MUSICAL CHAIRS

Rita: Maybe Tim could look through his evil windshield and tell us what band will break up next, or who’s leaving a band for greener pastures? WhenI looked through his windshield I found some confusion. Now that THE BOSTON AFROBEAT SOCIETY has changed its name to SUPERPOWERS, I’m afraid people might get it mixed up with DAVE TREE’s SUPERPOWER.  Time to call the music lawyers. *** And for those who haven’t figured it out yet—JADA and JADED are two very different all female bands in the area. JADA are singer performance divas signed to Motown, and JADED is a showy metal band. Both bands are very talented and are full of beautiful women. *** On the other hand, THE PUG UGLIES have called it quits, but they will bless us with two final shows filled with handsome guests at the Abbey on Friday, 1/11/08, and Saturday, 1/12/08. *** And like we always say, when one band breaks up, the freed members form new bands—like THE ALLSTON SWINGERS with JESSE VON KENMORE (x-Pug Uglies/ Marvels) on drums, CHAZ MATTHEWS (x-Dimestore Haloes) on guitars and vocals and ANDY EXCUSE (x-Dimestore Haloes/ Gimantis) on bass and vocals. *** CASEY DESMOND’s sister MARY LEE DESMOND has joined her band on backing vocals. *** NOELLE from Damone has a band called Goddess of My Religion. *** FUNF is an experimental music collective consisting of DR. VORHEES (Chris Barrett), PRIMECHUQ (Chuck Pukmel), ONLYONE (Joe Kowalski), M1 (Marco Beaulieu), and SILVA BULLET (Nick Balkin). Their debut full-length album Need is Now is due out January 2008. *** EMILY and STEPH of THE OPERATORS formed a band called TRICUNX, but then Tricunx changed its name to QUINCUNX. *** JAKE & THE JAKES were on their way—landing in our top 10 with both of their 2007 releases—but guess what? They broke up. Watch for their talented members invading other bands or starting new ones. *** And lastly, AMANDA ZW is now womaning the vocal helm of SAD MARVIN. Lolita: Womaning? Oh, I get it—she is breast-feeding the sad boy?