Archive for the 'Rock-n-roll' Category
Reflections on a Year in Bass
I’m coming up on a year playing bass for the Super Devils, a rockabilly outfit located in South Jersey. While my last post expressed significant ennui and dissatisfaction with the fact that life’s been in a holding pattern, my bass playing is probably the one area where i’ve made a LOT of progress, and [...]
Read More..>>Concert Review: Adler’s Appetite
at Phawker:
I will admit that I was ready to laugh at these guys. And I will also admit that I didn’t recognize the first song, but that didn’t matter, because ADLER’S APPETITE FUCKING ROCKED. I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised when a bunch of veteran musicians, who’d spent most of their lives doing nothing [...]
It’s Hot
So here’s a song about burning by the Dwarves.
Read More..>>Have You Heard the News? There’s Good Rockin’ Tonight.
Super Devils at the Tritone, 6/11/2010
Have you heard the news, there’s good rockin’ tonight…
we’re gonna rock all your blues away….
Read More..>>This Drummer is at the Wrong Gig
You really have to watch the whole thing to appreciate it.
his take on the surf classic “Wipe Out” is also rather good.
Ronnie James Dio, Legend of Metal, Dead at 67
Ronnie James Dio, a legend of heavy metal, died yesterday from stomach cancer at the age of 67. It’s a terribly sad end for one of the genre’s true innovators. Dio popularized the “heavy metal horns” sign:
… and never stopped performing. I saw Dio about two years ago on the Heaven and [...]
Read More..>>Ungodly Levels of Rock
I went to Kung Fu Necktie, a very lively bar/performance space located just north of the Girard Avenue stop on the El, last night to see some rock-n-roll, and I was NOT disappointed. The headliner was former Shack Shaker Joe Buck, who’s got a one-man band project going called “Joe Buck Yourself”. The supporters [...]
Read More..>>Pomp
From the side…
…and from the front:
The best part is that when I washed out [most of] the pomade, it left me looking like David Tennant, which Christina just loves.
Read More..>>Busy Weekend
I had a double gig this Saturday, starting with the Dill Pickles at the 2010 NarbEarth day in Narberth, PA, and ending with the Super Devils at Murph’s in Fishtown that night.
The Pickles’ regular guitar player, Zach, couldn’t make the Narberth show, so Charlie Hardy and Frankie Basile sat in. Here are a [...]
