Whoopie

My friend Raymond Benjamin just called and saved this day from being total garbage. If you are interested in a first hand experience of what high school in Minneapolis was like, you should see his band, Clipped Beaks, on Tuesday at Sin-e at 8pm or on Wednesday at North Six at 9pm. I actually haven't heard much of this band's music but judging from former bands consisting of the same people expect a kind of Mogwai-esque space rock.

Ray has one of the nicest names around. He also has tribal affiliation, which meant that on his 18th birthday he got a shitload of casino money. If there's any retribution for white people raping and pillaging the land, it's that a lot of zombie-eyed Minnesotans on oxygen tanks are spending their social security checks to sponsor Ray's education and well-being. I can't think of a dollar better spent.