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Massless Officially Designates This Summer "Musically-Scrumtrulescent!"*
Manic-depressives everywhere delay their emotional apogee in anticipation of A Great Musical Summer.

Adobe Books.

Two days ago -- Sunday: With a Built to Spill concert happening somewhere else in the city, Dealership gathered at Adobe Books to perform for the Mission Creek Festival. The show was extremely fun. It was the show closest to home for us...literally since Chris lives one block away from the store. We missed too many of the other bands due to scheduling issues...and because of a late afternoon party enhanced by summer drinks made with blood oranges and gin.

I've said it before and I'll likely say it again: I love Pepito's song "Tourismo."

Origami.

Last week -- Thursday: We arrived at the Stork Club to find that the power had been cut off to the Stork and the surrounding neighborhood. It was a warm evening. A few drinks were had and we met Origami, a wonderful band from Australia who are winging a U.S. tour. After a while (no one seemed to be stressed out about possibly not playing - it was such a nice night) the power was restored but not before a nasty accident occurred at a nearby traffic intersection that had been deprived of guiding red, yellow, and green lights for far too long.

So why is this the most musically-scrumtrulescent* summer? So many concerts are happening - on Sunday night alone our friend Jason bounced from seeing Lunchbox and From Bubblegum to Sky, then us and Pepito, and then The Foibles. So much interesting and wonderful stuff. The concerts in conflict reminded me that there are so many great musical events in The City this summer. Coming soon are Imperial Teen and Quasi concerts at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco! Wow. Both of which we were asked to play, and can't schedule because of, well, money/time issues. Yes, I know, I know we're lucky even to have been considered for such things...still......poooooo-oo-o-o-py! Also coming up is the super-anticipated 2001 Pop Fantasy. Look all you RPG playin' nerds, you're going to want to leave the house for this...

*"Scrumtrulescent" is a term coined by Will Farrell as James Lipton from The Actors Studio while evaluating a performance by Charles Nelson Reilly. The parody is very funny. Know it? Read this forum. Don't know it? Will Farrell is an actor on Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night Live is a T.V. show on late Saturdays. Still, no idea? John Belushi, the guy who played Bluto in Animal House, got famous from this show in the 70s. Still, no idea? Alright, back up five pop culture references. Ok, click.