THERE’S A SHOW TONIGHT, BUT IT’S A SECRET. SHHHH, SHUDDUP!
‘THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO REMIND ME’
Temecula, CA – With no real scene spot having developed as a gathering point, sometimes you just have to ‘follow a band’ around to see what’s cracking. So it was with me this past week. I started with a free show featuring Peter Puffington & TRSE, and The Elm Street Rockers, as good a place to begin as anywhere. Both bands were appearing over @ Aloha J’s. It was a show put on by Ruckus Riot (Jeremiah) with sound by Capt. Kirk.
PP&TRSE opened with their raw rocking style to the ‘early’ crowd before TESR showed their chops as a band that could be anyone’s ‘house band’ by putting on a tight music set with the whole group playing in a ‘groove’. Trust me Grant, it was appreciated. Sound was excellent but loud; of course, ‘if it’s too loud, you’re too old.’ The Tree Fingers set was cancelled, which was a shame, but it was time for the club deejay to take over as the ‘late’ crowd slinked in. But from the Thursday night Aloha set, I learned that Peter & the group were doing a Battle of the Bands thing at The Merc, as part of Full Value Entertainment’s ‘Live’ on Fridays series and to enable the filling of band slots for the Music Fest to be held in May of next year. BTW, PP&TRSE came in second in the Friday night competition.
At the Thursday (Aloha) show I also learned that The Elm Street Rockers (who I hadn’t seen since a theme party out at the Compound where everybody is now sick or sick of) were playing a spot I first read about in the Valley View, a place called, The Secret Location. Shhhh, shuddup! So at the Merc last night, who do I run into, but the owners of ‘The Secret Location’. Damn I love it when a plan comes together. While talking to the couple and finding out just where this ‘secret’ location is, and how it is operating under the radar, I found out that the couple are entertainers, have toured before, done club operations, and are from Indiana.
We talked of Indiana becoming ‘blue’ for the first time ever, with the huge metro area of Indianapolis swinging the whole state. Well, Sports Fans, my first ex-wife lives in the state of Indiana. So does my oldest son, Peter, yep, another Peter in the family. It’s very possible that my middle son’s mom has returned to Indiana, and my close friends know that my youngest son, Jaryn, his sister, Jazmyn Blue, and my last ex-wife also live in Indiana. Talk about ‘Shades of, All My Exes Live In Texas, That’s Why I live In Tennessee.’ Meanwhile back at the ranch, The Chain, Plastick, and PJ Otaku are joining The Elm Street Rockers at this All-ages show which starts at 7PM and has a $5 suggested donation, plus it is the wife’s birthday celebration party, but it’s a secret. Shhhh, shuddup!