I've really liked Los Angeles' Bubble ever since I watched P.J. Wolff's rockumentary Badsville (shameless plug!). My absolute favorite part is towards the end, when Mike Savage from Pigmy Love Circus says he'll go toe to toe with Fred Durst if he ever meets him, but the candid interview segments with Bubbles' Bam and Share Ross run a very close second. I felt like I already knew them before we'd even met. Just as I suspected they are truly the sweetest, funniest rockers I've had the pleasure to meet in a while.

Bubble played Friday's EAT'M Showcase at the Hard Rock Cafe, which unfortunately seemed to be attended primarily by members of other bands. They were the first band of the night, so that meant they could use most of their own equipment. A good thing it turns out, since Bam has been know to wreak havoc on other drummers' kits and had a few minor technical difficulties this night as well.

However the gliches didn't seem to affect them in the least. Share's sandpaper-sexy voice soared through the opener Days Like These, from their new CD Total Harmonic Distortion. The hilariously scathing If I Had A Dick (download it exclusively from their web site) was another standout, as was Sparkle Star which netted them the John Lennon Songwriting Award in 2000 (it can be heard in a scene from the stripper film Dancing At The Blue Iguana featuring Daryl Hannah, if you are so inclined).