C T BALLENTINE
SUSIE MAE
and the Orange Marmalade Picnic Platter Band
Influences
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Neil Diamond
Buck Owens
A Desire to Be Loved
Love
Fleetwood Mac
Donald Barthelme
Nagging Nightime Insecurities
The Godz
Smoky Sing-a-longs in Houses of Ill-repute
The Basement in the House on Seeley and 36th (from when I was 10 yrs old) and the Glorious Cardboard Fort Contained Therein
The Smell of a Laundromat
Over-reverbed Instruemnts That Sound Like Gushes of Wind (phhhewww)
Tennessee Williams
The Transitory and Forgotten Poetry of All-nite Diners
Pierre Schaeffer
Sounds Like
whimsy and washing machines
hope and hat boxes
depression and drunk relatives
music made with guitars, basses, cello, drums, accordions, oboes and the like
Old O.M. trotted livered 'long the lakefront, looking: no, no, not there.
'Twas somewhere to be found, to be certain, but what and where?
'Twas not for old Orange Marmalade to know, least not presently.
Toast was a sailor.
He ran away form home before he was old enough to take out a proper line of credit.
So now he was a sailor.
Not that that paid any better or anything.
He sang songs about hard times.
I been doing some hard traveling, he sang, I thought you know'd...
But then realized he'd been doing no such thing.
He was landlocked.
This is what old O.M. had been looking for all along: landlocked lovers, moored migrators.
She just didn't know it yet.
But she will.
Oh yes, she surely will.
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I'll be in Evanston/Wilmette for LilFest (myspace. com/lilfest) in a couple of weeks. I start the whole thing off with a show at Bills Blues on 9/11. Chicago's Michi will be my violin. Hope to see you and your friends there.
Thanx for Your Friendship,,,Hope you like the Art & Music it wouldn't fit on the fridge so we appreciate your space like your space should be appreciated,,,You RocK!!!
Please take a moment, read the following, take action and save the Chicago music community.
PLEASE READ, DISTRIBUTE AND SIGN THE PETITION!
The City of Chicago is trying to pass an ordinance this Wednesday (May 14th, 2008) that could severely damage the live music and theater scene.
In summary:
The "Event Promoters" ordinance requires any event promoter to have a license from the city of Chicago and liability insurance of $300,000, but that's just the start:
* The definition of "event promoter" is so loosely defined it could apply to a band or singer-songwriter that books their own shows or a theater company that's in town for a one-week run.
* "Event Promoter" must be licensed and will pay $500 - $2000 depending on expected audience size
* To get the license, applicant must be over 21, get fingerprinted, submit to a background check, and jump over several other hurdles .
* This ordinance seems targeted towards smaller venues, since those with 500+ permanent seats are exempt
* Police must be notified at least 7 days in advance of event.
SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL:
Jim DeRogatis's story: Chicago Sun-Times
http://blogs. suntimes. com/derogatis/2008/0/background_reading_on_the_prom_1. html
our websites up and we have music and videos. Hope to see some cup's n strings there! www. billtuckerfanclub. com check out our new music video for Static!
