MOG

This was a great summer of shows. I got to see a bunch of different bands play, some of which I never thought I would have the opportunity to see, and some others I'd been wanting to see for a while. Stiff Little Fingers put on a great show. It was easily one of the best all summer. Their first two records are amazing (Inflammable Material and Nobody's Heros) and their most recent effort, Guitar and Drum, is superisingly great. I would go to see them again in an instant. I never got to see the Clash play, but now that I've seen SLF and Billy Bragg, I like to think I've had a sort of similar experience. Another defining show was the Bouncing Souls album release show in New York on the first of June with the World/Inferno Friendship Society. That was a show and a half. I still can't believe that my friends and I made it up from Baltimore without something terrible happening. It was a great show, both band's new records are great. (The Gold Record and Red Eyed Soul, respectively). I saw Rancid play all three nights at the Black Cat in DC. They were better than they were the last time I saw them, Tim seemed more alive, and the sets were so different, and the Black Cat is so small, and I was on 'vacation' for the only time all summer. It was just a great few nights. The hhighlights were Billy Bragg's To Have and to Have Not, acoustic; Black Derby Jacket; Dead Bodies; Hooligans; Radio; and clearing the pit for Avenues & Alleyways. There were more, but I don't have a set list in front of me. That's the condensed version. I figured I needed to post about something as my Mog is still 'under the radar,' whatever that means. Oi.