World Famous In San Francisco

Guess. What. Elton Tom's new band, Puce Moment, is finally going to debut after, like, five years holed up in some basement practicing. Well, maybe not five, but it sure seems like it sometimes. I was beginning to think they were really just catching every performance at Theater Rhinoceros or something.

Anyway, the band also features Gary Fembot (of Vis-á-Vis, feelings on a grid, and sta prest) and an ex member of The Aislers Set but I don't hold that against him.

Oh, and if you're wondering what a puce moment is, its a Kenneth Anger film about , literally, a puce moment. Seriously. But if you're on the leading edge of cool then you know its all about its impossible (and uncredited) soundtrack. You can check this post over at WFMU for more info if you've got a day job and can't be on the leading edge of cool.

Oh yeah, greg ashley is playing too.

Monday, Feb 4
Smile @ The Knockout
10 PM, $5
greg ashley
puce moment

So, one last hurrah before I get on a plane and sit in airports for days on end becuase I refused to pay more to go to Tennessee than I would to go to Europe so my flight is insanely crappy with a million connections that I'll never make visit my family for a few days, Tonight:



At first I was all, bands I don't know anything about and haven't had time to check out their myspace pages, maybe I won't go. But then I realized I'm not that old yet and also the addition of Connie Fucking Francis makes me swoon. They are a punk rock dream. You should come too!

How can you not??? Elton and Myles are too modest to post here about their own shows so once again I'm here to tell you all about their awesome shows. Hard Place and The Passionistas under the same roof at Smile! After having gone to all these theme parties down in LA (like this or this), I'm thinking about how we really need one up here. So, I haven't discussed this with the club or the bands and I'm totally making this up, but this show is totally the "Wet Dream Before Halloween" party, so dress like that! Oh, OK. I'll stop.

Friday, October 19Th
Smile @ The Knock Out
3318 Mission St