The Strange Boys | Attractive And Popular | Sticky Buns | Velma Loves Daphne (Rubber Gloves)

A strong lineup tonight divided evenly between straight-ahead garage rockers and a couple of dance-oriented acts. Strange Boys and Velma Loves Daphne definitely share a lot of early 60's influences, though the former have mellowed considerably in their approach to song writing. Velma Loves Daphne are trashier in a Pebbles box set kind of way, with the vocals sometimes reminding me of a young Neil Haggerty. Unfortunately, their name reminds me of one of my least favorite local bands of all time. Their music, thankfully, does not. Sticky Buns is a DJ duo that plays a lot of beat-heavy indie rock, profane electroclash, and even some Hall & Oates. I saw them back in the fall and thought their selection was well thought out while also really fun. I don't know why they haven't gotten more attention locally. I preferred them to many other DJ's I've heard this year. Finally, Attractive and Popular are from Louisiana but play here so often they're sometimes confused for locals. They have deservingly struck a deal with the highly influential GSL Records to release their full-lenght debut. They're an intense live experience mostly due to the wonderful contrast between a confrontational lead singer and the hypnotically robotic drumming.

don't have a cow man

I'm Bart Simpson who the hell are you?

to all of the anonymous haters........I love you all. Let's make babies.

Sure, Dover's a douche and deejays are often completely talentless fags with a record collection, but so are bloggers. Wanz does deejay some shit that lots o' kidz ain't ever heard before...and some of it's damn good. It is pretty lame dog-piling on him and he's a pretty easy target for you turds, anyway. I just got a Bart Simpson tattoo. Whatevs.

i know who you are.

Hip, hip!

look, tania, as an anon, I can say anything about you I want, and there is nothing you can do about it, you can get pissed, defend yourself, try to save your dignity, etc. but it won't work, because I have no dignity to save, you don't know my name or anything about me at all, NOTHING. and you never will. this gives me license to drive you crazy, I can insult your blog, your friends, your band, YOU. Its fucked up, yeah, but hey, life is fucked up.

hey,
most people like the name!

and i couldn't agree wih you more about spending less time promoting and more time practicin'
you hit the nail on the mf head on that one.

cmj:
my friends wanted a report
and a story ,
so i delivered one
you don't have to read about it
i never promoted my blog here.

tania said...

"(their life) is devoid of adventure, learning, potential"

maybe anonymity allows 1 to have adventure, learning, and potential.. without the bullshit of self promotion.. without the bullshit of name dropping everyone they met at CMJ, and without the bullshit of having a band with an absolutely fucking ridiculous name.

maybe some bands in dallas could use some fucking anonymity.. and spend that time actually practicing, and quit giving me bullshit like black tie dynasty, black heart society, and pegasus now..

thank u, and fuck off..

is anyone who posts here a musician whatsoever?

i think what tania is trying to say is "fuck you"

fyi,
that never happened.
after we played our show at tangiers
with him and goldenboy,
they became friends and he asked her.
end of story.

the life of an anonymous poster...
perhaps
it (their life) is devoid of adventure, learning, potential
drags them into a feeling of hopelessness at the chaos and dysfunction around them,
they lash out at icons, groups, people,
people who are trying to pursue joy in any form
people who say anything
people who speak their minds

if we all did it their way
we wouldn't even get out of bed and try, dammit

anons appear to cherish the bland and colorless
rebelling for the sake of it
not for any real motivation

try expressing an original thought next time,
surprise us and maybe even yourselves by owning your comments and the wake they leave behind.

i heart wanz

Hey anon...

welcome to the 90's douche!

I used to get mad about those posts, but most of them are funny enough to leave up.

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people with laptops and mp3 collections really need to stop calling themselves DJs and getting treated like a band

josh, don't even get these guys (or girls) started, because its not worth it.

And besides, talking shit about Wanz in the comments of a post thats not about Wanz has been banned for some time.

We were subjected to several months' worth of Wounded Wanz in full defensive mode, seven-page rants and all.

-anonamon

c'mon now...

'Cause he's a douche.

why the hate?

Fuck Wanz.

well i'm sad she's still not around town.. i'd still like to tap it

sara was, is and will always be a fucking nutbag. and lucy loves schroder were awful. i'm glad i don't have to see her crazy ass around town any more. putting matt sharp's man-meat in her mouth is probably the only thing she's really good at.

Fun show tonight @ RGRS.
Wanz and I will be PAR-TEE-IN.
You should come out.
There will be a suprise.

lucy loves shroder blows.. sara blows.. and you know she does because that is how she got her current gig..