Hi -- this show was listed, then delisted, and now seems to be happening again (I just got a notice about it on my MySpace page) -- Common Rotation at the Echoplex, 1154 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles 90026, Mon. Feb. 23 at 8 PM.

From the Echoplex website

826LA hosts the monthly series, 826LAs Tiny Vaudeville, an extravaganza of talent at The Echoplex in Echo Park. Created and curated by the folks of 826LA, Tiny Vaudeville is the smallest vaudeville show in Los Angeles! Each show will run approximately ninety minutes and features acts from ranging from live music, short films, stand-up and sketch comedy, novelty acts, lectures, slide shows, and more. Between acts, a name actor will read original writing by students of 826LA. Tiny Vaudevilles combinations are endless, and so are the possibilities! Each show is a unique theater experience.

with:
Host Joel Spence
The Dan Bern Orchestra with Common Rotation
The Musical Stylings of Maria Taylor
Jeremy Konner and his Melodious Cutlery
Laraine Newman
Eddie Pepitone, Bhama Roget, Lauren Rogers
and more!

@ Echoplex
enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026


8pm / $12 / 18+

Thanks, Shapenew. It's a good thing you got a notice since the band's appearance isn't on the main CR webpage or on the CR MySpace page.

There's a new blog entry for Feb 23rd on MySpace that notes the Feb 28th show at The Hotel Cafe.

Well, I now understand why the message was up, then down, then emailed, as it was and was not a Common Rotation set (kind of like that insurance commercial with, "I'd like this shirt starched and not starched ..."). Common Rotation (this evening consisting of Adam, Eric, Matt Young, James King, Jillinda Palmer and a cello player who remained unidentified to me) backed up other performers, including Dan Bern, throughout the evening. However, the one main Common Rotation number consisted of Eric singing male lead vocals and playing acoustic guitar with a female duet partner on "I've Had the Time of My Life" (from "Dirty Dancing") with Adam drafted into doing a sign language interpretation. Adam, playing someone who doesn't know sign language (I don't know if he really does or not -- he did get some of the signs right), attempted to interpret in sign for the audience. Amber Benson came out of the wings and assisted with a series of written messages, basically saying that she was interpreting for the sign-language-impaired interpreter (Adam), and then going off into other matters (i.e., not the lyrics of "I've Had the Time of My Life") while Eric and partner kept going with straight faces. The stand-up bass was particularly effective.

On a completely unrelated to Common Rotation note, Buck Henry, along with Laraine Newman, performed excerpts from a book written by children (the evening was a benefit for a group that helps under-educated schoolchildren get an education). Mr. Henry epitomizes the words "wry," "droll" and "bemused."

Anyway, that's the general report. Due to a day filled with kerfuffle, I managed to leave my notepad behind in the car prior to the show, so I'm just going on memory with this one.

Shapenew

sounds brilliant. you get to see and hear so much very cool stuff.

Thanks for the report. It sounds like it was a lot of fun and for a worthy cause.

Most of the photos I took at the Echo Plex show can be found here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55598292@N00/sets/72157614752188406/

I'll put more up before the week's out.