Last night Onestarwatt.com assigned its roving reporter to the CLAW (Charlottesville Lady Arm Wrestlers) match at the Blue Moon Diner. For the first time the wrestling bouts were held outdoors in the beer garden/parking lot, a location which provided spectators with more room to throw their money around. According to the roving reporter, the highlight of the evening was a rowdy set by the band Straight Punch to the Crotch. Although the band competed against Catholic schoolgirls, Wonder Women, a saucy fairy named Tinkerhell, and Halloween-caliber cleavage for the attention of the crowd, they managed to be just as compelling as the wrestlers. The reporter found it difficult to drink and take notes at the same time, but she did write one word in her notebook during a post-show interview with Punch frontman Gene Osborn. That word was “husky.” But she could not elaborate this morning.
At the June 10 CLAW show, members of Straight Punch to the Crotch wrestled not with their arms (lucky for them, because Tinkerhell would have crushed them), but with their various musical instruments, and the band emerged from the fight victorious. Billy Hunt took out the drums ninja-style. Kathy Compton rearranged the keyboard’s face. Zach Snider whooped the bass guitar’s sorry ass. Marita Delgado crushed the ukulele like a baby worm. And Gene Osborn busted notes on his guitar until it bled. In short, it was a spectacular show worthy of the tasteful spectacle that is CLAW.
Last night Straight Punch to the Crotch debuted the new CLAW theme song. It made a resounding impression on everyone but the roving reporter, who at the time was inside the diner buying another beer. But she did catch “When Animals Attack” which you can hear on MySpace or through the stuffed bear implanted, Teddy Ruxpin-style, with the band’s recordings. You can also attend Punch’s CD release party at Zinc on June 21st. The roving reporter will be there with her notebook, trying to remember that she is a serious journalist and not the queen of the dance.