...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Social Networking
Anyway, Scott Stapp didn't get the memo that nobody likes Creed. In fact, this is the best thing Scott Stapp will ever be involved with: http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Scott_Stapp_punked. Living in Florida for quite some time does have its benefits, and one of those is the ability to say I have a friend who went to UF that can vouch for this story's authenticity.
But fuck Creed and fuck Florida, I really want to talk about Boston here. Went to TT's last night, because it seemed that's where everyone was gravitating to post-Rumble. Jen and I got there early enough to catch most of Goldcure's set. They were actually really, really good. They're currently on tour from Austin. Please check them out if they're hitting your city. I spoke to Adam and Craig a little, and they mentioned they're working on a Boston date for mid-late July. Pleasant surprises aside, The New Collisions were the band I was there to see. I'd seen the name bandied about everywhere (and it turns out our friends Alex Stern and Zak Khan are playing in the band). It's really great, energetic, and dancy stuff. I really enjoyed it a lot and hope to see more of them. Jen grabbed a CD of theirs, which I will yoink from her.
I think the only negative thing I can say about my evening was that the rum and Coke I ordered was awful enough to keep me on water the rest of the night. Guess I should've gotten a beer.
Before leaving, Jen and I must've said good-bye to everyone at least four or five times— and then stayed an additional 30 minutes talking to everyone.
Between the pretty good day I had enjoying the nice weather and the evening at TT's, I gotta say yesterday gets an A- from me. Not a bad deal.
Except for the Creed shit, of course. In fact, to counteract this unfortunate news, I'm just going to post links below for things the people I saw yesterday are involved in. Please visit and support these guys. (And because I'm a softie, if I missed someone who was there, let me know and I'll post it.)
Enough of my blather for today. Got a list of things to do a mile long.
Henry
PS: FYI, I've been posting vids from tour every few days on our video blog. I can never not laugh at that drive-thru one. Ridiculous.
The New Collisions
Goldcure
Muy Cansado
Anngelle Wood
Boston Emissions
Shawn "Sixx"
Melody Matters
The Luxury
The Lights Out
The Motion Sick
Boston Band Crush
Ryan's Smashing Life
Joe Harrington
The Sterns
Boston Rock n' Roll Social
TT the Bear's Place
Gunpowder Gelatine
The Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra
Rachael Wilcox
The Middle East
Illus Rock
4 Comments:
That's funny - I was at TT's as well and also for the New Collisions. I didn't look very hard for people I might know, though, and didn't notice you guys. I was there in time for all of Goldcure and thought their first song was their best. The New Collisions had befriended me on Facebook and I had been curious to take in one of their shows. I agree totally with your take on their set -- that was very fun and energetic. I wanted an early night and didn't stay long into Jeremy Jay's set. TT's looked like it was redone a bit in the bar area, and they are having a memorial show for Jeanne Connolly, their longtime bartender & booker who passed away from cancer, this coming Sunday afternoon from 2-5pm. -Bernie
Jeanne's presence was missed last night. Whether bartending, putting a good word in, helping us settle up at the end of the night.. whatever.. she always gladly did it with a smile.
For anyone who's interested (and you should be!), here's the link with all the info for the memorial show:
http://www.ttthebears.com/public/BenefitsPage.swf
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