Hi Auditeers--I made my first- ever sojourn to an IPO "matinee" yesterday
afternoon.

The darkness of the West LA nightclub The Joint was in stark contrast to a
sunny and warm outside. It took two minutes to adjust to the surroundings
before I was comfortable with maneuvering a seat.

I tat I saw a PUDDY TAT roar through a set with a distinct political
agenda.....I did!  I did!  Check out for their "In Shambles" CD for the
skewered politician in question.. Unless you have been sleeping under a rock
or have been
glued to "American Idol," I would venture to say your hunch is correct.

San Francisco's  THE MONOLITH featured the vocals of Dahlia Ramirez
If you close your eyes, you'll hear a dead ringer for Debbie Harry circa
"Parallel Lines." A terrific group!

DREAM SCHOOL DIARY could have been in the concert finale of  "Rock and Roll
High School." I think Teresa Bowles is PJ Soles of the new frontier, and
Dream School Diary will be a group to watch. Cool cover: "It's A Sunshine
Day" by The Silver Platters (AKA The Bradys).

Weed Patch was the second great Roots Americana group to play IPO in the
last two days, coming on the heels of Walter Clevenger's impressive set
Saturday
night at the Club Good Hurt. The major distinction between these two bands
is
that Walter is more influenced by Rockpile while Weedpatch has the Neil
Young and Crazy Horse "rust" sound down pat.

giant (with the small "g") features the sparkling personality of Jasmine,
who was passing out free CDs to everyone who was willing to see her cool
band's
final set of the afternoon.  Glad I stuck around; quirky pop ditties to
delight all tastes.

To all the bands who played that afternoon and braved The Joint's tiny
stage; my hat's off to you--you were all sweating bricks!!

Steve Thorn.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Judy B" <HeyJude@socal.rr.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 4:41 PM
Subject: IPO...


> I enjoyed the opening night of IPO, too.  I also hope to be there on
> Wednesday night.  If any of you are going, please come up and say hi.  I'm
> not that outgoing, but I'd love to meet you all.  Closing night in
> Huntington Beach is right around the corner from us, too, and we're going
to
> walk there.  Amazing!  It will be nice not to have to drive an hour to get
> to the concert.  Hope to see some of you there, too.  Thank you to David
for
> making all this possible, because I know it must be an awful lot of work
to
> organize it.
>
> Judy
>
>