Lynne Jordan & the Shivers had another great weekend of work. I performed at the Drake Hotel on Friday and at a wonderful wedding on Saturday night. And we had a blast! We had to have a sub (substitute) on Bass as Dave had to do an out of town trip with his church. I [...]

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If I go there will be trouble And if I stay it will be double … The Clash 1982 Yep, the age-old question: Should I stay or should I go? Oh, this isn’t pertaining to love or the angst of a lost love or any of that crap. I’m trying to decide if I should [...]

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I went to a dance concert tonight. Talk about a change of pace! The Thodos Dance Chicago performed their Winter concert at the 1500 seat Harris Theater in the Millenium Park Arts complex. The company has been around for 18 years. I had never heard them but my BFF Barbara was quite enthused and roped [...]

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So the word “cabaret” keeps popping into my life these days. The great Ann Hampton Callaway told me to “do some Cabaret – that’s how I started.” That was last year. And now I have been asked to emcee and perform with the Chicago Cabaret Project on their Voltaire Cabaret nights on Tuesdays in December [...]

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Yep, the House of Blues gig was just what I needed to slap me back to reality. Yeah, they lowered the pay. Gosh, I’m lucky that people are willing to pay me and my band to basically have fun. Because despite the hard work that it is – performing is fun.

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always good for a laugh: the M&M’s in Times Square. And a weird one!! I fell asleep with Let The Right One In on DVD and I woke up feeling a bit weird. Lesson: Never fall asleep with an artsy Vampire movie on in the background – in Swedish! Well, tomorrow is the big day [...]

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Okay, the first time it happened I just snickered and pretty much kept it to myself but after the third time a “twenty-something” hit on me in one week, I decided that I had to publish a report to all of you. Y’all know I been keeping my own company at home to the brink [...]

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