Nice Boys and a gorilla set from Rainbow and the Kittens!

Just caught the end of the Nice Boys' set. They play classic feel good punk. There was some argument as to whether it's better dated 1977 or 1981, so we'll split the difference and go ahead and say 1979.

Right after the Nice Boys finished, we heard music coming from the loading dock of one of the adjacent warehouses. I didn't see it myself, but I just got a comprehensive report from Jason, Audio Cinema's webmaster, on what went down. According to him, it was a band called Rainbow and the Kittens, who are friends with Dat'r, playing a gorilla set. Jason shot some video which he reviewed for me.

Here are the facts as we know them: their singer's name is Why Not, their accordion player's name is Ally, and the their drummer was named Shawn and was wearing a horse costume. Their CD (see below), "Rainbow Kitten with Wings" is apparently the "soundtrack to a musical". When they finished, they tried to send people over for the start of Dat'r's set, but the crowd demanded an encore!

Dat'r did finally manage to lure the rest of the crowd over when Rainbow and the Kittens finished up, but we'll have more on that from Ebeth in a bit. In the meantime, here's what Rainbow's CD looks like: