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Most of the talk about the opening act, The Rubinoos, had been favorable. Having opened for Costello on this 55-city tour (which at this point was two-thirds complete), the  
Most of the talk about the opening act, The Rubinoos, had been favorable. Having opened for Costello on this 55-city tour (which at this point was two-thirds complete), the Rubinoos succeed where Boston fails and pick up where the Raspberries left off. In what may be termed as their very teenage approach (the Rubinoos having been together for 10 years while they're only barely 20), this Berkeley, California quartet primed the audience with tasty pop extraction and strong electrical drive as they mixed originals from their two albums with overwhelming nostalgia; Tommy James and the Shondells' "I Think We're Alone Now," the Ventures' "Walk Don't Run," and the Seeds' "Pushin' Too Hard."
 




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Elvis Costello's 'mystery dance'

The Rubinoos, the Attractions and the high school hop
Tim Switala

I. Waiting for the End of the World or I sincerely hope you're cumin' 'cuz you, you really started somethin'.

If there had to be only one reason why I traveled to Toronto to see Elvis Costello, November of last year, it was because I truly believed him when he said he would never tour the States again. You see, too many stories had filtered down through the general public about this angry computer programmer posing as a nasty Buddy Holly type who would divorce himself from uncooperative audiences at will; namely, those crowds that would remain seated and sedentary rather than twist the night away. I guess it's like a doctor who feels obsolete when he can't cure what ails ya. You see, Costello takes fun seriously, if that's at all possible.

More than one venue on his first tour of the States experienced Elvis' extreme wrath. I had Costello's Brockport gig related to me first hand: how Elvis and company came out, unannounced, ripping through the majority of selections from My Aim is True, offering some scattered verbal coaxing to the audience to leave their seats; only to finally stop the show, Elvis leaving, thumbs down, drawing to a close what he called "watching the defectives." As for Buffalo, he played here twice that year...

II. The beat

Most of the talk about the opening act, The Rubinoos, had been favorable. Having opened for Costello on this 55-city tour (which at this point was two-thirds complete), the Rubinoos succeed where Boston fails and pick up where the Raspberries left off. In what may be termed as their very teenage approach (the Rubinoos having been together for 10 years while they're only barely 20), this Berkeley, California quartet primed the audience with tasty pop extraction and strong electrical drive as they mixed originals from their two albums with overwhelming nostalgia; Tommy James and the Shondells' "I Think We're Alone Now," the Ventures' "Walk Don't Run," and the Seeds' "Pushin' Too Hard."




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The Spectrum, March 30, 1979

Tim Switala reviews Elvis Costello & The Attractions and opening act The Rubinoos, Thursday, March 22, 1979, Shea's Buffalo Theatre, Buffalo, NY.

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Photos by Tom Buchanan.
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