Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Almost Famous

Austin

After an afternoon visit to the handsome new Texas State History Museum I went out on 6th Street again. I found a bar playing quality music and settled in to watch the end of the baseball, another win for the Red Sox putting them 3-0 up and one game away from taking the World Series and finally burying their curse. I can tell you're all fascinated by the prospect.

Listening to South by Southwest on 6 Music earlier in the year I heard Stuart Maconie talking about a place he'd been called Stubb's BBQ so I decided to go there. It's probably better known as a restaurant and home of the barbecue sauce but it's a cracking music venue too. There's a little amphitheatre out the back where the major touring acts play but last night the gig was in a smallish downstairs room. First up were Dios Malos, some Hispanic guys playing indie rock. They were decent but veered towards self-indulgence a couple of times too often.

Far better were What Made Milwaukee Famous whose CD I'd spotted in a record shop the other day. They've got a new track out with a video, definitely one of those acts on the verge of breaking through if only they can find the right single. Three of the four members had a go at singing lead, much in the manner of The Band or Gomez, but there the similarity to those acts ended. They had some great songs and were very accomplished, although with the success of Fountains Of Wayne I'm not sure there's room for another group of American white guys playing bittersweet indie-pop. More's the pity.

1 Comments:

At 28 October 2004 at 11:31, Anonymous Anonymous said...

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Just for the record.......

The Boston Red Sox won four World Series in the eight years Babe Ruth played on the team. They sold Ruth to the New York Yankees for $125,000 and a $300,000 loan because Boston's owner Harry Frazee needed the cash to invest in a new play on Broadway. As noted since the cash transaction, Boston's inability to win a single World Series Title has been attributed to "The Curse of the Bambino."

Buda

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