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From: chrisb@haddock.UUCP
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Subject: DICKIES!
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Date: Tue, 15-Oct-85 15:20:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 15 15:20:00 1985
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Nf-From: haddock!chrisb    Oct 15 15:20:00 1985


       I got the chance to see a wonderful band last night called the Dickies.
They are perhaps most well-known for their hyper-speed version of "Knights
in White Satin". The music is very fast and loud, almost like hardcore (in
fact there was quite a bit of slam-dancing up front by the usual assortment
of punks and ghouls). But the melodic structures of the songs, as well as the
front man's bizarre sense of humor (can't remember his name), give this band a
really unique quality. His voice is that sort high-strung sound that Pete
Shelley used to have with the Buzzcocks, or perhaps Jello Biafra's (though not
as ugly).
	The high-point of the show was during the song "If Stewart could Talk"
which is about...you guessed it... the guy's THANG. He pulled out this hand
puppet (actually more of an arm-puppet) shaped like the real animal with a
face, and this thing gave a little monologue (I wish I could remember it).
The song asks the question "What would he say, if Stewie could talk to me?"
The answer at the end of the song: the band broke into that Who song
"See me, Feel me, Touch me, Heal me...(or however it goes) with the puppet
mouthing the words. Too much!
	Does anyone know anything about this band, like where they are from?
I know they have been around for awhile.
						Til we drink again - Zak