The North Side Spasmodic Band. Hand Lettered Instrument Road Case, ca. 1916Graphically striking vintage suitcase used as instrument case by the leader of the wonderfully named and unique traveling musical formation from the Hoosier state. The Spasmodic band were a group of oddballs who played bizarre music from homemade instruments in Mishawaka, a suburb of South Bend, Indiana. Write ups of their gigs, generally house parties and boxing matches, in 1916 and 1917 can be found in the archives of the local paper. Included is a