Eek-A-Mouse inaugurates club's newest name.Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard Eek-A-Mouse Sunday, the Jungle The club that can't decide what it wants to be called has a new name and a new owner and will begin hosting live music this weekend. The Jungle, 23 W. Sixth Ave., (previously known as the Annex and Club Olympus) brings in Jamaican toaster See intranet toaster and Video Toaster. (jargon) toaster - 1. The archetypal really stupid application for an embedded microprocessor controller; often used in comments that imply that a scheme is inappropriate technology (but see elevator controller). Eek-A-Mouse to town for a 7 p.m. show on Sunday. Along with tropical murals and a glow-in-the-dark waterfall, the jungle-themed bar and nightclub boasts new lighting and an in-house sound system. POP NOTES Booking agent Noun 1. booking agent - someone who engages a person or company for performances booker agent - a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations impresario, promoter, showman - a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments Jeff Gaulton hopes to snag touring acts on their way to Portland and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and steer them into the 6,400-square-foot venue. He says the club's niche will be not having a niche. The Jungle has a capacity of 750, and the venue plans to host weekly shows once it gets up and running. Performances will be both 18 and older and 21 and older. Future dates include Julian Marley (Feb. 22), Blue Oyster Cult (March 10), the Tubes (March 17) and Bo Diddley (March 21). The club will sell tickets through TicketsWest. Tickets to Sunday's show are $15. Grynch Today, WOW Hall Grynch has brought its cantankerous can·tan·ker·ous adj. 1. Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable: disliked her cantankerous landlord. 2. , Tool-influenced heavy metal to local audiences for nearly a year now. The Eugene four-piece features bassist Kyle Neuberger, guitarist Darrell Jolliff, vocalist Jonny Hanson and drummer Kevin Goldsmith. It headlines the WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave., with a show that starts at 8:30 p.m. today. Portland's Goathead (previously known as Jollymon), Eugene's Last Chapter and the Lebanon-based Ugly Litter will open the show. Tickets are $5 at the door. Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers This article is about the pacifist organization. For other meanings, see Peacemaker (disambiguation). Peacemakers was an American pacifist organization. Monday, WOW Hall Roger Clyne, former frontman front·man n. 1. also front man A man who serves as a nominal leader but who lacks real authority. 2. Music A leading singer with a group. for the Refreshments, is on tour with his band, the Peacemakers, in support of the group's latest album, "Americano!" The Arizona rock band brings a slice of the Southwest with it wherever it plays. You might recognize Clyne's sound if you're a fan of the Fox TV show "King of the Hill." He and his former band recorded the theme song that plays over the show's opening credits. Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers play a show at the WOW Hall that starts at 8:30 p.m. Monday. Eugene's John Shipe and the Scapegoats open. Tickets are $10 in advance or at the door. Mates of State Mates of State are an American indie rock duo, active since 1997. The group is composed of Kori Gardner (vocals, Electone and Hammond B-3 electric organs, Casio synthesizer, and Rhodes electric piano, piano, and occasional guitar) and Jason Hammel (vocals, drum set, glockenspiel, Wednesday, WOW Hall Mates of State, the duo of Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel, hail from the music-soaked college burg of Lawrence, Kan. After years of playing in numerous bands, the two guitarists ditched their instruments, picked up the organ and drums and moved to California. Their motto of "play anywhere, anytime" has kept them plenty busy, and resulted in tours with such indie rock luminaries as Death Cab for Cutie cut·ie also cut·ey n. pl. cut·ies also cut·eys Informal A cute person. and Bright Eyes. On tour to promote their newest CD "Team Boo," the Mates of State come to the WOW Hall for an 8:30 p.m. Wednesday show. Hawnay Troof, an underground collective that claims to have reached "dozens of people across the globe," opens the show along with the California noise-pop band Rogue Wave. Tickets are $10 in advance or at the door. Leftover Salmon Thursday, McDonald Theatre Leftover Salmon can't be accused of getting stale. Banjo player Noam Pikelny joined the band less than a year ago. And Colorado's best-known purveyors of "polyethnic Cajun slamgrass" also have added Bill McKay (Derek Trucks Band) on Hammond B3 and piano, Seattle's Jose Martinez on drums and Greg Garrison (Matt Flinner Quartet, the Motet) on bass. Original members Vince Herman (vocals, guitar) and Drew Emmitt (mandolin mandolin (măn'dəlĭn`, măn`dəlĭn'), musical instrument of the lute family, with a half-pear-shaped body, a fretted neck, and a variable number of strings, plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum. , fiddle, vocals) continue to power on. Leftover Salmon returns to the McDonald Theatre, 1010 Willamette St., for a 9 p.m. Thursday show. Tickets are $13 in advance or $15 day of show. CAPTION(S): Eek-A-Mouse, the Jamaican-born dancehall dance·hall n. 1. or dance hall A building or part of a building with facilities for dancing. 2. See ragga. dancehall Noun a style of dance-oriented reggae DJ, took his name from a racehorse racehorse refers usually to thoroughbred but may also include standardbred, trotter. he repeatedly bet on. It usually lost. Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers will bring a little flavor of the sunny Southwest when they make a pit stop in the cloudy Northwest on Monday at the WOW Hall. |
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