Last night we played our first show in a couple of months at the Ridglea Theater. Thanks to our pals in Addnerim for having us on the bill! Veteran muso Bob Fisher -- who last played the Ridglea with 99 Names of God, and played with Matt and Ken in Yanari/PFF(F)T! at the Firehouse Gallery last week -- joined us on tenor sax for "1970," "Funhouse," and the closing "L.A. Blues" meltdown. We hope Bob will join us for more shows in the future.

We're going to take some more time off now to refresh our set with more toonage from the pre-/early punk era, and plan to bring it back to the stage at Lola's 6th Street on Saturday, May 9th, with our friends the Bastardos de Sancho and One Fingered Fist. See you there!

Love,

THE STOOGEAPHILES

...check out the following:

The Stooges: Funhouse, S/T first, Raw Power, and Year of the Iguana albums, Escaped Maniacs DVD
MC5: Kick Out the Jams and High Time albums, MC5*A True Testimonial bootleg DVD
Pere Ubu: Terminal Tower and The Shape of Things albums
Rocket from the Tombs: The Day The Earth Met... and Rocket Redux albums
Alice Cooper: Love It To Death album
Heartbreakers: Live at Max's Kansas City album
Clinton Heylin: From the Velvets to the Voidoids book
Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain: Please Kill Me book

heavy
thunder,
rich thick red velvet
and silky honey
over warm bread

let wind fall in
over hard lines
to calm through
its breath's blow

jumpin' flames
on wood,
through paper
and concrete-
flames grab veins
and blood
with grumble
and growl

beating ancient hands
on heart
thud upon thud,
a cry from string and pulse
with a wandering eye
lost with lost of dress
found with found
closed lids
and the metal grasp
of beer held verse

and sweat
turned back
with clenched fist
over phone

finish strong
finish wild
finish hard

- claudia acosta