At 11:01 PM 1/1/97 -0500, grady wrote:
>Assuming, that is, that I'm not going to see G Love and Special Sauce.

Ross, you know as well as I do that you & me were the first to buy tickets.

>Hey there's a paean to Lump on the Guide's This Week page. But that's
>all that's on there tonight. Schedule-makers are running behind. I'm
>running behind. Next thing on my little mini-list is on Jan. 11.
>Somebody fill something in between now and then.

Jan 3.
* Flat Duo Jets and the Cashmere Jungle Lords (?) at Local 506. Everybody
  knows what Flat Duo Jets are all about. Any info on the latter band?

Jan 4.
* Slugnut and Hatred at the Brewery. I have a friend who keeps pushing me to
  see Slugnut. Says they're the best metal band he's ever seen live. I lamely
  retort that I don't, as a rule, like metal. He calls me a wuss and pushes
  me. Jerk.

Jan 8.
* MU330, Skavoovie and the Epitones, Missile Command at the Cradle and, on
  the next night, the Scofflaws and Viskacity at the Brewery. MU330 is a
  pretty typical Midwestern skacore band, though they're good for a couple
  of hours of solid mindless fun. Skavoovie and the Epitones are all about
  12 years old, but they've got a lot better grasp on the history of ska
  and the Skatalite-esque early jazzy sound. Scofflaws don't stick in my
  head, though I remember they do a lot of covers and are not as good as
  the Pietasters. Viskacity is another young band, but they're local and
  reportedly quite good.

Jan 10.
* Chicken Wire Gang and Mumblefish at the Berkeley. Chicken Wire Gang is
  fun hillbilly stuff. Not super memorable, but maybe it was just a bad
  night. The latter, ehhhh. Singer/songwriter with Hootie inflections,
  which didn't really jazz me. The lead guy, Dave Spencer (?--I'm totally
  blanking on it) was pretty good when I saw him solo with John Howie
  and... damn, can't remember his name either. The guy from the Tremblers.
  I have now officially lost all semblance of memory. But anyway, Howie
  and nameless guy edged him out.

Jan 10.

* Jason and the Scorchers and the Backsliders at the Cradle. The Scorchers
  kind of created "Americana"/alt.country/whatever, so now that it's big,
  they might as well reap some rewards I guess. This show'll make your
  inner "No Depression" fan wet his or her pants.
                     
* Seely at the L&S. I just discovered, thanx to WXDU, that Seely is big
  chunks of pop with slices of noise stuck in it. The three songs I heard
  sounded like an Unrest/Rodan supergroup. La di da.

Jan 11.
* Lightnin' Wells and Big Boy Henry at the Berkeley. Apparently this is an
  early show, so show early (badabing!).


>Speaking of that, Bad Checks would appear to be releasing/have released
>(something) a new EP, of, uh, new material, I guess. Go figure. If I see
>one, I'll let you know.

Isn't Hootieguy (aaaaaaaaaarrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhh!!!) producing this? Or am
I just imagining that Dick... it's coming to me... Hodges! is involved?

-alan

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