Musique de les Cygnes

Or something like that.

Hey, you morans! Tonight is Olde Leon "Musicfish" Strokes last show with Foz the Hook (for the time being as far as we know who knows). What the hell else do you need to know.

Get up off your lazy American asses and come to Cole's for FtH at 9:00, and the Great List of Comics when we feel like finishing!

It will be swell. Then start buying Leon drinks, but save your money to buy Foz lots of drinks.

Gawd knows he'll need it.

Next week will have a beeeeyouuuuuteeeful guest, but until till then, let's send Leon off with some laughs!

You losers.

More Pics - Maybe Recordings

Who knows, Kittens?

Last year the fabulous fave comic photog, Erin Nekervis took a bunch if fantastic photos of Your Pals that we have been able to use as publicity pics ever since. There wasn't a single bad shot among them, although there were a number of shots of three chaps looking like idiots. As I am sure you are assuming, the dashing trio pictured here were captured by Erin.

Pretty soon Erin will be joining us again to record the look of the act as we close out this lineup (see last post for details about Leon "Fishface" Strokes' departure for California). We look forward to working with Erin again, and we recommend her to anybody who needs terrific shots. As you have seen from our shots, Erin has a talent for really capturing everything that is just wrong about you. All of us need such a photographer in our lives.

We will also make some attempt to record another show before Leon takes off. Maybe shoot some video... Who knows?

Be at Cole's tonight at 9:00 to see FtH rock Cole's Comedy Open Mic. Cameron Esposito and Adam Burke begin burining through The List at 930. If you're a comic, sign up. If you aint, enjoy yourself.

Closing Time for Olde Leon

As a few of you may know by now, Your Pals and New Favorite Band, FtH, will be experiencing dreaded, dreaded change in a couple of weeks.

Olde Leon “Cuttlefish-Starfish-Anglefish-Catfish-Dogfish-Lungfish” Strokes will be pulling up stakes and heading for the gold fields of California. Olde Leon, a student of history and a man of Letters, has carefully studied the lessons of The Donner Party and determined not to leave too close to Winter, and risk getting stuck in the snow and eaten by wolves or neighbors.

Why would he do this to his fans and bandmates? For the same reason, the only reason, any of the blighted souls who haunt Cole’s on Wednesday night leaves our little comedy cult-house. He fell in love and is getting a life.

I’m just sick about it, so if you want any of the adorable details (ladies), you’ll have to pin Leon in a corner tonight and demand it. Olde Foz will be at the bar drinking away my sorrows and scheming about luring some lovely pierced-and-tattooed hipster lady-bassist onto the stage. Maybe one of those willowy cello players you see going in and out of The Whistler, carrying an instrument that is clearly too big for their pale and petit frames? Yes, that would be nice too.

So, my Darlings, look for a few changes in the lineup this Fall. Don’t be surprised if you see some big talents and pretty faces subbing-in during October – Maybe Maria Wojo…. or Marilyn Summers? Who knows?

If you want to see FtH with our current lineup one more time, you will have to come out to Cole's Comedy Open Mic this month!

In the meantime, buy Foz a drink(s). He’ll be needing it.

Congrats to Leon! It couldn’t happen to a nicer fellow!

On Themes

All right, kiddoes.

We’ve left Simon’s review up here for a few weeks, just so you don’t miss a chance to buy Unholy Town. The rest is up to you. But before we move on, plan on seeing Simon play this coming Labor Day, Monday, September 5 at 7:30, at the Double Door in Chicago. Your Pal Foz will be there in his not-on-the-bill costume while Your Other Pal, Leon “Cuttlefish” Strokes, will be playing bass.

Love is All Around, my friends, and last night at Cole’s FtH celebrated that by inserting part of Paul Williams’ great theme song to The Mary Tyler Moore show into our Coles’ Theme, theme music. It was quite a theme. We will do more of that kind of stuff in the future, maybe. It depends on if we still think it’s a good idea sober.

What would definitely be a good idea would be catching the next four FtH shows at Cole’s during September. They will be the best shows ever, for reasons that will be made clear hereafter.

Until then think about this: Last night Coleman Brice posed this question to me (as best I can remember it), “If Cole’s Theme is the possessive for the theme song for his bar, then if it is also HIS theme, do we call it Cole’s Cole’s Theme?”

Whoa.