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Who doesn't love muppets? As the GBAS were one of our first interviews, and gave us much love before and during the show, we had to throw their new video up there. This is from the album What Happened to Television?.

Coffee's fave: Robert Walters moppy muppet head.

My friend, let's just call her R., gave me a hot chip, er, tip. If you want some sweet bootlegs before they get jimmied, jacked, then removed, click hurr:

http://owlandbear.com/live-downloads

Most of them are in FLAC format, but they are easy to convert. Sorry, that 2nd day, third set at Lemonwheel isn't on there, you etree junkie.

~Doughnut

Walking into Beauty Bar makes you wish you’d donned your black leggings (guys), pretentiously coiffed hair, and the gaze that screams, "I just threw up in the bathroom." Well, that might be a tad extreme, but it appears Gil Mantera’s Party Dream and Camel Cigarettes bring out the hipster’s hipster. While the hipster ‘tude and body odor are usually a deal breaker for any venue for Coffee and Doughnut, the hype surrounding the Party was enough for us to make headway to the front of the stage at Beauty Bar on Saturday, December 15.

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After a few heady brews at the Continental Club, I settled in to catch That 1 Guy’s set. I hadn’t heard many of his songs at this point, yet the tune “This will be my last one tonight,” seemed vaguely familiar. As That 1 Guy jammed and sweated on his impressive and weird-ass looking instrument with a fury equal to that of a bassist at a hoedown in space, I realized there would be no encore. Sometimes in order to review a show, you have to actually see it.*

But I digress. The breakfast crew had a chance to catch That 1 Guy, better known to his friends, cohorts, and comped audience members as Mike Silverman.

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