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Tracks
01 Eggbot-"Bold New Eggbot"
02 Darien Brahms-"Cravin'"
03 Rustic Overtones-"Man Without a Mouth"
04 Extendo Ride Starship-"Called You Last Night (On the Phone)"
05 The Shelia Divine-"The Swan"
06 Michael Fracasso-"Elizabeth Lee"
07 Bebe Buell-"We Call It Rock"
08 Welfare Mafia-"Junkie's Christmas"
09 The Watermen-"Cavities"
10 Thru the Wires-"To Sip You and Smell Fuel"
11 Jose Ayerve-"Amaneci en tus Brazos"
12 Spottiswoode and His Enemies-"Building a Road"
13 Alias-"Jovial Costume"
14 Rock City Crime Wave-"Soul Hustler"
15 Johnny Lomba featuring Munjoy Hill Society-"A Man's a Man"
16 Twitchboy-"Then My Girls Were Taken"
All tracks were recorded at The Skinny from 2000-2002 by Marc Bartholomew,
Gina Branch, and Fred Dodge.
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| Joni Mitchell wrote: "They
paved paradise and put up a parking lot." Too often , it seems,
when bohemians transform an ugly place into a cool space, greedy money steps
in and destroys the scene. It's happened before. It will happen again. Alas,
the Skinny - as we know and love it - is gone. Luckily, we have this CD
to remind us of the spectacles and talent who graced the Skinny's stage.
This recording is just a sample of the amazing events that transpired in
the old Congress Street porn theater. A CD, however, can only jog memories.
To truly understand the Skinny, you needed to hear the music enhanced by
the club's acoustically solid room. You needed to feel the slope of the
floor, slick with beer and sweat. You needed to smell the scent of dancing,
pulsating bodies. You needed to experience the excitement of a crowd discovering
a new band or embracing a long-time favorite. This place was created by
Johnny and Mellow Lomba, a very unique couple, whose dreams and hard work
cultivated a community of artists and friends. While the Lombas, in theory,
owned the Skinny, the nightclub actually belonged to the bands and the staff
and the regulars - a family, almost - who strove to create, perform, take
risks and, of course, drink. We know it's people, not a particular building,
that made this nightclub special. What we learned from the Skinny, obviously,
is that anything is possible. --Chris Barry, February 2003 |