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If you want to know why I love The Trousers so much ...

Check out this video from Friday night's show at Slim's: I just like this band more and more each time I see them, which isn't nearly often enough. I got couple of OK photos too.

This second photo is funny because it looks almost like Russ is on stage with them, which wouldn't be unusual considering Russ is in every other band in town. The Loners were great as usual. I swear, I think they're the most popular band in town now because every time I see them, the place is packed with rabid fans. It was cool to see Eddie quoted in the N&O the other day too.

The Old Ceremony at Forest Theater

I dragged myself to Chapel Hill today to see the Old Ceremony (Myspace) play an afternoon show at Forest Theater. I do mean dragged, because I spent about an hour stuck in stand-still traffic due to the work on I-40. I came really close a couple of times to just turning around and going home, but I'm glad I stuck it out, because the band put on a really great, comfortable, Sunday afternoon show. Forest Theater is an idyllic spot anyway, and the band had lots of family and friends there, with kids and dogs and elderly folks all having a good time. Check out my videos and you'll see what I mean about the kids. As soon as I turned the camera on, they all started running in front of me, and I know they were doing it on purpose because that's exactly what I would have done back when I was that age.

Los Straightjackets and the Iguanas

It has been a long week, and I'm too wiped out to say much of anything about Los Straightjacket with Big Sandy, Wednesday at Cat's Cradle. The concept was that they would join forces to play '70s Mexican hit songs, which were themselves covers of '60s U.S. hits. That was great in theory, but I actually enjoyed Los Straightjackets more when they were sans Sandy and doing their own thing. New Orleans' The Iguanas opened.

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