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Just picked up tickets for the Melvins show in Austin on the 19th at Mohawks. Stoked for the show, this is part of their 51 states in 51 days (they're counting DC as a state) world record setting tour. This will be the Melvins Lite lineup with Trevor Dunn playing stand up bass, and I'm very interested to see how that dynamic works on their older tracks. Should be interesting. The new album Freak Puke includes this lineup and I like it a lot.

I saw the regular lineup with two drummers and bass player from Big Business in Dallas back in May and as always was blown away. I've seen them 5 times now and never been disappointed. It's crazy to think that the first time I saw them was in 1995 opening for NIN. Where the fuck does the time go?

They've been doing a tour diary for SPIN which I read yesterday and it's a very entertaining read. Here's a link to it if you want to check it out.

http://www.spin.com/tags/melvins-tour-diary?page=1

In one entry they talk about the first time they played in Lawrence, KS which was my stomping grounds for about 10 years, at this little club in a cornfield called the Outhouse. A ton of amazing bands came through there in the 80's and 90's. The Outhouse still exists, in the middle of field but it's now a strip club.

Any other Austin FFF'ers going to this show? It's gonna be a blast!!