Sometimes in this complicated world a person has to shout out loud 'F*ck it, I'll just do it myself!' And in that spirit, the four acts playing are all pursuing an unorthodox route to musical presentation, and going it alone in the process. The Slow Poisoner is a San Franciscan snake oil salesman that bangs a drum festooned with sleigh bells while singing jingles about the miracle tonic that he hawks from the stage. Mosquito Bandito is a renowned one man band who hails from Wisconsin and releases distorted blues singles on the 'Boom-Chick' label (vinyl 7' only). The 1 Man Banjo, a member of local troupes the Extra Action Marching Band and Hobo Gobbelins, cuts a fine figure in his striped long johns as he sings about ghost trees along with his expert plucking. Opening the show is Shovelman, who has mastered the means of playing songs on a converted shovel/guitar through electronic looping devices for a singular effect.