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The BGN News Archive
March 24, 2008
Next up was the reason for my being there...in my mind its "Staffy's new band" and
it is of course The Throwaways...this is band of glorious misfits that have
graced the stage previously in various versions of The Marvels. Eric Law says they
are a little more pop than the Marvels and I can definitely see that but its just a bit really. 
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Happy spring time folks, I write this on "Easter Sunday"....The name "Easter" originated
with the names of an ancient Goddess and that Easter was named after Eostre. She
was the Great Mother Goddess of the Saxon people in Northern Europe. Her name
was derived from the ancient word for spring: "eastre." Similar Goddesses were
known by other names in ancient cultures around the Mediterranean, and were celebrated
in the springtime, names such as Ostare, Ostara, Ostern, Eostra, Eostre, Eostur,
Eastra, Eastur....for a very special Easter weekend I went to The Abbey, Saturday
the 22nd and saw a great show: Ghouls Night Out, The Sprained Ankles, The Throwaways
and The Coffin Lids...it was not crowded by any means and it took us a while
to realize why...the holiday. But everyone gave their all regardless and it was
an excellent night!!! ....
Next up were the Sprained Ankles...they had us smiling too... these guys are
very very good and have been (are now) on our Top Ten list with Death
From Above and they got a hit in Pizza Wolf too! Lead singer is funny,
he's tall, you hardly ever see tall guys in bands and he scrunches down, bending
his knees like he's riding a horse or something..and he's got that hint of rap
inspired moves going on...but like Blowfish says "he's just too white to really
have it happen" but he's very entertaining that's for damned sure. The whole band
if fun to watch and listen to!! And they have a cd: The Sprained Ankles Love
You...so with that sentiment you just gotta get it, right?? Their my space site
is just a click away...
As always I just LUV watchin' Staffy. Oh yeah I could wax poetic about the stance
he takes on stage, his skewed eyes, his voice and the way he screams, his nose.
I don't know what it is about this kid but I just LUV him! Oh yeah, he said he
was getting over a cold but I think having plied himself with copious amounts
of alcohol before the show may have leant to the disheveled look he touted last
night! I have to say Staffy looks way better in jeans and a plaid shirt than dressed
up in baggy-assed dress pants and suspenders. But hey, these guys are EXCELLENT
, the guitarists are spot on and screamingly cool. Their own songs are great(!)
and they did a cover of my favorite Cult song :Sanctuary. I will not direct
you to their MySpace site though because the horrible sounding demo recordings
on the site are in NO WAY representative of what they sound like live....Check
these guys out next time they play, well well worth it!!! Night rounded out nicely
with The Coffin Lids and they are good yes very good...
OK, well, now what's coming up? ..
Stuff I've mentioned before as well as new stuff ...Thursday Mar 27 at The Abbey is the Black
Fortress Of Opium CD Release party with Black Fortress of Opium, Garvy
J and The Invisible Rays....
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