MARK THOMAS DEMING: BACK, AND AT THE NEW FRONTIER TONIGHT >>>
A monkey typing for infinity will at some point write Hamlet, or anyway that’s the saying. Though I haven’t exactly crunched the numbers, I’m inclined to think it’s true. I also think that a monkey strumming a guitar for infinity will write a decent country song in, like, the first half-hour. I don’t mean this insultingly. To the contrary, I think that’s what’s great about country: It’s easy. Easy to write, easy to play and easy to love. Regardless of your musical pedigree, I defy you to go see Olympia’s “outlaw country” band Rodeo Kill and tell me you didn’t enjoy it. See, buried in all our genes is a common agrarian past, so we’re hardwired to dig honky-tonk. (Also watermelon and Smokey and the Bandit.) Don’t deny it, try it. See you there, tonight at the New Frontier.
[The New Frontier Lounge, with Swampy Draws, 9 p.m., $3, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma Dome District, 253.572.4020]
