
OM Center ~ 12th & Howard in Omaha's Old Market
402.345.5078 ~ www.omahahealingarts.com
Call for details and rsvp: 402.689.7614

:: Dorian Michael, fingerstyle guitarist ::

Dorian Michael has been playing guitar long enough to know better. In over 35 years of guitar as a profession he has played plenty of blues and folk, jazz and rock and roll. So when he plays as an acoustic soloist he describes his music as "contemporary traditional", original music that reflects his interest in a number of styles of music. These influences come through in his original material, but it is a contemporary music that grows from, rather than mimics, those influences. There is an integrity and clarity to his work.

Dorian has two cds and a dvd to his credit. He has traveled the western states playing any and all venues and this year had the pleasure of performing at the Healdsburg Guitar Festival.

Dorian is also the author of two books on alternate guitar tunings published by Centerstream Publishing. He lives in the country in central California in a very old cabin that leans slightly to the northeast.

For more, hit his website: http://kenny-dorian.com/dorianmichael/

Sunday, August 1 ~ 8:00 pm
Crescent Moon Coffeehouse
816 P St ~ 402-435-2828

:: Special Guests at Bricktop's Reggae Night ::

TONIGHT (Aug 2nd) at the Bricktop's Reggae night, there will be some special guests joining Selector Jah-B.

In town this week, as some of you may or may not know is the one and only President Carter, who ran Lincolns best known reggae radio show 400 Years Radio Free Mondo for about 8 years before passing on the torch. Now residing in New York, President Carter has long been involved in furthering the awareness of, and experiences with reggae music here in the Midwest area.

Through his love and devotion to the ideals and music of the reggae culture, his radio show, and by bringing many international groups here for all to enjoy and learn from he has made a positive impact for sure.

Also in town, representing Black Redemption Records out of New York is Sista Rizla. President Carter and she will be joining Jah-B at the controls for a night of roots and culture, and heavy dubbin'. These heavy hitters will be spinnin' in the First Annual Selection Convention. This will be an event not to miss!

A Heavyweight Roots and Dub Conference! ONE NIGHT ONLY!

President Carter, Jah-B, Sista Rizla
The First Annual Selection Convention

Monday, August 2nd
The Bricktop, 1427 'O' St

For MUSIC, ROOTS, CULTURE, FUN.
NO COVER! FREE!!!

:: Website Calendar ::

There's lots more going on this weekend...a free movie on the green, some interesting theater in Omaha, the playhouse is doing "Fame: The Musical" and some other surprises. So be sure to check it out for the full scoop: www.landisarts.com/propagandART/

oh yeah...and get your tickets to hedwig at duffys!
try to go to the saturday night show (but get tix in advance...it'll sell out that day).
i'm having a party after that show, so you should come see it, then come hang out!

spread love...
-m@