Surf’s Up

If you’re in the mood for something “epic,” but in a vastly different manner, then you will want to check out The Zoopy Show at the Jambalaya, also on Saturday, June 23. With former members of the project The Yard Dogs Roadshow, creator Joe Gelbart (with Speed Levitch, famed subject of the NY documentary The Cruise) presents a multi-media event that features monsters, sci-fi puppets, and Zoopy Girlz (anime-styled go-go dancers), all to a disco/punk/psychedelia beat. The Bucky Walters and Freelove Circus share the bill and a like-minded ethic. God only knows.

Also at the Jambalaya, on Sunday, June 24, local luminary, singer/songwriter and chanteuse Lila Nelson will be opening for the Kitchen Syncopator’s frontman, Gill Landry , who is promoting his recent solo release, The Ballad of Lawless Soirez. Nelson, who has been recording new material in Los Angeles, might be performing some of these new songs. Wouldn’t it be nice?

The Steel Toed Slippers were selected for the first round of a national battle of the bands competition on CBS-TV’s “The Early Show.” Their video will be aired on Monday, June 25, at 8:30 a.m., with two other competing bands. There will be online voting to determine the first-round winner. They want your vote. Hang on to your ego and good luck.

Local man-about-town Mark Shikuma teaches writing, sells books and listens to a lot of music.

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