january 24, 2007 at zombie proof recording studios.

MGB is a cleveland area favorite and they’ll be releasing there third full length album ‘music for parents’ in early april 2007. the MGB lineup consists of: mikey machine, bubba, carrie, arron and kevin, kevin recently replaced mike uva on guitar but uva still runs the record lable collectible escalators which is home of MGB, hook boy, black ark, good morning valentine and others.

winners of many ‘best-of’ categories in the local scene the last few years, MGB has always been a favorite of mine.
mikey & kevin also plays in the punk band ‘giant eagle’ who are making a name for themselves as well.
the CD release party for the aforementioned is april 6, 2007 at the grog shop, opening up will be coffinberry, houseguest. the CD hits the stores april 10, 2007.

the photos are here.

january 20, 2007 at the literary cafe.

uncomfortable pricks, colorforms performed the LTS after being in hiatus for a few years.

andy from the lit already has the video up on google, the UP performance is here or go to the literary cafe site to browse the many videos andy has linked..
my photos are here.

january 13, 2007 at the beachland ballroom.

the soft spots performed on the ballroom stage behind the curtain, the audience all wore blindfolds. mother button, double dutch will take you higher & child bite all performed on the ballroom floor.

the photos are here.

january 13, 2007 at the beachland tavern.

glenn schwartz is one of the best cleveland guitarists yet he can be quite an enigma after being born-again back in the 70s. watching schwartz play the guitar like it was part of his body while preaching to the packed tavern with quotes like ‘i never cared for drinkers, they’ll always repeating and making an ass out of themselves’ and the ole-time hoople quote ‘i wanna see no flashes, if you want to flash, flash them titties’, directed to a lady who found out the hardway that glenn doesn’t care much for ‘picture taking’ especially with a flashbulb, all makes for a sureal atmosphere.
his once a month gig at the beachland tavern draws a more diverse crowd than his weekly gig at hooples which is mostly bikers and those very faithfull to glenn.
none the less this tavern crowd seemed mesmerized with his performance yet a lil apprehensive to appear having to much fun partically those near the stage.
glenns brother gene plays bass for his brother in his traditional all black. gene is better known for playing bass for the late legendary blues guitarist robert lockwood, also a clevelander..

“Glenn’s talents were no secret to Jimi Hendrix, who asked Glenn to play at his last birthday party. Janis Joplin jammed with him at San Francisco’s famous Fillmore West. He counted Chuck Berry and Eric Clapton as friends. Jimmy Page, Duane Allman, Carlos Santana, and Jeff Beck were admirers. [read more]

the photos of this glenn schwartz gig are here. for the young man that approached me as i left the show, you can either PM my comment field or email me @ lou [at] loumuenz.com for info of how to get one of these prints..

january 4, 2007 at the beachland tavern.

not open mike night just two mikes and their respective bands..

a half of dozen shots are here.

december 31, 2006

self destruct button, machine go boom, brian straw, poor sailor, plazma for guns, the bears & others performed these two neighboring art spaces including the ‘zombie proof recording studio’ on east 36th street. machine go boom went on later than expected and so was not captured here.

the photos are here.

december 28, 2006 at pat’s in the flats.

chris k of [this moment in black history, neil blender, vernacular, others] had his going away bash this evening. it was also jovana’s birthday.
jj magazine, neil blender performed and DJ ‘one night stanton’ spun between sets.

the photos are here.