Shaneshit

A blog by and about an old punk rocker once known as the rock and roll bank robber who wrote for Flipside for numerous years. This blog seeks to update the medium but retain the message of the Shaneshit column from Flipside zine.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

My Table of Gigs Attended at Which Clubs for August thru October 2010

DATE

CLUB

BAND

NOTES

10/26

Echoplex

Simon Stokes w/Lightning Bill

A 4 piece with Bill for the Murder Ballads gig. Bill practically writes one song onstage.

Frank Fairfied

Will success go to his head? His impassioned mini-speech a bit convoluted and obtuse

10/25

The Redwood

Phil Alvin Quartet

10/24

The Viper Room

Sylvain Sylvain/Cheetah Chrome Band (with a Les Warner and a Sean KOONTZ (SP)

Royal Highness

Formerly Chelsea Smiles

10/22

Redwood

DJ Bonebrake Syncopators

Too Loungey with vibes throughout

10/21

Crazy Girls

Mondo Generator

Nick’s 39th Birthday

The Vultures 2012

Metal of decent caliber out of Seattle

10/20

El Cid

Hugh Cornwell

Did all of Norvegicus Rattus for the second set and plenty off Hooverdam and various hits for the first

10/19

Redwood

Sylvia Juncosa

Her bday party with cake provided by Kat

Kat Arthur and band

Steve Reed, Mark Segal, and Tony Fate

Carnage asada

Their residency at Dirty Ed tuesday

10/18

Redwood

Phil Alvin

Played alone I think

10/17

Viper Room

Hoodoo Gurus

Excellent in every way

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10/16

Tribal Café

Dino Corona

His art show and an appearance by one of his bands. The Latter never took place but the former rocked.

Redwood

Inazuma

Taix

Mecolodiacs

Atomic Sherpas

10/13

The Bordello

Lightning Hickock

Spider Problem

KamiKaze

Bug Girl

This show I helped them get. First I tried Three Of Clubs but then this came open and it was Lightning’s show and he wanted to see them.

10/12

Redwood

The Probe

Dirty Ed night/The Probe record release party

Sylvia Juncosa (co-headliner)

The Amadans

Missed Em’ Play

10/11

Redwood

Phil Alvin Quartet

Bateman decides Skip is out and Gary is in.

10/10

Redwood

Bug Girl

Aussie Band just happened to be passing thru and got on end of a Cantu night

Sylvia Juncosa

Backbiter

Don’t see them nearly as often now that the Highland Park venues aren’t amongst my stomping grounds for various reasons

Electric Children

The main guy in this band is somebody’s kid and he was all stoked to be on this bill and I was happy for him even if I wish Bug Girl had played his slot when a lot of people were still there

10/06

Redwood

Sassafras

Kamikaze

Chick drummer Bateman noted was best he’d ever seen! Check out Mindee and the chick in Pretty Mess

Form and File

10/05

Redwood

Carnage Asada

Can finally hear hear cello

Fatso Jetson

Eddie from Relax there to check it out.

Dos

Missed them

10/04

Redwood

Phil Alvin (with Skip Heller )

Just one “friend” 2nite

10/03

Cat Club

The Binges

Tie –in with metal show on vh1 that digs them.. Didn’t see other bands

Redwood

Crawlspace

Only caught last part of last songbut got reacquainted with Eddie

Liquid Kitty

The Silverbacks

Performed with two of Top Jimmy’s band!!

9/30

Binges Practice Space

The Binges

First time at a practice of theirs.

9/29

Redwood

Sassafras

Non Ultra Joy

John ex-spider problem’s band

Dangerously Sleazy

9/28

Redwood

A Pretty Mess

Last day of their residency

9/27

Phil Alvin w/trio

9/26

Redwood

Juju Bones

Crystalles

Cantu’s B-Day Party

Lightning Woodcock

With Clayton

9/24

Redwood

Paul Collins Beat

The Neurotics

The CHOPSTICKS

Jellybean, the artist,over from Japan with his band

9/23

The Echo

BellRays

Not as good without Tony

The Jim Jones revue

Awesome but no drug interest

9/22

Redwood

Sassafras

Tarantula

Last show before guys had to go sweat their visas

9/21

Redwood

A Pretty Mess

Jughead’s Revenge

(Death Hymn #9 cancelled)

9/20

Redwood

Phil Alvin

9/15

Redwood

Stab City

Spider Problem

Seattle band Lightning Bill liked a lot

Research name!

9/14

La Cita

Tarantula

Redwood

A Pretty Mess

Black Widows

Abactive Ramex

Whatever that name means forgot to ask!

9/11

Redwood

Flash Express

10th anniversary of band. Packed House.

Death Hymn #9

Portland’s Walking With Walter (??)

9/09

Redwood

Yuppie bands ???

Prett paxked for this crap

9/08

Redwood

Sassafras

Terraform

Bought their tape so they’d have gas money – one of two cassettes I’ve bought lately proving they are making a minor comeback!

Stag Bitten

Okie Dokie

Smarmy locals who pissed Dirty Ed off

9/07

Redwood

A Pretty Mess

The Livingstons

Kamikaze

9/03

Redwood

Maus Maus

Symbol Six

Billy Bones

9/02

Redwood

Pete Molinari

Brit newbootie Dylan-type

3 of Clubs

Neurotics/Crazy Squeeze missed em both!

8/30

Redwood

The Three Hos

Smokey Hormel, Rick Holstrom, Steve Hobbes

Phil Alvin

8/29

Redwood

Theww Stains

Singer now backed by no original members

UXA

Neighborhood Bullies

8/25

Redwood

Sassafras

Cobra venom

8/23

Redwood

Frank Fairfield/Blind Boy Paxton

Last show togewtrher ever?

Phil Alvin

They didn’t ask him to sit in

8/16

Redwood

Phil Alvin

Blind boy and Frank

8/14

Cretin’s Rooftop

The Mormons

Not in to their shtik but they’ve been around for a while

Lighning Bill

8/11

Redwood

Debut of Sailor’s thing under pseudonym Spumco Something or other

Can’t read my own writing half the time

8/10

Viper room

Tarantula

8/8

Echoplex

Power of the Riff festival

Made it for Goatsnake, Repulsion who has a Superbees member in it (who knew) and Nighthorse and awfulest From Ashes Rise

8/2

Redwood

Beginning of Phil Alvin Trio