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Some months ago, Rusty Shears, one of the men behind the Garden Weasels, informed me that Bill Houston (a onetime member of Babihed now involved with New Country Boy and Jake and the Jabbers) had joined his band on a permanent basis. Houston subsequently told me that this announcement wasn't true. Well, last week, Shears phoned again to hype a Thursday, June 6, date at the Bluebird Theater that's serving as a release party for Weasels, an in-concert video, and he swears--swears!--that Houston is now a full-time Weasel. If this proves to be untrue again, boys, I'm putting a one-year moratorium on the publication of any Garden Weasels news that doesn't entail decapitation or a major felony.

You've been warned. On Thursday, June 6, Munly gets blurry at Boulder's Caffe Mars. On Friday, June 7, Tribal Folk beats it to Penny Lane; Martha's Wake, fresh from the studio (where the players have been recording a CD due in July), re-emerge at Cricket on the Hill; the Indulgers, fronted by Damien Promise, begin a two night run at the Sheabeen Pub, 2300 S. Chambers Road in Aurora; and Schleprock, Nimrock 5, Qualm and Random Victim play to the innocent bystan-ders at the Raven. On Saturday, June 8, Acoustic Junction celebrates its new release at the Fox Theatre, with Higher Ground; Dave Potts hosts a bash to promote his new disc, Music in My Soul, at Swallow Hill; Polvo and Sticky Pin 5 sharpen up at CU-Boulder's Club 156; the two-day Nederland Music Festival, featuring artists such as Black Dog, Legba and Steven Ray Liedlich, kicks off at Nederland's Chipita Park; and Hazard, a solo project built around the Samples' Andy Sheldon, joins eitherIgo at the Ogden Theatre. On Sunday, June 9, Plop Squad drops the big one at the Lion's Lair, with UFOFU, and the Girls get together at Ziggie's Saloon. On Tuesday, June 11, the Raven hosts Horace Pinker and NRA. And on Wednesday, June 12, Toenut is stubbed at the Mercury Cafe, with MxPx. Ouch.

--Michael Roberts

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