November 22nd, 1963

THat's not today's date. It's a classic song from Destroy All Monsters, covered by New Race and now reprised by the Hitmen, backing DAM/Dark Carnival singer Niagara on an Australian tour. Here they are playing it at East Brunswick Club in Melbourne last Sunday:

If you missed them there's every chance they'll play it again at the Step Inn, Brisbane, on Friday, the Great Northern at Byron Bay on Saturday and the Beer Garden at Surfers Paradise on Sunday. After that, it's The Crest at Sylvania on Friday, April 16 and The Gaelic Club, Sydney, on April 17. After that, Jackie can hold onto JFK's brains. Tour's over.

Machine Gun Thompson and the draft

Dennis Thompson's blog of his back pages in bands like the MC5, The New Order and (upcoming) New Race are a treasure trove if you're into the good stuff. This post on how he ducked the draft is a pearler.

Steve and Danno win their New Race

Here's some YouTube action of Radio Birdman at the recent Hall of Fame thingo, cranking out Aloha and New Race. Thanks to Steve Anderson in Perth for the tip.