Twenty years after getting a face full of the Jesus Lizard, the sweat of Yow returns
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
AN ODOR OF SANCTITY: David Yow (second from left) and the Jesus Lizard, reunited
The Jesus Lizard
with All the Saints. $20-$25. 8:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 6. Variety Playhouse, 1099 Euclid Ave. 404-524-7354. www.variety-playhouse.com.
The first time I saw the Jesus Lizard play was Oct. 22, 1989. I was going to see the Rollins Band play at a scary little dive called the Lifticket in Omaha, Neb., in what was then a scary little neighborhood called Benson. These days, the Lifticket is a cleaner, bigger venue called the Waiting Room, and the neighborhood is a trendy bar district with a farmer’s market open on Sundays. But it was a rough part of town in those days, hardly a place for a 14-year-old kid on a school night.
Tim Moss was the record store guy at a local punk rock record shop called Drastic Plastic. He sold me my first cassettes by Dinosaur Jr., Bauhaus, the Pixies, Big Black, Minor Threat, the Minutemen, etc. — all gateway drugs. These days, Tim plays in the band Porn, and is the road manager for bands such as the Melvins and Faith No More. Back then, he sang for Ritual Device, the scheduled show openers. He was cool and said he could get me in despite me being a solid seven years underage.
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