The BGN News Archive

    Ah well, hello again, its been a whileÖbut I am back after all the crap that has befallen me!!Ö..New computer and relatively good healthÖ.here we goÖ.
I just have to say: I am sadly missing the fabulousness that was Spencer Gates on this earth, RIP Spencer dear!!Ö.

    Before my compoooter went kaput, Beatgirl and I went out to see the Rockabilly night at TT The Bearís with a killer line up of Nate Gibson & The Gashouse Gang (with Tony Savorino on guitar!), Rocky Velvet, The Stumbleweeds and The SwinedellsÖÖI have got to say that all the bands that night were incredible, really, they were ALL great but by far my fave was Rocky Velvet. Everyone in the band is having such a good time and the lead singer is so down to earth and makes you feelÖhappy to be there AND they sound fantasticÖnext time they are in town DOOOOO go to see them!!!! I got some picks of the night from me and from Beatgirl to share......

TT the Bears - Rockabilly Night

Nate Gibson & The Gashouse Gang Photo:Miss Lyn	The Swinedells Photo:Beatgirl
Rocky Velvet Photo:Miss Lyn	Rocky Velvet Photo:Beatgirl

    Now this weekend Blowie and I headed on out to OíBrienís Öman I havenít been there in years, pretty niceÖAND excellent air conditioning on a sweltering horrid night, even the bathrooms!!! So we saw The Radio Knives, Classic Ruins and Red Invasion ("my boys, my BOYS!" As Uncle Monty said in Withnail & I ) Öthis was an excellent line up, very well put together show, I like that! ÖRadio Knives did a very long set, which was cool coz they are so great. I just LUV the way Alan Levesque plays the bass, he does an awesome job in this trio!! As I was thinking about how he was a great bass player I was also thinking that I just might find HIS facial hair acceptable, since it is on the sidesÖcheck out the picÖand then he announces heís wearing his tight pants in case I showed upÖ.um Alan, those pants were not "tight", sorry hunÖ.please see attached photos as reference for properly TIGHT pantsÖ. (the secret: peg ëem like the old days! Hey I got a sewing machine if you need help, even!)Ö.anyway the band was ON and sounded fab as usualÖand we were talking to Matt Burns of The Coffin Lids about how great they were when he mentioned they Alanís playing reminded him of Kiss (weíre talking early cool Kiss) and BINGO! Heís right!! I bought the first two Kiss albums and played ëem down to nothing I loved ëem so much!! Ö.then The Classic Ruins piled up on stageÖman, talk about bass playersÖ.no one in this town surpasses Carl Biancucci .
Hey other bass players out there: there are 4 strings on the damned thingÖgo see Carl play and LEARN!!!
But the whole band sounded really excellent tonight and they had a special guest, Joe Sheehan, on drums, the Cry Babies drummer who really leant an excellent hand for the evening.
  
  

Proper Tight Pants Illustration

Joey of Red Invasion

Frank Rowe

    I was happy to see Jessy Drastic and Vik from the Mess Me Ups right up front watching the old guys and taking it all in; Vik , have you learned how to TUNE the guitar yet?????, Iíd say that might be one of the first things you should get downÖ..
so THEY were together and cuddliníÖdoes that means weíll see The Mess Me Ups on stage again soon?? I hope so!
And I just gotta say Jessy is such a fashion plateÖI absolutely LOVE the way she looks and dressesÖevery time I see her I love her outfit! she is THE coolest looking female in town no question about that!!!!!Ö
oh yeah and then all the guys from Red Invasion were up front tooÖ.checking out and taking in everything they could, way to go guys, and did I say they are ALL hot??, oh myÖ.

O'Briens - Classic Ruins

The Mess-Me-Ups take in the Ruins

They covered the Axe's Man I Don't Wanna Be