this last full week in september was one of the better weeks in the local music scene. wednesday after the tachyon lane show at pat’s, "friends-forever" played a block down the street down by the west 3rd lift-bridge.

if you never heard of friends-forever they play out of their van (as pictured). the show ended just as a wild thunderstorm was starting, very surreal. later that night brought "lightning-bolt" to the beachland ballroom. LB are known for their wild shows and they certainly did not disappoint. playing with LB was "breaker, breaker" and "necromantic" whom both were also very sweet..

saturday night had "kill shawn’s head", "kid tested" and "the perfect guy" all neighbors/pals of sorts but that doesn’t mean they were not good. "genetically yours" played on the same bill and was a fun night. ending this week was "the starvations", "roue" and "this moment in black history" (pics here) show at pat’s sunday night. sunday night usually draws a small crowd at shows but the place was packed, deservedly so.

machine go boom has been one of my favorite cleveland bands ever since i seen them at the green room (then mikey machine). MGB was voted clevelands best rock band by the readers of scene magazine in 2005 and have been in the rock & roll hall of fame (performing).

machinegoboom.com uses flash, inline frames and features the art of keyboardist carrie bukula.

the 2003 studio a rama was not as fun as some previous but it was a nice day to lay in the grass.

i only hung around for a couple hours and there are some shots here.

the "pats bbq jamm" went off without a hitch. great food and music had for all. i was presented a "citizen lou" tee-shirt which was a real nice gesture, thanks to paul, lisa, mike and BJ who done the sweet art work on the tee and thanks for all those the performed. participated and showed up for this end of summer event. special thanks of course to pat for the BBQ, thanks to jean for providing power via a generator. photos and videos of this august 30th event can be found below.

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Shawn Flowers

“Rebecca”
&
“Ashamed”

Pat’s BBQ Jamboree

August 30, 2003

7:14

WMV 148kbs - 8.23mb

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Mike Uva
(Paul’s Song)

August 30, 2003

3:14

WMV 148kbs - 3.6mb

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Long John Denver
“Fuzz Pedal”

August 30, 2003

2:17

WMV 148kbs - 2.59mb

at the "pats bbq jamm" i was presented a "citizen lou" tee-shirt which was a real nice gesture, thanks to lisa, paul, mike and BJ who done the sweet art-work on the tee