Slog - Comments on When a Band Blows Up in the Worst Possible Manner http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/when_a_band_blo The lovely Joan Hiller over at Sub Pop records asked that I pass along this unfortunate news about their friends in Ryan McPhun & the Ruby Suns. "New Zealand's Ryan McPhun & the Ruby Suns are friends of Sub Pop's, and as some of you may have heard, while on tour here in the states, their RV (along with all their vintage & new equipment, passports, clothing and one member's insulin medication) spontaneously combusted on the freeway outside of the Tri-Cities here in Washington. The Tri-City Herald wrote a story about it. Our buddy (and part-time member of Ryan McPhun... Copyright 2007 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:09:53 -0800 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:04:47 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Napoleon XIII Is their drummer okay?

]]> Napoleon XIII http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/when_a_band_blo#c059419 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/when_a_band_blo#c059419 Arts Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:15:08 -0800 Comment by Joan Hi--everyone in the band got out unharmed! Aside from loss of property, all members are okay.

]]> Joan http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/when_a_band_blo#c059470 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/when_a_band_blo#c059470 Arts Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:46:50 -0800 Comment by Brian Bradford We who have lived in the Tri-Cities have a saying...

"You may leave, but you will always come back"

I like to think the Tri-Cities is something of a mirror dimension, where everything is reversed from anywhere else.

Take that the democrats tend to be conservative while the republicans are usually centrist to mildly liberal.

The transit system offers later service than any other system in the state with the exception of Seattle (although after 7pm it is demand-response, but until 2:30AM).

I would urge the readers to visit the Tri-Cities, and possibly move there, to counteract the white trash that seem to be piling up from various redneck outposts (Vit Plant work, I guess).

Brian Bradford
Town of White Center, WA

]]> Brian Bradford http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/when_a_band_blo#c059577 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/when_a_band_blo#c059577 Arts Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:55:04 -0800 Comment by adam when i started reading this post, i assumed that the band died. i'm super glad they didn't, however, i thought Hannah was being awful glib...

]]> adam http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/when_a_band_blo#c059808 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/when_a_band_blo#c059808 Arts Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:04:47 -0800