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12:06 am

July 18th, 2003

As I mentioned before, the

As I mentioned before, the local radio station somehow took
a liking to Hot Hot Heat’s “Bandages”. Carrying that further,
they booked them for a show last night. Bizarrely (or perhaps *not* bizarrely), it was at a
suburban sports bar. It was a tad surreal to look up at the stage to see
Steve Heat warbling at the crowd, and then
look to my left, out the window, to see shirtless Bro-hams spiking volleyballs
at one another. The crowd mix, too, was very odd (I would have been
hard-pressed to get a bingo (though the guy with the cabbie hat *was* there).
There was actually one girl who seemed to have tanned herself to the color of yam-meat.
Let me summarize the overall experiece by quoting the singer of openers The Vue: “Hey everybody, what’s up!!! I guess we’re
eatin’ good in the neighborhood tonight, this is an Appleby’s isn’t it?”

And somebody, pleeeeaasse, buy Steve Heat a new t-shirt. I don’t think he ever removes that “Odd Fellows” one.

They play Conan tonight.

:::5 Times Out Of 100.mp3:::
:::Get In Or Get Out.mp3:::
:::Bandages.mp3:::
:::Touch You Touch You.mp3:::

P.S. am I the only one that sees this:


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