As expected, the second night of the Teenbeat 20th Anniversary showcase was much better than the first night, and I missed all of opener Holland (I refuse to do that fruity spelling he uses, mostly because I cannot remember how it's done) and everything but the last song of Hot Pursuit. There has got to be a better way to handle entry into sold out shows.

The rundown:

Aden - Meh. I've never been a big fan.
Flin Flon - Much better than I expected. Makes me question why I don't have any of their albums. I should have picked one up that night. Oh well.
Versus - Another excellent show. Why aren't there more filipinos--or is that Illipinos?--in rock?
Butch Willis - This actually may have been before the Versus set; in any case, it was just a couple of a capella songs, and Butch Willis does even less for me than Johnny Cohen. I'm sure they're swell guys, though.
Tuscadero - Also excellent. They played a lot from their first album and the best tracks from their second album. They also played "Angel in a Centerfold" by the J. Geils Band and their own "Angel in a Half-Shirt" as the encore. I really should write about that first album one of these days. One of the great, overlooked indie pop albums from the era.

It was a great two nights of nostalgia and a bit of discovery. Oh, and some excellent boozing.