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4:17 PM (3 hours ago)
*Screeching Weasel*'s announce 25th Anniversary!
Screeching Weasel have announced plans to celebrate their 25th Anniversary with a killer weekend in Chicago! The festivities will kick off at Reggie’s on Friday, May 27th with a slew of bands performing over the 3-day weekend. Ben Weasel gave a rundown of the event below, enjoy!
"2011 marks Screeching Weasel’s 25th anniversary. To celebrate, we’re playing Reggie’s in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend, and we’re pulling out all the stops on this one, my friends. Screeching Weasel will be playing Friday, May 27th and Sunday the 29th (a different set each night), with the Riverdales playing our only North American show of the year on Saturday the 28th. Tickets will be on sale this Saturday, Dec. 18th at noon CST here. Right now we’re only selling tickets at the package price for the whole weekend – single day tickets will go on sale January 1st. In the meantime, check out the line-up! We’re still working on our 2011 show schedule, but I wanted to let you guys know about this one now because it’s too good to wait."
FRIDAY MAY 27th
SCREECHING WEASEL
TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET
ZATOPEKS
SHOT BAKER
CHINESE TELEPHONES
THE JETTY BOYS
SATURDAY MAY 28th
RIVERDALES
CHIXDIGGIT
KEPI GHOULIE
KURT BAKER
THE VISITORS
THE SUGAR STEMS
SUNDAY MAY 29th
SCREECHING WEASEL
THE QUEERS
THE MANGES
THE SOVIETTES
(TO BE ANNOUNCED)
THE STEVE ADAMYK BAND
The shows are all 17+. I wish we didn’t have to restrict it but with this many bands on the bill every night we’re going to need to go later than the curfew would allow for an all ages show."
"Vapid and I will be doing a DJ set one of the evenings in the lounge after the show, and people from some of the other bands will be doing them the other nights. See ya there!" Don't just sit around in your Walton Street flat... Get out and ROCK!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The Pigman Talks about his Tribe
A genetic Am uh ree kuh o' d future.
Work with folks from all over.
Muh hood was diverse when I moved in, pert near ten years ago.
Lotta Indians moving in; of the reservation continent India.
Not necessarily a bad thing; my next door neighbor is an awesome human being.
But it precipitated a thought that by the time my kids retire, this changing
country will further morph.
And so, genetically thinking into the future, the oft-used term
"Caucasian-American", will lose its prominence in vocabulary and journalism.
Folks, we will soon be and as we are soon becoming, if not already, we are:
Blackasiandiahonkey
Redyellowblacknwhitey
CrackerNawordasian
AfricanasiaNancaucasianAmerican
Slimjewstian
Icouldgoonandonadinfinitum
Ciao 4 now; gotta go bro.
the Pigmon
Work with folks from all over.
Muh hood was diverse when I moved in, pert near ten years ago.
Lotta Indians moving in; of the reservation continent India.
Not necessarily a bad thing; my next door neighbor is an awesome human being.
But it precipitated a thought that by the time my kids retire, this changing
country will further morph.
And so, genetically thinking into the future, the oft-used term
"Caucasian-American", will lose its prominence in vocabulary and journalism.
Folks, we will soon be and as we are soon becoming, if not already, we are:
Blackasiandiahonkey
Redyellowblacknwhitey
CrackerNawordasian
AfricanasiaNancaucasianAmerican
Slimjewstian
Icouldgoonandonadinfinitum
Ciao 4 now; gotta go bro.
the Pigmon
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Pigman talks The Weepies, Deb Talan, Steve Tannen and theDecemberists/REM Connection
Is it me, or does the guitars in the new Decemberists hit sound like REM?
Mash up the Decemberist's "Down by the Water" with REM's "The One I Love".
Saw the Weepies live last Wednesday night down in Little Five Points; Been a
big fan for a couple of years. Very cool and laidback show. Imagine seeing a
band at the Vogue Theatre.
Ciao main.
Mash up the Decemberist's "Down by the Water" with REM's "The One I Love".
Saw the Weepies live last Wednesday night down in Little Five Points; Been a
big fan for a couple of years. Very cool and laidback show. Imagine seeing a
band at the Vogue Theatre.
Ciao main.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will be releasing their seventh full length on February 8, 2011. The record is titled Tao of the Dead and will be the second on their own imprint, Richter Scale Records. The album comes almost exactly two years after the February 2009 release of The Century of Self .
The band will of course be touring in support of the new album, kicking things off in Europe at the end of March on a co-headlining tour with Rival Schools and then heading out in the US at the end of April – dates to be announced shortly.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Keith Morris - New Project OFF!
Keith Morris is one of the grandfathers of American punk. He traces his roots back to the early LA punk scene, as former frontman for legendary Black Flag. As the 80s dawned, he went in a new direction with his band the Circle Jerks. I loved the Jerks because of their weird sense of humor and hard riffs.
So, not long ago, I hear he has created a new supergroup called OFF! Seems natural, first Black Flag and now OFF! He will be creating great punk until America runs out of pest control products. Can't wait to see what comes of it. A cd? A tour? Who knows, but even RAID can't kill these old roaches, who keep putting out great punk into their fourth decade. Geez are we getting old?
So, not long ago, I hear he has created a new supergroup called OFF! Seems natural, first Black Flag and now OFF! He will be creating great punk until America runs out of pest control products. Can't wait to see what comes of it. A cd? A tour? Who knows, but even RAID can't kill these old roaches, who keep putting out great punk into their fourth decade. Geez are we getting old?
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Drill Baby Drill. Is this the best we can think of?
The recent disaster on the Gulf Coast is proof enough to me that offshore drilling is a bad idea. Today the Coast Guard said the rig is still leaking thousands of barrels of oil into the water. Sarah Palin and her screachy "Drill baby drill!" linger in my mind as I watch the video of the disaster. More oil is not the answer. More drilling is not the answer. The wing nuts on the right who deny global warming as fact continue to say we need more oil exploration. More oil exploitation. It is time to move on. Fossil fuels and internal combustion engines are 100 year old technology. Time to move on. No more dead fish washing up on the beach. No more oil on the sand. No more ugly oil rigs on the horizon. Time to move on.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
The Right Ons: Greatest American Rock and Roll Band. From Spain?
You owe it to yourself to give The Right Ons a listen. If you love the gritty American sound of bands like the MC5, Iggy Pop and the whole of 60's garage proto-punk. Singing in fluent, American accented English, they have the feel and grit of a real American band. The riffs are dead on American garage rock. They are currently on tour in the US, kicking out the jams as they used to say in Motown. They have an energy and dynamic that will grab you by the throat. Glad to see these fine Spanish lads keeping the garage rock banner flying.
Friday, April 2, 2010
HullabaLou festival
Looks like an interestingly diverse group of bands for the festival. Ranging from 70s rock to country, bluegrass and soul, only the Kentucky Derby crowd could be more diverse. I would probably stay close to the bluegrass stage for such acts as Ricky Skaggs and Dan Tymenski and the McCoury boys. Dwight Yoakum and Loretta Lynn offer glimpses of what country should be. This is not the Warped Tour or SXSW. No indie or punk. More like mainstream Americana. Not that there is anything wrong with that. See info below for dates and times.
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