After the past few days, I am willing to recommend any show that promises air-conditioning. Having said that, tonight's show calendar boasts a show that I am quite enthusiastic about, which happens to also be in a venue that has AC.

We Are Golden is the duo of theater legend Sarah Rudinoff and Gretta Harley, an acclaimed musician who also at Cornish College and their show tonight promises to be a huge extravaganza - in a good way. Their music is includes elements of blues, jazz, cabaret, rock and pop. When I interviewed the ladies from We Are Golden at the beginning of the month they told me some details about this show:

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When I met the two ladies from We Are Golden, Sarah Rudinoff and Gretta Harley, it was in a bar on Capitol Hill, mostly quiet with Frank Sinatra playing in the background. I didn’t so much as interview them as let them tell me about the band and their upcoming show at The Triple Door on Wednesday, July 29 while my tape recorder ran. After getting to the bar at 5:30pm and having a great conversation with both Rudinoff and Harley, the receipt on my bar tab said I closed it out at 7:15. I should also mention that I brought 30 minutes of free, microcassette space on my tape recorder.

The band has elements of blues, rock, pop and jazz, reminding me of what Amy Winehouse sounded like before she became the punch line of too many bad jokes.

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