Stardate April 7, 1990. I've always loved this flyer, not only for its pretty hand-drawn flowers and stars, but because it's the only one in the AOBGN archives to mark the existence of Umclunk, who were comprised of former members of Schwah, Sheepish Green and The Living End (Chris Comer, piano/tape edits; Bart Foster, drums; John Binkowski, guitar; Troy Raszka, bass). As the flyer says, Umclunk created "an intriguing yet perplexing collage of harmonious musical experiments" which the ever-useful Toledowiki describes as "weirdo noise and found sounds."
This particular show goes down in BG music history for the "blown burned speaker" incident in which Troy Raszka's borrowed bass cabinet caught fire and the BGSU Planetarium had to be evacuated. Good times! The cabinet in question went on to contribute both the cover image and name for an Umclunk cassette. They released another cassette (bareschlonghoagie) around this time too.
Chris Comer went into radio, a career he continues to pursue in Cincinnatti.
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