NEWS!
OK NOW I feel like my life history is crumbling away.....I have lost...WE have lost and absolutely important piece of Boston...
Bob White has gone....he took himself away.
Now he can party with the likes of Giroux, be refined and down and dirty at the
same time.....I first met Bob White when he was something like 16. He walked into
the Rat, sidled up to me and Pam Greene and said "So where the cool place to hang
out in Boston?" Leave to Bob to know instinctively to find the coolest place anywhere!!
Bob was such a memorable character, so brilliant, amazing to talk to, so knowledge
about almost anything, an opinionated and cocky bastard, and always cutting right to the bone and pulling no punches but as everyone has mentioned on Bob's
Facebook page he was a tortured soul, he never could find the right balance....though
he made many attempts....something always led him astray.
Of course you cannot talk about Bob without giving him credit for being one of
THE fashion plates of Boston...I mean his looks were legendary!!
Bob White....One
of THE most memorable people I have ever met. I was so happy to see him back in
Boston a couple years ago...and I am SO sad he has excused himself from it all for
good....damn.....
But we do go on.... so here we go... here's some good news: Twisted Village in
Harvard Sq. that just closed a few weeks ago is going to reopen as a.....wait for
it....record store. Not any record store but Armageddon Records from Providence,
RI. They have a store stacked to the rafters down there and have contributed
to the scene there by booking shows. They will be a big plus to the Boston scene
we imagine....cool!
So what's coming up huh?....
This Wednesday is that crazy Cockabilly Records Tour The Middle East up Featuring:
Viva Le Vox, Jason and the Punknecks, Guitar Bomb, The Holy Roller Sideshow, Hickry
Hawkins with The Squidling Bros. Circus Sideshow and Live Burlesque!... just
wish they had a local band on the roster as well!...
This Thursday we have an excellent bill of Boston bands at TT's with Jason
Bennett & The Resistance, Razors In The Night, Kickstarts, The Scars
Then on Saturday Sept 4 there's the Middle East Up Punk Matinée - Blanks
'77, Blood Stained Brindle, Ashers, Side Effects and The Spats - for an ALL
AGES Show at 1PM. .. AND you can then get in downstairs for the Far from Finished
CD Release party also with The Have Nots, Burning Streets and Lenny Lashley.....what
a great day! ....
Port Charles Quintet is at TT's on Thursday Sept 16…these guys are
SOOO worth checking out....they are on a roll these days!!...
Saturday Sept 18th Nancy Neon moves her shows to The Midway in JP
with The Varmints, Pandemics and Hixx.....
and in Somerville, at Precinct on the same night there's Fox Pass, The
Doom Buggies, Leon Rich and The Liz Borden Band....
Near the end of September on Sunday the 26th the original line-up of
Thalia Zedek band Come is at TT's and early show at 10:45....so that's
Thalia, Chris Brokaw, Arthur Johnson and Sean O'Brien....and that should
be a great show.
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The 2010 Somerville Yard Sale was a big success. Miss Lyn shows us......
The Somerville Yard Sale
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Two gigs on a busy July weekend.................
The Joe Coughllin Benefit
The Beachcomber gig
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It's relatively close but worth a trip. Again we let Joanie do the grunt work to get us tips for our trip.................
Joanie's Montreal Vacation
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We got a celebration of Johnny D's heyday along with a Turbines' reunion, not to mention the Prime Movers, the Classic Ruins and Moose and the Mudbugs...Wah Hey , what a night......
The Johnny D's and Turbines' reunion.
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There was a flurry of NEATS activity at the tail end of 2009. Initiated by the Ace of Heats CD compilation they played the Orpheum on New Years Eve. We have two pages for you ....
Neats Surprise gig at Church
The Neats Interview in the BGN from 1981
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Now we find our peripatetic musician reporter in Spain. He deals with the people, the food, his fellow band mates and his doubts..........
Lyres in Spain - Rick Coraccio's Personal Journal.
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A good idea begets a good night of music at Church. We missed All Mod Cons doing the Jam but we did catch John Powhida and crew doing Cheap Trick and Richie Parsons and crew playing the Dictators...Here's the pics....
The Church - Tribute Night
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The idea of the Rock and Roll Flea Market and Yard Sale has gained some traction and now they are around with more frequency. We love them. Here's some pictures from the latest one in Somerville....
Rock and Roll Yard Sale
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April had a good weekend with gigs featuring headliners The Woggles one night and The Fleshtones the next. ...........
The Woggles/Watts/Konks/Muck and the Mires
The Fleshtones/Lyres
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Joey Boy Lead Singer of Red Invasion: truly a once in a lifetime combination of fabulous personality, fashion-sense, talent, showmanship, humility and a rock hard , incredible body that just won’t quit!!
Ah yes Joey devotees, Blowfish and David M. have their Judy Shrine now we have our very own Joey Boy Shrine!
Enter and enjoy, nay, worship to your heart’s content at the....
Joey Boy Shrine!
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Two birthdays in a row and two like ideas for parties gave us two nights at the DIlboy in Davis Square...........
Two Nights at the Dilboy
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A benefit brought together two of Boston's biggest and best groups. We have pictures and links to other pictures.........
The Neighborhoods - Mission of Burma gig.
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A couple of years ago we were all thrilled about this new club. Now there somehow wasn't enough business to keep going. How did that happen? In any case it was a memorable night and here are the pics .........
The Closing of the Abbey
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The much liked Pat Leonard of Moving Targets passed away recently and they had a Memorial Show at the All Asia. Joanie Lindstrom shares some photos of the bands. .........
Pat Leonard Memorial Show
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To celebrate 30 years of unruly behavior on stage and vinyl The Unnatural Axe served up a two LP set and three days of awesone gigs.........
The Unnatural Axe 30th Anniversary
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We added a few more pictures than were in the news and made a page to spotlight..........
The Late Risers Club night at The Alchemist
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We were all saddened by the death of Spencer Gates. She was a tornado of personality. The radio seemed like it could hardly contain her. We have a page of pictures and some info and another page from her memorial............
Spencer Gates-Pictures .....The Memorial
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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 |
