Trailer Trash's Trashy Little Christmas at Lee's Liquor Lounge on 12/21/02

By: David de Young
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Nate Dungan of Trailer Trash (center) leads the festivities at Lee's.  "This is crazier than a lot of the punk shows I've been to lately," I said to Nate Dungan, leader of the Minneapolis-based Trailer Trash during the set break. It was their 9th Annual Trashy Little Christmas show at Lee's Liquor Lounge in Downtown Minneapolis, but  my first time seeing the infamous event in...

Work of Saws at 7th Street Entry on 12/6/02

By: David de Young
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David Salmela (left) and Brock Davis (right) of Work of Saws - Photo from their website The serendipitous approach I have been taking to discovering the great bands in the Twin Cities may actually be working. Friday night, the method of my madness led me to experience Work of Saws in the Entry. And they were fabulous. In one fell swoop they jumped off the list of bands I'd be...

An Interview with Mark Mallman on 11/22/02

By: David de Young
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It's Friday afternoon. After his sound check for his two EP Release shows scheduled for later that night, Mark Mallman took a few minutes out of his extremely busy day to answer some questions. We sat down on a couple of folding chairs in the dank, stark basement of the 7th Street Entry for an interview which is transcribed below in nearly its entirety. HWTS: Are you still working a day job? MM: Oh yeah. Fuck yeah. I don't make any money at music 'cau...

Test for pictures at First Avenue on 1/1/02

By: Andrea Swensson
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All Photos by David de Young 1. One For The Team's Ian Anderson and that other guy; 2. Jeremy Messersmith; 3. White Light Riot's Mike Schwandt. 4. Maria Isa; 5. Vampire Hands; 6. The Alarmists. There are a few shows a year that local...