Russell “Spiderman” Jordan was the king of cool as he took the New York State Welterweight title from Kemo “Bad Boy” Kolonivic last Thursday for the Boxing at the Roc event held at the Riverside Convention Center. Kolonivic came on strong and seemed a little heftier than Jordan. But no matter how many punches he […]
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Sinister strain
The neck on Colin Tyranny’s Gibson SG has been broken at least six times and apparently reaffixed each time with model airplane glue. The bridge was reinstalled crooked after he added a whammy bar. It looks like hell. Yet, plugged in and turned up it sounds incredible. Tyranny strikes the opening note on the opening […]
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Nunchucks bump ’n’ grind
Seeing Seattle’s The Makers two weeks ago squeeze their big rock into the little Bug Jar made me dislike The Mooney Suzuki even more. When MS played here last they pranced around like arrogant pricks, even after The Datsuns mopped the stage with ’em. All these bands owe a lot to The Makers, who, on […]
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Whoever, whatever, whenever
Roomful Of Blues November 12 Montage Grille * new entry KMFDM October 31 Water Street Green Day w/New Found Glory November 5 Blue Cross Arena Donna The Buffalo November 6 Water Street C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band November 6 NOLA’s BBQ Incubus November 6 Blue Cross Arena Tony Bennett November 7 Eastman […]
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Knock out
It was a cool July night this past summer as Charles “The Natural” Murray faced his final opponent, gloves up, eyes intent. It wanted to rain. The sky threatened to break as 5,000 boxing fans piled into Frontier Field to see 18 fighters square off in nine pairings, including Murray’s swan song. They call it […]
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Cult thing
If you’re a novice Cramps fan, or completely in the dark, the band’s new CD, How To Make A Monster, on their own Vengeance Records label, ain’t for you. “It’s the kinda thing our fans really dig,” says guitarist, Poison Ivy. “If somebody had never heard The Cramps and that’s what they picked up, I […]
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Funkier than funk
A young girl seductively swings her hips between two zip codes while a long-haired cat does an interpretive dance that looks like he’s swatting mosquitoes or driving a bus. A bar back does the camel walk weaving in and out of pockets of people undulating in unison, diggin’ and dancin’ to Giant Panda Guerilla Dub […]
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Wanna Tijuana?
A couple of Thursdays back The Badenovs paced and raged on The Bug Jar stage with lots of textbook crazy and new-wave cool. Badenov carrot-top newbie and ex-Profile Greg Hassett dwarfed his Telecaster while still making it roar. It’s good to see the big man back, slingin’ on the bandstand. Frontman Stan “The Man” led […]
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Hear your live delights
I figure since we got screwed out of summer we deserve a cool fall. And I’m not talking about the mercury either. I’m talking about lots of groovy bands to shake our bodies to in order to work up the sweat we were supposed to have spilled in the last few months. Here are a […]
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The devil is on his way
The devil just ain’t evil anymore. In fact, evil ain’t what it used to be. Satan has been co-opted by Disney and being bad has just been plain played out. As soon as artists figured bad was a good career move, good music by bad people became a thing of the past… until now. Texan […]
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Because they’ve got nothing else
It’s a Tuesday night at The Bug Jar and The UV Rays aren’t even trying to be sneaky. They’re sipping Pabst Blue Ribbon out of cans. The Bug Jar doesn’t serve PBR in a can. But when you’re a broke — or a near-broke — musician, you have to economize and improvise: BYOB. The UV […]
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One pissed-off hillbilly
Joe Buck is the kinda guy you just wanna to be friends with. He’ll add color to your otherwise mundane life. Besides the riotous music and musings you’ll be exposed to, this friendship will probably save your life. Buck’s on the edge, you see. And when he finally snaps and goes all Travis Bickell on […]
