Got all excited when I found this clip of the Toasters performing at a NJ venue in 1989 -- it was late in the summer of 1989 that I first caught the Toasters when I went with Gene and Tommy to a club near the Ocean City beach house they'd rented. Since then, Guido and I tried to catch them whenever we could, at places all over NYC. Often with the N.Y. Citizens and/or Bop Harvey.

It seems like so many years ago -- and it was. But I thought, "could this be a video of that first show I saw?" Not likely -- this place seems to be in or around Trenton, not the shore. So close, but no cigar.

Their music still kicks. Here's an even better video. And another of my favorite tunes.