[bomp] Early warning! Mark your damn calendars!

[Sknoof@xxxxxxx]

THE RETURN OF SHAW 'NUFF -- for Mike's birthday or something



Did you miss the one-and-only January '05 performance of this rag-tag batch
of NYC Garage Superstars, Has-Beens, Geriatrics and One Babe-A-Licious
Keyboard
Player?  At the Greg Shaw Tribute/Memorial/Benefit in Brooklyn this past
January?

Do you recall my saying, at the time, that "you REALLY need to come to this
thing.  It's a one-shot, this bunch of folks will likely never all be on the
same stage again."

As I so often am, turns out, I was wrong.

Whom are we talking about?  Quoting:

SHAW 'NUFF A one-shot [not] NYC super-group of sorts, featuring:

Peter Stuart (bass, vocals) -- veteran of the 1980s NYC garage revival, with
The Tryfles and Headless Horsemen. Appeared at Cavestomp '99 with The
Standells, Cavestomp 2000 with The Beau Brummels and The Blues Magoos, and in
September 2001 with Mark Lindsay's Cavestomp Redcoats. Currently a member of
Special
Pillow.  If Peter doesn't know the song, it probably isn't worth knowing.

Kurt Reil (drums, vocals) -- founding member of The Grip Weeds (new album
"Giant On The Beach" out now on Rainbow Quartz Records)
http://www.gripweeds.com
...and Jim Babjak's Buzzed Meg. Appeared at Cavestomp 2000 with The Beau
Brummels, and in September 2001 with Mark Lindsay's Cavestomp Redcoats. If
Kurt
can't play the song, it probably can't be played.

Mike Fornatale (guitar, vocals) -- Has played and/or sung with The Monks,
Moby Grape, Kelley Stoltz, and Mark Lindsay's Cavestomp Redcoats.  Has stood
in
at soundchecks for Alana Amram and Arthur Lee.  (Listed in descending height
order.)   Currently a member of Richard And The Young Lions. If Mike doesn't
know the song, give him a minute.

Michael Lynch (guitar, vocals) -- Has played and sung with The Lynchpins and
The Anything People. Featured artist at International Pop Overthrow shows,
2003 and 2004. If Michael knows the song, he's also intimately familiar with
all
nine re-mixes.

Wendy Fornatale (keyboards) -- Has only appeared once [well, twice, now] in
public since college, on 9 May 1987, with The Wendytones. Wearing a bridal
gown
and veil. Well, it WAS her wedding after all. Seventeen years later she's out
of retirement and it's about damn time. If Wendy doesn't know the song, she
will bring sheet music.

If you missed this show, well, then, it can safely be said that...um...you
missed this show.  And you were never going to get another chance either.

But an awful lot of people were crying after we finished up, and we weren't
quite sure why.  So we're returning to the scene of the crime to see if we can
figure it out.

Where:

Magnetic Field, 97 Atlantic Ave.
Brooklyn, NY - 718.834.0069
www.magneticbrooklyn.com
or
http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=3098252
&
Mytoken=20050401190948

When:
Saturday, 4 June 2005
(what time?  We dunno yet.  Early, though)

The Special Occasion:
It's Mike's Birthday(*) (**) (***)

* -- well, that's not quite as important globally as Greg Shaw, but it means
ALMOST as much to me.

** -- actually Mike's birthday is June 3rd, but this is pretty close.

*** -- Truth be told, June 4 was the first Saturday Magnetic Field had open.

We intend to play two full sets and not repeat anything except maybe one or
two hand gestures.

More info as we make it up.  We wanted to give you ample warning to mark your
calendar NOW!

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