Mum's the Word

Doc's post on Mum's has it right. For a while, there was a choice to be made: Tio Loco's or Mum's? Actually, there were lots of choices to be made back then. Crazy Lil's, Sudsucker's, the original Captain Larry's and, if you were on a date or something, Sisson's or Bandaloops. The neighborhood was filled with shot-and-a-beer places that have slowly faded away to the point where it's hard to find a decent shufflebowl table anymore.

Management issues pushed Tio's into oblivion and shifted the focus to Mum's. Below is one of the relics that made the transition along with Brian and the rest of us:

Dillo and subsequent bands played Mum's with some frequency, the now-covered fireplace blazing away the skin from this drummer's back. There were plenty of sets with the Glenmont Popes, and that glorious holiday show with Dr. Tasty. And, who else... Splittsville, maybe? It's all a little hazy.

-RK