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Rocks Off Boat Cruise Photos
On July 20th 2010, I went on a Rocks Off boat cruise that cost only $10! What a deal! I took some pictures of the bands (Miniboone, The Naked Heroes, and the Mess Around) but they were all pretty blurry. I’ve seen all the bands before and they’re all great local acts from New York [...]
Grey Fox Bluegrass Fest
Last weekend I was at the Grey Fox bluegrass festival and despite most of my friends not showing up until the final day, I had a blast. I picked up a passenger from craigslist and her party was nice enough to let me camp with them in the shady trees that line the festival grounds. [...]
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Fire Escape Performers
I caught this charming couple singing catchy tunes off a fire escape on 14th Street last night. This is on the stretch between 6th and 7th Avenue and across the street from the Salvation Army headquarters. I didn’t catch their names (their names escaped me?), but maybe they’ll see this and fill us in. The [...]
The Invisible Dog Gallery
I went to a CD release party for the guitar quartet called Dither a few weeks ago. Dither is emulating the Bang on a Can mission by producing casual concerts of new music in unique settings. Indeed, they are the group that graced the program cover for the recent Bang on a Can Marathon. The [...]
Twin Guns
I saw Twin Guns last week at Don Pedro. Grainy rock n roll black and white! I hope you had a good Independence Day. I saw the fireworks with Mormon Tabernacle Choir accompaniment. I hope some day we’ll watch them with Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir accompaniment.
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Otto’s Monkeys
I like it when people will let you take pictures of their monkeys. (This should have been a separate post.) This is a still from It Might Get Loud and shows Blind Gary Davis. Why Teh Egde was in this film, just shoot me.
The Winter Trees Gallery
I’ve always liked trees. I remember freaking out a little bit as a kid when Smokey the Bear told me trees can’t run from forest fires. Later it occurred to me that trees are the nerve endings of the planet. Leafless trees in the winter have as much character to me as they do with [...]
Blurboxer at Think Café
Liveblogging from Think Café near NYU. Blurboxer is sitar and upright bass. I think (ha) this is their first gig and it works great as coffee and soup music. The clean improvisation pieces sound wonderful but the electronic effects sound overmodulated. Yet again, I blame the nonexistent sound guy. Update: I was informed the speakers [...]
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February Live Music Reviews
I saw a number of friends’ bands over the last couple of weeks and thought I’d give them all reviews and plugs. Spanglish Fly, Feb 19, Rose, Brooklyn — I’ve known the leader of Spanglish Fly, trumpeter Jonathan Goldman, for about eight years as he played on the corporate softball team I coached. He led [...]
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