{"id":854,"date":"2005-04-28T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-28T16:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=854"},"modified":"2024-04-03T16:44:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:44:28","slug":"not-for-the-halter-top-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=854","title":{"rendered":"Not for the halter top crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsreview.com\/media\/images\/articles\/featured\/2020\/07\/35141-01.jpeg\" alt=\"Victims Family members Ralph Spight and Larry Boothroyd party in the parking lot.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Victims Family members Ralph Spight and Larry Boothroyd party in the parking lot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s hard to believe that the Wright brothers\u2014that is, Rob and John\u2014have been around since the early 1980s. While most bands formed during the \u201cpunk boom\u201d eventually lost notoriety and respect, NoMeansNo\u2019s awkward mix of algorithm-based punk and lyrical sarcasm has led to well-attended U.S. tours and overseas jaunts, not to mention a devout legion of rabid fans. The Wrights\u2019 latest release is a compilation of 15 songs aptly titled\u00a0<em>People\u2019s Choice.<\/em>\u00a0It spans the group\u2019s career and is a great introduction to one of Canada\u2019s most complex and confusing punk bands. Make that introduction in person when NoMeansNo plays Harlow\u2019s, located at 2708 J Street, on Monday at 9 p.m. Admission is $12. Also on the bill is Northern California\u2019s greatest post-punk trio, Victims Family, whose first album,\u00a0<em>Voltage &amp; Violets<\/em>, should\u2019ve earned them a punk Grammy. Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harlows.com\/\">www.harlows.com<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<br>(SN&amp;R)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard to believe that the Wright brothers\u2014that is, Rob and John\u2014have been around since the early 1980s. While most bands formed during the \u201cpunk boom\u201d eventually lost notoriety and respect, NoMeansNo\u2019s awkward mix of algorithm-based punk and lyrical sarcasm has led to well-attended U.S. tours and overseas jaunts, not to mention a devout legion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":855,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions\/855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}