C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Penelope Houston
By Howie Klein Wednesday Oct 03, 2007 11:02pmPenelope Houston has put a version of the Avengers together again and they're on tour. I just noticed they're coming to my neighborhood on October 11. This is the old Avengers at the Mabuhay doing a now-famous show as a benefit for miners on strike. Win an Impeach Cheney cap by telling me about the bass player (Send your answer to downwithtyranny@aol.com)
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Yeah!!
not penelope houston, but skippy's got norah jones and elmo singing "don't know 'y' " and smokey robinson singing " 'u' really got a hold on me" from classic sesame street days.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7KHUbuhgpQ
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil,
but because of those who look on and do nothing." ~Albert Einstein
http://www.puppetgov.com/default.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta-Y8hFv8I0
My Avengers LP is a treasured artifact from the hey days of Punk Rock. I'm a little stunned but pleased to hear that Penelope has reformed the band. I seem to remember reading an interview with her saying how she regretted her Punk Rock days. I guess it must have just been because of the over the top self destructiveness of the likes of Darby Crash and bad drugs that afflicted the LA scene.
Sorry, I meant EP. That said, I see they have a 16 song CD out called "Died for Your Sins." I'm on it as soon as I can find a copy. Oh wait, it's out of print. Damn! How'd I miss that!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQAFVhz1bCY&mode=related&search= XTC..Making Plans for Nigel....
The Avengers will go down in history as one of the best Punk bands of all time. I went to so many of their shows I couldn't possibly remember. Penelope's good friends the Mutants will also be one of my favorite bands, along with the DK'S, No Alternative, Contractions ( thanks you Kathy Peck and many others for Dirkfest last June!!!) and many others, just to many to list.
I would like to thank Howie Klein for 415 records and all the great bands that were on that label, without 415 so many great bands would've gone unheard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxr7wYFDKvU&mode=related&search= this is better,the other one got cut short.
Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction
I know the e-mail I sent Howie told at least part of the story of the bass player in question. Many people might be surprised who he went on to play guitar for.
Check out their tour dates on myspace. They aren't coming to the mid west which sucks. Almost makes me miss LA.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendI...
Oh wait, I guess they'll be in Chicago and Cleveland. Anyone driving from Indiana?
The Contractions - 1981
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRpo-U6crX8
The Avengers - Target Video 1978
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT_sS2DaJPk
My dad attended another friend’s funeral service today. Randy Van Horne who’s Randy Van Horne Singers performed the theme songs for “The Flintstones” “The Jetsons” “The Huckleberry Hound Show” and several other popular television cartoons of the 60s has died of cancer. He was 83. R.I.P
The Cramps - at Napa State Mental Hospital - The Way I walk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVkjOxsR_LE
TSOL - Word Is - Target Studios
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp2NRFXiSuM
Black Flag - Rise Above - Target Studios - 1984
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHk7zahvDFI
The Mutants - Perfect Target - at Target Studios 198?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vZe1Mu6e2A
Dead Kennedys - Jello Biafra election news
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l91nzIpR9qA
Dead Kennedys - Bleed For Me - Target Studios - 1981
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQXTbn2khF4
hey folks: here is the tour schedule. spread the word!
THE AVENGERS / PANSY DIVISION - OCTOBER 2007 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
PANSY DIVISION NOT ON THIS DATE!!!
1233 17th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94107, 415-621-4455 $10 adv/dos;
9:00pm doors; all ages; www.bottomofthehill.com
w/Dynamite 8 & Girls with Gun
PANSY DIVISION NOT ON THIS DATE!!!
ALL DATES HEREIN FEATURE PANSY DIVISION AS DIRECT SUPPORT
Thursday, October 11, 2007 – Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
1717 Silver Lake Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90026, 323.661-4380
$10 adv/dos; tix online; 9:00pm doors; 21+; www.clubspaceland.com
w/support TBA
Friday, October 12, 2007 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
2501 Kettner Blvd, San Diego, CA, 92101, 619.232.4355
$12 adv/dos; tix online; 9.00pm doors; 21+; www.casbahmusic.com
w/the Atoms
Saturday, October 13, 2007 – Corona, CA @ Showcase Theatre
683 South Main St, Corona, CA, 92882, 951.340.0988
$12adv/14dos; tix online; 7.00pm doors; all ages; www.showcasetheatre.com
w/All of Nothing HC and others TBA
Sunday, October 14, 2007 – Tempe, AZ @ The Sets
93 East Southern Ave, Tempe, AZ, 85282, 480.829.1822
$10 adv/dos; 8.00pm doors; all ages; www.thesets.com
w/Special surprise guests
Monday, October 15, 2007- Albuquerque, NM @ The Launchpad
618 Central Ave SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102; 505.764-8887
$10adv/12dos; tix online; 7.00pm doors; all ages; www.launchpadrocks.com
w/the Koffin Kats & the Gracci
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 – Austin, TX @ Red 7
611 E. 7th St, Austin, TX, 78701, 512.476-8100
$10adv/12dos; 8.00pm doors; all ages; www.myspace.com/redsevenaustin
w/support TBA
Thursday, October 18, 2007 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory
8911 N. Western Ave, Oklahoma City, OK, 73114; no phone
$10 adv/dos; 8.00pm doors; all ages; www.conservatoryokc.com
w/Jucifer & White Ships
Friday, October 19, 2007 – St Louis, MO @ The Creepy Crawl
3524 Washington, St. Louis, MO, 63103, 314-531-3885
$12adv/14dos; 8.00p doors; all ages; www.creepycrawl.com
w/Say Uncle [an amazing 10-year-old-kid punk band!!!]
Saturday, October 20, 2007 – Chicago, IL @ Reggie's Live
2109 S. State St. (South Loop), Chicago, IL; no phone
$12adv/14dos; tix online; 7.00pm doors; all ages; www.reggieslive.com
w/support TBA
Sunday, October 21, 2007 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
15711 Waterloo Rd, Cleveland, OH, 44110, 216.382.1124
$12adv/14dos; tix online; 7.00pm doors; all ages www.beachlandballroom.com
w/Cheap Tragedies
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 – Philadelphia, PA @ The First Unitarian Church
2125 Chestnut Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19103; no phone
$10adv/12dos; tix online; 7.00pm doors; all ages; www.r5productions.com
w/Witch Hunt
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 – Baltimore, MD @ Lo-Fi Social Club
1825 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201; no phone $10 adv/dos;
8.00pm doors; 18+; www.lofisocialclub.com
w/support TBA
Thursday, October 25, 2007 – Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell's
1039 Washington Avenue, Hoboken, NJ, 07030, 201.653.1073
$10avd/12dos; tix online; doors TBA; all ages; www.maxwellsnj.com
w/support TBA
Friday October 26, 2007 – Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East Café
472 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, 02139; 617.492.9181
$10adv/12dos; tix online; 8pm doors; 18+; www.mideastclub.com
w/Sasquatch & the Sickabillys, Midnight Creeps & Sonic Bomb
Saturday, October 27, 2007 – New York, NY @ The Knitting Factory
74 Leonard Street, New York, NY, 10013, 212.219.3132
$12adv/14dos; tix online; 6.30pm doors; all ages; www.knittingfactory.com
w/the Choke [EARLY SHOW!!!]
The Clash with Pearl Harbour - Tokyo 1982
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA9ne44POpg&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTxdZEB7agA&mode=related&search= The Dickies...Nights in White Satin..
TSOL - Thoughts of Yesterday - Target Studios
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaT_n0YLerA
Circle Jerks - Target Video - 1985
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTPFhuRDI6w&mode=related&search=
lafin gas @ 16:
http://www.spaceagepop.com/vanhorne.htm
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rbVUmiq86FY Dicks hate the police
Gary Floyd is the rockingest, huskiest, glbt punk rock survivor in the whole wide world.
I would like to give all the John Lennon friends a heads up, Tuesday Oct. 9th would have been John Lennon 67th birthday. Check out whats happening this year in his honor
http://www.imaginepeace.com/
Thanks to JCB.
Penelope is very nice. And the Avengers are very, very good.
But Flipper rules, OK.
SF punk rock.
We are super, super enthused to open for the Avengers, and Pansy Division.
I'm a daily enthusiast of your site, so I'm astounded to see that you're promoting the punk rock show we're opening.
Please, show up to the Spaceland show early to see us open for what guarantees to be an outstanding night of punk rock splendor.
And check us out on MySpace if you wonder whether we'll match up (we'll try our best):
http://www.myspace.com/theredhearts
-dAn (the keyboardist, not the bassist)
Yeah, Flipper is more like it. I don't know. It seems to me the DKs and Flipper were the only decent bands from SF back in the day, and even the DKs were a little artsy. Saw the Mutants, and they sucked. The best punk shows I saw in SF were all from elsewhere. DOA was there for a while, and they were worth seeing. Black Flag would come up sometimes. DKs were great, though. I saw them at The Sound of Music in the Tenderloin in the Rock Against Reagan time period. There was this other band called the Scarz that wasn't punk, but it was great, though. I would love to find out if there are any recordings of them. Very slow grooves, long songs, totally psychedelic, and the punk rockers would actually go see them, unlike the Avengers. If you look at the Avengers' audience, that tells you everything you need to know. The Mab always had these nights where all the hippies would tuck their bell bottoms into their combat boots, tie their hair back in a ponytail, stick a safety pin through the wide wide lapel of their blazers, and bounce up and down because they thought they were supposed to pogo to punk. If those guys had seen the crazy war dance struts some of the real punks were doing, they would have gone home to their bongs. Like someone posted the Dickies. The night the Dickies played at the Mab, I was at a show in the Mission at the Rat's Palace, a Philipino community center that the punks rented for a Black Flag show way before Rollins. They played under the basketball hoop. Fucking great. Great dancing, too. Real energy. Unlicensed beer for a buck out of a cooler full of ice. Fuck the Mab. I mean, I guess it was okay sometimes, and Dirk was funny. There was a new wave band called Bob that was pretty great. Before I got there, the Young Marble Giants had kind of taken everyone by surprise. TSOL was pretty good back then, but seriously, I never even heard of the Avengers back then. Maybe I was just lame or something.
I saw Penelope perform at a club in SF about fve years ago or so, she still rocks. The Avengers together again won't be just another
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I saw Penelope perform at a club in SF about fve years ago or so, she still rocks. The Avengers together again won’t be just another cheap tragedy.
Gee, lyrics are very important but what about musicianship and melody and tempo changes and dynamics and presence? These guys have not got it.
Oh well, it seems like Mr.Klein doesn't want to answer the e-mails about the bass player from the Avengers. Funny thing it says e-mail an answer for an impeach Cheney cap but no response from Howie. Oh well, next time I wont bother, what a waste of time.
Vic @ 37:
Jimmy Wilsey is his name and he played guitar for Chris Issak for 10 or 11 years.
No problem getting the cold shoulder from Mr. Klein and C&L, its kinda something I thought might happen.
Heretic @ 33:
What about Crime? Incredible band. Or the Nuns? And especially Chrome, though not strictly just punk.
Thanks for the tip, didn't know the Avengers were touring again.
Just think.......................
Someone, somewhere, someplace actually told this young lady she actually had talent....??
rodeman @ 40:
You're...serious...aren't you? To each his own I guess. Penelope's actually spent a considerable amount of time as a well respected singer songwriter outside of the Avengers. I prefer the latter, but a lot of people who heard the solo material told her she had talent. And rightly so. Give some a listen here: http://cdbaby.com/cd/penelopeh
Me, I'm gonna go crank "The Amerikan In Me" one more time.
Anyone remember the SSI.?Pre-Dead Kennedys ,D.H. was the drummer.
Oh well, 24 hrs later and no response from Mr.Klein. FUCK OFF HOWIE
I was most likely there.
One of the best punk songs ever.
Definitive.
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