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"The road was uneven," says Kyle Hill. "It was eight in the morning and I was on my way to work. It was raining, and I was going southbound on Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Seattle. There was a seam in the road that I tried to cross on my scooter. But (the scooter) never crossed it."

On the scale of two-wheeled assaults, Hill came out about as unscathed as one could hope for. He broke his arm, trashed his scooter and skidded through one of the two layers of jeans he was wearing, But he retained his ever-valuable skull and its irreplaceable contents. A close call, to be sure.

Saturday will see a benefit show at The New Frontier, held in Hill's honor, and thrown by Lino Fernandez to help Hill out with medical bills and the repair of his scooter. Besides being involved in bands like the Dignitaries and Murder Party, Fernandez is also Hill's bandmate in the retro-pop outfit  Bandolier.

To read Rev. Adam McKinney's full article on Saturday's Kyle Hill benefit show at The New Frontier click here.

[The New Frontier Lounge, Bandolier, Goldie Wilson, Follow the Kites, Cardboard Clouds, Andy Glover, DJ Melodica, Saturday, April 30, 9 p.m., $5, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, 253.572.4062]

LINK: The New Frontier Lounge