Bad Brains back in the Saddle

this is cut and pasted from Bay Area Ska...

I've been listening to their new CD a lot and it is great. Very very heavy. About as far from pop music as you can get. I cannot wait to see them live. A second show has been added on Sunday(9/23)with Whole Wheat Bread.

Whole Wheat Bread are good too. 4 black punks from Jacksonville. They are opening for Big D and the Kid's table at Bottom of the Hill in November too.

I'm going to the Monday show 9/24 8:00 PM

cabbagemaster said:
yah Whole Wheat Bread are RAD!! so another mp3 post is in order - check THIS out!!
http://mp34u.muzic.com/posting/4874 download the mp3, it's a keeper. if ya like yr punk rawk they also do killer covers of crunk classics (i kid you not)! great, very promising young band.

I went to the Monday night show. It was good but overall I was disappointed. My expectations were sky high which is probably the reason for the disappointment. Slim's was sold out and it was ridiculously packed full of people. I missed the opening band.

They sounded good once I got in the middle. When I was off to the side, the sound was weak. I really liked the 2 or 3 roots dub songs in the middle. It seemed like most of the people around me got bored with it. The set was short, and then they came back on for a one song encore. Everyone in the crowd was looking for more when the screen came down and the announced LAST CALL. There were several songs from the new CD which I wanted to hear and didn't.

The crowd wasn't especially attractive. There wasn't much dancing in the pit, mostly just guys kicking ass.

A bartender was remarkable. I think she is a regular. I can't imagine what it takes to be that ripped. Lots of tattoos, a pierced belly button with a sun around it, and jeans slung way below her hip bones with a cut-off top. I don't understand how her ass wasn't hanging out!

I also don't understand how I failed to ask her for permission to take a photo.


Thinking about this show makes me think about some of the really memorable shows I've seen. Not in any order, and not complete:

1. Bad Religion at the Warfield singing I WANT TO CONQUER THE WORLD as I was swept through the pit.
2. Rancid at the Warfield doing a ska song while I danced with some punk guy in the aisle on the way to another beer.
3. The Selector at THE SKA SUMMIT. I couldn't believe Pauline Black was there singing and then the entire crowd of thousands got in sync as the sun went down.
4. The Ramones with The Dickies opening at the Hollywood Palladium in 1982ish with the Puerto Rican girls screaming to Joey.
5. The Clash with The English Beat opening at the Hollywood Palladium in 1982ish. Joe Strummer had the coolest shaggy Mohawk.
6. The Who with The Clash and Prince opening at the LA Colosseum on their first farewell tour. I wish I could remember the name of the girl who sat on shoulders for an hour to see The Clash. I was strong then. She was cute. Maybe it was Jessica. Friday, Saturday, what have I done! I still hear the echoes.
7. The first DHC reunion show at Slim's.
8. The Slackers at The Blank Club.
9. Jonathan Richmond at The Blank Club the first time.
10. Marky Ramone and The Speedkings at The Blank Club.
11. The English Beat with Monkey opening at a club in Santa Cruz around 1999ish. The girl who said she was happy to see me dancing because it made her mom, who was there, feel young.
12. Agent Orange with The Clay Wheels opening at The Blank Club. Some girl fondling my ass nicely and then she got kicked out.
13. Slacktone with The Submersions opening at The Brookdale Lodge. Dancing with an 8 year old girl. Then getting totally lost in dancing ecstatically by myself to Slacktone.
14. My birthday trip seeing The Slackers at Ashkenash in Berkeley and then at The Phoenix in Petaluma the next night, and skating in the art pool at Yerba Buena in between.
15. Bad Manners with Monkey opening in Corona.
16. The Monkey 10th anniversary show at The Blank Club.
17. Most of the Rocksteady Lounge shows in Milpitas.

happy...