Superhopper, The Plastic Constellations, William Elliot Whitmore
This saturday St. Paul will see a fury it hasn’t seen since Norm switched sides. Ok, so Superhopper has been known to play a show here or there, but it’s been a while and it’ll be good. Will Kermit and Kate’s recent nuptials dampen the on stage antics? We will have to see.
Playing with them are The Plastic Constellations. The first time I saw TPC I had just moved to Minneapolis, and some friends took me to a coffeeshop called the Firefox. It happened to be a TPC record release party. In that night I become one of the converted. I thought for sure they would be headlining MTV spingbreak by now, and though that hasn’t happened, they have put out some of my favorite rock n’ roll over the past few years. It’s always smart, clever and witty without being intentionally enigmatic.
On a different note. I heard Hockey Night is no longer. Long Live Hockey Night.