Dining Room

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=165 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="1b400ba0dvldtc.jpg"> <bR> <div> <B>Captraab.Tripod.Com</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Capt Raabz H.U.D. House"><U><B>Well I'll be damned.  I think I </B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Capt Raabz H.U.D. House"><U><B>hear my mother calling.</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#0000FF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><U>SHOUT OUT OF THE MONTH</U></B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>JAKE NANNERY</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1ffa0190.gif" border=0 width="160" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Yo Jake... YOU THE MAN!</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=315 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>This is the Dining Room, where we have some frank and honest discussion...</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>AND NOW... </B></div> <div> <B>The HUD HOUSE's Latest Feature:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"HEY RAAB!"</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"Hey Raab!  I think my bassist is secretly playing in another band without telling me.  What should I do?  Holla!"</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>-Deface that Bass</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Deface,</div> <div> You don't have any options.  Bands are so hard up for bassists that bassists can get away with murder, and there's nothing you can do about it.  Since you don't have any bassists lined up (or at least any that don't suck), you obviously haven't fired this bassist yet.  The band that pays best or has best benefits of being affiliated with will get the bassists attention.  Either your band sucks more than this other band, or the bassist wants more cash or chicks than he's getting with your band.  Bassists are often shameless ego-whores, and there's nothing you can do about it.  Tough shit, your ass should have learned to play bass years ago, then you wouldn't be in this bind, now would you?</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>-RAAB</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>GOT A PROBLEM?</B>  Would you like Raab to take a swing at it?  Then <A HREF="mailto:esokapi@hotmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:esokapi@hotmail.com"><U>e-mail the webmaster</U></A> with the 411 and you may have it tackled here next month by Raab himself (or one of his many staff interns)!</div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFF33" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><U>INFLUENCE OF THE MONTH:</U></B></div> <div> <B>CANDIRIA</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1f99a9a0.jpg" border=0 width="154" height="154" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> It's not very often in the past year or two that a new band has impressed me.  I decided to check them out after hearing that they were a favorite band of Fishbone's Spacey T.  Candiria has blown me away.  They are a New York based group that combines hardcore, metal, jazz, fusion, hip-hop, latin, and techno.  Their songs jump between segments so random and completely mind-boggling sometimes all you can do is scratch your head.  These guys are amazing.  Not only do they play such different styles, they do them well.  I'm instantly weary of any band these days that combines metal and rap, so the fact that I'm recommending these guys says alot about how good and unique they are.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>