The Steamy Muse

And what’s the hottest spot in this hot city?

According to Backbiter guitar hero Jonathan Hall, ”The stage at Al‘s Bar has to be the most humid place in L.A. Anyone who needs to know what it’s like to be in Texas during a heat wave should do a 40-minute set at Al‘s in August.“

Southern Restoration Society singer Chris Sims sarcastically summarizes summer’s ambiguous appeal with a typically unsentimental, surreal poem: ”And there is Shelly, fully developed breasts, perfect perky nipples driving everyone insane, scratching her face to ribbons after smoking PCP supplied by Tito (the artist). Balls hang out of polyester shorts lewdly. Protein drinks. A bong bubbles in the forest but no one hears it. Pom-poms and Circumstance. Here comes the bull! A ball-less dwarf with scoliosis. Ronnie James Dio squirms into the American Zeitgeist. Dogs lift their legs and pee. Then the bell rings.“