Boston Rock Photos And Stuff
Gene Dante is a talented dude. Seems like a nice guy, too. Oh, and he came up with the nickname “Beardie McFunsponge” for Richard Bouchard.* That makes Gene Dante just plain awesome.
* I’m surprised there isn’t a Facebook page for that yet. Oh, wait. 5… 4… 3… 2…
Elena Siegman opened night #2 of The Shakes & Pony Show residency at Moe’s Lounge. She sure can sing about death…
Rodrigo Van Stoli and Jason Baldock were tasked with opening Moe’s Lounge* with a bang. The duo cooked up a residency where they would pick a different theme for each night** and assemble a ragtag group of local rockers to help them pull it off. Night one was Mixtape-Mixtape night, where the gang*** performed selections from the various nights of the MixTape series they’ve been involved with. What you ended up with was a mishmash of covers spanning decades. A couple of highlights were some great interplay between Rodrigo Van Stoli and Rona Mattocks on “Beast Of Burden” and a snappy cover of Robert Plant’s “Tall Cool One”. The night ended with a “Daydream Believer” singalong.
Welcome to The Shakes & Pony Show…
* Moe’s Lounge is downstairs at Radio. Seeing a show there is like hanging out in your friend’s basement. Good times.
** To find out what’s in store for the rest of the residency, check out this amazing poster by the wonderful and talented Nicole Anguish of Daykamp Creative.
*** Which at various times included 2/3 of Brownboot, 2/5 of Sidewalk Driver, 1/5 of The Future Everybody, 1/6 of Fit To Be Tied, all of Tad & Kate and 4/5 of Bright Lights, Big Rod.
Tad! Kate! Radio! Radio! Moe’s Lounge! Fun!
Tad and Kate. Kate and Tad. Hearing those two names together makes me happy. I think about plane crashes and the world coming to an end. I think about hobos, bad presents, karaoke and being kidnapped. I think about all of these things and I smile. It’s some kind of Pavlovian response. I’ve become so accustomed to being entertained by this duo that I just can’t help myself. At least I don’t drool.
Nate Rogers performs The Future Everybody’s dance pop number “Chewbacca” with just an acoustic guitar. “Chewcoustic” if you will. It’s no “Test Tube Babies”…
Friday night marked the opening of Moe’s Lounge downstairs at Radio. While they’ve had a couple of shows in the wood paneled basement in the past, this was the official coming out party.
Nate Rogers was the first person to play in the newly christened room. To honor the occasion, Nate performed a set of songs spanning his entire career. There were “hits” and “deep cuts” from both The Future Everybody and Scamper. The highlight of the set? Nate performed “Test Tube Babies”*, a song he wrote when he was seventeen. So great.
* The song raises the question: “Are the adults in bigger tubes?” Awesome.