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the big nOte files - september 2006 |
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the big nOte files - september 2006 |
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updated September 03, 04, 05, 10, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 25 &
26, 2006
please send additions & corrections to bignOte@yucom.be
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GRANDE MOTHERS PHOTOS FROM THE VANCOUVER FOLK FESTIVAL 2006 |
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The
following pictures were taken Gary Taylor drummer/percussionist
from the Toronto based band SISTERS
EUCLID with
they
also shared the stage with the Grande Mothers for an impromptu jam in
Vancouver PLUS there
are some upcoming shows in November/December on the west coast of
America stay
tuned days/dates and time
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cuneiform records new releases
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The official Ed Mann website:
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THE
KENEALLIST: Taylor Tour Starts Monday *
Homepage since 1994: http://www.keneally.com MK
and BRYAN BELLER on the road with TAYLOR GUITARS THRU 10/13! Hey
folks; we're just about to embark on another tour for Taylor Guitars,
featuring myself and Bryan Beller. I'll be playing the GS and T5 guitars,
and Bryan will be playing his AB-4 acoustic and a new prototype Taylor
electric bass. I'm planning to break out a few tunes which we've never
played in the duo format, and we're hitting up a lot of cities where we
haven't played before. And the tour culminates in an electric gig in St.
Louis, featuring the fantastic Eric Slick on drums (he's currently Adrian
Belew's drummer). So the next few weeks promise quite a bit of adventure
-- here's where we'll be, and hopefully a lot of you will be as well: Monday,
September 25, 2006, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
September 26, 2006, 7:00 p.m. Wednesday,
September 27, 2006, 8:00 p.m. Thursday,
September 28, 2006, 7:00 p.m. Saturday,
September 30, 2006, 10:00 a.m. Monday,
October 2, 2006, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
October 3, 2006, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
October 4, 2006, 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
October 5, 2006, 7:30 p.m. Friday,
October 6, 2006, 5:00 p.m. Sunday,
October 8, 2006, 2:00 p.m. Monday,
October 9, 2006, 7:00 p.m. Tuesday,
October 10, 2006, 7:00 p.m. Thursday,
October 12, 2006, 7:30 p.m. MK,
BB and ERIC SLICK - live in ST. LOUIS A
Friday the 13th Concert in St. Louis
Friday,
October 13, 2006 SOME
MORE GIGS A
few days after I get back to San Diego, there will be another improvised
Circus of Values performance at Dizzy's in San Diego on October 21. Still
finalizing performer details for that one, but I know that it's going to
be something special. More details coming soon in this space. Mike
Keneally's Circus of Values Saturday,
October 21, 2006 Friday,
November 3, 2006 Theme,
and Mike's cohorts for both of these shows to be announced soon. (Some
version of the) Mike
Keneally Band Saturday,
November 4, 2006 hat.
and Boil That Dust Speck Remastering Report And
a reminder once again that my first two albums, hat. and Boil That Dust
Speck, are going to be re-issued in early 2007, and that the special
editions of both titles (which will feature extremely fascinating DVDs
along with the remastered CDs) are available for pre-order now. We
remastered the audio for the CDs a few days ago, after we spent a lot of
brain-wracking time comparing master tapes for the best available audio.
We've come up with something we're extremely thrilled about. In
the case of hat. I'm especially thrilled that the maximum playing time for
CDs has increased since we first made that album, and parts of songs which
I had to sacrifice first time around will now finally be heard. In
particular, you'll know be able to hear "Lightnin' Roy" the way
it was supposed to be heard, and songs like "Snowcow" and
"The Car Song" will have their guitar solos reinstated to their
full fullness. All in all we were able to add in another three minutes of
music which you should have heard fourteen years ago, so I'm plenty
jazzed. Thanks
for reading! See you on the road. -- Mike
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[Chris
Opperman Mailing List - September 9, 2006] Episode
#53: Special Opps: Live @ Level One DVD Pre-sale! You
can preview new tracks, pre-order the Special Opps DVD, and read
Opperman's blog at www.myspace.com/chrisopperman. *
SPECIAL OPPS: Live @ Level One "Bootleg" DVD Hello!
Last night, I changed the video on my [MySpace] profile to a special
preview of the first entry in our "Chris Opperman DVD Bootleg
Series." The
first volume contains the entire August 24th, 2004 concert featuring
myself on piano, Andre LaFosse on electric guitar, Jen Kuhn on electric
cello, Isaac Slape on electric bass, and Kevin Dooley on the drums.
My friend Kat Parsons also appears on the DVD singing her beautiful song
"To Return to You." Also
included on the DVD are hi-res versions of all the short form videos
Johnny D. and I uploaded to my website throughout 2004 and 2005 which were
recorded mostly at Room 5 and other places. It also has the
"Bender Dr." video from the July, 2005 New York City show.
The musicians featured in the bonus videos include everyone mentioned
above plus Mike Keneally, Todd Carey, Andre' Cholmondeley, Jeff Paitchell,
Eric Slick, Clark Freeman, Dave Johnsen, and Jordan Shapiro. The
video was shot by Johnny D. and Steve Laub, except the "Bender
Dr." video which was shot by Jeff Paitchell's father. It's
a really fun DVD and the proceeds are going to go towards the recording
sessions for the Special Opps studio album (w/"The Porpentine"),
so I would really appreciate it if you ordered yourself one! Track
list (8/24/04 show): Johannah / Haasis / Beware of the Random Factor /
Miles Behind / Electric Jihad / Sophia's Dream / Kamp Keneally / Tanya's
Song / To Return to You You
can order the DVD (and all my CD's) direct through my MySpace page which
is www.myspace.com/chrisopperman. And if you have any trouble ordering,
please write me back and I'll help! Thanks
so much and music is the best! --
Chris Also, if you're around Tuesday night, you should come to The Hotel Cafe to see my friend Kelda perform @ 8 pm sharp. I will be sitting in on her composition "Stop the Rain" (available on iTunes) which sounded quite breezy and natural in rehearsal today. Antonio Carlos Jobim would be proud.
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ZAPPA
Plays ZAPPA is out and about for October and suddenly December and there
will be another round of the ever-popular auctions for selected seats and
such at selected tour dates. Starting NOW, you have a chance to bid on
premium seats, a tour poster, and access to sound check the night of the
show. See below for those special dates for those special auctions.And,
starting Wednesday, Sept 27th, ALL Shows (except for Vancouver, which is
on-sale at a later date) will run a pre-sale. Once again, you can get your
tickets for that here: http://zpz.frontgatetickets.com/ Yes,
except and also, butthe New Orleans and Cabazon shows will not have
auctions - instead, for $100, you will have access to the ZAPPA Plays
ZAPPA soundcheck, as well as tickets to the show. These tickets are very
limited and only available through the Front Gate presale, starting on
Wed, Sept 27th. Tickets are available here:
http://zpz.frontgatetickets.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Auction
Info and links:
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Full
Tour dates here:
Special
guests for all shows* are Napoleon Murphy Brock, Steve Vai and Terry
Bozzio. (*Terry will not be performing at the December 30 show.) For
more information, visit http://www.zappa.com/zpz
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Dear
FZ Lifers and Newfers, We
believe these dates to be self evident and confirmed. But right now we're just giving you an ears up.
Soonly we will post an official confirmation and ticketing
information.
Accept
No Substitute! Zappa.com
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You can't know these sort of things soon enough: Zappanale 18 will take place in Bad Doberan (near Rostock), Germany on August 3 - 5, 2007.
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Extended big band XLJAZZ will be performing Zappa in concert:
Arrangements by Joost Dieho, and featuring Hans Hasebos (vibes & marimba) and Efraïm Trujillo (tenor sax) as special guests.
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Two new bootlegs have surfaced: frank
zappa: frank zappa with friends frank
zappa: you
can't do that on stage anymore vol.11 Factory pressed
discs that present material that you can get at places like Dime or
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Here's another update:
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-- info: Danny Mathys |
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in 1997 a greek record compayn released this sampler wtih 2 zappa tracks twenty small cigars and the eric dolphy memorial barbecue -- info: hans-peter schmidt |
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http://hewhoisknownassefton.blogspot.com/2006/08/sweetest-nookie.html
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Henrietta Bannister writes:
I
have enclosed an attachment of an original 1971 Frank Zappa poster from
his ill-fated European tour. The artwork was by Gunter Kaiser (he did the
Jimi Hendrix poster with electric plugs in his hair) and they were
sent to us to use for the UK part of the tour. However, after the Rainbow
tragedy they were never used and stored in the back of a
cupboard for over 30 years. One of these posters sold a fews years
ago at Christies' for over £500. The posters are huge 45 ins. x 35 ins (120 cms by 89 cms) and are a very unique piece of Frank Zappa memorabilia. We have two each with a slight tear in the corner for only £50 each instead of the normal price of £300 . Anyone
interested in one of these original Frank Zappa posters should email info@rockmusicmemorabilia.com
or phone 01954 268088 (UK) Best wishes Henrietta
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André
Cholmondeley NYC
alert!!! --- Don Preston....... SUN
SEP 17 - Tonight!! Tour Finale!!!!! hello
back from new england..... always amazing up there.. and the weather is
great....also Ithaca NY -- wow!! such a cool place.. finger
lakes..wow..!....CT was great -- YALE university, playing on a huge
stage.... right next door to the SKULL & BONES headquarters..eerie
building -- (no windows..no writing or number for the address.. weird
stone building with STRANGE inscriptions...wow, it's real!..later we
played THE SPACE and i got to jam with my good buddies DOOT!... then
bassist Pete took us out for quick late nite dinner at the BEST falafel
place -- MAMOUN's......Lowell MA was incredible...we played in front of
400-500 fantastic students at U Mass....damn i wish that was filmed!!! It
was their 'recital hour' and we went over incredibly. I've said it a
million times --especially since being at Paul Green School Of Rock --I
have so much faith in so much of the next generation... we met some great
young people who were into all kinds of music.... electronic..rock..jazz..classical..
i met a couple future midi-guitarists..and i explained to a wide- eyed
young woman that she COULD indeed MIDI-fy her
violin..(http://www.zetamusic.com/)....and so many of the students were
blown away by the MOOG energy... we had the full spectrum onstage -- a
vintage MINIMOOG as well as my MINIMOOG VOYAGER RME..... Cambridge MA was
buzzing with energy as usual... we played a packed little place called
LILY PAD, Don loves the Kawai grand piano there and played some great
stuff on it..... and last night we were at (as220.org) in one of my fave
cities - Providence RI....what a venue!! performance gallery.. great
bar...and amazing mexican food...i am california burrito SNOB and they
blew me away... great show.. great people who turned out for a 60 mins
lecture before the show....the show went great and a fantastic crowd hung
out for 90 mins of very strange music.....so cool..... ANYWAY -- come see
us tonight!! LAST SHOW on this tour... and wish Don a early HAPPY 74th
BIRTHDAY (sep 21 1932)... the tour has been great but as the old saying
goes.... "If you want to starve...play Jazz... if you want to starve
TO DEATH..play electronic music!!" hah hah! yeah - no one getting
rich doing THIS weird shit!! We may pull the plug here in the US for a
while...do this in Europe if at all.. it;'s tough - the people who do come
out -- YOU ARE AMAZING and in some places packed. But - like ALL touring
bands right now -- it's rough out there!!!!! anyway -- see you soon --my
next venture starts..thursday!! with the Al DiMeola tour -- i will be
teching and tour managing --- check this email in a cpl days for the
entire schedule! -andre' Don't forget --check out some free downloadable music and info at http://www.myspace.com/donpreston We will add A LOT of stuff from this tour, including some great video, soon!! SUN
SEP 17 - Tonight!!!!! DON
PRESTON AKASHIC ENSEMBLE TOUR SEPT 2006
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The Paul Sacher Society, together with the Museum Tinguely Basel,
organised «Edgard Varèse – Komponist, Klang-forscher, Visionär», an
exposition on the works of Edgard Varèse (1883−1965).
The expo ran in Basel, Switzerland,, from April 8 until August 27, 2006. The impressive catalogue (245 * 285 mm) counts 507 pages and includes a chapter on Frank Zappa.
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André
Cholmondeley hello
everyone the Don tour is going great -- so cool to meet all you jazz piano
and electronic music fans... some of you hearing this kind of music for
the 1st time and loving it - that is the coolest!! ALERT
-- if you are interested in getting tickets and seeing us in NYC -- PLEASE
DO SO NOW -- as I had warned -- this show is dependent on JUST a few of
you supporting it -- it;;s a small room -- 35 people??? and we have yet to
sell enough tickets to warrant the owner opening the doors!!! It's SUN SEP
17 NEW YORK CITY NY The Monkey SHOW/8pm http://themonkeynyc.com/ yep
folks -this is blackmail . from a black male - IF YOU DON'T GET TICKETS
NOW AND YOU WANNA GO _- this show will be cancelled... bummer. I am even
willing to buy a couple myself if we get close!! So- i KNOW a bunch of you
are thinking abt ity -- you've emailed me with questions.. go get yer
tickets -- DO NOT GET THEM AT THE DOOR --we MUST have advance sales to
have this special venue open it's doors.....thanks
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September 27, Corrie van Binsbergen will be performing in 'Zaal 100' in Amsterdam, NL. This is all part of the 10 year anniversary celebration of the Brokken (non-profit) Organisation. Every month, Corrie is inviting friends and collegues to 'Zaal 100'. The Klote, Alan 'Gunga' Purves solo Squeekology and Vasile Nedea and Sean Bergin are the names that have been announced for September 27. After the concerts the "Jazzportrait: Corrie van Binsbergen" documentary will be shown.
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DOOT! will be opening for Don Presten's Akashik Ensemble on Wed 2006/09/13.....
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2006 09 09 André Cholmondeley: hey
two
gigs in, having a blast on the don preston tour...we were just in two of
my favorite cities -- Burlington VT and Montreal QC. Far more Montreal
actually. sorry, hippies... Wow..what a city!! We
are in NJ tonight -- the only area gig other than the NYC gig next
weekend, at the MONKEY, an audiophile room on the 12th floor in midtown
Manhattan...with 5.1 surround sound, speakers all around the listening
space !! You have to hear it to believe it. Again -- i urge you to get
advance tickets for that one -- very important to do that. For secure
ticket purchases --Check out http://themonkeynyc.com/ See
you on tour!!! Celebrating Don doing over 50 years of experimental music
and jazz piano!! DON PRESTON AKASHIC ENSEMBLE TOUR SEPT
2006
"DON IS THE ORIGINAL SYNTH PLAYER IN ZAPPA'S MOTHERS OF INVENTION.
HE IS A JAZZ PIANO GENIUS, ORCHESTRAL AND AVANT GARDE COMPOSER-- HAS
PLAYED WITH EVERYONE FROM ELVIN JONES, HERBIE MANN AND CARLA BLEY TO LOU
RAWLS, JACK BRUCE AND ROBBIE KRIEGER...HE HELPED CREATE THE MODERN SYNTH
REVOLUTION....DON'T MISS THIS CHAPTER!!"
http://www.myspace.com/donpreston
ON TOUR SOON- FALL 2006 USA and EUROPE with: The Al DiMeola Project (http://www.aldimeola.com) COMING IN DEC 2006/JAN 2007 !!!www.projectobject.com - the music of frank
zappa, live!! www.thinkelectronic.com - andre's music, don preston tours Thank
You, Andre'
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Ugly Radio Rebellion has been adding lots of audio & video material to their site. Check it out. http://www.uglyradiorebellion.com/ Scott
says: Mini-Tours for fall 06 are coming together... confirmed dates... 2006/09/17 Ugly Radio Rebellion - concert Club Bart, Ferndale, MI, usa
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The Aynsley Dunbar website:
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Hi
friends! The
lazy rib smoking days of summer may be over but the Froggs are really busy
and looking forward to a great fall with new shows and a new live CD. 1.
The first good cause is to support Frogg
Cafe trombonist John Lieto and his annual Multiple Sclerosis
bike-a-thon. Last year, thanks mostly to Frogg fans, John raised a lot of
money for the MS Society. http://msnyc.kintera.org/faf/r.asp?t=4&i=173935&u=173935-98975689&e=725554214
to donate. 2.
The second good cause is the support of original music! Frogg
Cafe Live at the NJ Proghouse, please order your tics now! Saturday,
September 16 http://www.njproghouse.com
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Belgian band Uncle Meat plays 'intense alternative metal'. They
recorded their first album in 1995.
Just in case that you wouldn't believe me, here's their 1997 single: "Turn Away".
There's no Zappa link music-wise. Uncle Meat plays up-tempo metal. I've read an article where they were compared to Tool, Korn & Faith No More... |
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We
proudly present our new cd Available through www.favorednations.com We
also launch the twin-sites enjoy! Co de Kloet & Menno Kalmann (executive producer: Steve Vai)
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Fred Hemmer - 2006 009 04 Hey
gang, Bogus
Pomp will perform at Skipper's in Tampa this Saturday at 8:00. Doors
open at 7:00. The
last two shows there have been excellent! -- Fred
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THE
WRONG OBJECT IN
CONCERT AT
'l'AQUILONE' (Boulevard Saucy, 4020 Liege) Saturday,
September 16, 2006 at 20h30 Michel
Delville: guitar, synth-guitar
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Here's new concert data for the Britten Sinfonia: 2000/11/30 cambridge corn exchange, cambridge, uk - conductor rumon gamba with helen crayford: piano
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It looks like The Central Scrutinizer Band will be performing Frank Zappa's music on stage again real soon:
2006 08 28 Depois
de um longo "inverno", a The Central Scrutinizer Band volta a
tocar grandes pérolas de Frank Zappa Fechando
o PoeiraZine Fest....no Centro Cultural São Paulo...diversão
garantida...10 de setembro, domingo Dia
10 de Setembro - domingo - às 18 horas Centro
Cultural São Paulo(Vergueiro) R.
Vergueiro 1.000 preço
único R$10,00 www.scrutinizer.com.br www.poeirazine.com -- Marcelo Ringel - saxx
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20060830 Hidden Agenda, Live this week Tonight......LIVE.ORIGINAL.MUSIC......w/yours truly,
Andre' Cholmondeley and co-conspirators in rock!!! 2006/08/30 - hidden agenda (!!) THE SAINT, ASBURY PARK
NJ 11PM ALSO WITH ZELDA PINWHEEL, MEAT: THE CLEAVERS, ANTON ROOLAART and
more ANDRE' CHOLMONDELEY - guitar, voc JEFF'BOXY' BREEDLOVE - bass BOB
RAMOS - drums, perc 2006/09/01- hidden agenda CODA, NYC 9:30PM ALSO WITH
VICIO, ADAM GILBERT, THE YAZ BAND ANDRE' CHOLMONDELEY - guitar, voc
JEFF'BOXY' BREEDLOVE - bass BOB RAMOS - drums, perc Doors at 7pm Tickets
are $10 Advance ticket information (800) 594-TIXX or
www.coda.tickets.musictoday.com 18 to enter and 21 to drink (College ID is
accepted) , CODA 34 East 34th Street (@ Madison) NYC 10016 (212) 685-3434 www.coda34.com It's good to get back on the boards with some old and NEW HIDDEN AGENDA material, and a couple cool covers. It's always new when it's a new lineup as I love what different combos bring to the band sound. This is a band i have had on/off since the mid 90s, and i'm real excited about this lineup --eine kleine historisch... Boxy was the original keys-player in PROJECT/OBJECT back in the day..he pushed the band to new levels... then picked up the bass and played in earlier incarnations of HIDDEN AGENDA and BLUES AGENDA..both with Jason Silverio on drums...it's great to have him back in the fold and low-end killin' on the bass....I can't decide what he's better on, keys or bass...or guitar!!! Bob Ramos was the drummer in the FIRST band i was ever in , back in the early 80s - "circle of fifths" (LOL!!). We went on to start a band with Ben Davis called RHYTHM METHOD that took 80s new brunswick (our college town) by storm...then we did a killer pop-punk album with FALSE VIRGINS..it actually sold some numbers in Italy, then the lead singer jumped out of a window.....later Bob and I did our first tour ever - a few weeks in CA with the NICK CLEMONS BAND (the big man's son)......Bob is playing better than ever and always brings his kickass polyrhythms to the table... Finally we are all jamming -for the first time - and it's a great great thing! We're doing a bunch of my original songs, and a couple covers of Santana, Zappa and Sonny Sharrock. Gee, listen to much guitar music, Andre'? Anyway -After all these years, to play with two good friends is a fantastic thing and means more than all the covers and sold out theatres. Amazingly, while we've all known each other over 20 yrs, these will be our first gigs together. ......SEE YOU THERE!!
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additional info to Robert Foetsch's story about Tommy Mars from Jonny Swing - 2006 09 01 Yes
- The Minutemen and Bath Tub Ring were the groups that often practiced at
Tom and Dave Mariano's next door, and sounds of those bands of Tom's are
what sparked me to ask him to help start my own band, and he very
generously did. ....Thanks to his helpful start and influence, I went on
to play in the groundbreaking punk scene in New Haven CT, first with the
very excellent Disturbance (see myspace), and then with Future Plan, led
by Cleveland's "Rocket from the Tombs" bassist Craig Bell. (RFFT
also spawned Pere Ubu & the Dead Boys) A
couple interesting Tommy Mars trivia points – when my band needed a bass
amp to match the blue sparkle padded Kustom guitar amp we had, we found
the exact match padded bass amp and bought it from none other than the
Minutemen's old bassist! AND
- Speaking of loud bands practicing - first at Tom's, and then MY house
next door - ....I am fully convinced that a lot of the lyrics and funny
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