Alienation and Despair Alienation and Despair shh. Yeah. From here....................to.....................hear. YLT!! Yo La Tengo [sheezus, I don't have the ad and I can't spell for me life, I hope that's right]. Ahhhh, kick back, relax, and listen. A well set up set. Starting off with some extrememly subtle and interesting webs of sound and expression, hitting the hackneyed (cliched, huh huh huh) cut us some slack 'Speeding Motorcycle' into a rousing three or four song climax. A cover or two or three of the most unlikely covers, and soothing, but not boring with a small 'b', big NOT. It's interesting to note: [really, huh huh huh]. The climax was joined by Peter ...uh oh... Stamphill, yikes that's not the right spelling, on 'is that a fiddle or a violen, duhh, Mike you schmuck'. Who also opened to them. With songs like 'blow you away', a cover of 'Goldfinger' [this was a totally on man one guitar, + harmonica set], One of the number of classic lines of the night. 'You embrace atrophy like a leg humping dog'!! Not to mention, the army men in SA have to drink six gallons of water a day, PS wondered out loud if anyone asked how much water a Saudi drinks. Well good question if you ask me. Musicly, proving that 'polish' and what passes for talent these days really means diddly his first two songs were totally kicking kicking kicking and I'm not really big on acoustic stuff, the rest was well energized, enlightening, and containing a sure bit of breath. Surprise! Manitoba's Wild Kingdom. If you think you like metal and you haven't heard manny toba you don't know metal, and your really just a Ratt Bon Poisen peon scared of the real world. MWK is about as good as metal can get with the energy balls and damn well good sense of reality, to allow one to get down and dirty with the pretty. Boyzzzzzz! Good kb show! Beware Tator fans. The Handsome Makeover! Sonically it's Dictators 1990! Next Best Thing, without a doubt. All in all a three star night, along with the unmentionables [choke gag]. Peter Stamphill!! YLT!, Handsome Dick Manatoba's Wild Kingdom! Rock N rollover!