Revisiting Some Old Friends

Going through my CD collection, I was pleasantly surprised to re-discover "Sonoran Hope and Madness," the second CD from Tempe, Arizona band Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers. Two out of the five Peacemakers used to be part of The Refreshments, one of the most underrated bands of the mid-to-late 1990s. I looked up their website and found their community alive and thriving. I pulled out some of my old concert boots, gave them a spin, realized I'm missing one of their really good recordings, posted about it on their forums, and checked out the rest of the site. They've got a DVD and a new CD I'm probably going to order.

And, while I'm at it, I just discovered a treasure trove of rare Refreshments MP3s.