LOS ANGELES: Har Mar Superstar / Marijuana Deathsquads will be the resident musicians at Spaceland (Satellite) every Friday in February. There will be special new guests each week, including Samantha Ronson (live band), P.O.S and Mike Mictlan of Doomtree, Giant Drag, and Shannon and the Clams. All shows will be $8 advance/ $10 at door. Tell your friends!
I’ve seen countless shows there from the age 15 onward. One story that really sticks out was at Sebadoh in ’94 or ’95. They were my favorite band at the time, and I was super-excited. As I walked in, [frontman] Lou Barlow asked me where the bathroom was. I was star-struck. I had never been backstage at that point, but I had seen a door near the front entrance that staff were always going in and out of. I assumed it was the rock-star/staff bathroom and excitedly pointed him in that direction.
Seconds later, he was running away from security who were trying to find out what he was doing in an unauthorized room. When they took the stage, Lou was in a terrible mood. The show was rocky for 15 minutes and, after a meltdown, Lou huffed off stage. It was over just as it was starting. I was directly responsible, and I was mortified but still found it hilarious.
That’s the last time I ever got star-struck. We’re all just looking for the bathroom, man.
Cedric LeMoyne, Orenda Fink, The LA Ladies Choir, Maria Taylor, Chris Holmes, Hunter Heaney, Aska Matsumiya & many others cover my Sean Na Na song, “Third Life.” So pretty. You guys all rule!