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As of the bitter-cold day before the bitter-cold day of the show, I had never actually heard a song by any of the bands playing, so this made for quite the rarity on punknews - a completely unbiased review.

At a quarter to ten, a scraggly-looking Jake Bellows from the band Neva Dinova took the stage to play some acoustic tunes for the surprisingly-swelling crowd, with another member helping out on a background-setting electric guitar. He kept things interesting with his in-between song banter, explaining some of the songs for us. The most peculiar one was about a Jerry's kid suffering from a life-threatening disease at a hospital, who had fallen in love with the nurse but didn't want to admit it for it'd break her heart once he'd died. This sick child was also involved in a pool among all the sick kids on who would die first, with not much of a reward for the victor. Overall, the set was alright.

Tilly and the Wall marched onto the stage from the right, single file, stomping and chanting "T-I-L-L-Y, we don't give a fuck!" until the five-piece dove into their set. They obviously have a lot of fun on stage, and literally incorporated a trash can full of instruments into the songs. Their main weapons of choice were an acoustic guitar, a tap dancer, two main female vocalists, and a keyboardist, who rotated between Nintendo blips and bleeps, Midi sounds, and piano and organ settings. However, they also used maracas, two different types of xylophones, and banged on closed suitcases and a trash can lid. At first, they provided more of an entertainment value to me than musical enjoyment, but two-thirds into their set I realized that their brand of harmonizing indie pop was so sugary I'd nearly leave with cavities. Their cover of "Hey Ya" was surprisingly good, with the keyboard dead on, the vocals providing an interesting variation from André 3000's, and the band remembering the obligatory audience participation on the bridge.

Blake (who actually looks and sounds like 1955's George McFly) and Jenny from Rilo Kiley soon after took the stage for their acoustic performance. Saddle Creek's representatives put on a fine performance, including all the significant country and blues overtones into their mild indie sounds. Jenny's soaring, Southern-sounding vocals definitely reminded me of the now-defunct Nothing Nice to Say comic that mentions the indie underground's newfound obsession with country. Her harmonica melodies set the mood nicely in some tunes, as did the shaker in its two appearances, the second of which was done by an audience member. They switched up the vocal responsibilities on "Spectacular Views," which would have provided a cool listen had I actually heard the original beforehand. When the band closed the set, "With Arms Outstretched" had them call for the rest of the night's lineup to come on stage and join them. Jenny stood up for the first time, initially on the chair, and then sauntered onto the floor, gracefully stepping around and singing into the mic, with the crowd clapping along to finish it. In all, I wasn't spectacularly enshrined with it, but had I been a fan I'm sure I'd have thoroughly enjoyed the acoustic take on the songs.

Set List [from the paper, not completely in order or accurate]:
i never
it just is
A better son/daughter
bulletproof
so long
go ahead
more adventorous
somebody else's clothes [about Jenny's father]
simply irresistable [didn't actually play]
absence of God
it just is [crossed out, 'Spec views (B)' written in]
i never [also crossed out, 'Spec views (J)' written in]
with arms
rock n roll suicide
spectacular views [crossed out]
I: II [crossed out]
a man/me/then jim






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    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 1:49 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    yup, it is.

    and troop beverely hills is a funny movie.

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 12:49 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    dude, is this joey the rat we are talking about?

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at 7:31 AM (EST)
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    Jenny Lewis starred in Troop Beverly Hill and The Wizard. She also appeared in Foxfire, Pleasantville and a bunch of other movies.

    She was also Ben Seaver's first kiss on Growing Pains.

    Posted by GreenVandal on 2004-01-19 22:26:06
    My Score:

    The power glove just might be the lamest thing ever made.

    ever.

    the wizard rocked though.

    Posted by CallingLondon on 2004-01-19 18:58:30
    My Score:

    "and that great peice of film was none other than the wizard. i remember i wanted to kill lucas and his gay ass power glove."

    no fucking way, jenny was the chick in the wizard?? racoon tail is sweet.

    Posted by thriceequalsgod on 2004-01-19 18:30:21
    My Score:

    "he was less than pleased."

    haha that phrase rules.. and that was a funny story

    Posted by Rhythm on 2004-01-19 14:04:36
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    and that great peice of film was none other than the wizard. i remember i wanted to kill lucas and his gay ass power glove.

    Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 19, 2004 at 1:33 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    i got really drunk the time Faultlines opened for RK and started screaming "boy meets world" and "salute your shorts" over and over again.

    he was less than pleased.

    -brian

    PS. Jenny was in a movie with Fred Savage. Blake's not the only star in that band.

    Posted by GreenVandal on 2004-01-19 12:27:33
    My Score:

    Very true.

    Salami beats out this shit!

    Posted by Rhythm on 2004-01-19 12:11:54
    My Score:

    pinsky brought salami to the camp kids his first day there. rilo kiley didn't.

    Posted by PoseursInc on 2004-01-19 10:08:10
    My Score:

    ...Maybe not ever. But they're a really good band. Okay?

    Posted by PoseursInc on 2004-01-19 10:07:12
    My Score:

    I'm really weirded out about how all you people are talking about is Pinsky from Salute Your Shorts. Okay, he was in TV a lot. That's great. But you're really missing the point. RILO KILEY IS ONE OF THE BEST BANDS EVER. ...EVER. IN THE HISTORY OF EVER.

    EVER.

    Posted by Rhythm on 2004-01-18 21:02:56
    My Score:

    the best anawana adventure was when zeke the plumber came out and creeped everyone out. man that was priceless. then budnick freaked out with those rigged spider webs.

    i really really really really really hated telly, for she was a stupid bitch.

    Posted by sk8punx4evr on 2004-01-18 20:48:54
    My Score:

    i can't believe frankie (suplee) is in that ashton kutcher movie. since when does ashton kutcher do anything serious? punk'd!!

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 5:27 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    the mafia kids also consisted of ethan suplee, of the "mallrats", "american history x" fame.

    scores for the review.

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 5:17 PM (EST)
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    he was also a notable character on boy meets world for a while. and no, i'm not thinking of the brother, i'm thinking of the mafia kids.

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 5:06 PM (EST)
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    Welcome to the Salute Your Shorts guide at TV Tome.

    Episodes: 26 color episodes, 1 separate pilot
    Production Company: Propaganda Films

    This is a great show about a group of kids at summer camp. The camp is run by the heard-but-never-seen Dr. Kahn. They spend their time trying to harass the camp counselor, Kevin "Ug" Lee.

    Salute Your Shorts Re-Run History
    Nickelodeon continued to show re-runs of Salute Your Shorts for several years. It was taken off the air sometime around 1998. The Nick GaS channel reran the series during the summer of 2003 as part of their "Camp '03" programming block.

    Salute Your Shorts Awards and Award Nominations
    1992 - Nominated for Young Artist Award for Best Young Ensemble Cast in a TV series.
    1993 - Nominated for the following Young Artist Awards: Best Young Actor Starring in a Cable Series (Danny Cooksey), Best Young Actor Co-starring in a Cable Series (Tim Eyster), Best Young Actress Co-Starring in a Cable Series (Megan Berwick and Venus DeMilo).
    1993 - Won the following Young Artist Awards: Best Young Actor Co-starring in a Cable Series (Michael Bower), Best Young Actress Co-starring in a Cable Series (Heidi Lucas).

    Show Information
    First Aired July 1991
    Last Aired September 1992
    Status Canceled/Ended
    Running Time 30 min
    Country United States
    Network Nickelodeon

    Show Stars
    Kirk Baily - Kevin "Ug" Lee
    Megan Berwick - Z.Z. Ziff
    Michael Bower - Eddie "Donkey Lips" Gelfen
    Danny Cooksey - Robert "Bobby" Budnick
    Venus DeMilo - Telly Redford
    Tim Eyster - Sponge Harris
    Heidi Lucas - Dina Alexander
    Erik MacArthur - Michael Stein (1991)
    Blake Soper - Ronnie Pinksy (1992)
    Ben Stein - Dr. Kahn

    Show Crew
    Tim Clawson - Executive Producer
    Courtney Contie - Executive Producer
    Matt Loze - Executive Producer
    Steve Slavkin - Executive Producer
    Steve Slavkin - Creator

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 12:14 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    I don't understand a word of this. Not one word!

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 17, 2004 at 9:33 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    No, it's blake, the singer/guitarist.

    Anyway I caught this show in Pomona (the first night of the tour) and it was fantastic.
    The reviewer didn't specify, but they played a lot of new songs, and they sounded great. I can't wait until the new album comes out.

    Posted by CallingLondon on 2004-01-17 20:34:18
    My Score:

    i thought the guy from salute your shorts is the drummer

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 17, 2004 at 2:38 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    ".......and when I think about you, it makes me want to fart."

    Posted by inagreendase on 2004-01-17 13:31:19
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    "blake sennet/soper of rilo kiley was on salute your shorts."

    The entire show, my friend Matt couldn't get over the fact that he recognized Blake as an actor from somewhere. He was flipping out the whole time but couldn't place a movie or show that Blake was in. Thanks for clarifying, Matt's gonna shit himself.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 17, 2004 at 12:41 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    "quite the rarity on punknews - a completely unbiased review."

    so true

    Posted by jacobe on 2004-01-17 03:35:52
    My Score:

    real good lineup. Rilo Kiley is awesome live.

    I have the Tilly 7" and I enjoy it a great deal. Check out their old band Park Ave. just as good.

    Posted by CallingLondon on 2004-01-17 02:05:09
    My Score:

    yes, rilo kiley is a killer band. boo-ya

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 17, 2004 at 1:35 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    i love tilly and the wall.

    -greyicewater

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 17, 2004 at 1:30 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    blake sennet/soper of rilo kiley was on salute your shorts.

    this was a really good show though. tilly and the wall are amazing.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 16, 2004 at 11:45 PM (EST)
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    ex-stars of salute your shorts?? what?!

    -thriceequalsgod

    ps. someone please explain that to me.

    Posted by maverick on 2004-01-16 20:47:09
    My Score:

    Alright, singalong time:

    Camp Anawana, we hold you in our heart...

    -Scott

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 16, 2004 at 8:03 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    let's hear it for ex-stars of salute your shorts.

    -sk8punx4evr

    Posted by boba_fett on 2004-01-16 18:52:02
    My Score:

    i guess

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 16, 2004 at 6:51 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    crispin glover is a genius

    -irish_joo-

    Posted by ilikebandssuchasopivy on 2004-01-16 17:44:20
    My Score:

    sure

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