Each of the three band members were sporting the most massive beards, and while I'm used to Spencer's (my dad gave Spencer some of his private stash of wax, even though Pops once threw a gigantic hissy when Oregon's Bi-Mart threatened to stop carrying it because they claimed he was the only one who bought the outdated product. Pops and I, we can throw damn good hissies, and let's just say that even though he's the only one buying it, Bi-Mart still carries it. Go Daddy-o.), I think it will take a while for me to accept, especially Dan with the Sluggo look.
SPIDeRBITeS, Ryan Davidson's new band, is playing at the Comet this coming Saturday night, March 20, and because he knows I've never been to the place since I moved here nine years ago--except once to use the restroom--he gave me one of the most charming invitations to a show I've ever seen and I damn near wept a bit. Sealed inside a white envelope was three dollars in quarters, so I'd have no excuse not to see my first show in the infamous Pike Street landmark. Sadly, and I do mean that, I realized that most likely when the band hits the stage, the members of Cobra High and I will be gambling our asses off during our lengthy layover in Vegas. I'll be on my way back from El Paso, where I'll conclude nearly a week on the road with Modest Mouse, and Cobra High'll be working off one of those SXSW hangovers. I won't say anything more, because of the jinx factor in Vegas.
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More good news: I hear that Jenn Ghetto's excellent new album under the moniker S is soon to come out on Suicide Squeeze. I've heard bits and pieces, and it's miles away from Sadstyle, but great in a whole other way.
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Also, don't forget to visit Evening Magazine's website and vote for your favorite Posie Jon Auer and his fiancée, who are one of the four finalist couples in the "Wedding of Your Dreams" contest. Auer wrote to me about the big news from Memphis, where the Posies are at Ardent Studios--hanging with Big Star--and making a new album to come out on Ryko.