In Spring of 1998 on a Friday night I was, of all crazy coincidences, bar-hopping with a few friends. Well, after several beers, we decided - on a whim - to end the night in considerable style at a local dive in our neighborhood called Fuzzy's. Fuzzy's is a dumpy biker bar with zero beer selection that we rarely ever went to in our hometown of Bellerose on Long Island, NY - so it was strange that we would choose this night of all nights to go there. We arrived shortly after 12:30 AM and there was still some stray gear in the back of the bar. I asked the bartender who played there that night. He pointed to the flyer posted above. My jaw dropped. I showed the flyer to my friends. Their jaws proceed to drop. Talk about bad luck. Too Much Joy - under their slightly more Power Pop persona The Good Books, later known as The It's - had just played there a few hours before. Ugh! All we could bring ourselves to do was proceed in drinking more beer. What were the chances that TMJ were to play in my small sleepy town a dozen or so miles from Manhattan? Talk about random. They opened for a former-police officer friend of Tommy's whom Tommy had played with in the mid 90's band Artists In Embryo. So it was cop-band night at Fuzzy's but all was left was this poorly-produced flyer.
A few weeks later The Good Books played at CD Warehouse in Huntington on Long Island (now known as CD Island). CD Warehouse (now CD Island) is owned by fellow TMJ fan Doug Mashkow. In fact it was Doug who introduced me to TMJ. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend this show either. But, again, here's the flyer.
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