Friday, May 21, 2004  

"Though I drop your name in vain / You still play tricks on my mind."
"Four in the morning / Maybe five / God it's so beautiful to be alive."
"I spin AC/DC after dark / Yeah, that's my favorite sound."

Sabine, "The Serf to the Level of the Lord"
Sabine, "A Rocket Is a Drum"
from The Serf.../Rocket... 7-inch (Wurlitzer Jukebox, 1996)
Veronica Lake, "Daisy Kiss"
from One Last Kiss (Spin Art, 1992)
Rucarlso & the Plastic Containers, "100 Percent"
from a demo CD (2002)

Big Friday upsies to round out my Michigan-to-D.C.-Move tribute.

I don't know much of anything about Sabine. They were some obscure D.C. trio in the mid-1990s that made a few singles, one CD, and then disappeared from the face of the earth. Oddly enough, it sounds like Tony Whipple recorded the "Serf" side of this single. I think he sang it as well. The B-side, "A Rocket Is a Drum," is home-recorded and deep improv-dub. No Whipple (or his vox) in the hizzo.

One more song from that Michigan band known as Veronica Lake. "Daisy Kiss" is a great tune and it's the band's first recording as a trio. The lyrics talk about listening to Prince and the Jesus & Mary Chain at 4 a.m. and feeling alive. So true.

And finally, one of my favorite songs, "100 Percent," from one of my favorite people that I've met since I moved to the D.C. area: Dr. Rucarlso von Trash Can. Kid can play guitar like nobody's biz and he can sing like Steven Tyler--or AC/DC, after dark. Ru needs to get a band together and get it together because he could be a star. To me, he already is. You can sometimes find out about Trash Can's rock activities over at KittyText. I think they went to school together.

Next week: Back to the movin' & groovin'.

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