Nobunny at Cake Shop
I hope these photos make it look like Nobunny's show at Cake Shop was awesome. Honestly, it wasn't. I don't know every single thing that went wrong, but three barely-working mics and several broken bottles on the floor (notice that Nobunny doesn't wear shoes) must have had something to do with it. Too bad, because I have seen plenty of good performances by Nobunny, including his last one at Cake Shop.
Daddy Long Legs at Cake Shop
Bluesmen like Brian of Daddy Long Legs really know how how screamin' should be done. My ears are ringing just looking at this photo.
New Bomb Turks at The Bell House
The first show of the New Bomb Turks reunion mini-tour-thing took place in Brooklyn, NY (Hooray for us!) The show included a reading of lead singer Eric Davidson's new book "We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001", which sounded pretty damn good to me. But what really sounded good was the New Bomb Turks. I'm not sure quite sure how much time they took off from touring before reuniting but they sure recovered quickly.
LiveFastDie at The Bell House
I seem to recall going to LiveFastDie's final show, "The Death of LiveFastDie", sometime last Summer. I guess the offer to play with a reunited New Bomb Turks was so irresistable even "death" could not stop them. A Frankenstein lineup consisting of various people who had and had not been in the band at some point during its lifetime played one hell of a show at The Bell House.
Dead Phones at Brooklyn Based (on Broadway)
One of the advantages of playing a show in the basement of a clothing store: the availability of props. Basil of Dead Phones was polite enough not to mess with the merch. Instead he choose to appropriate part of a dummy, which it turns out came in handy.