What does YFF stand for?

Seattle's Young Fresh Fellows add a poppy note with "Picnic" (www.

Slated to perform Saturday are Jim Talstra, from Dharma Bums, and Scott McCaughey, from Young Fresh Fellows, the Minus 5 and R.

ON THE LIVE FRONT, THE NEW ORIGINAL SONIC SOUND is another exception to the rule that cover bands suck They play 100 percent Sonics covers faithfully, down to the sax playing The band is made up of Seattle area rockers from bands such as Gas Huffer, Bloodloss, Mudhoney, and The Young Fresh Fellows, and if you are a fan of the Sonics suggest you check 'em out--you'll be tappin' your toes and singin' along to "Strychnine," "The Witch" and my personal fave Sonics tune, "Boss Hoss.

Many of those rockin' recordings can be heard on the film's soundtrack, a 22-tune CD featuring a virtual who's who of Seattle music, including Nirvana, Pearl Jam, the Fastbacks, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, the Posies, 7 Year Bitch and Young Fresh Fellows.

So in the past year, he put in around 250 hours, compiling biographies, photos and merchandise for '80s and '90s Seattle bands -- starting with The Accused down to Young Fresh Fellows.

They've been in (and are still in) influential bands such as the Young Fresh Fellows, the Soft Boys and R.

It's not holiday-themed but quite a party: Paul Lynde Fan Club, F-ing Eagles and Scott McCaughey's Young Fresh Fellows blow it out at the Rendezvous on Saturday (10:30 p.

McCaughey, a Seattle singer-songwriter-guitarist who also plays with the Young Fresh Fellows and Tuatara, has recruited some of his talented pals to join him in the Minus 5.