Midwest Jam V is this weekend, April 8-9 at Muse Cafe in Lansing, Illinois, a south suburb of Chicago. Click on the WWW tag at the bottom of this post for info on the venue including directions.
The roster (let me know of any additions or subtractions):
ctrixie +1
sirDan
BadgerDave
tbabinec
JohnnyThunders
ET + 1
Bruce919
NuclearWessel
Mike Lee + 1 1/2
Hectorp +1
RJoseph133
Tomterrific +1
BruceM
Schlep +1
Tralfax19645 +1
Brent +1
Pasqual12
Mykel
The itinerary:
Friday night, early arrivals are invited to gather at the cafe to check out a show featuring local acoustic acts Seventy Two Others and Stellar Road. Afterward we head down the street to Kilroy's, a local pub, for suds and socializing.
Saturday we convene at the cafe around 10 a.m. for a caffeine fix before heading into Chicago to check out a music store or two; Make'n Music for sure, and maybe Midwest Buy and Sell on the west side. I don't think we'll be going to Flynn Brothers (too far) or Chicago Music Exchange (chaotic Cubs traffic in the area). I think the plan this year is to cut the crawl a bit shoter and get back to the cafe around 5 p.m. so we can have more time to enjoy dinner and most importantly to sample all the cool guitars, amps and effects in the house before we kick off the jam. All this plus the requisite assortment of adult beverages for a requested donation of $25 per adult. After the jam (maybe 11 or so) the house drummer has invited us to a nearby bar where his cover band is playing; he says anyone who's interested can sit in with them.
The cafe's set up for Wi-Fi so anyone with a wireless laptop can log on to the Internet and post to the board (or surf some porn sites) while the jam is happening. We'll also be recording the festivities and CDs will be burned for anyone who wants one.
E-mail me with any questions or if you want to exchange cell phone numbers. The weather's gonna be nice, and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone and having a great time.
The roster (let me know of any additions or subtractions):
ctrixie +1
sirDan
BadgerDave
tbabinec
JohnnyThunders
ET + 1
Bruce919
NuclearWessel
Mike Lee + 1 1/2
Hectorp +1
RJoseph133
Tomterrific +1
BruceM
Schlep +1
Tralfax19645 +1
Brent +1
Pasqual12
Mykel
The itinerary:
Friday night, early arrivals are invited to gather at the cafe to check out a show featuring local acoustic acts Seventy Two Others and Stellar Road. Afterward we head down the street to Kilroy's, a local pub, for suds and socializing.
Saturday we convene at the cafe around 10 a.m. for a caffeine fix before heading into Chicago to check out a music store or two; Make'n Music for sure, and maybe Midwest Buy and Sell on the west side. I don't think we'll be going to Flynn Brothers (too far) or Chicago Music Exchange (chaotic Cubs traffic in the area). I think the plan this year is to cut the crawl a bit shoter and get back to the cafe around 5 p.m. so we can have more time to enjoy dinner and most importantly to sample all the cool guitars, amps and effects in the house before we kick off the jam. All this plus the requisite assortment of adult beverages for a requested donation of $25 per adult. After the jam (maybe 11 or so) the house drummer has invited us to a nearby bar where his cover band is playing; he says anyone who's interested can sit in with them.
The cafe's set up for Wi-Fi so anyone with a wireless laptop can log on to the Internet and post to the board (or surf some porn sites) while the jam is happening. We'll also be recording the festivities and CDs will be burned for anyone who wants one.
E-mail me with any questions or if you want to exchange cell phone numbers. The weather's gonna be nice, and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone and having a great time.
