Word on the Street: Brazen Husky Cancels Max Trapp Performance

Notice of performance cancellation: The management at Spenard nightspot The Brazen Husky is devastated to announce that, true to form, they have been forced once again to cancel a much-anticipated artistic event. This time it is the celebrated spoken-word artist Max Trapp who will not grace the stage of the historic night spot and hardware store. What could keep a known ham like Mr. Trapp off this, or any stage? Blame the Mr. Universe Poetry Slam in Petaluma CA. Trapp was competing in an extemporaneous rhyme-off to break a tie in the fifth round. In a moment of desperation, he rhymed "El Paso" with "Great big hassle". The crowd, as sophisticated a bunch of aesthetes as could be found anywhere, was horrified at this infelicitous monstrosity, this crime against rhyme! They let loose an angry cry, and, as one animal, rushed the stage. Mr. Trapp, once extricated from the mob, was rushed to the nearest hospital. There, when informed of his barbaric yawpery, the staff refused to treat him. Eventually a small clinic in Needles agreed to patch him up, and advised him to lie low and avoid clubs for the indeterminate future.. He is currently in an undisclosed location, and probably will be for quite a while.

Yet ANOTHER Performance Cancelled!

NOTICE OF CONCERT CANCELLATION- Once again the management of the Brazen Husky reports they are forced to cancel a planned performance. The reason: shortly after the local nightclub signed the well-known "Boy Band" Christopher and the Robins for a November engagement, Throbheart Magazine released the result of their damning two-year investigation of the band. According to their report, the Robins are not a boy band at all, their ages range from the early thirties to the mid-forties. "They could have only gotten away with this in the age of Photoshop and studio gimmickry" said Throbheart editor Candy Asche. "It's one more indictment of a literally bankrupt industry" There was no question about going on with the show after the Throbheart bombshell. "Imagine finding out that everyone in your favorite Hair-Metal band was bald" scoffed Asche, "Or not actually metal." Management of the Brazen Husky refused to speak to this reporter, but did sob into the phone for attribution.