Well, hell ... as has just been pointed out to me, I have now at least two readers. Thank you, Mr. Soren Davis, Chicago's King of the Tom Cats and a major player in his region's Freestyle Shouting League (he has enormous lung capacity due to years and years of smoking). I'll see you in the Capital City come June.

Speaking of Lansing, last week I did an interview with the Lansing Noise concerning my tenure in the Clutters. Supposedly there is now a healthy "twang" (Good god, how I hate that word) scene in Lansing, with bands sprouting like dandelions (attractive in bunches from afar but unremarkable when examined in detail) and for better or worse, the Clutters were one of (if not the) first "alt-country" (Holy Christ, how I hate that term) band to gig in the city. No matter that no one really liked us much, because anyone with a punkrock bent thought we were fat pussies for having slow songs and a bearded violin player, and all the people who actually listened to the Torch and Twang radio show considered us far too loud, sloppy, stoned and stupid to take seriously. All of these criticisms were entirely valid, by the way. Still, we had more character than most anyone else from that dirty little sideways town, so what the hell, we deserve to be remembered as much as anyone. Keep an eye out for the article, and we'll see just how much column space actually gets devoted to us in the final analysis.

The new Reigning Sound record, Too Much Guitar, is fucking great, maybe not the masterpiece that Time Bomb High School was, but who can have two in a row? Real soul for real people. Anyone with an interest in rocknroll is encouraged to shut the fuck up and go buy it. Well, no, get Time Bomb High School first, I guess, but you won't go wrong with Too Much Guitar either. Great version of "You Got Me Hummin" ... and "We Repel Each Other" is a great title for a love song. Still looking for a copy of the latest Seger Liberation Army recd, but no one is stocking it around here ... yes, that's right, I'll have to buy one.

I'm thinking of going back to school ... either theology studies or flower arrangment. Seriously. These are my two choices.

Herve.