brain cleanout

so, i have a set of possibly unrelated crap floating around that i'm cleaning out.

played a great show last night at the kitty cat klub with big trouble, who are myself, josh peterson of trad methods and martin devaney fame, and twinkie jiggles and peter leggett of heiruspecs and others fame. we're starting this new thing of having singers come up and sing their songs or cover songs while we butcher them. the songs, not the singers. last night we had ben weaver, and it was jsut great fun. i'm not writing this to pimp the show or anything, but rather i wanted to say just how amazing the minneapolis/st. paul music scene is. so many great people doing so many great things musically. i had an extensive discussion with ben and my buddy jake money about how the twin cities are kind of like this little oxbow that's been cutoff from the main stream (oh buddy, pun) and has developed this fully formed little group of fantastic artists. it's kind of like when you leave something in the fridge in tupperware and then forget it's there. usually you open it and it's completely gross, but this time, it's like you pop open the burp lid and it's pure music gold.

p.o.s. may be ruining your life, but he's about to make it up to you. trust me.

jon langford (ex-mekons) does a great cover of "a salty dog" by procol harum on his new disc and he's coming to the walker in february for a killer multimedia show. it sounds like it's just gonna blow brains out of heads. we're going to have a full article by holly day before it happens, but i advise you all to go pick up his disc gold brick. i never would have given it a thought if i hadn't found out about him thanks to holly and his pr because, frankly, the cd looks like crap and doesn't seem promising from the outside. but it is, in fact, great. langford kind of reminds me of a mellower robert pollard in tone and delivery.

speaking of which, robert pollard solo album. the funniest thing about the advance for this was how it said that this was his first solo effort since disbanding GBV ... wait for it ... in 2004. wow, what's with the long wait bob? i guess they're not including the cd of stage banter he released last year as a "solo effort." in any case, it's good and of course it has 26 tracks. i haven't listened to it much yet.

this just in ... has anyone here ever actually seen quietdrive in minneapolis? who are these guys?