MUSICAL CHAIRS

Rita: First of all, your dresser is too small, and what makes you think you could sleep if a band was playing? Lolita: No reason for you to ruin my scheme to get bands back to my room. Rita: Here are some new bands that might be looking for a dresser gig. SHAWN McLAUGHLIN (Crazy Alice/ The Collisions) is back from a two-year hiatus and is working with SHAH HADJEBI (bass), PETER HANSON (keys), DERRIK ALBERTELLI (guitar), MARK BOWDEN (guitar) and TARO HATANAKA (violin) to complete the second CD for his solo project Smorgasbord. *** THE MASONS includes DAVE NARCIZO (Throwing Muses) and JEFFREY UNDERHILL (Velvet Crush). They recently released a CD called Let You Down Easy. *** Hackman, a heavy three-piece with sparse vocals, features former members of Milligram and Lamont. *** JOE FELLONIhas joined HOWIEHOWIE on guitar. *** ETTO GREEN (x-Psychotic Larry) is in a new band called WHITE (along with members of DRINKFIST and NULLSET). *** MIKE MALONE (x-Dirt Merchants) is mining the raw energy of pre-electric American roots music with ORB MELLON. *** REVEREND GLASSEYE played their farewell show on Saturday, 2/24, and are relocating to Austin, Texas. *** FRANK SMITH (the band, not the man) also played their farewell show on Saturday, 2/24, and moved to Texas. Lolita: Did the two bands run away together? *** Apunkalypse Now is a punk rock cover band that includes members from The Freeze, The Peasants, Beefy/DC, The Dents, and The Straw Dogs. *** MISKA TONIC is TIM FERRELL(x-Ultrabreakfast) on guitar, vocals; PAUL WISNER (x-Calendar Girl/Ultrabreakfast) on synths, guitar, vocals; STEVE KELLY(x-Cheater Pint) on bass; MARK PATTI on drums; and ELIZABETH FIRGER on vocals. *** Lolita: That reminds me, last month Silver Lining singer and Noise Board MP3 moderator, ANNA PRICE, sent in her Top 10 Gingers. We thought it was cute that Anna was using some London street slang. We all know what a ginger is—right? Well, it turns out that Anna really meant to type Singer. So all ten of those people she listed can stop worrying about if they are a ginger. Though we’re sure some of them are. Now all we need is a definition of a ginger. Anyone?