Boston Ska Update January 11, 2001
Grant
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=========Headlines for January 11, 2000 Boston Ska Emailing==========
This Weekend: Sparse ska, but the Boardfest in Worcester is worth it
Next Sunday's English Beat show close to selling out Jan 21
Dave Wakeling interview on Tuesday's Ska Bovine Reality WMBR
NEMO Band Submissions due (Postmark) by Friday, Jan 12th
New Pressure Cooker only adds steam to their recipe
Stomp has Canadian ska news (Planet Smashers & Kingpins)
Good Deed for the day: Provided free program in fight against cancer
---------weekly info------------
Bits & Pieces
Recycled News
Upcoming Boston area ska shows
Venue Information
Tour Dates: Dave Wakeling's English Beat tour
=============== Boston Ska Emailing January 11, 2000 ===============
This weekend in Ska: Friday has a show at Cafe Eclipse in Concord NH with
T.I.P., Good For Life and more. On Saturday the Palladium in Worcester
has the all ages BoardFest with Kicked In The Head, Darkbuster, Sinners and
Saints, and many more. Also, in Killington, The Slackers start their
first of 2 days at Toadstool Harry's.
****SEE FULL LISTINGS BELOW AND ALWAYS CONFIRM SHOWS LOCALLY***
Well, got the Compaq computer back, seems to be working as long as you
don't believe that a laptop should actually be portable...
The show slated for next Sunday (Jan 21) at the Paradise is being billed as
The English Beat and a lot of people are really looking forward to seeing
it, including myself. I do feel that I should let people know that while
the band will be playing a lot of the English Beat catalog, the band itself
if by no means close in line up to the original Beat. As far as I can
tell, only Dave Wakeling will be representing from the original line up.
That doesn't mean it won't be good, as Dave did write a lot of the songs
and also sang quite a bit of them. I do know that Jonathan McCain (New
York Ska- Jazz Ensemble, X-Toasters) will be playing drums for this tour.
For those who want to go, last time I checked, there were a couple of
tickets still available through Next Ticketing
(http://www.nextticketing.com). I do have some tickets to give away to
this show (billed as 18+) so email be...@bostonska.com telling me which Beat
song is your favorite and why. Entries should be received by noon on
Wednesday, Jan 17. One entry per person. Include name, age, and email
address. I will notify winners Wednesday evening.
Also, Dave Wakeling will be interviewed on next week's WMBR's "Bovine Ska
Reality" which airs at Midnight on Tuesday, Jan 16th. The show is one of
Boston's best weekly ska and rocksteady show, and probably the only one
which focuses on the early roots and 60's ska, rock steady and reggae. You
can catch Gene and his show at 88.1FM in the Boston area or online at
http://www.wmbr.org so check it out. Gene will also have some tickets to
the show to give away so good luck to everyone.
Friday is the deadline to mail in applications for bands to be considered
for this year's NEMO conference. (Applications can be downloaded at
http://www.nemoboston.com and must be postmark by January 12th) The event
brings national attention (press and music industry people) to Boston for
the weekend event. In addition to the conferences, panels and other
highly educational (and a great networking opportunity) daytime events held
at the World Trade Center, NEMO organizes music showcases throughout Boston
and Cambridge, giving your band access to people who can really have an
impact on your career. One of the big perks about playing a showcase (in
addition to the visibility you'll receive) is that you will have access to
all of the panels, conferences, and discussion groups through out the
weekend. Major Plus: Face time with real industry executives! If your
band is serious about its career, this is worth doing.
Something I have been waiting to share with you for a couple of weeks. I
recently received an advance copy of the new Pressure Cooker cd and it
sounds amazing. They continue in their excellent rendition of new material
which evokes the passion, excitement, and beauty of the mid/late 60's
rocksteady and ska. I have been listening to it non-stop and am delighted
that they have included such live set staples as "Seven Years," "Sweeter
than Rain," "Spirits Will Carry You," the cool 践ip-Hip-Hip-Hurray' song
and several more. This is another one of those rare cases where the
sophomore cd meets or exceeds the excellent standards established by the
band's debut cd (see also Steady Earnest, Allstonians). The band has set
Friday, February 23 as its record release party at the Milky Way in Jamaica
Plain.
Coming from Canada is the latest In Stomp Records news. Montreal's The
Kingpins will be shooting a video for the track "Supernova" which is
expected to be submitted to Muchmusic and Musiqueplus by mid-February. The
Planet Smashers have begun pre-production for their upcoming record slated
for release in Mid- April. Mitch "king Kong" Girio of King Apparatus has
been hired as producer. You can expect to see a video for the first single
on the airwaves by late March. In more Planet Smashers news, the band has
recently been invited to play on the Sno Jam 7 tour beginning March 15th in
Vancouver, traveling across Canada.
Let this be your good deed for today... it only takes a second. Go to the
site below. All you do is click a button and a woman gets a free mammogram
at no cost to you. It is paid for by corporate sponsors (who gain
advertising in the process because you see their logo.) All you do is go to
the site and click on the free button. It takes one-second. However, you're
only allowed one donation so please pass the word. Do something good today
and click over to http://www.thebreastcancersite.com.
+++++++++ Bits & Pieces +++++++++++++
Bim Skala Bim (http://www.bimska.com) starts their 3 day run (see dates at
end) with the Strangeways (http://www.thestrangeways.com) in Florida
including Tampa, Orlando, and Sarasota ... Even though Moon Ska has gone
out of business, Bucket is focusing his efforts on the Toasters, who now
have a new website up and running at http://www.toasters.org ...
RadioBoston (http://www.radioboston.com) is doing a live broadcast this
Friday (Jan 12) from the Century Lounge in Providence featuring Meat
Depressed, Darkbuster, and Johnny Allen (of the Big Bad Bollocks) starting
around 9pm .... Coming up on February 17th will be the Connecticut debut of
TARMAK (http://www.tarmak.net) Featuring x-Sgt. Scagnetti members, slated
to open up for the Pilfers at the Tune Inn in New Haven .... Looks like
King Django will be heading to Venezuela in February, meanwhile he prepares
for an East Coast tour starting next week (tour dates below) ... Jaya the
Cat will be playing at the Boardfest this weekend at the Pallidum in
Worcester
++++++++++++++ Recycled News +++++++++++++
Due to more problems with my adorable COMPAQ laptop, I will be sending it
in for repair, and thus there will be no update next week..... see you in
2K1 (If you want to read why COMPAQ sucks so bad, here is a true battle
with their computer at http://www.bostonska.com/misc/phuckcompaq.html)
Bim Skala Bim (http://www.bimska.com) and The Strangeways
(http://www.thestrangeways.com) will be doing 3 shows together in Florida
in January around the Tampa/Sarasota area. Thursday, January 11th has them
at the Five O'clock Club in Sarasota, Friday 1/12 brings them to the
University of South Florida in Tampa, then Saturday night (Jan 13) sees
them take on the Barbarella in Orlando. Bim will be taking some of
February and all of March off so your last chance to see them in the Boston
area is January 26 in Lawrence.
The Skatalites will be coming around to the area in February with shows at
the Middle East (a House of Blue production) on Feb 25. They will also
hit the Ocean Mist in Rhode Island the day before. They recently completed
a European tour and are looking forward to touring again.
These great chart busting songs have been ringing up at MP3 for Skinnerbox:
(Free MP3s at http://www.mp3.com/skinnerbox)
"Happy New Year" #2, Ska, 12/17/2000-12/21/2000
"Does He Love You" #2, Roots, 9/14/2000
"Nex Finga" #2, Dancehall, 9/15/2000
"Goodbye & Good Life" # 5, Jump Blues, 9/14-9/16/2000
"Jump Dung" #7, Dancehall, 9/14/2000
"I Got to Know" #8, Ska, 10/3-10/4/2000
"So Small" #22, Dub, 12/21/2000
"Baby" #24, Roots, 12/20/2000
"Kind of Sad" #33, Pop Punk, 9/14/2000
"Hepcat Season" #37, Ska, 9/14-9/15/2000
=========UPCOMING BOSTON AREA SKA SHOWS=======(AA=all ages)
*********Confirm All shows locally through Venue**********
Fri Jan 12 - Cafe Eclipse; Concord, NH - T.I.P., Good For Life, Fryalators,
Smackin' Isaiah, 5｢ Deposit
Sat Jan 13 - Palladium, Worcester, MA - BoardFest 01 w/ Darkbuster, Kicked
In The Head, Sinners and Saints, River City Rebels, Jaya The Cat and many
many more, see http://www.massconcerts.com for info, $15, aa
Sat Jan 13 - Toadstool Harry's, Killington, VT - Slackers
Jan 14 - Kells, Allston MA - Prof Plum, River City Rebels, Dow Jones &
Industrials, $ellout$, Action League, Up the Ante, 3pm, $8, AA
Sun Jan 14 - Toadstool Harry's, Killington, VT - Slackers
Sat Jan 20 - Easton Knights of Columbus, Easton, MA - Darkbuster, River
City Rebels, Lost City Angels, aa
Sun Jan 21 - Paradise, Boston - English Beat featuring Dave Wakeling,
Steady Earnest
Thur Jan 25 - Bills Bar, Boston - Darkbuster, Last Stand
Fri Jan 26 - Claddagh, Lawrence, MA - Bim Skala Bim
Sat Jan 27 - Harpers Ferry, Allston - Pressure Cooker
Sat Jan 27 - Iron Horse, Northampton - Jaya The Cat
Thu Feb 15 - Bills Bar, Boston - Slackers, Vencie Shoreline Chris
Fri Feb 16 - El N Gee, New London, CT - Slackers, Vencie Shoreline Chris,
all ages
Sat Feb 17 - Tune Inn, New Haven, CT - Pilfers, Tarmak, $8, AA
Fri Feb 23 - Milky Way, Jamaica Plain - Pressure Cooker (CD Release show)
+++++++++++++++++++VENUES++++++++++++++++
MAPS & DIRECTIONS AVAILABLE AT BOSTONSKA.COM
Middle East Cafe - 472 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA (617) 354-8238
Bills Bar, 5.5 Lansdowne St, Boston, 617-421-9678
Pearl Street - 10 Pearl reet, Northampton, MA (413) 584-7771
TT The Bears - 10 Brookline Ave (next to Mid East), Cambridge (617) 492-0082
The Milky Way, 401 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, MA.(downstairs from Bella
Luna)
House of Blues - Winthrope St, Harvard Square, Cambridge (617) 491-2100
The El 'n Gee Club, 81 Golden St., New London, CT (860)-437-3800
Lilli's, 608 Somerville Ave, Somerville, MA (617) 591-1661
Linwood Grille, 69 Kilmarnock St., Boston, MA (617)-267-8644
Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, 239 Westminster St., Providence, RI (401)-272-5876
Met Cafe, 130 Union St., Providence, RI (401)-861-2142
Sad Cafe, 148 Plaistow Rd (Rt 125), Plaistow, NH 888-835-2233
Space, Worcestor 508-753-00171
Tune Inn, 29 Center St., New Haven, CT (203)-772-4310
Cafe Eclipse, Concord, NH, 603-226-2556
Upstairs @ The Palladium, 261 Main St, Worcester
Webster Theatre, 31 Webster St, Hartford, CT (8600 525-5553
++++ TOUR DATES ++++
DAVE WAKELING (English Beat)
Fri 01/12/01 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
Sat 01/13/01 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
Sun 01/14/01 Alexandria, VA The Birchmere
Mon 01/15/01 Annapolis, MD Ramshead
Wed 01/17/01 Plainview, NY The Vanderbilt
Thu 01/18/01 New York, NY S.O.B.'S
Fri 01/19/01 Sea Bright, NJ Tradewinds
Sat 01/20/01 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
Sun 01/21/01 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Tue 01/23/01 State College, PA The Crowbar
Wed 01/24/01 Lancaster, PA The Chameleon
Fri 01/26/01 Pittsburgh, PA Rosebud
Sat 01/27/01 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
BIM SKALA BIM Florida Quickie
Jan 11 - The 5 oclock club, Sarasota, Florida with Strangeways
Jan 12 - University of South Florida Tampa, FL
Jan 13 - Barbarrella's, Orlando Fl., All ages
KING DJANGO ON TOUR!
THU JAN 18 THE FELIX, WASHINGTON DC with The Players
FRI JAN 19: VELVET ELVIS- SAVANNAH, GA
SAT JAN 20: TBA, JACKSONVILLE, FL
SUN JAN 21: SAPPHIRE SUPPER CLUB, ORLANDO, FL
MON JAN 22: RAY'S DOWNTOWN, W. PALM BEACH, FL
TUE JAN 23: NEW WORLD BREWERY, YBOR CITY,FL with Heavy Step
WED JAN 24: FLORIDA THEATER, GAINSVILLE, FL with The Usuals
THU JAN 25: BANDITO BURRITO, MADISON, AL
FRI JAN 26: THE PILOT LIGHT, KNOXVILLE, TN with Heavy Step
SAT JAN 27: THE EMPTY GLASS, CHARLESTON, WV
SUN JAN 28: TBA, PITTSBURGH, PA