A hypnotist, go-go dancers, and what I hope was an enticing drink special. Add in some Grand Guignol-style gore and you've got yourself a come-to-life Herschell Gordon Lewis movie. As for Mona Lisa, I'm not sure if the ad copy is referencing the famed painting (and if so, why? . . .) or a featured burlesque act, but either way, it sounds like a good time had by all at The Body Shop in Tucson, 1967.
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SP train, engine number 5037, engine type 4-10-2
Train #962 eastbound freight train; 45 cars, 10 MPH. Photographed: Tucson, Ariz., April 22, 1933.
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the Winter Road
it is early January of 2024 and I am about to return to the road with my friends Welcome to Night Vale, performing the live soundtrack for our new touring episode "The Attic"
Jan 9 - Austin - The Paramount
Jan 11 - Tucson - The Rialto
Jan 12 - LA - The Regent
Jan 13 - SF - The Castro
Jan 14 - Sacramento - The Sofia
Jan 17 - Eugene - The Hult Center
Jan 18 - Portland - Revolution Hall
Jan 19 - Seattle - The Neptune (2 shows)
Danny Schmidt (the Weather from episodes 8, 51, 131, and 166) is our musical guest on this leg.
I hope to see you out there! If you have any questions about this tour, our live shows in general, or life on the road with WTNV please feel free to ask!
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Tucson Int’l Airport in Arizona, USA, May 4th 2024.
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CLASS — If You’ve Got Nothing (Feel It)
Photo by Rosie Clements
CLASS, out of Tuscon, makes a punchy, anthemic punk rock that harks back to first wave bands like the Clash and the Scientists, while touching latter-day landmarks like Exploding Hearts and the Marked Men.
Not much information is available about the band or its members. Gerard Cosloy, who wrote the bio, refers cryptically to “several of American punk’s leading lights” without naming any of them, but it appears that Erik Meyer (of Sweet Tooth, Mongoloid, Rik and the Pigs and sundry other punk and hardcore outfits) plays a role. In any case, If You’ve Got Nothing follows one other full-length LP, last year’s Epoca de Los Vaqueros and a smattering of cassettes and EPs. It is very tightly, crisply produced by the Resonars’ Matt Reardon, a man who knows how to make a punk hook resonate, and it’s god-damned good.
The songs package sheer punk aggression in the catchiest of melodies, see “Behind the Ball” which starts in a firestorm of furious strumming and progresses to a truly sing-along tune. The song is about striving and whether it’s worth it, and the bright triumphant sound of it battles mightily with words that go “Are you gonna hurt yourself or just keep trying?” It bumps crushing disillusion right up against the most fun you ever had—and it rocks.
“Two Way Track” is similarly anthemic in that first-album Clash kind of way, with crashing power chords and irresistible hooks and an everybody-shout chorus (“it’s back and forth on a two way track”). Later “Between the Lines,” inquires, “How low can you go, just to feed that ego?” but in a way that has you all-in, jumping up and down, punching the air in agreement. Withering disdain was never such a party.
But really, it’s hard to pick favorites because every cut is a banger, played in a fury and distilled into extremely lucid, legible sound. If You’ve Got Nothing has plenty. Check it out.
Jennifer Kelly
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Scene At Alameda Street
Scene At Alameda Street- © 2024 – Robert N. Clinton (aka CyberShutterbug)
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“Tuscon... Sunshine Capital” by Chuck Abbott for Arizona Highways, January 1944
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Remembered to have my nails fixed before vacation and completely forgot about my toenails 🤦♀️
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