(Kevin, who does this whole website thing, wanted music-related jibberish, so this is the closest I could come. I really don't expect anyone to care.)

Catching up: Little Billy Catfish and the Sodapops was a two-piece band until Astro Poppy left to spend more time with his other band, the Muzzies. Billy immediately contacted Chad Hardwick (Nevada Death Band) and "Diamond" Dan Allaire. Not mentioned below (before this thing was started) are show opening for Wally Pleasant; a show which also featured the Pee Chees, Murder City Devils and Young Pioneers, plus a Struggle Unit house basement show--and the first show with the new lineup at Sudsy Malone's with the Coin Collectors and Jason from the Hairy Patt Band. Now, you are caught up to date with the revamped, rewritten and renewed Little Billy Catfish Trio (heretofore referred to as "LBC3").

October 11:
A bachelor party In the outskirts of Indiana. This show was frustrating for several reasons: We didn't know until the last moment if it would actually happen, if there would be power, etc. It did go on, just without the expected kegs of beer and strippers. We filled a few hours with noisy bluesish-type jams, and a few AC/DC covers that seemed to go over ok.

October 17:
Mac's Bar Hot Like Vegas, Teenage Frames, LBC3 Lansing, MI I'd been to Mac's before to play with the Sodapops but Chad and Dan hadn't. I seem to always have a good time there. Actually, the only bad time I'd had at a show in MI was some club in downtown Detroit. Norm (who puts on the shows for Etch Zine (check it out) is a pretty nice guy, letting me come back with the new band. We played with the Teenage Frames from Chicago, who were punkish and mostly fashionable, and the headliners were some locals called Hot Like Vegas or something. They sounded like half Afghan Whigs influence (I thought that only was noticeable in Cincinnati), and equal parts Seaweed and Stone Temple Pilots. The next day we got to check out some cool record stores (Funhouse) and music stores (Boss Guitars). Arlo Pickens entertained us all weekend.

October 23:
WAIF 88.3 radio Cincinnati After an on-air interview, we set up in studio B, where Chad played guitar quietly, Dan used brushes and I played a plastic air organ thing that Arlo had given me the weekend before. The song was made up on the spot, called "The WAIF Pledge Drive." We were real funny, Chad's brother said that he almost crapped his pants. Alas, we have no recording of the event.

October 24:
Buzz Coffeeshop Bantam Rooster, LBC3 and Las Luchadores Damn. This one got cancelled, 'cause one of the Rooster guys was sick. Little billy Catfish and the Sodapops (the L.B.C. incarnation before the Trio) was a two man band so I was really eager to check them out. Oh well. Their CD is rad, though.

October 25:
Art Attacks Newport, KY One of the funnest show we'd done for a while, despite sound not being as awesome as it could've been. Lots more happened, in terms of showmanship and visual rockin' and rollin', than what was actually recorded (I think on this website there's pictures and sound clips). An art festival with lots of bands.

October 31:
Top Cat's Impotent Sea Snakes, LBC3, Fudgie and FuFu, Love America Cincinnati The Impotent Sea Snakes, they kicked every ass in the building. I'm too tired to describe everything they did, so let me just say it was like seeing Kiss, (the makeup years) all over again. Since they were on tour with Motorhead and W.A.S.P., that mean we're only two degrees away from stardom.

Nov. 1:
A party Mad Orange Fools, Salvador Deli, Fudgie and FuFu, Love America, Moth Our practice space in Lockland, OH Let's see, we played with Mad Orange Fools, Salvador Deli (from Dayton), Fudgie and Fufu, Love America and Moth. Ages 8-80 were at this party so it was kinda weird, but packed. We went over pretty well and a lot of our friends came out (Arlo and friends from MI, and the Muzzies/Coin Collectors/Eeyore gang from Dayton). We were pressed for time so we didn't get to do a lot of songs. What a blurry mess, this whole weekend. I think I got sick twice (not throwing up, just exhausted) and we had a few new songs-one song sounds like classic New York Dolls, so my throat hurts after singing it and we also debuted a cover of Donovan's "Season of the Witch" for Halloween weekend.

Nov. 7:
Top Cat's Deary Me Records "The Sound of Cincinnati" This was a release show for Deary Me Records' Cincinnati Music Vol. III compilation, on which Little Billy Catfish and the Sodapops had a song, "Brand New Pair of Sideburns". The sound set up wasn't the best, but we did "My Baby is a Lady" and "In-a Godda-Da-Vida". During the latter, I talked Diamond Dan into doing a drum solo and everyone clapped along. As I said onstage, it's nice that after so many years of "paying our dues" we're finally part of "the scene". No really, if you know us at all, we're extremely happy to be part of it all. Like being in a frat (though I'm guessing at that). Actually this show was lots of fun, I got to see some great bands for the first time (Fugue) re-acquaint myself with some of my favorite local bands (Fairmont Girls, Clifford Nevernew, Ditchweed) and be very impressed by bands I had seen before, but still rocked insanely awesome: the Pariahs, Middle Fingers, Wolverton Bros., Moth. The CD, all sarcasm asid, is a pretty good compilation. But, why wasn't Oxboard Drain, Filthy McNasty, Fudgie and Fufu, Mad Orange Fools, Pincusion, Spodie, Nethereye, etc. etc. offered a slot? It seems like the samplers tend to be designed for the "hip" indie-rocker crowd. Oh well, if I can make it onto a "scene" sampler, anyone can.

Nov. 13:
Canal St. Tavern Dayton LBC3, Fudgie and Fufu, Orgy Gone Rumble This was my first time playing at Canal St., but overall, it was a good experience. A lot of our friends from Dayton came to see us, and a few people that complimented me said that friends of theirs had told them to check us out. Wow. We made more than enough for gas, there was a good crowd and fellow Cincinnatians Fudgie and Fufu played, so in my book it was a great show. Headliners and Dayton citizens (who I had gone to high school with) Orgy Gone Rumble played pretty well, with a quirkyjerky rhythmic scream.

Nov. 20:
Top Cat's Something Happens, LBC I did this show for some quick cash for my pocket--and for the beer. Since their contract required and opening act, I was called about three hours before the show to do an acoustic set. Great deal for me, but I'd never heard of Something Happens. Turns out, they've been around for about ten years, they're from Ireland and sound like a rockin' U2.  I played "Plastic Jesus" from Cool Hand Luke (which Arlo had taught me on his banjo) and the band jumped up and played along. It was great. Then, they called me up to help 'em finish their encore with an even more rockin' version of the same song, that prompted the bartender to ask when we'd be leaving to tour together. Quite possibly, the funnest show I've ever done in my life. And I though the Stones were the only boys across the pond with rhythm. I guess I've got a place to crash if I ever get to Ireland.

Nov. 21:
Stevie Ray's House of Wax The Common, LBC3 Muncie, IN We played with a band called the Common who make their own zine (a band zine) who had great harmonies and were pretty good pop. We were a last minute fill-in because friends 7 Speed Vortex couldn't make the show, so we loaded up the cars and arrived only an hour or so late. We played for the ten people who hung around to see a band they'd never heard of (no one knew our name, even, until we told them while setting up). We still played a pretty good set and definately will come back there again. The promoter wanted us the next weekend to do a show with Detroit's the Deans but, very unfortunately, we couldn't do the show. A very cool record store, too.

Nov. 9:
Practive space show Muzzies, LBC3, Coin Collectors Miamisburg, OH This Dayton-area show was the least fun show that I think, in my six year history of playing shows, I've ever done. Or at least it would be in the running for the award of "Most no fun show". It was suprising to see that most people there, instead of being Daytonians, were Cincinnati folk. The PA sucked really, really bad, in fact it was worthless. The Muzzies played first, they rocked like beheaded chickens, as always, and the Coin Collectors (albeit minus their drummer) still were funny enough to cheer me up after playing. Andreas from the Coin Collectors even did a ten minute freestyle rap while we were gettin set up. But, I was using Gretta Smak's (from the Muzzies) guitar and amp, which feeded back the instant I'd stop playing something. There was definately a black cloud hanging over the evening. I think I'm gonna make another Little Billy Catfish songbook, too.