Some Doug Andrew gigs... Mark Bandcouver Bignell Birthday this Friday plus Lou Reed Tribute March 2nd

I had call to check in with Doug Andrew about unrelated matters, and wanted to plug a few events he's involved in (I think he was at the Jack Keating memorial but I wasn't sure how public that was, and had to be elsewhere, so I didn't mention it). Feels like it's been a very long time since I've seen his band, the Circus in Flames, play: in fact, I haven't seen them since just before COVID, at the Fairview (RIP), around the time of my 52nd birthday, in March of 2020. I remember it well, because he led the crowd in singing "Happy Birthday" to me (!). Eddy D & the SexBombs played that night (last time I saw them, too, I think) and the Graham Brown Band, with John Werner on bass (hey, wait a sec, last time I saw them, too!).  

Then everything shut down. I am pretty sure Eddy will be at the Lou Reed Tribute event at the Princeton on March 2nd, with the Lulu's: 

Since we were interacting, I asked Doug what he was up to of late and if there was anything I should mention (really I just wanted to see him perform again but he wrote something quotable, so...). "As far as The Circus In Flames goes, I'm playing my Telecaster a lot and I've written some new songs, trimmed the band down to a 4-piece and we're a lot more 'electric' right now. I'm pretty happy with how that's going and it looks like we'll be playing the Princeton in February or March, just nailing down a date. The Circus will be part of Pill Squad's annual Lou Reed Tribute Show (benefit for the SPCA) on March 2 at the Princeton and I think I'm doing a solo thing for Mark "Bandcouver" Bignell's birthday at LanaLou's on Fri. Feb. 9."

...which is very fun to note. Not sure who else is involved in the Lou thing (I imagine Pill Squad and David M. are part of it but there were some big surprises last year, so...). But as for the Bignell event this Friday, Arsenic & Old Lace is an old-timey folky thing, to my recall, featuring Sinead X. Sanders, who I've enjoyed a couple of times but don't really know well (yet) and Rocket #9, which is a tight, garagey, space-age 60s-rock unit that happens to feature frequent Eddy D. collaborator Ed Hurrell. Ed is my Facebook friend, so I think of it as "his band" when I think actually he's kind of mostly just the bassist, but I really enjoy what he does with them (I think he does have a song or two in there of his own in there, too, but hell, I'm not sure -- I really enjoyed the last gig I saw them do, anyhow. BTW, if you don't know Doug, I also shot some vid of him, here). I don't think I know Leonard Pennifold but maybe soon I will. 

Note: the poster spells both Andrew's and Bignell's names wrong! My attendance entirely depends on how burned out I feel after work that day. As the Pixies sing, "I've been tired..." Time to feed the cat and go back to bed for a bit.