We play POGUES music. Nothing but. We are a celebration of their virtuosity, songcraft, and spirit. The band features an all star cast of Pacific Northwest rock - Chris Funk and Jenny Conlee of the DECEMBERISTS, Ezra Holbrook of DR THEOPOLIS, Scott McCaughey of THE MINUS 5, YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS & REM sideman, Hanz Araki of THE WHYOS & PAPERBOYS, Jesse Emerson of AMELIA, singer CASEY NEILL, and DEREK BROWN of the EELS, and FERNANDO. The show features as much grit, bluster, and drunken glory as can be mustered without sacrificing the intricacies of the material. The name KMRIA is an acronym for "Kiss my Royal Irish Ass" excerpted from James Joyce's Ulysses and used in the Pogues song "Transmetropolitan". We only play shows around XMAS and ST PATS. Come see us. "I heartily subscribe to this effort. Why, I even gave Funk and Conlee directions how to play the impossibly arcane middle section of Bottle of Smoke, which neither Jem (who wrote the damn middle section) nor Terry Woods (who never plays the same thing twice) can actually get through without extemporizing. Neither can I, truth be told. But at least I know how it's supposed to go."
JAMES FEARNLEY of the POGUES
Help Richmond Firefighters team to raise awareness for childhood cancer research! Saturday, March 29th, several Richmond Firefighters will be shaving their heads... shaving the way to conquer kids cancer at the Church Hill Irish Festival! Help them be a hero for kids with cancer!
Donate online at www. stbaldricks. org 1. choose Donate Now under You Can Help 2. search for the Richmond Firefighters team 3. choose Lee E. under team participants and help this firefighter raise those funds!!!!
A bunch of my friends have listened to my rapturous reflection of your performances, and hope that you're playing Seattle again in December. (Some even trailed down to Portland for St. Patrick's this last time!)
