My ears are still ringing from last night’s show at the Bug Jar. Hinkley played as a duo of guitar and drums with some keyboard. Will writes great songs and they sounded really powerful in this lean setting. The street out front filled with cop cars as Margaret Explosion took the stage. Someone was shot on the sidewalk in front of the Vietnamese place across the street and they did the whole white chalk crime scene routine. It was some stiff competition. When we finished Larry Feldman told us we “fiddled while Rome burned.” Nod was great. Joe even took Peggi’s request for “World Still Wants You”. Nod is great dance band but they play too loud to be in the same room with. So hung around out front for most of their set.
The Bug Jar is the same as it ever was and I was happy to see that. We hadn’t been here in a while. Hermie is a bartender right out o the movies and the crowd is always friendly. Peggi and I both ordered water and it was nasty tasting. So I asked for an empty glass and get some water out of the tap in the bathroom that tasted great. The recent addition of tvs sucks. It is almost impossible to not look at those damn things especially when they’re tuned to the cartoon channel. Brian Schaffer, Nod’s drummer, had some of his ex students there cheering him on. After the show one of them told Brian, “Learn some Dead covers and we’ll come back next time”.
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Yikes! A shooting in front of Dac Hoa? I have observed what I think is drug dealing out of that building. Not from the restaurant of course, but around the side on Union St.
Margret Explosion is more exciting than a goddamn shooting! Yaaay!