Posts Tagged The Blackstone
The Scene – Local Flavors Drops and SEXCoffee CD Release
Posted by Sully in CD Release, Live Review, The Scene on November 21st, 2009
Saturday September 5th I woke surprisingly early, especially after arriving back from Ricky’s surprise show so late. Wiping the slumber from my eyes I posted the first installment of Local Flavors and headed out to Providence for breakfast with m’lady and a furious day of promotion. Arriving on Thayer Street at about Noon I canvased the area talking about local music and handing out fliers. After about 5 hours Zach Fenner joined me with an acoustic to make the remainder of the promo time fly by. Thanks Zach! Read the rest of this entry »
The Scene – June 5th to The Blackstone for The Revival Preachers
Posted by Sully in Live Review, The Scene on June 28th, 2009
The Blackstone
Friday June 5th I struggled to find accompaniment to the Blackstone. Fridays are usually tough, as I’ve stated previously, as everyone tends to be a little warn down from the workweek. Stopping by Zig Zag‘s apartment on the way I knew there was a fighting chance that I’d be able to twist either his or Bobby’s arm into tagging along. Bobby had to work in the morning, but after a few glasses of wine it didn’t take too much prodding to get Zig Zag to tag along, albeit much later than I like to head out. We parked across the street in the lot provided, with ample parking, and made it inside to catch Chris Fullerton finishing up his opening set before The Revival Preachers took the stage. Read the rest of this entry »
The Scene – May 22nd, Start of the Night at The Blackstone
Posted by Sully in Live Review, The Scene on June 14th, 2009
The Blackstone
Friday May 22nd I waited after work to persuade my brother into tagging along for an ambitious night on the town. Tim begrudgingly agreed and gave the Friday zombie groan and said he’d be down if he had time to take a nap. Sounded fair to me, so I hopped on line trying to figure out the full bills for the evening, to no avail. Over the course of the night I caught a bit of five acts: Sex Slaves and For the Love of Sloane at The Blackstone and Jose Docen, Zig Zag and Kyle Nicholas at The City Cafe. Tim got his beauty rest, and we started out towards the Providence/Pawtucket line for the opening acts at The Blackstone. Having been there once before, Tim claimed he could easily navigate me back once again. I knew the general vicinity but was unsure of the ins and outs of that would lead us there, we came to a fork in the road, and apparently I took the path less traveled as we ended up a ways down the road at Tim’s urging before I stopped at a gas station for directions. As it turns out we weren’t too far off, we were on a parallel road about an eight of a mile from where we needed to be, after a quick U-Turn and left, we arrived at our destination in no time flat. Read the rest of this entry »
Excuses and Apologies
Nicole and I at her sister, D's 30th B-day BBQ (photo: Bud Blake)
As the summer has been heating up, both literally and figuratively, so has the local music scene. In addition to my normal responsibilities I’ve had a ton of family events, BBQs and shows to attend, cutting down on my writing time. I’ve also spent the better part of two weeks working on back-end type changes for Sully’s Cafe, types of things that you, as the reader, may not notice, but these changes will hopefully make my life easier going forward. There is, however, one major change and update you folks should enjoy, check the Shows Tab, and upcoming events calendar, I’ve tried filling them out as much as possible with all the information I could find. Its going to be one crazy summer, and not John Cusack style. Tonight I’m headed to NYC after work for tomorrow night’s Ricky Valente concert at Arlene’s Grocery, when I return I’ve got plenty of shows to write up: Read the rest of this entry »
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