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As usual, I left my house a little later than planned on as I headed out to State College, PA. It was a 7 and a half hour drive from Medford. I hit the mountain valleys just as the sun was setting around 8 pm. Here is a video of what I saw while driving. The pay-off is at the end as you see the sun setting over the mountains (the very distorted soundtrack is Can’s Ege Bamyasi).
On my way into the city I stopped at a coffee shop (Cafe Royal) my friend Adam recommended in order to post my previous blog entry. I then took a walk through Greenpoint into Williamsburg, grabbed some tasty vegan slices from Vinnie’s Pizzeria and washed it down with a pint from the Charleston. Bedford Ave. on a Thursday night certainly yielded a good deal of interesting characters to look at while I walked around. It reminded me of Allston but infinitely hipper. On the way back to Greenpoint, I got a call from Keith of Vent and decided to meet up with them at Goodbye Blue Monday in Bushwick. Continue reading New York’s Alright (If You Like Saxophones…or Bagels…) I arrived in Worcester a bit early for the show, around 4:30. The guys at the FYC told me things got down at 6 pm. I decided to check Yelp for vegan restaurants so I could kill time eating dinner. I found Belmont Vegetarian at the top of the list (who I am friends with on Facebook, oddly enough). It had a limited menu but good vegan “meat” if yr into that sort of thing. Wanting to explore Worcester bit, I ate my dinner at Elm Park which is the first public park in the United States (thanks for the info Dylan!). I headed back over to the FYC and folks were milling about. The show ended up starting around 7 and in typical punk fashion there were 6 bands on the bill (Pregnancy Pact, Abortion Pills, Water, Looks Realistic, Planned Parenthood and me). 3 of the bands were even playing their first show! There was a good crowd out to see the show, A.D.D. T.V. was filming for their community access show and I had a great chat about noise music (I got a chance to hype the 119 Gallery’s XFest and there might be a new interested performer!). Worcester definitely impressed me with their scene. Thanks to K/Christina (kind of hard to spell when you only hear the name, isn’t it?) and Kara for letting me shack up on Lenox St. for the night after some post-show hanging. Unfortunately something happened with my recorder and I didn’t notice it wasn’t recording until right before my last song, so here’s Beacon for you. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. I went home for June 29 to wrap up some loose ends before I headed out for good. I ran a little late to my gig at the Shop in Ithaca, NY and ended up pulling up, unpacking, performing and packing up. It was my first completely improvised show of the tour and it was my first time collaborating with a DJ, SolarLions (aka Rylan Perry). Rylan and his wife Jessica were kind enough to let me crash on their spare couch in the basement and feed me some yummy pineapple in the morning. Thanks guys! Here is the audio from the performance with SolarLions. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Off to Brooklyn! I want to start off by thanking everyone who came out to my tour kick off on Saturday. A special thanks to Kerri for making some awesome food, to Matt for his heartfelt speech and to the rest of my roommates (Mark, Joe, Brian, Kristina and Jeff) for keeping things fun and lively. Thank you to all the people who performed (Nick, Jon, Degan, Eric, Ben, Hoof, Birdorgan and Ketman); if any of you want recordings of yr sets, I did my best to record the whole day (I make no claims about the fidelity of said recordings). Yesterday I took the almost 4 hour drive up to Burlington, VT to perform at Radio Bean. The staff was very friendly and helpful, especially when I ordered some food and needed vegan options (I recommend the tostones and the majadra). Some folks from Somerville happened to be there to witness the show. They apologized if they were dashing my hopes for my first out of town gig. I just said it was nice to see some faces from home (oddly enough they DID look kind of familiar). After the gig I caught up with my friend Cindy who I hadn’t seen in a few years since she moved away from MA. She took me on a stroll down Church St. through the drizzle. She showed me some places to check out this morning, including Uncommon Grounds where I am right this minute. All I can say is that walking into a place and hearing Philip Glass’ Dracula score is pretty awesome. Next up, Worcester! Here is streaming audio of my performance at Radio Bean. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
The wonderful Justin Emile of Boston Band Crush contacted me a few weeks ago about “crushing” on me. I was totally intrigued and flattered. The post just went up yesterday. If you want to learn about more about me and my music, I recommend checking it out. It also has a link to download a “new” song (not so new if you’ve seen me perform in the last 5 months). |
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