Shelly Goldstein (or as we call her, Chanteuse Extraordinaire) is recording a CD this Saturday evening at the Gardenia, a fun supper club/saloon up in Hollywood. The show is called "One Fine Day: The Groovy Girls of the Sixties" and it features Shelly singing the hits of Carole King, Dusty Springfield, Laura Nyro, Mama Cass, Lulu, Lesley Gore and others of that era. She was going to have the place packed with friends but most of them are writers and the Writers Guild is summoning us all down to the Shrine Auditorium for a meeting earlier that evening. There have been many casualties of the strike but this is the last straw for some of us. Taking away someone's income is one thing but taking away some of Shelly's audience? Unforgivable.
I'm still going to try to be there for some of it. If you're not going to the Shrine and would like to be there for all of it, you'll have a very good time. The Gardenia is at 7066 Santa Monica Blvd., near La Brea. Dinner seatings start at 7 PM, Shelly warbles at 9:00 with the aid of her musical director Scott Harlan, guest performer Ray Jessel and even some back-up singers. Reservations are a must and can be gotten at (323) 467-7444. Don't be surprised if you aren't the most famous person in the house…or even close to it.
And if you'd like a little sampling of how well the Chanteuse Extraordinaire sings, here's a YouTube delight.
In the meantime, I also want to plug the current Tony's Poll polling. My longtime comrade Tony Isabella is asking all to vote on who in the comic book/strip universe they'd favor to be President of the United States. Go over there and vote and while you're in the comic strip category, let's stuff the ballot box for Pogo Possum. He'd be so much better than anyone we've had in my lifetime at least…and let's face it. You've voted for less realistic candidates than that.
By the way: Shelly and Tony have never met but they're both short, they're both fine writers and one of them looks great in a black cocktail dress with a pearl necklace. You can finish the joke yourself.