Fri. Sept. 21

 Before anyone out there screams "conflict of interest," let us explain: We - and by we I mean my wife Roza and I - hired the Cello Chix to perform at our recent wedding. We paid them in full, maybe a little more to arrange the Turtles' "Happy Together" for our wedding march. And their set - at the ceremony and reception - was sublime, or at least as sublime as the couple in a happy blur can ascertain. We do know we got lots of compliments as did they, for mixing classical and rock and making for an evening both elegant and hip. So there's no tit for tat here. We genuinely like these guys and highly recommend you go see them for a little less than what we paid. In their rep: "Light My Fire," "Paint It, Black," "Heart of Glass," "Come Together," "Black Dog, "Riders on the Storm" and much more. They've got a total of 40 or so potential pop songs, and 21 from the classical side. Susanna and Becca are the cellists, Nancy is your drummer.  They're playing the Cantab Lounge Friday Sept. 21 at 9 p.m., opening up for Temper, Chaz & the Legendary Motorbikes and The Jumpoff. For this show, "the Flute Fox," Alicia DiDonato joins the gals. This is seriously good, slightly high-minded fun, and then the straight out rock 'n' roll will follow. It's part of Mickey Bliss' "Club Bohemia," the event he moved to the Cantab from the shuttered Kirkland Cafe. Tickets: $7.

738 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 617-354-2685 www.cantab-lounge.com