Yep, The Dyes rocked! Thanks so much for letting me know when you were playing! Mel

Hello Lisa and thanks for the comment re your show on Aug 3rd! Great to meet and hear you guys play!

The Dyes at the Horseshoe - Aug 3, 2012 - CHICAGO!

Hey Lisa! The Dyes rrrrrule! Thanks for the link to your store.

I'm eyeing that great Wavy Gravy shirt - any plans on reprinting that sold out Dyes shirt (you know, the one with the drawing you got on the stickers)?

Best, Idon

Lisa, here is my email.  doornail@cox.net.  I'll be looking forward to gettting your tunes and playing on my show.  Let's get you guys to Kansas too, you dig!!!!

Woo Hoo! Holy DyeGrl Batman! I am there at the start of August! Totally dig the tiki bar joint idea! I planned the ticket to make sure I wouldn't miss the Zombies. Looks like it's a total music week, starting on the First. Thanks for the message back. Mel

Thank you! Best regards, AL

 Lisa , OMG , I did'nt know you got hit in the HEAD.  yOU WERE SO COOL , JUST SMILED AND GOT BACK TO WORK. iVY WOULD HAVE BEEN SO PROUD. i HOPE YOU'RE DOING BETTER , THOUGH.    I was a little worried about the beer bottles on stage. I could have thrown them out , because I knew Mike would break them , and he did ,HA HA , but we swept them in one area with our feet so no one would step in the busted glass.

 But , yeah , it was a big , bad trip , that night in '03...Lux went out in the crowd , and people were hitting him , then their roadie , Jason from The Fuzztones and Lords of Altamont , had to keep the people off the stage , himself , because the bouncers wanted no part of it , then he got dragged down to the floor , about 2/3rds of the way from the stage to where that ramp is at House of Blue$, and all these fratboys started beting the Hell out of him. I felt terrible for him , but , I did'nt feel so good for myself . I'd waited 6 years to see The Cramps again (Which , I know , is better than never. I had to wait NINE years just to see 'em the first time.), and you jockass motherfuckers are ruining it for the REAL fans. They probably did'nt even know who The Cramps WERE , 6 years earlier. Someone on youtube said I exaggerated the extent of the attack on Jason. I said , look , I'm friends with their ex - road manager , and all I know is , he got 38 stitches , and that's not counting all the bruises and minor cuts , I'm sure. Because the babies did'nt get to pway with their BALLS. Because they had no balls. You're right , Ivy took off her guitar and started shouting at Lux , who may have been a bit in shock , but looked nonplussed . I think he was drinking more , later in life. They did'nt eat meat ,and only used drugs , if at all , on a mildly recreational level , later in life , and exercised constantly. But , yeah , he'd had too many ,that night , then all this other shit went down. They came back after leaving the stage , when Jason was hurt and sent to the hospital , and did maybe two songs. They were probably on stage for an hour , maybe less. They normally did long encores , capping them off with an epic "Surfin' Bird".   I'm sure they played just long enough to serve out the terms of the contract. The good news was , they did "Garbageman" , which they never did in the 90's. But , it was all so WRONG. 

"Rock'n'Roll....What an EMPTY generation." : ) John.