Joke Bands

If we're connected on Facebook, then you may already know that there is something christmas related called Jus' Friendz that I'm involved with. It isn't really a group, or it wasn't supposed to be. I was at work one day a couple months ago when my co-worker Alison was saying she wanted to be in a band, but no one would be in a band with her. So I said, "I'll be in your band", to which she replied, "Well I don't know how to play anything", and I said, "that's cool, neither do i". So we talked about it for about one more minute before deciding that our best option would be to start an accapella group, one that sings xmas carols, and that's how Jus' Friendz came to be. We thought the first thing we should work on was our image, so we dressed up, drove to Target, and took some pictures (above). Fast forward a month later, Jus' Friendz gets asked to be part of a Joke Band night at the Turf Club, and we accepted. With the holidays behind us, we decided to focus on what we know best, Friendship. We wrote up some between song stage banter, and backed by karaoke tracks we performed some songs to go along with the theme. Some City Pages people were there, which resulted in a fun little write up on a City Pages blog. Here is the review of our 15 minutes (literally).

Jus Friends- A sappy duo of bffs singing songs about what else but friendship. The guy was a total reminder of Napoleon Dynamite's brother Kip, both in looks and nerdy personality. While he was introducing a song, an audience member yelled "shut up, you suck." Instead of getting angry, he told 'Bill' to "hit it" as he promised to "touch your heart a little." The friends sang "I'll Be There", Fievel Goes West tune "Somewhere Out There" and the Family Ties theme song "Without Us."

read more about the night and see some (shitty) pictures