Ike Reilly @ the Cabooze 6/29

the Ike Reilly Assassanation has sold out the main room at first avenue on several occasions, so to see that they would be playing at the 'booze was a bit of a surprise. not surprisingly, then, the place was packed full of rowdy ike fans.

this was the IRA's first time through town since the new album came out. a highlight was when they played 'duty free' which may be called something different now, because apparently there has been talk of the barack obama campaign using the song in an mtv promotion or something like that. details on that whole thing are a little sketchy right now, but the illinois connection is of course there, and it seems like a good idea for the obama campaign to use a song from a popular local act like that, even if he is known for enciting drunken mayhem. the only immediately noticble change to the song was the line 'do you need anything from duty free?' to 'do you need anything to set you free?' a modest change, but since the song is about 'i gotta get out of the u.s.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a', there may be more changes to come. anyhow, that is a pretty cool thing, espescially since earlier in the evening bri and i had the pleasure of seeing barack speak on the other side of minneapolis.





it was a rockin show as always, with ike at one point flinging beer over the crowd from a bottle onstage, and several in the crowd happily returning the favor.

i expect less of those shenanigans when ike plays the 7th street entry friday the 13th with tom (freaking) morello. im looking forward to that.