So I go over to the Chuck Norris House in the U-District to see if any of the many band folk residents wanna chew the fat and gimme the skinny. And away we go.

NICK DETROIT

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Nick Detroit, bass player for The Emergency tells me that although they have no shows lined up in the near future, the band is working on a follow-up to last year?s debut release Can You Dig It? Meanwhile, his side project Thunder is playing on October 22 at The Funhouse with The Ictus Mazurka, Australia?s Digger & The Pussycats, and Ape City R&B.

Also be on the lookout for the second release by another Thee Emergency side project, Lavender Lunchbox and the Psychedelic Lightbulb, sometime in early 2008.

STUBBY

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Stubby’s band A Gun That Shoots Knives brings their everything-but-the-kichen-sink sound to the High Dive tonight, and they’ll be joined by the equally entertaining We Wrote The Book On Connectors and headlinersSmile Brigade who are celebrating their CD release tonight as well.

Stubby has also been turning his attention to designing show fliers, and he?s doing a damn fine job. Here are a couple of previous efforts:

Contact Stubby here for all of your poster-related needs.

BRAD KAUFMANN

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Former Iceage Cobra bassist Brad Kaufmann is in his bedroom when I stop by, about to lay some Rhodes piano down on his new project. It’?s pretty hush-hush, but there is a name. ?I checked Google and nobody has it yet. It’?s a good name.? The man knows how to build anticipation. I heard some of the new stuff the other day and it?s almost an about-face from his last band’?s style of heavy lifting. I mean, he’?s got an acoustic guitar on his bed, for Christ?’s sake. I’?ll let him get back to work.

JERM AND PROFANE

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Okay, so they live next door at the Octagon, but their household and band the Red Rapture ties in with the Norris house, with members of both hives cross-pollinating socially and musically (Jerm also plays in Lavender Lunchbox, for instance). They, too, have shows coming up (one on November 16 at a previously mentioned bar, and December 1 at the Monkey Pub.