UPCOMING SHOW: Diminished Men & Corespondents @ Cafe Racer, Friday 6/12

It’s gypsy time this Friday.  Corespondents are the bastard sons of gypsy jazz musicians who grew up in junkyards.  Guitarist Olie Eshleman tunes down to C# — that’s Sunn 0))) heavy mo-fo’s — except he uses it to channel classic “eat-shit” bass lines and groovalicious leads.  These intertwine perfectly with Doug Arney’s bouzouki riffage.  “Drummer” Kieran Harrison-Buhlinger has a kit rigged out of something he stomps his foot on for a bass drum, a dubbed out snare, and a single hi-hat stand with a cowbell and a variety of other objects dangling off of it.  Sometimes he turns around to play and instrument called Don Bao that I’d never seen ’till I saw it here and still can’t describe accurately.

The Diminshed Men have not played in months due to other obligations.  Drummer Dave Abramson’s been on the road with Grails in Europe and bassist Simon Henneman has been down in Florida working on his own projects.  Rumor has it that all four of the World Famous Diminished Men will be around on Friday to throw down on their patented blend of psyched out, free jazz, surf madness (now with touches of Can!)

Since it is at the Cafe Racer, the whole damn thing is free.  Be there or real gypsies from Trajan’s Forum will come to your house, distract you with their begging children, and than steal your camera, passport, wallet, and Eifel Tower lighter.

Corespondents and Diminshed Men will be performing at the Cafe Racer (University District),  5828 Roosevelt Way NE, FREE!!!, 9 p.m.