Hang around

You get a twofer on this lovely Wednesday because the Botched Suicides have a show tonight with Lefty McRighty and The Boxcar Cadavers at Zaphod's (Steve Stacey and The Stump Splitters are also on the bill). Anyway, The Botched Suicides are big fans of the COS - Confederacy of Scum, that is, the scum-rocking brotherhood that counts Rancid Vat, Limecell, Hellstomper, Frankenstein Drag Queens, Bootleg Bill among its members. No wonder their debut album got a rave review from Phil "The Whisky Rebel" Irwin of Rancid Vat in the latest issue of Carbon-14. With those kinds of name hovering about like an ugly cloud, you know things are going to get nasty ... all this action was backed by a porn loop on a beat up tapedeck, by the way.

Like all forward-thinking bands, The Botched Suicides provide their own gallows!



Kris Goldberg gets his sweat on!



Stef Colford rocks the hangman (hangwoman?) look



Actually, as you can see from boot-stomping bassist Matt Proudfoot, the death penalty is something of a sartorial focus for this group.



Guitarist Chris Jenkins hammers out the riffs.



Up to their neck in it action!



More scum rock action!



You can see by the audience's enthusiastic attempt to strangle Kris that the set went very well indeed!



During some extra-enthusiastic lynching action the gallow ended up in pieces (which I believe makes this update breaking noose ... nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!); one bit of nail-studded wood was tossed about with alarming abandon. That's show business!

• Show reminder: As mentioned above, Lefty McRighty and Co. are at Zaphod's. If you like your rock with some billy, go check out Switchblade Valentines from Victoria at Mavericks; along with Shift-D, The Manglers, The Rude Dudes and the Cradle Robbin' Bastards. Some Ottawa folks are heading to the Big Smoke for Ear to the Ground Fest - you can give 'em a sendoff at Club SAW. The Flaps, Department Of Foreign Affairs and ...As The Poets Affirm are on the bill, along with a few other folks.
• Thursday show reminder: The Farrell Bros. rock the hepcats at Zaphod's, Lady Fest 2005 kicks off, musically speaking, at Mavericks with I Hate Sally, Tempest, My Shadow, Bad Trippe, ICBM and Torch of war.