JULY 28, 2009

My stupid turntable tried its hardest to ruin SCP with another buzz noise, but it lost the battle thanks to equal parts of science, muscle and tape. The event got off to a fifteen minute late start, which is just as well since attendees slowly trickled in throughout the night. The best way to grade the success of any Skip Crackle Pop event is to watch the reactions of innocent bystanders working on their laptops. Sometimes they laugh. Sometimes they groove. And tonight we can add: Sometimes they walk out to Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone."

The good news is that Kavarna employees Tyler and Walker seemed to enjoy themselves. I did, too, but I had consumed a couple of pints. It should also be noted that Kavarna has cans of PBR on the menu now, which made a least one member of the audience happy.

As for notable records, Scott stole the show with not one, not two, but FOUR amazingly obscure records from his dad's closet. I need to shake his dad's hand and buy him a can of PBR.

The set list can be found below, and photos from this meeting can be found here.

 
Band/Artist

Song

Open Mic Notes
  
1.
Panda Bear

Bros

Unofficial first song. Correcting the buzzing noise.
 
2.
Nappy Brown

You're Going To Need Me

"I bought this on eBay when the movie Ghost World came out because I thought I was really into 78 speed records. My boss thought he ordered it because he knew about the artist. That turned me off from buying any more 78 speed records."
 
3.
Kenny Loggins

Danger Zone

Once the song started, a customer and his friend got up from the bar and said, "That's it man, we're out of here."  
4.
Sounds of Terror

Monster Mash

We were teased of a story about John's mom farting, but he never told it because the other people in Kavarna made him nervous.
 
5.
Bruce Springsteen

Nebraska

Just trying to get the night back to normalcy.
  
6.
 Handsome Furs

We Hate This City

Sadly, no comment  
7.
Pavement

Stereo

 
8.
Martin Denny

Quiet Village

"Apparently this album kicked off the exotica craze. You all remember the exotica craze, right?"
  
9.
 Cameo

Word Up

 
10.
 U.S. Maple

Go To Bruises

 
11.
X

4th of July

"I was going to play this last month but couldn't make it. I guess it's still July, so..."
  
12.
 Yo La Tengo

Blue Line Swinger

"And I was going to play this last month but Scott couldn't make it, so..."
 
13.
Cibo Matto

Know Your Chicken

Played because "one was a mah-genta, the other one was bah-lue."
 
14.
 Billy & The Boingers   You Suck But I Love You   Skip Crackle Pop's first flexi disc, held in place on the turntable by my keys. A brown out occurred right at the last note which caused the house to cheer.  
15.
 Smog   Ex-Con      
16.
 Christine Nelson / The "Original Sarah Jackman"   Pokeracci   "From my dad's collection. The album says this song is 'the story of a man who sliced potatoes and now he's in the chips.'"  
17.
 Flin Flon   Swift Current   Ladies' choice.  
18.
 Living Strings Play Music of Hawaii   To You Sweetheart, Aloha   "I'm told this is cool and dreamy."