Kicking off the long weekend with a night of great local rockers.
Opening with the return of John Bonnell and Noah Emory as famed sporadic rock project
Chelsea Owes Me Two Bucks
Then, back again with a new bassist, local punk rockers
Fragile
~ then! ~ The ever-rocking 'old-school 75' punks
Nymphomercial
~ then! ~ The return of (a partial line-up of) hard-core rockers
Dreams of Destruction
...it was almost too great to handle!

An opening set by local solo rock guitarist
Ryan Stanberry
Followed by the return of Claremore's hypno-alternative rock group
The Pull
~ then! ~ A late night set by Chad Carlisle in his new solo electronic rock project
On Beyond Malibu
...and it was great fun!

We had a special hard-core Labor Day Weekend concert with music and rain late into the night.
Opening with local experimental scremothrash punk rockers
Nymphomercial
~ then! ~ We were treated to an impromptu set by
Posterboard Confessional
~ then! ~ A late night hard-edge set by no longer entirely local
Dreams of Destruction with special guest bassist Carl Morris
And it rained.

#2 in our series
Political Theater 2004
8 WEEKS 'til the Big Election
Hosted by Don Tyler & Majic, with the general theme of "It's a Free Country... Relatively."

We opened with a strange set by experimental noise-rock group
Mr. Ash rockband, Cory Rupert, Drew Shipley, Adam Bolhey, and guests CJ & Bill.
Then we welcomed for the first time on our stage, from south central Arkansas, the elegant melodic experimental rock of
Author Anonymous
Followed by a short improv set by
Posterboard Confessional
Then a short preview of next Friday's set by
Rush Hour Remedy
Finally we ended the night with a hard-core set by longtime '75'ers
Nymphomercial
with a final few songs by the Nymphomercial brothers
CJ & Bill

Opened the evening with
Ik Bin Ein Banana playing a theme piece describing their emotions from 2001-09-11.
then... We welcomed back two great bands. First, the return of Los Angeles punk-rock trio
The RainMan Suite
~ then! ~ local alternative rock trio
Churn rocked the house
Great music all night long, a very enthusiastic and appreciative crowd, and a great celebration.

#3 in our series
Political Theater 2004
7 WEEKS 'til the Big Election
Hosted by Don Tyler & Majic, with the general theme of "Left Side/Right Side/Your Side/My Side."
Commentary and discussion of current events, a lively lightning 5-minute debate, on the suggested topic of legalization of prostitution, with Amy Saenz drawing the "pro" side, and Brittany Calvert drawing the "con" side. A pre-debate vote was 75% in favor, with a post-debate vote of 50% in favor, although who knows if the debate changed minds, the questions weren't clear, or the electronic voting machines failed. Also presenting a reading by Kevin Mnich of Brett Bennett's skit "Calvin the Candidate."

Welcome back local young punk-rockers

~ then! ~ another eclectic hardcore experimental jam by
Ick Bin Ein Banana this week featuring Cory Rupert on acoustic guitar
~ then! ~ the premiere on our stage of the full lineup of
Rush Hour Remedy
~ then! ~ a late-night set by local hardcore punks
Nymhomercial this week featuring Cory Rupert on acoustic guitar
...and more! it'll be great!

A pre-show jam by Tim Meyer (formerly of WNO) and Jamie Whitmarsh (Lynk, Posterboard Confessional) as
Maximum Etcetera and the Fructose Space-Bot
~ then! ~ Welcomed back an opening acoustic set by local jam jazz rock band
Posterboard Confessional
~ then! ~ Welcomed for the first time on our stage, friends of BMP
Walking Tom
~ then! ~ The premiere on our stage with their new drummer -- but without their bassist -- but still the return of
BMP
~ then! ~ Welcomed back for a special late-night set
On Beyond Malibu
...finishing out a great weekend!

#4 in our series of events under the heading
Political Theater 2004
6 WEEKS 'til the Prez vote!
Hosted by Don Tyler & Mary Jo Clark II, with the general theme (loosely adhered to as always) of
"Democracy, Plurality, Quorum, and Concensus"
Commentary and discussion of current events, with music by Mary Jo Clark II

James Ainsworth (keyboards) and Noah Emory (percussion) from Ik Ben Ein Banana joined Tyler Brown and Joe Volmer (both on electronics and percussion) from Gold Tooth , jamming as
Precious Roy

We began with a solo guitar and vocal set by local rocker
Ryan Stanberry
Followed by the solo electric guitar of
Jamie Whitmarsh
We ended the night with the raw energetic hard-core rock of
Dreams of Destruction with some lineup changes. The return of Carl Morris on bass guitar. Former bassist Luke played second guitar for the first time. Additional hard-edge vocals by Avalon. Liz was again absent while her vocal chords heal. Get well, Liz!
...and, naturally, great food and company too!

#5 in our series of events under the heading
Political Theater 2004
5 WEEKS 'til the big election
Political commentary and observations by host Don Tyler with co-host Mary Jo Clark II, with the general topic of :Society's Rights". A lightning political debate on the topic of the justifications for war with Andy Russel given the war-is-justified and Mercedes (Mercedes, what's your last name?) arguing against. Also an impromptu speech on... several topics... by Andy Russel.