Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Yes, that's Boston Billiard Club in NASHUA, not Boston, Springfield, Worcester, Warwick or Danbury. It's Nashua, people. Home of the great Tim G. Waltner, and tax free New Hampshire shopping. We haven't played this far north since Evo's in Lowell or Michael's Harborside in Newburyport. Here's the deal, there's another band playing before us called GRAND EVOLUTION. They play til around 9:30 then we hit around 10PM. What more do you need to know? All I know is you people up north who complain we don't get up there better be out in full force. See you there.
Moving on, we heard that we won an award in Worcester Magazine ... I didn't even know we were nominated. I'm also not sure what a "Turtle Boy" is (although I do know many vulgar "turtle" references), but regardless, we appreciate the attention. Thank you to Charlene and everyone at Worcester Mag for the nod. For you denizens of Worcester, there's a ton of bands playing on Thursday night at the Lucky Dog and other places if you want to check out some of the winners. Every Thursday night you can catch Andrew and Tony from the band laying down some sounds over at Zipango Sushi on Shrewsbury Street. Drop by and congratulate them, by them some sashimi then ask Tony why he wasn't at rehearsal last night. Yeah, I said it.
OK, the private party thing. It can be fun, and it can be a drag, but what we learned this past weekend is that having signs up that say "Buy the band a drink" is NOT a good idea. I'm glad I didn't have to clean up the sea of beer bottles on the stage at the end of the night. Anyways, it was fun and we wish the best of luck to Jolene and Jeff at their wedding in June. Remember what Beanie said to Frank the Tank in "Old School" - "Alright, let me be the first to say congratulations to then. You get one ****** for the rest of your life. Real smart Frank. Way to work it through."
And with that, I bid you adieu.
For those that can't figure out how to check the SHOWS PAGE, the other upcoming shows we have are:
Saturday, May 17 at Gilrein's in Worcester
Saturday, May 31 at the Beachcomber in Quincy
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Uh, not that you care but we're doing the private party thing this weekend ... no it's not a wedding thank God ...
Breakaway Billiards in Clinton last Saturday night. Good show, great crowd, although they were very much the "watchers". See crowds come in a few types - "Dancers" that are there to move it and shake whether they've got it or not, "Drinkers", usually the younger crowd where everyone powerdrinks for a few hours and then tries to score or get into a fight, and "Watchers", those content to sit in there seats, watch and listen. Occasionally, they like to critique, which is always nice - "Lazy Eye was good except when you clammed the D on the intro ..." Thanks, Bosefus. You guys try to get up there after 3 hours sleep, pound 2 or 10 beers and play whatever your masochistic brother tries to pull out of the vault - "Hey, let's play 'Medicine Man' as an encore!" Why not just kick me in the nuts and call it a night? Anyways, it was a good time and a great room. Now that I've said that, I'm sure a certain South Shore cover band will start calling them trying to bump our next show. Tools.
On to more serious stuff, we heard that Steve Going from Wilbur and the Dukes was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident last week. Our thoughts and prayers are with Steve, his family and friends. Be careful out there, people.
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Yeah, so, Breakaway Billiards on the 19th. New location, great staff, cold beers, good time. What more do you need to know?
Just flew in from Germany in time to hit the studio this weekend. That's right, not only are we finally trying to wrap up the vocal tracks, we've got another song we're gonna put in there, too. The problem now is what songs to release and how - I think there's too much music to fit on a single CD. No worries, good problem to have anyways. So, stay tuned.
Now, back to Germany, Frankfurt to be exact. You know, for how advanced these European countries supposedly are in things like diesel engine technology, universal healthcare, blah blah blah, you can still find things that are pretty backwards. Take the gym at the Frankfurt Marriott - treadmills, free weights ... and a tanning booth from 1980. Not only that, but the place doesn't have any water BUT it does have ... a cigarette machine. Huh? Nothing like a quick jog and some bicep isolations, then a sweaty 10 minutes on the tanning bed and a refreshing smoke to cap off the workout. Maybe down to the bar for a warm, cloudy beer afterwards. There's another thing - what the hell do Europeans have against ice? Seriously, everything there is served at the same temperature as the last lonely can of Bud Light floating in the water at the bottom of the cooler on July 5. Why? Why can't they progress as a people and enjoy cold, frosty beverages, rather than slightly warm, cloudy, wheat flavored pee? Any beer that must be enjoyed with fruit floating in it is not a beer, pal.
Ugh, that's it. See you in Clinton ... take a left off the paved road, then a right at Gil's Check Cashing and Used Bedding ...
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Lennie's welcome back party was a success, although he was disappointed there were no balloons ... or was that balloon knots? Nothing like playing in the historic concert halls of southern Europe then coming home to a sports bar on the south shore. Anyways, so, Player's in Rockland ... hell yeah. Great place, great staff. I highly recommend the trip down VFW Parkway, past the rock yard and the body shop. For those that remember Cataloni's or the dismal Vicki's on the Rocks, the place is completely done over and very nice. I can't speak to the food, but judging the way Paul and Dave were pounding the fish and chips and onion rings, methinks it was good. JB announced our new CD ... again. The good news is that we're actually doing it this weekend - hopefully it will be on to mixing and mastering after Sunday dammit.
More later ...
Friday, March 7th, 2008
Friday, March 21 at Players in Rockland for the WELCOME HOME LENNIE SHOW
Yeah, this is a new club at an old place on VFW Drive in Rockland. Used to be Cataloni's, and was even called "Vicki's on the Rocks" for a time ... shows I think I would like to forget to be honest. So, here's to bigger and better things! And yes, Lennie is coming back from another world tour full of big time shows, hot Portugese women and lots of single malt scotch! Hell yeah! Gotta live vicariously through somebody in the band.
Let's be honest - this winter has sucked. For bands, for clubs, for production companies, for the US economy and espcially for the actors in the finest alcoholic bouncer movie of our generation, Roadhouse. That movie is so damn good, that I have forgiven Patrick Swayze for ever making that turdfest "Ghost" and have chosen to focus on the awesomeness of Dalton and Wade Garrett. The best part of the movie - he rips Jimmy's throat out, loses the girl and then proceeds to kill all of Brad Wesley's henchmen and Brad Wesley, then leaves to go clean up another Double Duece. See, for guys like Dalton, there's a new hot doctor chick in every town and eventually he'll find one that doesn't mind that he could kill them in an instant. But I digress ... so, we've got a few new places showing up, like the Rockland deal and even a place in Nashua for all you New Hampshire transplants who can't stand paying for Deval Patrick's Ca - Du anymore. So grab your sister - I mean WIFE - and come on down.
Beyond that, we had some fun at Gilrein's last weekend. Good times, lots of people, lots of beers, no fights and a 3 hour drive home in a snowstorm. That's the good thing about driving in the snow - no worries about getting pinched and any accidents are the snow's fault, not yours. On man, is that ever sweet ...
Carry on people.
