Now there's a band name

A friend from the West Coast emailed me today, more or less out of nowhere, to ask if I'd heard anything about a new version of Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band that's appearing out in Oakland, which I had -- Yoko has dusted off the old name that she and John Lennon had used back in the '70s for a new outfit with her son Sean and some of his younger cohorts from the New York area. So I was slightly jolted about a half-hour later, walking into downtown Northampton, to see the flier at right.

Turns out this is one of the bands that'll be appearing at an arson victims benefit at the Elevens on Saturday night. The poster was adjacent to the full benefit poster, which is repro'd below. Great, eye-catching way to draw attention to this most worthy cause. (And sometimes, plain black letters on a white background is still the best design. Frankie says "Relax!")