
Frank Yang Guilt and courteousness can be powerful motivators. Even moreso than self-preservation, which is why it was that rather than stay home Saturday night, safe and warm, I set out into the frigid, frigid cold to the Velvet Underground to catch a couple of bands who'd been politely and persistently inviting me out to their gigs for a while now - Receivers , visiting from Montreal, and locals Beth In Battle Mode . Of course it helped that I'd liked what I'd heard of both acts and had intended to catch either or [...]