Number One with a MRRRROOOWWWWW…

A had an unusual dream about a week ago. In the dream, I had just gotten home from Wax Trax. I was clutching an album that I had special ordered, which I opened up and put on my turntable. I put the needle on the record, and the sound of a cat howling emerged from the speakers. Confused, I glanced at the speakers. Then I looked at the album cover and thought “I paid money for this??!!??”…

At this point I woke up, and our crazy old cat Sky Pilot was wandering the hall and howling. She does this on a pretty regular basis. Actually, she sounds better than the majority of the crap that was honored at this year’s Grammy awards. But that’s not saying a whole lot.

Well, we’ve reached March and so far 2006 has been a slow year for live music. I’ve only made it out to three shows so far this year – good for my bank account, bad for my sanity. We found ourselves back in Seattle over the President’s Day weekend for family reasons, and I managed to catch a doozie of a show – Zolar X! These aliens have regrouped, and are doing some touring to support last year’s Timeless collection (one my fave reissues of 2004). Their show was pretty terrific – great songs, huge metallic amps cases with blinking lights, goofy spacesuits, and the singer even introduced tunes in a strange alien language! Great warm-up sets from the Squirrels, the Sacred Truths, and Space Creatures from the Year 3000 made for a very fun night out. Hopefully Zolar X will get around to recording some new tunes, and maybe do some more extensive touring – we could use a little of that kind of excitement here in Mootown.

RIP – Jack Wild, Don Knotts, Darren McGavin, Dennis Weaver, Gordon Parks, and Grampa Bill