*Weird Summer was or is also the name of a Nice Guy* Rock band from Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (the capitol of Nice Guy Rock), fronted by Bob Kimbell who is most famous to me for collaborating with Jack Logan on one of my favorite albums.

Just after they made that album I saw the two of them, and maybe Jamie Rouch on drums? perform at Mabel’s, the Champaign-area rawk club I miss the very most. Green Street (between Wright & 6th), 2nd floor, above…Record Service? something, dim & dingy, bartender with a 16-inch pompadour. Before I moved away they made it into some shiny sports bar. Broke my heart. The glory days of the Blind Pig were before my time. I saw all my faverit bands (local and touring) at Mabel’s.

Logan and Kimbell and whoever the drummer was were on the “3 Men in a Car” tour. Had the best flier I’ve ever seen—hand drawn in marker, by Logan I suspect, coverd with exhortations to come to the show. They became more and more urgent and finally threatening as toward the bottom it read “Don’t make us open this!” next to a hand that pointed to a tin can labeled “Whoop Ass.” The can-of-whoop-ass routine is a tad overused but what put it over the top is there was a picture of a can opener too. And it was one of those old school can openers. I can’t do this flyer justice.

I ripped one off…I wonder if I still have it.

Anyway, I really liked the first song on Weird Summer’s “Incarnata Mysterica” album. I don’t know if Doughty is aware of them.

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2012-01-19 (Thu)