MY MIND IS TOPPED II [Free all six days] August 23, 2008

* Matt Wascovich and Nate Scheible - two utility infielders for Scarcity of Tanks, Self Destruct Button and others - are presenting My Mind Is Topped #2 from Saturday, August 23, through Thursday, August 28, at Pat's in the Flats (West Third and Literary streets, Tremont). The consecutive nightly shows are a genre-less showcase for local talent, and the performances will range from rock to free-form freak-outs. Some scene notables will collaborate for the first time; players include Neil Chastain, Rich Raponi, Ed Stephens, Dan Wenniger and Scott Pickering. All shows are free; for a full lineup, visit www.patsintheflats.com.- clevescene.com

FREE - 8-10:30pm each night (*except Saturday 23 which runs 9:30 - Midnight)

SCHEDULE:

23 August 2008
• NATE SCHEIBLE / MATTHEW WASCOVICH DUO
• IRON OXIDE
• JUST JOSE
• fluxmonkey/KATHERINE KOENIG/SCOTT PICKERING TRIO
• MIKE OCAMPO
• TED FLYNN [Theodore Vril]

24 August 2008
• NATE SCHEIBLE & MATTHEW WASCOVICH DUO
• SCARCITY OF TANKS
• TRIPOLAR FACTION
• NEIL CHASTAIN/RICH RAPONI/ED STEPHENS/DAN WENNINGER QUARTET
• JEFF HOST/J. GUY LAUGHLIN/DAVID RUSSELL TRIO

25 August 2008
• NATE SCHEIBLE / MATTHEW WASCOVICH DUO
• SLEEPERCELL
• JEFF HOST
• BEGGING PRIEST

26 August 2008
• NATE SCHEIBLE & MATTHEW WASCOVICH DUO
• 9 VOLT HAUNTED HOUSE
• CORISSA BRAGG
• SCOTT HOSNER/BILL WEITA DUO

27 August 2008
• NATE SCHEIBLE / MATTHEW WASCOVICH DUO
• BUSTER BACKFAT ORCHESTRA
• RON KRETSCH/JAE KRISTOFF/DALE URSIC TRIO
• TIM GILBRIDE

28 August 2008
• NATE SCHEIBLE / MATTHEW WASCOVICH DUO
• MADBUNNY
• ANDREW KLIMEK/SCOTT PICKERING/TONY URSO TRIO
• STEPHE DK

PARTICIPANTS:

NATE SCHEIBLE / MATTHEW WASCOVICH DUO
From Cleveland, Ohio, Scheible and Wascovich play drums and guitar / vocals.

Link: http://scheiblewascovichduo.blogspot.com/

SCARCITY OF TANKS
From Cleveland, Ohio. Jeff Host / Nate Scheible / Matthew Wascovich / Dan Wenninger

Link: http://scarcityoftanks.blogspot.com/

TED FLYNN
Is Theodore Vril



IRON OXIDE
From Cleveland, Ohio, Iron Oxide make music that sounds like a steel mill.

Link: http://www.myspace.com/ironoxidecleveland

JUST JOSE
From Cleveland, Ohio - solo vocals and electronics/beat by Jose Luna.

Link: http://www.myspace.com/justjose216

fluxmonkey/KATHERINE KOENIG/SCOTT PICKERING TRIO
From Cleveland, Ohio, debut of this trio featuring homemade electronics, theramin, drum machine and Pufftube capacity.

Link: http://www.fluxmonkey.com

MIKE OCAMPO
From Cleveland, Ohio, Ocampo sings fine pop songs full of oft hated humor, sadness toward bone, and vitality of blood. He also plays music with JJ Magazine, Sanchpa, Pablo Miguel, and George Orwell.

TRIPOLAR FACTION
From Cleveland, Ohio, Tripolar Faction is Matt Valerino - guitar/electronics, Richard -electronics, bass howl, and Terri Simon on hippiefried purrrcusion.

NEIL CHASTAIN/RICH RAPONI/ED STEPHENS/DAN WENNINGER QUARTET
From Cleveland, Ohio, this quartet should prove interesting with these veteran Cleveland musicians having played in bands: Craw, Pureplex, Abdullah, Ed Stephens Trio, Self Destruct Button, Oblique Orchestra, Scarcity of Tanks, Vanduls Ughainst Alliteracy.

JEFF HOST/J. GUY LAUGHLIN/DAVID RUSSELL TRIO
From Cleveland, Ohio, Host/Laughlin/Russell trio features members of Scarcity of Tanks, Tanked, Relentless Corpse, Dying Live.

Link: http://www.polarenvy.com/asrnews.html

SLEEPERCELL
From Cleveland, Ohio, husband and wife, Scott and Amanda Howland's debut show as duo. They also play in D.P.I. and Chief Bromide.

JEFF HOST/J. GUY LAUGHLIN/DAVID RUSSELL TRIO
From Cleveland, Ohio, Host/Laughlin/Russell trio features members of Scarcity of Tanks, Tanked, Relentless Corpse, Dying Live.

Link: http://www.polarenvy.com/asrnews.html

9 VOLT HAUNTED HOUSE
From Cleveland, Ohio, 9 Volt Haunted House is Matt Cassidy and C. Randolph.

Link: http://www.myspace.com/ninevolthauntedhouse

CORISSA BRAGG
Ms. Bragg is a singer-songwriter from Cleveland, Ohio.

SCOTT HOSNER/BILL WEITA DUO
From Cleveland, Ohio, Hosner and Weita are a guitar duo and also play with Fuzzhead and Blackwolf.

BUSTER BACKFAT ORCHESTRA
From Cleveland, Ohio, modern hard jazz for the abled ear featuring Jacob Wynne and Dan Wenninger.

Link: http://www.myspace.com/busterbackfat

BEGGING PRIEST
From Cleveland, Ohio, writer James Matzorkis performs selective amplification of what is going on around him.

Link: http://www.myspace.com/beggingpriest

RON KRETSCH/JAE KRISOFF/DALE URSIC TRIO
From Cleveland, Ohio, Kretsch and Ursic make their public debut. Krestch and Ursic also play in Self Destruct Button and The X Bolex

TIM GILBRIDE
From Akron, Ohio, Mr. Gilbride is a guitarist, a tunesmith, a dabbler in electronics, a potato gardener, and all-around migraineur. He writes and plays gtr with Uva Ursi and Cruel, Cruel Moon, and sometimes backs up Mark Edwards in My Dad Is Dead (Chapel Hill).

Link: http://www.myspace.com/timgilbride

MADBUNNY
From Cleveland, Ohio, Madbunny is filmmakers, Brin Metzendorf and Noel Maitland.

Link: http://www.myspace.com/madbunnyclassic

ANDREW KLIMEK/SCOTT PICKERING/TONY URSO TRIO
From Cleveland, Ohio, Klimek/Pickering/Urso debut. Members have played in X-Blank-X, Death on a Stick, Prisonshake, Spike in Vein, Pufftube, Starvation Army, Backmonkeys, Scarcity of Tanks, Ugly Beauty, Johnny & the Dicks.

Link: http://scarcityoftanks.blogspot.com/

STEPHE DK
From Cleveland, Ohio, DK plays in the New Lou Reeds. Ex Grime/Grist Mill label head, Snark Out Boys.

Link: http://www.myspace.com/stephedk

Official Website: http://patsintheflats.com/upcoming.html