https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2004-07-30/222063/

TCB

By Christopher Gray, July 30, 2004, Music

Steal This Album

U2's latest album, reportedly titled Vertigo, is making headlines long before its release by disappearing when the band left it lying around during a recent photo shoot in the south of France. Whodunit? Hoping for a (legal) advance copy, "TCB" rounded up 10 likely suspects.

10) GOD, Supreme Being: Hey, he's a fan, too.

9) PETE TOWNSHEND, guitarist, the Who: Curious if all the Who comparisons surrounding Vertigo are valid.

8) GEORGE W. BUSH, U.S. president: Something else Michael Moore can pin on him.

7) CHRIS MARTIN, singer, Coldplay: In dire need of lullabies for newborn Apple, but ran out of Coldplay demos.

6) LANCE ARMSTRONG, six-time Tour de France champion: Wanted to distract French press from persistent doping allegations.

5) BRIAN ENO, artiste/producer: Agreed to give album the once-over; band too loaded to remember conversation.

4) ANTON CORBIJN, longtime U2 photographer: Fed up with band's constant bickering over mixing and resulting photo-shoot delays.

3) THOM YORKE, singer, Radiohead: Motive unclear; either practical joke or attempt to make U2 as paranoid as his band.

2) KOFI ANNAN, secretary-general, United Nations: Mistakenly thought disc contained photos of his and Bono's African fact-finding mission.

1) PAUL McGUINNESS, U2 manager: Just wants the lads to finish the bleedin' thing already.

Vertigo is (very) tentatively scheduled for a November release.

Seeing Red

Welcome to Redrum, Sixth Street's newest live music venue, located upstairs from Coyote Ugly. Manager Mike Boudreau, formerly of the Back Room, says the 100-capacity club switched over from coffeehouse Jakarta Jack's late last month, but "we still serve coffee." Boudreau is especially interested in providing exposure to emerging bands; Redrum currently offers the 101X-sponsored Metal Mondays, Warped Tuesdays, and Indie Wednesdays. Named after the famous graffiti in The Shining – in fact, the club may show after-hours horror movies down the road – Boudreau says Redrum's grisly moniker hasn't put off any potential customers. "Most people think it means we have red rum," he laughs.

Something's Cookin'

Austin's rowdiest weekly fundraiser pulls out all the stops this Saturday, as Amber Voiland, Hit by a Car, Halo Rings Her Head, Original Glitch, Murpfh, Amplified Heat, Me vs. Everybody, the Maybes, Honky, the Lifters, and Born to Lose assemble at Trophy's to mark the first anniversary of the Punk Rock BBQ. Originally begun at Ego's by Taye Marshall, the barbecue moved south last month for a variety of reasons, including better sound, an outdoor patio, and complaints from both the TABC and nearby Congress Square Apartments. This week only, Cisco's is donating meat; as always, the $3-5 donations benefit the SIMS Foundation. "We're just trying to have a good time and give something back," says door guy Mark Spacek, who estimates the event has raised around $5,000 for SIMS so far. Starts 3pm.