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Friday Would Come too Soon/ He Would Fly You to the Moon

Who: Langhorne Slim with Rayland Baxter When: January 11, 2012 Where: Ninth Ward/ Buffalo, NY With: Katie, PJ, PJ’s roommate who has a name that I don’t remember Of Note: Stay classy Buffalo! Katie shot me a note to say, “Let’s go to this.  It’s $12.”  I said, “Okay.”  I’m not entirely sure I was prepared for what was to come.  It was an unseasonably warm night so we walked down to the Ninth Ward.  None of us knew anything about the band but, for $12, you couldn’t really go wrong.  We grabbed some beers and a spot on the floor and waited for the show to start.  The opener, Rayland Baxter, was very tall, a fact that was accentuated by his rolled up high water pants and enormous bright orange Chuck Taylors. He also had a porn-stache, a homeless man cardigan and a skull cap.  I’m going to make him the same offer I made the lead singer of the Leagues: let me take you shopping?  I am more than willing to do some pro bo...