<>Saturday, October 24th, 2009
Skeleton Warrior, J. Zagers, Ant Parade, S2K and Oubliette
WMNF 88.5 fm's Cafe Hey! Concert Series #3
<>@ Cafe Hey!
1540 North Franklin Street
Downtown Tampa, Florida

This was the third in a series of shows at Cafe Hey!  A special occasion it turned out to be, reason number one was because from out of towners J. Zagers and Oubliette had come all the way down just to help set it all the way off right.  The night started off with a fresh trio of songs, all sung in Tampa for the first time, by Ant Parade.  On the first of the three an immediately stronger voice with a thicker backing shook new dust from old rafters, strolling thru the fields of falling beats on the next two with the same affect, Ant Parade's on an upwards roll.  I shouldn't have turned up for this gig, I was in a really bad place mentally but I had already agreed to play this show, it was a big mistake on my part as I couldn't get it together and I ended up totally melting down, this was one of my worst sets ever, my apologies to all.  Luckily, J. Zagers, also known by previous names, stirred up a cauldron of searching sounds, took things to another level, roamed about for spells, got back up, jumped a level or two higher, floated around, up and down and side to side, a series of steps that lead to worlds of journeys.  Deeply moving in the overall depth and flow, my eyes closed, my ears told me the truth.  The end of this set hung lightly in the air until Skeleton Warrior unleashed a two man freak festival length junk jam from far off planet flip out and changed the course of time and space forever, all for the love and confusion of the tuned out and the turned on.  Longer and weirder than the 1960's and 1970's combined, punker than the 1980's by aces of spades and more decadent than the 1990's ever hoped to be, no way that this history making set could have gone any better.  I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't been there and even then it's still hard to believe.  Oubliette had found a nice spot across the street, took up some space for his own, spread an invisible audible collage out all over the pavement and let it wash away without a trace down the drains and on the tailends of the whipping winds.  That was a rap for me.   Thanks to all the bands that came out and played, thanks to Cafe Hey for keeping the doors open and the power on, thanks to WMNF 88.5 for their interest and support, and thanks to everyone that made it out and made it happen.
Stay tuned for show #4.