Up yours!

October was a good month for old school punk. It began with Wire and ended with The Kids. Opening for Wire at Barrymore's October 6 was local trio The Suppositories. I'd never seen them before and had no preconceptions at all about their sound, but they turned out to be the ideal opening act. They performed a hot set of minimalist punk, very much influenced by early Wire and their descendants like The Minutemen. It was kick-ass enough to make me (and a bunch of other people) by their new EP.

From left to right, Ian, Billy and Jeff Squealey.



Billy rocks the tie.



Jeff "on black guitar."



Ian in green.



Supposed action!



And so on!





Shouting action!



And finally the view from back near the soundboard.



I saw them a while later at The Bytown Tavern and was equally impressed.

• Show reminder: It's house show time at 52 Park Ave. with Europe In Colour, Adam Saikaley and Hmmm; rowdy times await with The Rookers, Gunsmoke, The Arkhams and The Boxcar Cadavers at Cafe Dekcuf; things look black at The Bayou with Woods of Ypres, Wolven Ancestry, Signs of Chaos and Tyrants Rise. Things look blue at the Rainbow as J.W. Jones and Co. play. Priya Thomas, The Rough Sea and Harvey Cartel play Zaphod Beeblebrox; The Midway State, Thriving Ivory, The Prefect and Grace Over Diamonds perform at Mavericks; Fiftymen play The Elmdale, barring any unexpected births. The John Henrys and The Cooper Brothers country-rock Barrymore's.