NEWS!
At Arthur Freedman's Photo show
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Now that I am unemployed I am rabid for things to do to get me out of the house!!
So this Saturday I took a walk to the Middle East Corner to check out the
Illyrians who were playing at Artie Freedman's Photo Show Opening.
Before going in I met up with Wayne Viens telling Jan Collins and
Michele Meadows about his trip to New Orleans for this year's Ponderosa
Stomp. He said Question Mark and the Mysterians did a 2 ½ hour set!!
And, he said, it was just all around amazing! No doubt!
…..inside the Illyrians were on, Eric Martin just plainly has one
of the most handsome voices in all of Boston, no question!! And Artie's photos
were on the walls, this show is in conjunction with Out of The Blue Gallery's
Anniversary celebration. It s a great cross section of Artie's work with his street
people photos and some newer animal and nature pics as well…so go over and check
it out!!...
while hanging around Rico Petroleum and his son Trevor came in and they
were on there was to the Out of The Blue Gallery for more art but mentioned
that Kilslug were playing down the way at All Asia!! Hey I didn't know
about this!
Turns out it was a warm up gig for this Thursday's show at Church (see below),
they have new guys in the band and wanted to make sure they sound up to par and
ya know they DO!! They are tight and do the dirge to perfection!! Larry Lifeless
was up there screaming about hating people and other things, sporting a very recent
black eye and what looks to me like a broken nose!!...but it doesn't stop him
from putting on a great show that's for sure…so it'll be worth it to make it over
the Church this Thursday…..
I went home for a little while to feed my cats and stuff and then Blowfish
and I went to The Cantab for Triple Thick and the Killer Abs…first
off I just gotta say: Hey, Pariah Beat lead singer: take your yearly bath before
a gig!! The whole freaking club stunk while he was baking under the stage
lights…ick! The music was bad enough…some uncomfortable combination of kleshmeer, rock
and who they hell knows what else….that set went on WAY too long…
finally Triple Thick were up and they are just so great: excellent, simple
Garage music and they always make me smile, their songs are short fun and you
know they are loving it!! I like their new bass player Elias AND the
addition of Henry as mad-fan percussionist/non dancing go-go guy really really
takes 'em up a few notches in my book!! They did a great new song too, I think it was
called Typical…
Killer Abs were up next and what a perfect bill to have these two bands
together, another fun band, as you must know they are ALL covers but oh they covers
they choose! All punk all the time and Mud Honey's "Touch Me I'm Sick"...just
great!...
so I went home and stayed up for quite a while wired from the two good
bands I saw…if I could have afforded a beer I would have had one, maybe I'd have
slept sooner but the prices at The Cantab are so completely ridiculous for a place
of its….type, that I find I must abstain while there.
So anyway, they are lots more great shows coming up as you can imagine, say stuff like:
This Thursday Tuesday May 13th it's a punk rock night at The Middle
East down with Tiger Army, The Unseen and War Tapes - AND its an All
Ages show! And early too with doors at 7PM, should be quite a night!!
Thursday, May 15 at Church is the "A…C.."Reunion with Kilslug
and Psycho…whoa, what a bill,
Friday the 16th at The Abbey is good: Coffin Lids and Tampoffs
as well as The Swaggerin' Growlers doing an acoustic set over on the "Pub
Stage"!! Looks like the Lids may be going on tour to Europe again this
June.
And the Abbey on Saturday the 17th has The Throwaways!!!!
Tuesday the 20th Should be a very interesting even of good and innovative
music at The Middle East UP with Martin Bisi, Black Fortress Of Opium
and Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys
then, at Church Thursday the 22nd another excellent 'goth' kinda night
with Mankind is Obsolete, Melt and Lucretia's Daggers, the the next
night at Church again, Friday May 23rd another excellent show with
Red Invasion, The New Frustrations and Crimson Ghosts….and on the 23rd,
on the other side of the water are The Classic Ruins and the Radio Knives
at The Abbey
OK, I'd say that's about it for this week...email us and say hello and let us in on what's up....ML
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A rerelease of some of their albums prompted a few reunion gigs by this talented crew. The crowd gave them the love, we're giving you the pictures...........
The Big Dipper Reunion
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The Fleshtones bring their own fun with them but they also had some help with The Prime Movers and Lyres. It was a great night, see what you missed if you weren't there..........
The Fleshtones at Harpers Ferry
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Thank god for 110 Instamatics or we wouldn't have a lot of our early Boston punk photos. Kathy Flynn used hers to get some pics of the Rat and The Club and she sent them to us to share with you..........
Kathy Flynn's Photos
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Twenty years ago Billy Ruane convinced a small club to have his rocking birthday party. Now Billy is twenty years older and so is the club, so they both have a party........
The Middle East 20th Anniversary
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One of Boston's most notorious groups decides to do it again. Kilslug plays The Church and BeatGirl reports and takes pictures.........
Kilslug Reunion
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A special milestone in the Boston music scene, a book of it's history, required a celebration in proportion so it was big night. Brett was able to call on all his favorites. We have lots of pictures so give your computer time to load the page on .........
Brett Milano's Book Bash
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There realy are two stories here. One: The Late Risers Club 30 years history and all that entails and two: a hell of a great gig at the Baseball Tavern celebrating the event..........
The Late Risers Club 30th Anniversary Party
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He has been the drummer for The Knobs, The Boize, Babies Arm, and The Last Ones and his history goes to that interesting formative time just before punk. Richee's story is typical of those who were around before punk and saw punk form around them.....
Richee Johnson Interview
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Reporter Rick captures the ebb and flow of club life as he and the band help Mickey Bliss close the Kirkland.…..
Closing the Kirkland- 5/27/07
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Joanie Lindstrom has opened up her photo book and we reveal the treasures here. Cars, Dead Boys, Jam, Iggy, The Stranglers and on and on... also the scensters at Joanie's parties and in clubs. Over 150 photos, have a ball…..
Joanie Lindstrom's Photos
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The idea for this has been floating around for years. Finally someone just did it. Very DIY and it was actually fun.....
The Rat Reunion
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It was just a bar, just a juke box for music and cheep drinks but it turned into a punk hangout..…..
The Fathers Too Reunion
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After 20 years on the radio she looks and sounds fresh as a daisy. She obviously loves doing Baystate Rock on WAAF. For working bands it's a perfect high profile exposure for their music and gigs. For her 20th anniversary Carmelita whipped up a special time........
Carmelita's Baystate 20th Anniversary at the Abbey
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Talk about a great gig, The Unnatural Axe recieved an invitation to play The Road To Ruins Festival in Rome. We have the story from Tommy White and the pictures from John Nikolai ........
The Unnatural Axe in Rome
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His voice has been conspicuously absent for many years, even though back in the day the whole scene revolved around him. He created the ground zero of Boston punk, our original home, The Rat. Today, he seemed to us to be one happy guy. He guards his property, The Rat name, so he was a little surprised now and then during our ........
Jimmy Harold Interview
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She didn't follow any template and she didn't copy anybody. She fashioned her own singing style and personal fashion. She was punk in the TRUE sense of do-it -yourself independance. As the lead singer of Thrills she had our attention and every man's heart. Rest in Peace.....
Barb Kitson
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They had a party without me. I was there but they still had the party without me. Let me explain, I'm the worlds worst party goer. I will attend a party but be a big wet blanket. So, here is a report from the fringes of .....
The Noise 25th Anniversary Party
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There has been more and more punk film talk out there lately. Founding Unnatural Axe member Tommy Whte Trash has been busy with his film "You'll Pay For This". He has shown his film in Los Angeles, CA and Austin, TX. and has supplied us with a road trip report.....
Tommy White Trash Film Tour
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It was a great idea; a tribute to one of the originators, money going to a good cause and a great line up of bands. Could something go wrong? No way, it was a night to remember. The bands played at the top of their forms and the audience was eating up every note. All had a great time at the ........
Tribute to Alpo at Dodge Street
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They were from out of town but we loved them like our own. The Dead Boys made a big impression with their first Rat show and Miss Lyn was right there. We have a radio show transcription that captures their sarcastic fun and some memories from Miss Lyn and others who were there with......
The Dead Boys
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Twenty years ago Johnny D's in Allston closed down. Just a small place and just a short time but we have big memories and good feelings when we think of it. Into the Wayback Machine Sherman: It's Allston, February 1986 ......
The Closing of Johnny D's
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| Ralph 'Vinny' Fatello has sent us some pictures from Alpo's Memorial Service and has written some remembrances. We couple this with Miss Lyn's observations of that day and Jessica's, Allen's stepdaughter, wonderful essay......
Allen 'Alpo' Paulino Memorial Page
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| Tmax celebrates the talent in town with his Maxie Awards. We went to the ceremony, if that's the word for these goings on. It was lots of fun but we have an axe to grind.......
The Maxies
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| Celebratory yet cautious we elected to herald in 2006 on New Year's Eve Eve at The Kirkland with the Crybabies, The Classic Ruins and the Preston Wayne 4.......
The Crybabies at the Kirkland
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| Photographer Jim Curran shows us the public spectacle that is the.......
Mach 5 at the Abbey
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| Renee Devine did a lot of clubbing in the early Boston scene. She also took pictures with a Kodak Instamatic, the same kind Miss Lyn used. She sent us a boodle. Check out the Boize, Blondie, the Rat's Ladies room even. .....
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Pictures From Renee Devine
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| Some new reveiws from Mach Bell... Willie Loco and the Boom Boom Band...Africa Korps...Read Yellow...
CD Reviews
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| One of the interesting things in the early days of Boston punk was seeing the attention grow around us. One watershed moment was when we heard that a Time Magazine reporter was going to visit the Rat. We didn't like the resulting article. But you can decide. Take a look at the ....
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Time Magazine Article on Punk 1977
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| You mention their name and you always get the same response; "How come they never made it BIG !?!? Minahan is a star." We got them in 1979. Things looked very good for them then. They seem to have everything in perspective in the interview so ... how could they not have make it BIG!!??......
The BGN's 1979 Neighborhoods Interview
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| Let's get real. We are all getting older and will die. Do you ever consider how you will be remembered? I'm talking about your tombstone. It's morbid, it's in poor taste, it's .....
Future Tombstones
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| Crotch biting...head bleeding...dick jiggling...it's all in Miss Lyn's report (with photos to prove it) from the GG Allin 10 Year Memorial Tour at the Middle East....
"R.I.P. GG!!"
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Everybody wants to know where everybody else is. To help keep track of the wild, the beautiful and the damned we have set up ....
Then and Now |
| Punk started 25 years ago. Did any of us think we would ever make it this far? Probably not, that was punk; nihilistic, "no future!". Here is a place to remember, and give a moment of thought to, those who didn't make it
this far...
In Memoriam |
| The minute she hit the scene she was every male punk's heart throb. She was beautiful. She had a winning personality. She had a ...well...a...glow. That could be my heart talking because I, Blowfish, confess: I too am Judy's love slave. We didn't just love Judy, we worshiped her. So, now all of us members of Judyism have somewhere to meet and offer our prayers of unrequited love.
The Judy Map Shrine |
| 1977-The Damned were ready to piss on Blowfish and started to undress Miss Lyn! And people seemed to like it!! This interview IS outrageous...for then AND now!
The Damned Interview |
