--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@...> wrote:
>
> Cool!  And it just so happens that my Minneapolis-based 
> sister-in-law -- who at a somehwat advanced age has just recently 
> become so devoted to '70s punk and its various offshoots that she's 
> contemplating leaving her husband to run off with Wreckless Eric -- 
is 
> going to be at the Minnesota State Fair on Sunday anyway!  This 
sounds 
> like a perfect setup for further exploration.  And with hotdish on a 
> stick, too!  (Sadly, I'm not kidding: 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-5Lr2IhB_o )


@@@@@ The Minnesota State Fair is just about EXACTLY the same as it was 
when I was a kid.  This fact is not a knock, it's actually kind of 
oddly comforting. Anyway, one of the main things that grows every year 
is what can be eatten on a stick. You name it and if it's weight can be 
held up via a stick, you'll find it. We tend to go early to beat some 
of the crowd. Which means pronto pups and fresh dairy made malts for 
breakfast. Yum.
> 
> Now, tell us more about this Suicide Commandos reunion.  Original 
> lineup, or just Steve Almaas reviving the name?  Does this mean those 
> records will finally get reissued?


*****From the photos in the paper it looked like all three of the 
original members. Two member's looking slightly older and Chris Osgood 
looking about the same as ever. I guess that's one advantage of looking 
50 when you're 25. :)
I've heard the Commando's are playing other places again around town 
too.  I may miss the Fair show but catch them live at a small club. I 
saw them 10 years ago at an outdoor show and they sounded as fresh as 
ever. Back like the day's at the long gone Longhorn.

God, I hope they reissue their work. I also wish they would 
reissue "Big Hits of Mid America" which featured great unreleased 
tracks by them, The Suburbs, NRBQ (does anyone remember this band?), 
Curtis A and more. 

Steve "Waiter My Check" D.
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