"trash and plundered treasure"

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Below is the link to the online version of the weekly, as well as the article copy and pasted. the part about dino is at the botttom. i just copied and pasted the whole thing to get an idea what these things about. its the local paper, published out of eastampton mass, for the whole valley.

http://valleyadvocate.com/gbase/Music/c … oid:163472

Trash and Plundered Treasure
A hefty weekend of gigs for Fancy Trash; Dinosaur Jr. robbed of all its gear; Seether slips out of Staind show.

by Gary Carra – September 7, 2006

Nightcrawler
Like any band that just blew all its gig money on a basement full of CDs, Fancy Trash is anxious to move a few units of its latest studio effort into the local marketplace. Based on the initial buzz the 11-tune offering has garnered and the back-to-back release parties this weekend (Sept. 8 at The Elevens, followed by Sept. 9 at Toad’s in Cambridge), it shouldn’t be too difficult for them to convert some of the new Trash to cash. In the meantime, bassist Josh Thayer reports, the band is already shipping copies of the product to some newfound fans in the 49th state.
"To be honest, we didn’t charge them for those," he says of the package of Three Cheers For The Cheated he recently sent off to Alaska. "I had found these photos online of them on the crab boat, and I thought it was perfect for the disc cover."

Thayer notes that the initial communication occurred well before the now-popular Discovery Channel series Deadliest Catch . And that he chose the image of men braving surf and snow to haul in a day’s catch because it embodied what is now Fancy Trash’s motto: Give a holler for the blue collar. "Life’s tough … sometimes it seems like a real struggle to get by," he says. "I noticed that (singer) Dave [Houghton] has been expanding upon that with his lyrics. I’ve also noticed people really getting into it, embracing it and actually finding it all empowering."

If Fancy Trash is all about the common man, its music is crafted by an uncommonly talented band. As evidenced by disc opener "Chickenhawk" alone, Thayer moves as effortlessly from bowing to finger-plucking on his upright bass as drummer Ben Laine navigates the trio from aggressive, driving beats to tricky time changes. Throughout Cheers you’ll encounter similarly impressive passages of sparse, jangling guitar riffs (like the title song) and nifty, chicken pickin’ banjo ("Early Bus"). But the truth is, aside from their undeniable talents, Houghton, Thayer and Laine are actually pretty common guys themselves–a fact perhaps best illustrated by the timeline of Cheers ‘ production and release.

"Yeah, we were actually done with the disc just about this time last year," says Thayer. "But we wanted to do everything right as far as mastering, promotion and all and that takes money that until lately, we didn’t have."

For those without the cover-charge moolah to attend either release party, the band will also be performing a free, all-ages show at Pulaski Park Sunday. For more info on all these and more, point your browser to http://fancytrash.com.

I n other news, as Thayer and company pay homage to Everyman, J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. is in search of a select few–specifically, the ones who broke into his band’s trailer after an Aug. 29 show at Brooklyn’s Warsaw club and stole all their gear. "We need your help," Mascis pleaded in a recent online post. "Spread the word to everyone you know–every music store, pawn shop, club … " For a list of all plundered axes, drums and more, plus serial numbers and contact emails and phone numbers, go to http://www.jmascis.com.

And speaking of missing items, attendees of the Sept. 2 Staind show at Mohegan Sun may have noticed that the evening was one band shy of a full marquee. Three Days Grace and Soil took the stage as scheduled, but fellow openers Seether proved a last minute scratch.

"I’m deeply sorry that this news comes right before our planned tour," said the culprit, singer Shaun Morgan, in a written statement Aug. 30 before checking himself into a rehabilitation center. "I hope that everyone understands."

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