Sat. March 6

It's Ladies Night at the Lizard Lounge Saturday March 6. How so? No, it's not like ladies drink free - like in Texas or states that didn't have drinking foe Michael Dukakis governing them for a while - but it's a night where the girls take over the stage and try to inhabit their role models. They're not exactly picking some easy acts to cover. Andrea Gillis (in photo) is tackling Tina Turner. Jordan Valentine is stepping into Janis Joplin's shoes (and drinking her booze?) A band called the Brilldoes - nice one, gals! - is singing the songs sung by the girl groups that sang songs produced by the Brill Building factory. That is, songs by Neils Sedaka and Diamond, and combos like Leiber-Stoller and Goffin-King. Expect "Calendar Girl," "The Loco-motion," "River Deep, Mountain High" - well, maybe Gillis sings that one.) Jillian Santella will be singing about those '80s girls who just wanna have fun - as Cyndi Lauper did. (We're guessing she won't mess it up and slow it down to a dirge as Lauper has done in latter years, taking the "fun" out of the song.) And representing the country end of things is Jenne Halstead as Emmylou Harris.

Now, all this is good, very good, but being a product, somewhat of the punk rock culture, we're looking forward to the So-So's, which you just know is a variant of the Go-Go's. If you never heard 'em in their early raw days, let me mention that the Go-Go's were a punk band and a good one. If you can hear a copy of the orignal (pre-slicked up) "We Got the Beat," you'll be stunned at its Ramone-esque lack of polish, its piss 'n' vinegar. There was a time, too, when Belinda Carlisle wasn't a snotty Republican pop star. Playgin the Go-Go's' songs are Anngelle Wood, Ashley Willard, Beth Holub, Hilary Hughes, Kerri-Ann Richard, and Veronica Dale.
This is part of the Cover-Up series, hosted by Brendan Boogie and created by Mr. Boogie and Andrea Kremer. The idea is to get Boston artists out of their own skins for a night and inhabit those of some of their earlier pleasures, guilty or not.

The show starts at 9 and costs $10 advance, $12 at the door.

1667 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 617-547-0759 www.lizardloungeclub.com