If I were going to be in Columbus Saturday night (not Friday as I first said), I'd be at
Skully's for the
Third Annual Joe Strummer Memorial Clash Benefit Marathon. It starts a 6:30 with a showing of the film
Rude Boy, followed by 16 bands performing three Clash or Joe Strummer songs each. I'd especially want to see
The Secret Sound Of The NSA and
Red Dahlia (whose music is much better than their web site design).
You say you're not in Columbus? Are you west of Ohio? Well,
The Reputation may be coming to your town soon. For example:
- Sun Mar 13 - Lawrence, Kansas
- Thu Mar 17 (my anniversary!) - Austin, Texas (SXSW, which I want to go to someday)
- Sat Mar 26 - San Francisco
Say hi for me. :-)
Update: A bit closer to home, the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland has a couple notable shows this weekend.
Tonight (Friday) is a(nother) reunion of Columbus punk legends the
New Bomb Turks. (I doubt I'll make it; besides being exhausted from work this week and not likely up for NBT punk, tonight is also the Canton
Drum Circle Meetup, which I haven't been able to get to yet.) Tomorrow night (Saturday) is
Alex Chilton, who I first knew only through the Replacements'
great song about him, but later through his Big Star songs like "September Gurls", "Don't Lie To Me", and "In The Street" (which became the basis for the
theme to "That 70s Show").