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Saturday, 18 February 2006
The Linus Pauling Quartet with the Jonx, the Red and White and the Powers of Light and Darkness
@ Rudyard's
Linus Pauling is one of those names that is opaquely familiar to anyone that made it through high school chemistry, isn't it? I recognize his name but I can never remember exactly why. Linus Pauling Quartet is a goofy psych-rock band from Houston that plays about three shows a year and has neither anything to do with the scientist nor four members. They have songs about smoking pot and Mexican food and long solos. They're fun.
The Jonx are a local punk-is-whatever-we-make-it-to-be band. We are working on our second full-length record. It will have at least ten songs on it. None of the songs on our second record will have been on our first record. Aside from that I have no other information. We haven't played a show in two months- the longest period since Trey joined the band- so we're kind of getting stir-crazy. Also, Stu has a new guitar.
The Red and White is a local all-star band of sorts, featuring Chris Ryan of God's Temple of Family Deliverance, Lucas Gorham of Satin Hooks, and Lance Walker and Will Adams of Port Vale, the White Papers, Jessica Six and too many other bands to count or even remember.
The Powers of Light and Darkness is one guy, John Cramer from the Mike Gunn, one of those bands that is opaquely legendary to fans of Houston music who are under 30. I don't know what exactly he's going to do.
P.S. Linus Pauling was the guy who proposed the theory of atomic orbital hybridization.
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For what it's worth, The Linus Pauling Quartet were originally called Linus. This was around the same time that Lance Walker's Jessica Six was going by Schroeder (they had a mid-period name, Mike TV), so there a couple concurrent Both are plentPeanuts related names. I think Linus augmented its name to avoid future legal action from Charles Schultz, though I could be remembering this wrong. You should ask Ramon.
I'm not sure why you say the Mike Gunn is "opaquely legendary." They are cut from the same cloth as The Linus Pauling Quartet so it would seem that if you could appreciate Linus' pot songs, you could appreciate The Mike Gunn's.
My favorite Mike Gunn song is the one whose lyrics come from a Mike Gunn show review written by a then KTRU station manager:
"They're not particularly innovative/Don't even know why I like them"
From what I remember, The White Papers was just Lance.
In addition to his Nobel prizes, Linus Pauling should also be remembered for his pioneering work in duping people into believing that vitamin C is good for the common cold.
Posted by justin | February 3, 2006 3:11 PM
I said the Mike Gunn was "opaquely" legendary because I've actually seen Linus Pauling play, whereas I thought the Mike Gunn broke up a long time ago.
I may have been thinking of Port Vale rather than the White Papers. I know I saw one of them, and Will Adams was there, but I don't remember which one, to be honest.
Posted by Daniel | February 3, 2006 6:06 PM