April 24, 2007

Camp Bisco VI: The Revenge

It’s official: Camp Bisco will take place at the Indian Lookout Country Club in Mariaville, NY on August 16th – 18th. The initial Camp Bisco lineup announcement includes an eclectic

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No Love For Zero: Off-Night at The Gramercy

The true caveat about live music is that you can never predict which shows are gonna rock and which shows are gonna spiral straight into the shitter.

I had been really excited to see the recently reformed and revamped Zero play at the Gramercy Theater as part of the Green Apple Music Festival on Friday night. Years have elapsed since I had last seen legendary guitar player Steve Kimock tear up a solo. Over the past few years I’ve listened to a bunch of Zero, and I really dug the band’s multi-layered compositions. So imagine how surprised I was to be so turned off by Zero’s disappointingly boring performance.

The Gramercy is a nice new venue that has a sloping floor for standees and seating in the back for the old fogies like me. I got to my seat and the lights went down at 8:25. Everyone around me was excited for the show to begin, but nothing happened. The lights were down, but the band didn’t go on until about 8:40. That’s professionalism at its finest: The night had certainly begun on the wrong foot. Read on for more on this unfortunately subpar show…

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Noontime Listenin’: Twofer Tuesday

You know, with the weakening dollar and the currency exchange rates the way they are, I hear in England it’s now called “One for Onesday.” Financial jokes? Ugh. Up first,

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Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Stage Presence Edition

My roommate unearthed the ultimate Talking Heads stash recently — almost and entire show from Rome in 1980, with future King Crimson guitarist Adrian Belew sitting in with the band.

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