Looking Ahead : Boston Rock Shows of Note
Posted on April 29, 2003 at 8:33 am | No Comments
The onset of spring in Boston always brings a flurry of cool events and rock show announcements, so here’s a few to crowd your calendar …
This Friday, May 2nd, Dr. Frank from the Mr. T Experience brings his solo self to the Kendall Cafe in Cambridge. Check out his politically-bent website The Blogs of War for a free download of a song called “Democracy, Whiskey, Sexy“, and get yourself to the Kendall early on Friday, ‘cuz it fills up fast. The doors open at 8pm, it’s six bucks, and 21+. Oh, and he’ll be playing with Lysa Flored, Carlos Forster, Bart Davenport, Ian Brennan on a bill dubbed “The Best of the West“.
A glance at the TT the Bears site just revealed a couple of great shows near the end of June : American Analog Set on Tuesday, June 24th, and David Gedge’s Cinerama on Friday the 27th. Two of my faves within the space of a few short days. Aces.
As band members move on to other projects and singer/guitarist Jay Cox heads to Seattle, the sad word comes down that Boston band the Ivory Coast will play their final show in late July. An email from Jay…
mark you calendars for friday JULY 25th because that is the date of the FINAL show for THE IVORY COAST (1998-2003). We have a bunch of friends playing so it should be a great night.
p.s. we also plan on recording the 5 new songs we have sometime before August so stayed tuned for more news.
JULY 25, 2003 – FRIDAY @ THE MIDDLE EAST
THE IVORY COAST
HELMS
VICTORY AT SEA
THE DEAFENING
Also on the not-to-miss list: Brooklyn’s Pilot to Gunner joins locals The Model Sons at the Middle East Upstairs on Saturday night, May 24th. Now that’s a whole lot of rock. Make it a point to check out that Model Sons site, by the way. It’s a fine lookin’ piece of webwork.
Door to Dour Salesman
Posted on April 27, 2003 at 12:09 pm | No Comments
An actual conversation that took place on our front porch just now…
The doorbell rings, I wander down the hall, and open the front door to reveal…
Shane: “Hey man, my name’s Shane. I’m a communications major from Orlando, Florida. How you doin’ today?”
Me: “Fine, fine. What’s up?”
Shane: “Well, me and my group are travelling around the country, talking to hundreds of people as part of a competition. Here, let me show you my ID so you know I’m not a freak or an axe-murderer or something.”
He hands me his 3×5 ID card, on the back of which are pictures from three European cities, which he flips over to show me…
Shane: “Y’see, whoever gets the most points in this contest gets to go to Europe. You ever been to Europe?”
Me: “Yeah, London.”
Shane: “Wow, cool, cool. I’ve never even been out of the states, man, and I’m dying to go. So check this out…”
he unfolds and hands me a laminated promo sheet of various magazine subscription information…
Shane: “We get a certain number of points for these orders, and some are up to 75% off the newsstand price, if you can believe that …”
I hand him back the sheet…
Me: “Actually, I’m not interested in getting any magazines, but good luck, man …”
So the look on his face instantly, and bitterly, transforms. As if he’s stunned I would shut down his sales pitch so quickly and matter of factly. Not only does his face toughen to reveal what is probably his true, hardened personality, but his voice drops an octave and his tone goes to stifled anger …
Shane: “You at least got a cigarette for me, man?”
Me: “Uhhh…. no, actually, I don’t smoke.”
He turns his back to me, and as he’s walking away …
“Well, shit, I really need a cigarette, ‘cuz I am seriously starting to get fucking irritated here.”
Aaaaannnd… scene.