Summary
Yes, the show was in Albuquerque, but when Santa Fe's Noah DeVore, aka the one-man band Keyboard (and formerly of The Big Boo), scored a primo opening spot for international critical faves Stereo Total, I had to follow him down there. Somewhere after, oh, about five seconds into DeVore's set, something went terribly, terribly wrong. First, DeVore's keyboard broke and two of his friends had to kneel onstage and apply constant pressure to the top and bottom on both sides so all the circuits would connect. As DeVore improvised a number of his bizarre pop songs, several drunken frat boys--what they were doing at this show, I'll never know--heckled the poor teenager ruthlessly. DeVore's face grew redder and redder, the heckling increased, 'til the normally mild-tempered DeVore lost it, screaming at the frat boys until they shut up. It was not a pretty sight. It was not fun. It was fairly sickening, the lot of it. But it exemplified a rarity in Santa Fe--a youthful fearlessness, a youthful desire to just try and see what happens, a youthful drive to put your songs out there no matter what, and just plain youthful rock 'n' roll anger.
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J Spot; Green, Gluey and 'Guama
There were many important events in the music scene in 2005--the Paramount closing, the debate over all-ages shows, the spectacular improvement of the Summer Bandstand series--but what follows is my list of shows that held the most cultural significance f...
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