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Fluff index
By Times staff
© St. Petersburg Times, published September 14, 2000
WEIRD BAND NAMES
Band name: Rancid Polecats
Their sound: The Polecats' Mike Pena says, "It's very different. It's like a comedy thing mixed in with some hard-edged guitar, alternative-style music. Some of it's punk, some of it's lighter stuff." The Tampa sextet also does a polka and a slow-shuffle version of Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train.
What's up with the name: Pena said Jack Tummond, the band's original bassist and the first of seven, "had seen a Monty Python episode where they're all sitting around a camp fire, and they heard a weird sound. One guy says, "What was that?" And the other guy says, "It sounds like a rancid polecat."
Where to catch them: Tonight at the Brass Mug, (813) 972-8152.
Where to buy their music: On their Web site, http://www.rancidpolecats.com, or at their shows.
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EYE POPPERS
Spray-painted slogan seen on the front of the Cheap Auto Repair shop on E Hillsborough Avenue in Seminole Heights: "Crackhead prices."
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STRANGE SITINGS
WWW.SLANGUAGE.COM: If you plan to travel the country any time soon, don't forget to stop at some bahs in Boston or try some poboys in Gnaw Lynns. Check out http://www.slanguage.com for all the latest on local dialects. From San Francisco to Washington, D.C., and even across the water to Europe, this site points out the crazy ways we say some of the most common words.
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