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Sunday, July 11, 2010

Tonight! Tonight in Music: Pancake Breakfast, Mean Jeans

Posted by Ethan Jayne on Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 9:00 AM

PANCAKE BREAKFAST, ADAM SHEARER (BarBar at Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi) It's the very first afternoon Summer Session, played outdoors on the sunlight-strewn patio of BarBar, the new bar opening July 10 in the space next door to Mississippi Studios. A similar thing has been happening previous summers down at the Doug Fir, but we're not going to pick favorites. In fact, it's damn near impossible to pick one over the other: From now 'til the end of summer there are some very difficult decisions as to where to spend your Sunday afternoon, since both venues boast an impressive—if oddly similar—lineup for their series of shows. Tonight the Mississippi/BarBar series kicks off with sets from good-time folk-choir Pancake Breakfast, plus Adam Shearer, who, if this whole music thing ever falls apart, could still make a handy living as an emcee, a tour guide, a storyteller, a standup comic, a motivational speaker, a beard model, or an auctioneer. It's unlikely that Shearer will need to fall back on his capable loquaciousness (or his esteemed whiskers), though, since his musicmaking—whether it be solo, with his band Weinland, or with his all-star supergroup the Alialujah Choir—is just as stirring as his speechifying. NL

THE MEAN JEANS, DJ WROID WRAGE (Tube, 18 NW 3rd Ave)

Happy 51st birthday wishes to Susanne Vega. I would've embedded a video of "Tom's Diner" but that "do do doo do" chorus would've gotten stuck in your head ruined your whole Sunday and... oh geez, there it is—I can't stop humming it now. Great.

As always, you can find our complete live show listings here.

 

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