Boston Music Spotlight on Televandals

Here's a nifty Q&A with Televandals for those of you interested. You all should have been there last night at the 'dise because they put on an inspired performance!! It is standard for them to put on a pretty tight set as it is but they really stepped it up last night for the Emergenza competition.

linky

Aquell, Televandals Tonight for Round Three of Emergenza!

As part of the Emergenza music festival and competition, Aquell and Televandals play tonight for Round Three at The Paradise! Be there and be ready to rock!

DISSENT is the Next Big Thing

"DISSENT is a new, rotating electro/synth rock party in New York City occurring roughly once a month at different venues and on different nights. Presented and hosted by Televandals, it features a mixture of DJs, live bands, hybrid acts and everything in between. This night is about bringing the electronic and live music scenes together under one roof and promoting the wizards of hybrid ear candy that already do it."

Hackman / Cortez tonight @ the Middle East

Hackman and Cortez are both playing at the Middle East Upstairs tonight @ 9p. Check 'em out!

Music Rocks / Bamboozle

I have not done a good job to update this but here goes.....

So Wednesday I went to Lowell with Annie and Phil to see Jimmy Eat World and Paramore. The crowd was stupidly ridiculous and distracting but of the parts of JEW's set that I did see, it was fantastic.

Last night I went to Hartford with Annie to see MxPx (who rocked) play in between Drop Dead, Gorgeous and Chiodos (who both fucking sucked). The Webster Theater has a side stage for local/small bands to play so we caught this band--Tiny Machines--play and they sounded so much better than the main bands (less MxPx, who still rocked).

And for the big finale, this weekend I am going with Annie and my sister Kara to Bamboozle in New Jersey for a weekend of music! Here is the list of bands I hope to see, et al.....

Saturday May 3rd
3:15 - 3:45 MAYLENE & THE SONS OF DISASTER
4:00 - 4:30 LESS THAN JAKE
5:30 - 6:00 MXPX
6:15 - 6:45 A DAY TO REMEMBER
7:30 - 8:00 ZOX
8:45 - 9:30 JIMMY EAT WORLD

Sunday May 4th
12:10 - 12:40 FINCH
1:10 - 1:40 ALL TIME LOW
2:30 - 3:00 FOUR YEAR STRONG
3:40 - 4:10 ANTI-FLAG
4:40 - 5:10 THE BOUNCING SOULS
5:15 - 5:45 STREET DOGS
6:00 - 6:30 THE RECEIVING END OF SIRENS
6:15 - 6:50 THRICE
7:25 - 8:00 THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES
8:15 - 8:45 INSPECTER 7

Televandals! Televandals!

Televandals played Paper at Harper's Ferry last night. While it was a short set, it was an awesome one. There was a modest crowd there and those new to the sounds of Televandals were definitely digging it. For those of you that missed it, you certainly did miss out!!

Capital Punishment

Here's the article: linky

If the death penalty is so righteous, then I must ask, do those delivering death still wear masks to conceal their identity? The argument that the Supreme Court debated involved the humane nature of lethal injection but overall with all capital punishment, I think that the righteousness of it is lacking. Yes, you could be getting rid of the guy that did terrible things, but is it better to get rid of these people not fit for society to free up space in our world? And yes, fulfill an "eye for an eye" mentality. Or is it better to at least keep them around in case they are incorrectly judged? Perhaps learn something from a man put to death in order to learn what makes a person like that tick. I cannot speak for others. I just know that I do not agree with putting people to death, especially in such a fixed scenario, and I could never kill someone anyway.

I think that it would be more useful to send those individuals put to death or put to life in prison to be placed on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan to at least do something to help us out instead of uselessly dying in a seat. If ever we had another D-Day like the Invasion of Normandy, I would like to see those members of death row be forced to run the gambit on those beaches and let them die there in front of the real soldiers we would lose. But I guess I am just dreaming that up, anyway.....

Obama not for the working class

Or is he? Just read the article from tomorrow's news!!!

Boston to increase parking fines

For those of you with shit luck in parking your car legally in Boston, I have bad news. Big Boi Menino included doubling parking fines in his current budget proposal. Read more...

Cortez & Wild Zero Tonight!!

WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble is at Harper's Ferry tonight featuring both Cortez and Wild Zero. It should be a good time!!

Separate shows, together goodness

All right, we have two good bands (that I'm familiar with--not to knock other bands playing) tonight and the good news is that the possibility to see both is there. The first, early show is Clouds playing the ICC, doors @ 5:30p. The second show tonight is at O'Brien's Pub, featuring Superpower. Both are worth checking out! There is also The Pill @ Great Scott so who knows exactly what I will go for.....

Best Performances Ever

I have decided to quickly jot down the best shows that I have ever been to, in chronological order.....

Jane's Addiction, Lollapalozza 2003, Tweeter Center - It was amazing to see Jane's before they broke up for the last time and they were phenomenal!

Green Day, 2005, Mullins Center - One of the most fun shows I ever went to.

Coldplay, 2005, Tweeter Center - I could not believe the stage performance and lighting. It was crazy. I even high-fived Chris Martin!

Incubus, 2007, BofA Pavilion - The feeling you got from the band and the crowd reaction was something like I had never seen before. It was incredible and loud!

Dropkick Murphys, September 30, 2007, Avalon - The last Avalon show ever. It was my first DKM show and to put this short, it was the show that makes me consider DKM my favorite band to see live.

IAMX, Oct 18, 2007, Great Scott - An unexpectedly terrific show, Chris Corner (IAMX) put on a great performance and I hope to see him again.

VAST, Feb 12, 2007, Harper's Ferry - A simply awesome show. The band sounded great and was near perfect!