MUSICAL CHAIRS

Rita: Speaking of drunk, I bet every one of the people mentioned in our Musical Chairs section has experienced that special time when their alcohol level rose to the point of forcing them to bow to the porcelain god. MATT HUTTON and PAT MacDONALD (The Red Telephone) have put together BIRDWATCHERS OF AMERICA with ADAM GOODWIN (Permafrost) on drums, and the wizard pedal steel player BOB NEW. *** Hey, there are some new associate editors at The Noise—welcome long-time writers NANCY NEON, TIM EMSWILER and KEVIN FINN. *** 27 has decided to add a new member each month so they get mentioned in this column on a regular basis. This month’s new member is GREG MOSS (x-Common Cold/ Polaris Mine) on bass. *** EDDIE JAPAN consists of DAVID SANTOS (Mercury Quartet), CHRIS BARRETT (Logan 5 & the Runners/ Tiger Saw), JIM COLLINS (Buckners/ Brett Rosenberg Problem), BART LoPICCOLO (Scatterfield/ The Din), JASON BALDOCK (Hit Squad), and GEORGE HALL (Weisstronauts/ Seks Bomba). *** SCOTT LERNER (x-Pure Fiction) and MATT BELYEA (x-Happy the Clown) are part of a new band called THE CRUSHING LOW. And they’re opening for the return of SCARCE. Lolita: That’s right, one of the most exciting bands to come out of Providence is back—at T.T.’s on Saturday, 10/6. *** KOSEI FUKUYAMA has filled the open seat at the drums for TOKYO TRAMPS. *** BIPOLARCOASTER features CRAIG ADAMS and GINO ZANETTI, both x-Dents, but this band is metal. *** THE SPRAINED ANKLES are DREW PILARSKI and MIKE PATTERSON (x-Wrong Side of the Tracks), HENRY RYAN (The Skels), RYAN LOGSDON (Elena James Band), and PADDY KEYS (The Larkin Brigade). *** BLEU, MIKE VIOLA, and DUCKY CARLISLE have formed a new (super) group called THE MAJOR LABELS. Rita: Will the major labels be going after The Major Labels? Or visa versa? Lolita: Do you mean like the top shelf labels at a bar?