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A Break From the Winter Vacation Blues



The Cage

Vacation Hell. PopuIation: you. It’s only mid-break, and your hellions have already broken or grown bored with everything Santa or Hanukkah Harry brought them. Your main squeeze is ready to strangle you if you don’t leave her alone for a few hours. And you? You’re a sight. You’ve put on so much holiday weight that the only thing that fits is the emergency sweatpants with the duct tape waist band.



Instead of pulling your chair up to the fridge again, how about killing 2 birds with one stone, and entertain the kids and get some exercise by grabbing a few swings at The Cage? The DFFD staff made our first pilgrimage there during a recent road trip, and here’s our review of the facility.



You have to love any destination that combines 2 of our favorite things, namely baseball and the Dictators. The Cage is the day gig for our favorite loud guitarist, Ross the Boss. He’ll be behind the counter, handing out the bats, critiquing your swing, and blasting “That Metal Show” on the TV.

The Cage is located at 62-40 Metropolitan Ave in Middle Village, an easy ride for anyone in Queens or Brooklyn, and 2 blocks from the last stop on the M train. “Last stop. M train.” That’s a good line for a song.



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It’s Too Late To Turn Back Now

thunderbolt

December 6 marks the 16th anniversary of JP “Thunderbolt” Patterson’s first gig as a member of the Dictators. The El’N’Gee club in New London, CT, played host for this momentous occasion. JP had sat in as a guest Dictator once in 1989, but the El’N’Gee show was his official debut with the band. 16 years of bringing the thunder!!



The set from 12/6/97:

• 1. New York, New York
• 2. Science Gone Too Far!
• 3. The Party Starts Now
• 4. Haircut and Attitude
• 5. Who Will Save Rock and Roll?
• 6. I Am Right
• 7. Baby Let’s Twist
• 8. We Aint Got Nothing Yet
• 9. Weekend
• 10. Channel Surfing
• 11. Savage Beat
• 12. Master Race Rock
• 13. Faster and Louder
• 14. Search and Destroy
• 15. Next Big Thing
• 16. Stay With Me
• 17. Minnesota Strip
• 18. Sonic Reducer

— Salvi C.

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