jayryan wrote:no, billy smith, formerly of hubcap (pictured at the start of the thread), the traitors, haymarket riot, whaler, prophets of rage, naugahyde nation,... and some other bands.

OMG!! that's me!

from the Touch and Go website:

The Ted Leo and the Pharmacists E-card and Contest: Win A Guitar!!

With the release of the new Ted Leo and the Pharmacists record, Living With The Living, merely weeks away, we have put together a handy little package of information to get the ball rolling. The ...

1977 Buick Estate Wagon - bright yellow

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jayryan wrote:there's a band in minneapolis who's even worse than us who are calling themselves dianogah. we get a lot of confused email about this.

jay, are you SURE you're not thinking of hubcap? oh wait, hubcap was from chicago, nevermind.

first i "owned":
Supertramp - Breakfast In America
Cars - Candy-O
Mickey Mouse Disco

first VINYL i bought:
Lost Boys soundtrack
Inxs - kick
George Michael - Faith

first purchase ever: (on cassette)
Weird Al Yankovic - In 3D

in Eugene, OR on tour, i was physically pushed (bent over) the bass drum by a drunk guy who then wanted to "play pretend butt rape" . fun, right? the best part is when our guitarist then (in mid chord) lifted his guitar up and kicked the guy in his chest -- almost like a horse kick to the chest ...

before they made this thing called the "internet," it took me years to compile the never-made soundtrack. no mp3s, all ripped from vinyl. fuck, it took so long to find the best song in the movie, "number one" - - nowadays, some kid just posts mp3s of the soundtrack, no hard work whatsoever. damn ...

when i was in hubcap, i used a sunn bass head which SCREAMED. the whole time i was in the band, i never turned the volume above 1. it sounded like shit with my rickenbacker running through it, but it was somehow perfect for the band.

the monomen later blew this head up, when they borrowed it. they ...

The film "American Hardcore" (m) is getting a Chicago premiere tonight at Pipers Alley (230 W. North Ave). Movie is at 7pm. Liar's Club is hosting the after party following. Pegboy will be playing (with original bassist Steve Saylors) along with Destroy Everything. Apparently Pegboy will play around ...

3-day passes = SOLD OUT.

Saturday 1-day tickets = SOLD OUT.

a VERY limited # of single day tickets for Fri and Sun left.