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Thursday, August 11, 2005

Get Off the Hill, Part Deux!

Posted by on August 11 at 18:43 PM

I realize there’s no shortage of things to do tonight, but I must offer one more suggestion: JJ Wandler’s annual “Fucked Jukebox” at Chupacabra (6711 Greenwood Ave N, 706-4889) in Greenwood/Phinney.

Here’s the deal: JJ (former DJ manager at the Tin Hat, current bartender/booker at the High Dive and all-around fabulous human being) pulls together 10 of his friends to play “the best bad music ever.” This does not mean a round of “ironic” guilty pleasures—this means an onslaught of the most retarded stuff you can imagine: hilarious heavy metal, scary kids records, pop songs that everyone wishes had never been written, yet still love. In other words, you will laugh your ass off and get in ridiculous arguments with your fellow revelers about what constitutes “bad, bad” and “good, bad” (a fight almost broke out over Billy Squire last time).

The people with quality bad taste causing all the trouble include Crocodile publicist/booking agent Pete Greenberg, various Sonic Boom employees and yours truly. The insanity commences at 9:30 and will last until JJ decides to bust out Night Ranger’s “Sister Christian.” And naturally, it’s free.