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ON THE GO HOME NEWS TRIBUNE Areaiy big bm Little Tand One Track Mike put their best foot forward If (i) I LITTLE and ONE TRACK MIKE With Planet Janet, Licky and Val Emmich 7:30 tonight Zabbazu 22 Hamilton St, Bound Brook V. V. 1 I jgW Iff III I 'V i mm, fTS I I) $8 CI I I (732)469-7400 Uva Atlantic Records There's no place like home for Little and One Track Mike. By CHRIS JORDAN On the Go Writer rom MTV's Total Request Live to the country's con- cert stages, it seems everybody wants a piece of Little and One Track Mike. So, what do the masses want to know? ing, "Shaniqua" landed on the top 10 of MTV's hit-making show, Total Request Live, or TRL.

The group is preparing for another tour, is planning a video for the album track "Wings," and is set to release a new song on an upcoming TRL holiday album. "It might be called 'Angels Are Made said Little of the TRL track. "It's really pretty with an electronic vibe to it. It's a little bit different it doesn't sound like anything on the record." Aside from the work, it's a brief return home for the group. On a day off, Little recently took in a Weezer concert.

"On my way out of the show, every fifth (fan) was pointing at me and asking me for my autograph," Little said. "I'm like, 'I don't know you, how do you know Then I remembered." He forgot that Little and One Track Mike are indeed famous. Chris Jordan: (732) 565- 72 75. E-mail cjordanthnt.com Home is New Brunswick, where, on the campus of Rutgers University, Little hooked up with beat maker "One Track" Mike Flannery, Oceanport, added Jesse "The Savior" Saul, Justin "J-Ride" Riddle and the Dan "Shankbone Mystic" Saks. The group started writing songs, such as the band's theme, "Little and One Track Mike Are Famous," in Rutgers' Demarest Hall.

Spinning suburban B-boy tales full of crooked optimism set to organic beats, funk grooves, rock licks and other assorted sounds, the group landed a few New York City showcases, which led to an audition for Lava Atlantic Records head Jason Flom. Flom was impressed. "When they came in and played I had tears in my eyes," said Flom, who had previously signed Matchbox 20, Sugar Ray and Kid Rock. "I'm happy I got Little and One Track Mike." From there, events happened in rapid succession. The group went to work recording and self-producing the recently released debut album, "Fome and Dape," and went on a national tour with Outkast.

While this was happen "What sizes our shoes are and whether or not we're getting enough fiber in diets," said Little also known as Tim Sullivan of Columbia, N.J. "The answer to both questions is yes!" Er, right. Anyway, the group, which debuted at the former Budapest Cocktail Lounge in New Brunswick less than two years ago, returns to the area with a show tonight at Zabbazu in Bound Brook. All the time on the road opening for Outkast and appearing on a few Warped Tour dates has taught the band a lesson. "We learned we miss home a little bit," said Little T..