Crystal K. WiebeCaped rocker Dick Valentine knows how to put on a real show. You can't tell from this shot, but the back of his cape says "Showtime."
The first time I saw Electric Six, way back in 2003 at the Black Cat in Washington, D.C., I left early. I wondered, who the hell does this guy think he is? "This guy" was, of course, Dick Valentine, the Michigan band's crude and cheesy frontman. Whenever I saw the band next, I decided that his pasted-on smile, pseudo-political jokes and songs abou