The Joopiteers was one of the bands that escaped the clutches of “Sat” Satin, though they had to move out of town and lay low a while before they made their break. They also had to swap the psychedelic style on which they’d been weaned for a new harmony-pop angle. Label interest in them was immediate, and we’re talking national. For various reasons (their schooling, mostly), the band stuck around town and made their first album at Olympus Studios. They played several times a month at student centers throughout the county, and singlehandedly birthed an upbeat sunny-sky teen-pop scene that the music landscape wouldn’t otherwise have had. Lead singer Joop (who seems to be some cryptic relation to “Sat” Satin) wielded a gold-painted guitar specially made for him by Volk of the music dump. His onstage partner and erstwhile girlfriend Joopette the Eaglet played tambourine and genuflected during his guitar solos.

Joop is now married to Junie, keyboardist and songwriter for the Peacock Queens. The couple has been living quietly in the Hill neighborhood for decades now, coming out of retirement only for benefits and such. They just announced that they’ll be doing a series of fundraisers for the Zing Kids nursery school. One of the projects is a kids-music record, the first new recordings for Joop or Junie in several years. You can hear some of the songs live, over the wails of tots, Saturday morning at the school bake sale and open house. Gosh, when we were a kid all we got to do on Saturday mornings was watch TV cartoons.

Hidden Harbor and Short-Wave Mystery at The Bullfinch; not as doom-and-gloom as you’d suppose… Idol rock with Desert Giant and Viking Symbol (who wear those hats—fun!) at Hamilton’s… Jam band Whale Tattoo plays their 49-minute version of their four minute radio hit at D’ollaire’s, with Outlaw’s Silver opening…