MARK NOONE FANS ALERT

Slickees @Otto Bar courtesy of Dunbek

Troubadours/ Slickees/Mark Noone fans.. this is IT.
The big Slickee Boys shows are this weekend at Chick Hall's Surf Club in bee-u-tiful Bladensburg, MD on Friday Night Dec 28th
and The Otto Bar in Baltimore on Saturday night Dec 29th.
Both shows will be outrageous fun as usual... and you can even bring the kids to Chick Hall's and share the legacy of your own misspent youth.
And for all you commuters- catch Mark on the radio tomorrow morning, Dec 27th, at 8:15 a.m. with Weasel on 94.7 FM The Globe
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Troubadours Withdrawl? Get Help Here

Get your Troubadours fix where and whenever you can. In December you can catch that cool cat, Jack O' Dell playing the big holiday show with the venerable Bill Kirchen at Jammin' Java
(And special guest on sax-- you've seen him play with The Troubadors, too-Derek Huston.)

And don't miss this show- including the legend in his own time- Mark Noone when The Slickee Boys take the stage at the soon to be gone Chick Hall's Surf Club on December 28th, along with their pals The Beatnik Flies and Prabir and The Substitutes.



Plus one more chance!
The Slickee Boys will also appear in Baltimore on December 29th with The Howling Mad,
Chelsea Graveyard and The Screams at Midnight, and Jukebox Zero at The Otto Bar

Hopefully Jake Flack will show up at one of these shows so we can at least say hey to him, too.

Remember Brides and Boys

The Rhodes Tavern Troubadours will get on the road for weddings.
Here they are in South Carolina with Derek Huston. And even though



the police were not called-










and no one was carried out on a stretcher-

it was still a great party!

Quarry House Gig

Thanks to everyone-fans and friends-(usually there isn't a difference) who came out and helped make our gig at The Quarry House a success. Jake's friend, Dave flew to Oklahoma and back on the same day and still made it to the show.

We had fun- it sure looks like you all did, too.


And it was great to have out pal, cool cat himself, Derek Huston sitting in.
We wish he'd move back up here and join the band.

We're off to play a wedding in Charleston, SC. Hope to see you all soon.

TRoubadours Treat Tomorrow

(Jake Jack and Mark do it again)

See you tomorrow night, Thursday November ONE for the big Troubadours' dance party/ Halloween relief bash with DEREK HUSTON sitting in at the Quarry House in Silver Spring- right there sort of under Gaylord's on the corner of Bonifant and Gorgeous Georgia Avenue.
No costume anxiety, no need to decorate. Just rock.
You can bring your kids, or you can bring yer candy,
or better yet bring your kids' candy.

Troubadour for a Day

Mark the calender- this Thursday November First, ex Iguana and former DC area native Derek Huston will be flying up from New Orleans with his sax to sit in with the Troubadours at The Quarry House- one night only. It's happened before, but who knows when it might happen again now that Jack O' Dell is playing with Bill Kirchen full time. Don't miss this one.

Halloween

It's just around the corner,
and so is the Troubadours' long awaited rock show
at the Quarry House on November First
Plus there may be a surprise guest...stay tuned.

The State Theater Event

It was a fun time at The State Theater last Sunday night. Lots of familiar faces and good music.
Unfortunately, due to technical problems, the film portion of the evening didn't happen, but Mark Noone gave a short history and a nod to the Langley Punks who showed up even though their films did not. He also thanked Weasel for giving his Slickee Boys career a huge boost back in the day when WHFS in Bethesda ruled the airwaves for us locals in the
know. Here are a few shots of the evening:

Mark Noone with Ron Holloway
Mark and local DJ legend, Weasel




Eddie Angel and ... you guessed it.

Bulletin: RTTs Return!

Kids' Show this Monday- October 8- at the Phoenix World Gate Theater. Get your popcorn and the wee ones and head over there-13025 Worldgate Dr. in Herndon, VA. It's at the obscenely early hour of 10:30 am.Tixs are $5; the set is about 45 minutes. We're not kidding when we say this is a rare show so hope you can make it.

And don't forget the State Theater Sunday night. Mark Noone emcees Langley Punk films featuring such bands a s The Slickee Boys of all things. Details below.

Music On the Rise

Big night at The State Theater coming up on this Sunday October 7- a concert featuring local legends Billy Hancock (former Troub, Dave Chappell will be playing with him) Robert Gordon, Eddie Angel and more. The above link has the lowdown on the musicians.

Early on in the evening at 6 p.m., there will be a showing of the old Langley Punks films emceed by our own MARK NOONE.
(Look for him to be IN the films as well as talking about 'em)

Check out Music On the Rise to find out more.

This show promises to be a re-enactment of the dear ole 80s in DC- a pretty amazing time for the arts around here- brought to you by folks who are all about preserving our past. If you weren't there, come out and see what all the fuss was about- and if you were there, well, you know what they say about the sixties... Here's our chance to go back in time and refresh that brain page.

Troubadours- Get 'Em Where You can Find 'em

Troubadours fans are mostly music fans, and a surprising amount of music can be found in this town. The Troubadours do have a gig coming up in November, but in the meantime look here for updates/links on where band players may be found ...in public anyway. Jack O' Dell can be seen with Bill Kirchen, but you never know when he'll cross over to the Hula or Grandson side of town. Mark Noone is a staple of the Hula Monsters, but he also plays with other bands including, of course, The Slickee Boys. And Jake Flack has something up his sleeve. So watch this space- it won't always be empty!

Place A Hold On Summertime

Just because everyone went back to school, summer's not over yet. At least not in downtown increasingly hip Hyattsville, MD. The Summer Jam is coming up this Friday, September 7. It's a community event with beer and burgers in the parking lot of the Municipal building at 4310 Gallatin Street. The Hula Monsters will play from 6:30 until 8:30, and as if that isn't enough, rumor has it there will be a moon bounce as well.

And if enough is NEVER enough you can catch the Hulas in full dance mode when they share the bill with Karen Collins and the Back Roads Band at Chick Hall's Surf Club 4711 Kenilworth Avenue in, best left in a category by itself, beautiful Bladensburg, MD on September 8 this Saturday night.

Aloha

Troubadour/Hula Monster Mark
in the Park last Friday night.

Monster Troubadour Out Tonight

Jack may be out of town, and Jake is AWOL,
but ever busy Mark Noone will be playing tonight
with the Hula Monsters in the Mason District Park
- a free concert- one long set from 7:30 until 8:30.

It's a great band and great players-you can check out their sound at the link above,
or better yet come and see 'em.
Remember variety is the poi of life.

Reunited

Yep, the rumors are true, Jack O' Dell has reunited, and it's not with Jake.
Jack has rejoined Bill Kirchen which will free him from carpentry and put him back on the road again. (as Willie would say) A lot of The Troubadours dates have been preempted, but a Cd is still in the works, and the band will still be together, schedules permitting.
(Consummate professionals that they are- this can happen without too much notice.)

Stay tuned.

Practice Makes Perfect

Steady ...steady ....


AND


taaaaaaah-
Dahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

No Animals Were Harmed...

Jake's Party

Only Jake seems to know what is in store as the other guys in the band seem pretty calm at Jake's birthday party last Saturday night. Below Jake shows the secret ingredients in Mark Noone's cocktail. Stay tuned for what happened next.

Troubadours Rock the Quarry

(Troubadours monitor the women's room at all times)




As Joe Dolan's grandmama would say: Women glow, men perspire and horses sweat.
If she saw The Troubadours last night, she would have said: And the band persevered and kicked you know what.
The guys played their hearts out to a very warm room performing their first CD "On the Red Line" in its entirety, and it sounded great. Anyone who wasn't there... well, you missed a great show.

Chill, baby

It's on the Red Line, but all our worries are over. They blew up that little brown box so we can all come out and live in peace and harmony and see THe Troubadours TONIGHT at The Quarry House in Silver Spring- an extremely limited engagement. The band starts around nine and go go goes until midnight or so. Seven bucks will get you in and a few more will get you tater tots, and depending on your own low or high standards, you can get a beer to suit any mood or pocketbook.

Plus it's Jake's birthday so you KNOW the band will set the place on fire.

Troubadours Quarry House Birthday Combo

There's always something happening around here. This month it's Jake Flack's Birthday Extravaganza (a.k.a. The Troubadours gig) at The Quarry House Tavern tomorrow night, August 9, in not so sylvan but the real deal, downtown Silver Spring.
This is the only such gig lined up for August so far. (Too many private things without public access)
So crawl into your cave tonight and rest up, because Thursday is the night to go out. (Leave the weekends to the amateurs)

Hazy Hot and Cool

August in DC means taking cold showers, drinking and eating things with ice in the name, and sneaking off to the beach in the middle of a work week. We should have a hundred words for hazy hot and humid here, but the weathermen just keep repeating the mantra....that and the heat index. ("Yes, it's 99 degrees out there, but it FEELS like 110, folks. You might want to leave the umbrella and your clothes at home today.")

The only way to stay cool is to be cool, and the one sure way to be cool is to go see the Troubadours this Thursday at the Quarry House Tavern in beautiful revised, revamped and redundant down town Silver Spring- Home of the Tasty Diner, the Discovery Channel, and the one and only Mo Nelson.

Three Guys, Six Ears

What The guys in the band are listening to these long dog days:

I'm digging a band from England called the Magic Numbers. Also a comedian named Patton Oswalt has a new live CD out on Sub Pop. There are some great DC references to Minor Threat, the Bayou, and Arch Campbell. There's a new Fats Domino (best of) coming out that is absolutely great. Steve Earle's new record is really good too.
JAke

Last night I listened to Parthenon Huxley’s new CDs. He has two, but I think one is out takes. Still great! This guy is a Troubadour fan must see. Speaking of must sees, I think Prabir will be at the Galaxy Hut on Sept 21.

Noone

I'm listening to Arcade Fire's new CD "Neon Bible", Conway Twitty (best
of) and NRBQ live bootlegs from the '80's.

Jack

See the Troubadours live this Thursday- a rare public appearance for August

Metamophosis Or Transfiguration?

(The Beatnik Flies @ 9:30 Club July 29)

So what do you get when you cross a Slickee Troubadour with a Beatnik Fly?


trans·fig·u·ra·tion
Pronunciation: (")tran(t)s-"fi-gy&-'rA-sh&n, -g&-
Function: noun
1 a : a change in form or appearance : METAMORPHOSIS b : an exalting, glorifying, or spiritual change


answer: mark noone, of course

Troubadour Book Report/ Part 3

This is it. What we've been waiting for ... Jake Flack's book report. (and don't forget all that summer reading the kids have to do- I hate to say it, but school is actually looming on that August horizon)
Jake is reading baseball legend, Roberto Clemente's biography by David Maraniss. ( I had to look that up because I thought it had something to do with Nixon) I should have known better coming from the guy who wrote "Big Train" and "Earl Weaver. He says it's good.

One Troubadour's Better Than None

For those of you in Troubadour withdrawal, you at least can catch two of Mark Noone's other personalities this weekend. See alter ego number 1 when The Hula Monsters play Lubber Run Park in Arlington, VA, Saturday evening from 8 until 9:30. (free)
(Come on out, buy a Hawaiian shirt, and get down and luau.)

Mark will also be singing Slickee Boys' style with The Beatnik Flies backing him up at the big (make that humongous) dc space reunion at the 9:30 club on Sunday. This event will not only make history, but will also benefit a very cool cat, Tom Terrell, who is fighting cancer for his life. Twenty buck donation to get in; doors open at 4 p.m., and the performances go on until 1 a.m.
A lot of bang for that donated buck. See DC ROCKS for more details.

(Mark and The Flies are scheduled at 8:45.)

dc space is the place again

Catch Mark Noone if you can...this Sunday July 29th.

( click on flyer to read... more info. at DC ROCKS)

Got music?

While we're waiting for Jake's book list and for the new Troubadours' CD to come out- check your Homeland Security Survival kits. Do you have enough copies of their last CD- On The Red Line? One as a spare? One for a last minute gift?
And don't forget the RTTS' Kids CD- "Turn It up, Mommy" which could save the new generation from The Wiggles. (Not to mention, the parental units will dig the music as much as or more than the offspring)

See the links in the right column here-under "Dig This" and stock up now.

Don't get caught with your pants down- even if it is July.

Summer Reading List

The Troubadours are truly a literate band- which is not surprising really since they are all smart, and all song writers in their own rite.

Jack O' Dell tackles the New York Times Book Review every day, and these days, if he has time left over, he's reading Nick Hornby's latest- A LONG WAY DOWN.

Mark Noone is cursing his way through psychology and biology textbooks. His book club is reading ULYSSES by James Joyce. ( I told you they were kinda smart)

Jake? He's out of town, but check in next week for his list.

( ok it's a slow news cycle)

Don't Make Me Go In There

Due to summer scheduling conflicts, Mark Noone found himself going to the Hit and Run studio alone last night...late last night, down a dark road somewhere beyond Rockville.
He was getting ready to lay down the bass tracks to a new Troubadour's song when... out of the shadows... stepped a Man in Black.

Hello, he said, My name is ...

Just then the power went out, EVERYTHING went black, and the last thing Mark remembers is a voice saying over and over "What deaf dumb and blind kid??"

Need less to say, the CD is progressing, but slowly.

(photo from suzysputnic @ flickr)

Summertime

This week The Troubadours are off (or ON, depending on how you look at it) pursuing summer time activities. Jake and family are off to New England to visit his mom. Jack's crew is flying to the Left Coast to attend a family wedding, and Mark Noone, since he doesn't have his own, has adopted several kids and is turning them into a rock band. ( No ONE gets out alive...)

It Was A Hoot

The Quarry House rocked last night, especially when a band of wild women came in to celebrate Jake's wife, Anne's birthday. The Dollar Jar stumped the band with "Dark Side of the Moon, but Neil Diamond somehow made it. (about 75 cents' worth anyway) And of course, The Beatles' Birthday Song.



(This birthday thing seems to be an ongoing theme for these shows-next month it'll be Jake)



Two Beatnik Flies were spotted lurking in the crowd, making that a quorum.



Look for a rare incarnation of The Flies and Mark Noone later this month at the 9:30 Club's D.C. Space reunion. They'll be making local rock history.

(And if you weren't there last night, you heard it hear first.)

Rare Wild Life

Catch The Troubadours live tonight at The Quarry House in Silver Spring. This month their public appearances are as rare as that weird woodpecker they thought was extinct so get there if you can. Bring a net. Bring your dancing shoes. Bring your dollars and your requests for any song. (If they've heard it; they can fake it.)
The commotion starts rolling around 9 pm.
Don't miss it.

TROUBADOURS - Live Tomorrow NIGHT

The Troubadours are back at the Quarry House in Silver Spring tomorrow night, and if you haven''t checked out this scene yet, well, now's the time. Of course it depends on whether you favor American Idol and the chain type pubs that seem to be everywhere (and boy, the Irish seem to have gotten cornered on that market) or a good old fashioned hole in the wall owned by somebody who serves a dang amazing variety of beers.

And what other band will play a buck's worth of any song on the planet???

Jake's Story

Jake Flack and Mark Noone go way back on the DC scene, and for anyone without the will to get out to Fort Reno tonight to see the new young up and coming rockers- sit back in your computer rocking chair and read on a page from DC's music history by Mr. Jake Flack:

This Wednesday is July 11. It was on July 11, 1985 that my band the Neptunes opened for the Slickee Boys at Fort Reno. At that time the Slickees were the kings of DC. They were on Q107 and MTV. They had the coolest clothes and the wildest, most fun live show. Fort Reno was the epicenter of the DC music scene and it was the only place that underage kids like me could see all the bands that we were listening to on vinyl and hearing on WHFS. I saw everyone there: Danny Gatton, Black Market Baby, the Insect Surfers, Razz, the Night Hawks, Tommy Keene, 4 out of 5 Doctors, The Golden Bats, The Diversions, the Teen Idles, The Beatnik Flies, The Nurses, Tex Rubiniwitz, All Points Bulletin, Evan Johns and the H-Bombs and more. The Slickees' annual Fort Reno appearance was always the far biggest crowd of the year. When our "manager" Sean Mencher, who also booked Fort Reno, told us we had the opening slot, he might as well have told us that we were opening for the Rolling Stones. I'm sure we didn't sound very good, but we put the "s" in showbiz jumping off the bass drum, diving in the piano, and rolling around the stage on our backs. I remember throwing my Tele across the stage after the last song for the big feedback effect. It was a thrilling night for a bunch of 17 year olds. And I sure wouldn't have predicted that I'd be playing "When I Go to the Beach" in a band with Mark Noone 22 years later.

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Troubadours in July...

Mark your calenders- The Troubadours will be at The Quarry House one week from today...
which may be one of the few gigs in July!

From THe TROUBADOURS:

HAve A HAppy Fourth Y'All !!!!!!!

Long Lost Troubadour?

In a bizarre twist of fate, the long lost first guitar player once removed of The Troubadours was found off shore in St Michael's, Maryland this past weekend-commandeering a boat, claiming to have floated all the way from New Orleans. Undisclosed sources do confirm he has been operating a bar there called The Kingpin. He was not sure he remembered Jake or Mark, and may have a whopping case of amnesia.

Guitar therapy seems to be working.