Leighton Rhymes with Satan ([info]leighton) wrote,
@ 2008-05-06 15:56:00
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The less-gay poster?
Here's a chance to live in the past: a rock show at the Blind Pig!

At one time, the Pig had every Sub Pop and Touch & Go band on the planet swing through. I only caught the tail end of what was likely a magical time for live music in Ann Arbor. But I was also there the week some locals painted over all the the band room graffiti, including some tags by Nirvana. It was the beginning of the end of a golden era. But white hip hop, jam bands, and dance / fashion 80's parties are rockin' now too, right?



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[info]minivansarepunk
2008-05-07 04:28 am UTC (link)

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[info]leighton
2008-05-07 09:31 am UTC (link)
"Heavy rails of coke wind their way all through his joke."

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[info]ypsi_oakland
2008-05-07 09:05 pm UTC (link)
that was gangster fun that painted over the graffiti. They hysterically were chased all over ann arbor that night. That band was made up of old detroit punks that were doing it for the kids for years. Two of the guys in that band were my first ypsilanti/eastern gf's older brothers. Saw many shows at the pig (a weird memory is seeing patti smith and john brannon at a palace music show).

anyhow. i also have wheeling west virginia stories. happened through there once in 1994 and just walked amongst the abandoned buildings downtown. ate pizza at this joint that didn't melt the cheese, but put it on top of the sauce and toppings (claimed that melting the cheese ruined the flavor of the mozzarella). when to a thrift store where it was all you could put in a bag for a dollar day.

a few years later an ex-gf and i ran over a dead deer and got deer parts stuck in the u-joints and had to have them removed ... in wheeling west virginia.


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[info]leighton
2008-05-07 09:47 pm UTC (link)
I remember Gangster Fun. Lame band. Conversely... I heard the Dwarves played 1 song @ the Pig.

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[info]arlopickens
2008-05-15 07:46 pm UTC (link)
I'm glad to see that Scotch Bonnet is actually being listed as "Scotch Bonnet" on flyers these days...

I don't think that happened a single time when I was in the band, unless I made the flyer.

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[info]leighton
2008-05-15 10:33 pm UTC (link)
Better than "Whiskey Bonet" or beter thEn "Whisky Benet"?

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[info]arlopickens
2008-05-16 01:20 am UTC (link)
Cellophane tape tam o'shanter

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