Saying there was any "glue" on that stage would be a stretch. This was not a bad thing. Raven, bass on top of belly dude in Bud hat, and drummer who looked like Beefheart crossed with Shemp playing one disco beat all evening marched forth like they were playing in three different rooms. This, also, was not a bad thing. Raven had a new crap-tone deluxxe pumping through a crap-tone amp, direct from sam ash closeout or something, but as bad as that all could have been, their set had a shaggs-humping-steppenwolf huwhaa? feel to it that I totally LOVEDS. Rep's mystical shit intro was one of the funniest/greatest things I've ever seen in 20 years of going to shows in this town.
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