BOBBLE TIKI: DR. KNOW IS AT HELL'S KITCHEN TONIGHT >>>

Of course Bobble Tiki knows Dr. Know is led by ex-childhood actor Brandon Cruz, who many similarly flat-bottomed folks of Bobble Tiki’s age no doubt remember from the TV show The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, or perhaps even the Bad News Bears movies with Walter Matthau. This goes without saying. When it comes to television trivia, Bobble Tiki is second to none. But even though Bobble Tiki is keenly aware of Cruz’s child acting credentials, the band he fronts â€" Dr. Know â€" is actually more important. Dr. Know’s place in the annals of punk rock are secure, having emerged from the legendary Oxnard, Calif., “Nardcore” scene in the early’80s and gone on to influence a whole generation of punk. The Nardcore scene and the bands that made it famous, like Stalag 13, Ill Repute, Agression, False Confession and RKL, continue to reverberate today, which is why band’s like Dr. Know continued to get booked at Hell’s Kitchen, and rowdy â€" if aging â€" punks continue to show up. And it’s not all old hat â€" Dr. Know is scheduled to release a new record, Killing For God, sometime this month.

[Hell’s Kitchen, Dr. Know with Broken Oars, South 11th, the Assassinators, Cyanide Destruct, 9 p.m., $7, 3829 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.759.6003]