These questions were posed in the Live Shows calendars (the associated date in parenthesis). I don't try to ask extremely obscure questions, rather I stick to more significant connection and/or "historical" type questions - trivia doesn't have to be trivial. At this point no prizes are offered - other than the sense of pride in knowing the correct answers :-)

If ya can donate prizes (recordings, discounts, tickets, free/reduced admission, food, equipment, whatever) out of the goodness of yer heart or in support of any support Cringe, Live Shows and their readers give you (Politican - off Businessman - off), let me know. If ya have some local music related trivia, I could use that too. - Joel

1. What band was Tori Amos in before she went solo? (July 29, 1996)
   ANSWER: Tori Amos was in Y Kant Tori Read - a cheesy, glam metal band from what I'm told.

2. What was Haynes Boy Tim Easton's Podulka label solo tape called and what is on its cover. (Aug 2, 1996)
   ANSWER: Tim Easton's Podulka solo tape is called Goody Boy and features Tim E. on the cover in front of the Goody Boy eatery in the Short North.

3. What is the topic of the Sonic Outlaws film? (Aug 5, 1996)
   ANSWER: Sonic Outlaws is centered around U2's label suing Negativland. The flick touches on copyright laws and censorship across the arts. Go see it!

4. What is Hogscraper's instrumentation and where are they from? (Aug 9, 1996)
   ANSWER: Hogscraper is from Cincy (the default answer to all recent "Where" trivia). Their instrumentaion is banjo, voodoo stick washtub bass and drums with bits of guitar, water jugs and jaw harp.

5. What is the Talking Heads-Ohio connection? (Aug 12, 1996)
   ANSWER: Adrian Belew, who played with the Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, is from the Kentucky side of Cincinnati. When he was in his teens his band, The Denims, played Cincy often.

6. Who did the drummer for Scrawl used to play for? (Aug 16, 1996)
   ANSWER: Dana played drums for Girly Machine before joining the previously all-girl Scrawl.

7. What sea creature did Paul Brown play guitar with? (Aug 19, 1996)
   ANSWER: Paul Brown played with the Squids.

8. The New Bomb Turks just released a new album. What movie did they get their name from; and where are the individual members from? (Aug 23, 1996)
   ANSWER: The New Bomb Turks all actually grew up in the Cleveland area, but met and formed in Columbus/OSU. The name came from a character in the movie Hollywood Knights. I believe the character's name was really Turk Newbaum (me speeling may be off).

9. What are some of Paul Nini's (of Log) previous groups and his cassette-based label? (Aug 26, 1996)
   ANSWER: Log's guitarist, Paul Nini, was in the Great Plains, Peck of Snide and Househearts. He also runs Lower Records - a local cassette-based label.

10. Where did the Sovines get their name? (Sept. 27, 1996)
    ANSWER: The Sovines got their name from truck driver songster Red Sovine.

11. What's the family connection between the Mudflap Girls from Venus and Mary Adam 12? (Oct 4 ,1996)
    ANSWER: Michelle of Mary Adam 12 and Tera (er, Malibu Suzuki) of Mudflap Girls from Venus are cousins.

12. Which guy from Watershed is in League Bowlers? (Oct 11,1996)
    ANSWER: Colin, the guitarist and singer for Watershed, is also in the League Bowlers ... maybe more.

13. From where does the name Ice Nine come? (Oct 18,1996)
    ANSWER: The name Ice Nine comes from Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s novel "Cat's Cradle."

14. What fairly mainstay classic rock group/"heavy metal" Grammy winner have member(s) of Fairport Convention played in? (Oct 25,1996)
    ANSWER: Several members of Fairport Convention have played with Jethro Tull live and in studio.

15. What the heck does the Issue numbering system for Cringe indicate? (Nov 1 ,1996)
    ANSWER: The numbering system for Cringe issues actually has dual meaning: The first number stands for the current year or the number of years since the Live Shows calendar began (back in 1990/91). The second number (the tenths decimal) represents which issue of that year it is or the quarter (1=Winter).