FREEDOM.
That’s what this weekend is all about. That and handling explosives as an avalanche of cheap beer washes over your liver like something that gets washed over a lot.
(Hurricanes over Louisiana?? I don’t know)
Anyways, this weekend shows some promise with the Riverboat Gamblers headlining Rubber Gloves’ 4th of July Blowout along with Red City Radio, Bad Sports and the Uptown Bums. Should be sweet.
This week I’m most excited about Abe Vigoda coming back into town. We know they’re from LA’s the Smell, we know their album Skeleton blew doors off hinges and now you can know just exactly how good they are live.*
Kids, notice that there aren’t any British bands on this week’s show…know why???
CAUSE THIS IS AMERICA, LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT!!!!!!
WOOOO FREEDOM!! YEEEAH!!!
PLAYLIST
Riverboat Gamblers - Rubber Gloves - 7/4/09
Cats from To the Confusion Of Our Enemies
Victory Lap from Underneath the Owl
Golden Animals - Rubber Gloves - 7/7/09
Queen Mary (the flop) from Free Your Mind and Win a Pony
Take Me Home from Golden Animals EP
Violent Squid - Rubber Gloves - 7/7/09
Be Young and Shut Up from Violent Squid
Robitussin Popsicle from Violent Squid
Abe Vigoda - the Cavern - 7/8/09
Cranes from Skeleton
Live-Long from Skeleton
Talbot Tagora - the Cavern - 7/8/09
Internet Fixture from Abstract Distractions
The Weather Man from Abstract Distractions
Chris Johnson (Telegraph Canyon) - Lola’s - 7/9/09
Old Dark Hymns from All the Good News
You & Jane from All the Good News
Low - the Loft - 7/9/09
When I Go Deaf from The Great Destroyer
Hatchet from Drums and Guns
the Strange Boys - Lounge on Elm St. - 7/10/09
No Way for a Slave to Behave from And Girls Club
I know many of you were left wondering why I didn’t play any Lee Greenwood this week, which totally makes sense since he owns this weekend (musically speaking). Fear not Americans, Captain America himself - Lee Greenwood will be performing his patriotic hits at the Nokia Theater on August 2. This means you can celebrate our nation’s greatness more than once this year! Bonus!!!
I’ll be there with my collection of real bald eagles.
So should you…
* the answer is f***in great.
