BOW TO SANTA'S BLEND

This has nothing to do with Santa's Blend, though while we're on the subject, isn't it delicious? Chocolatey, Pepperminty, Cockroachleggy, it's the special coffee with the dusty zing, the coffee that says "Iron Rail." God, even writing about it makes me crave a murky jarful.

But really, this post is about Iron Rail volunteers tabling popular music concerts. If you are remotely connected with the Iron Rail now or at any past point and disinclined to swindle us, please accept this cordial invitation to spend an evening or two staffing a table at a local music event. You can meet people and sell them things and tell them about the Iron Rail... many of our most valuable collective members first learned of the Rail's existence by just such means.

Following is a list of October shows it would be cool to Table. If you are interested in attending and shilling radical/anarchist books and 'zines at any of these shows-- specific shows, or just generally-- please send an e-mail to our Live Music coordinator, the Big Dawg of New Orleans punk: flyerstorm AT yahoo.com

OCTOBER
Thu 02 - Theresa Andersson | The City Life | Big Blue Marble @ Howlin Wolf
Thu 02 - Guitar Lightning Lee and His Thunder Band | The Young | Hollywood Blues | King Louie One Man Band @ Saturn Bar
Fri 03 - Rotary Downs | MyNameIsJohnMichael @ The Republic
Sat 04 - Antenna Inn | The Revivalists | The Other Planets @ One Eyed Jacks
Sat 04 - Start Select | Pumpkin | Party Time | Epic @ Parlays
Mon 06 - Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship? | Nick Jaina @ Dragons Den
Tue 07 - Sourvein | Zoroaster | Hellkontroll | Thou @ Hi Ho Lounge
Wed 08 - Elysium | Consumed | Sisera | Raum @ Hi Ho
Wed 08 - Saviours | Hawg Jaw | Thou @ One Eyed Jacks
Wed 08 - The Walkmen | The City Life @ Republic
Wed 08 - Helios Creed | MC Trachiotomy and th' Cone of Uncertainty | Rampede @ Saturn Bar
Thu 09 - My Graveyard Jaw | Deering + Down | Jamie Randolf @ Dragon's Den
Thu 09 - The Dead Science @ Hi Ho
Fri 10 - I, Octopus | Meadow Flow | Smiley With A Knife | Tony Italiano @ Dragons Den
Sat 11 - Spickle | Terranova @ Checkpoints
Sat 11 - The Pallbearers | Switchblade Combs | All Rise | Blanks 77 @ Hi Ho
Wed 15 - Sunburned Hand of the Man | Rob Cambre / Donald Miller duo @ Hi Ho
Thu 16 - Hail Seizures | Chin Up, Meriwether | A Collective of Dirt @ Ducbo
Fri 17 - Spider Bags | The Golden Boys | Die Rotzz | RomanGabrielTodd's Beast Rising Up Out of the Sea @ Saturn Bar
Sat 18 - Black Tusk | A Hanging @ Saturn Bar
Sun 19 - Ladyfest 2008 @ the Big Top
Sun 19 - Bridge and Tunnel | O Pioneers! @ Dragons Den
Sun 19 - Tim Green + Steve Masakowski + Larry Sieberth + Doug Belote @ Hi Ho
Tue 21 - Jack of Heart | Die Rotzz @ Saturn Bar
Sat 25 - Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship? | Japanther | Killer Dreamer | Turboslut @ Heavy Metal Parking Lot
Sat 25 - Fishbone @ Dragons Den
Sun 26 - Watain | Withered | Book of Black Earth | Ritual Killer @ Dragons Den
Tue 28 - The Matadors of Shame | Party Time @ 4722 Palmyra (house show)
Wed 29 - The Screaming Females | Pumpkin | Spring Break Shark Attack @ Zeitgeist
Thu 30 - Evil Army | A Hanging | Tirefire @ Heavy Metal Parking Lot
Fri 31 - Zydepunks (plus, early show with Angry Banana) @ Dragons Den

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE 'ZINE ARCHIVE ARE STRONG