Ned R. to perform live on stage with a band rumor shock!

The rumor, such as it is, involves a collective I've recorded with before. But nothing is set in stone yet -- I'll be in SF over Veteran's Day weekend, but the band itself might not be!

Negroponte: Dipheads! (he's a diplomat, right?)

Look, I'm a Philip K. Dick fan and I don't mind being called a dickhead, so...

Gotta start somewhere. (As the show is not even scheduled yet, I wouldn't bother scrounging for results. ;-) )

Savage Republic will play my living room!

Saturday, November 12
@ DAM House, 503 E Street in Davis, CA
w/Gang Wizard & Anni Rossi (LA) (& me), The Planet The (PDX), & The King Cobra (Oly)
plus followed by PIZZA PANEL DISCUSSION

feat. pies shipped in dry ice from Chicago & NYC
& brought from Bay Area, Davis, and Sacto
6:30 doors/7:00 music (SHARP!)/10:30 pizza & discussion

The most outspoken pizza critics here are invited to bring their favorite pizza and be on the panel. You need to tell me...

(a) I'm coming
(b) I'm bringing a pizza from ______.

I will be supplying these Davis pizzas:
* Symposium's Greek pizza
* Village Bakery kiln-baked fancy veggie pie
Plus, Sacto pizzas...
* Zelda's deepdish
* Luigi's
* Giovanni's
* El Primo Taqueria y Pizzeria 30-inch Mexican pizza

I'm so stoked that Savage Republic would agree to play in my house. It's just crazy to even think about it. They were my very first live show back in 1987. They were the first record I bought at Amoeba. I've been a fan of this band since I was about 12. These guys are pretty legendary, having provided one of the West Coast's best answers to "No New York" with their "Tragic Figures" LP, and having been around the world a couple times and packing a soccer stadium in Greece on the strength of Greek fanfare over their "O, Adonis" single.

I never expected them to agree to add to this show, but then it happened. They played three Davis house-shows between 1984-1989, and they said they remember them as some of their best and favorite live shows.

We can't do DAM House shows very frequently, so we try to make every one of them special. But this one will be made extra special, and that's why the unnecessary ridiculousness of the lavish pizza party must be included.

We strongly suggest a $5 donation.

Beer to mild buzz will be provided, but you should bring your own if you wanna get crocked or make others so crocked. Please stop shy of puking at my house!

History of DAM House...
http://www.daviswiki.org/Dam_Haus

Had to leave before the SR show, alas, but they were friendly folks. The Gang Wizard set was brief but memorable. It was recorded...