Cardigan Weather...

Well Almost.

 

The Master Key chromatic pitch pipe is the ultimate instrument for obtaining exact musical pitch over the entire chromatic scale with its' 13 hand tuned, special bronze reeds (which are precision tuned and double checked to A-440). Proper note selection is assured as the scale is arranged in sequence and clearly marked by embossed notations on both the top and bottom covers of the pitch pipe. This pitch pipe is available in two versions - a C to C version, and an F to F version. They both cover the entire chromatic scale, so either will work for anyone, but some uses have traditionally used one or the other. Our local barbershop quartets tend to prefer the F to F version. For safety reasons, this and other products intended to be placed in the mouth are not returnable.

I made an attempt to film my first show... A tripod is suggested for anyone ever thinking of filming themselves. I decided one wouldn't be necessary and simply set it atop my jewelry box. Well the camera was brutally attacked by my wood floor when it lens was thrown into it. So now I have a camera...with a bent piece. Once time and money can arrange a proper date to  meet and catch up on old times I can and hopefullyl get this fixed and realigned. 

Untill then this is a good excuse to get going on maps and templates that I'm going to admit were not even close to being finished or even ever started at all. 

This past Saturday night I saw Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids acoustic at Harpers Ferry in Allston. The Get Up Kids are long gone- and have "Stay(ed) Gone) but Pryor has not. He has since continued his side Project "The New Amsterdams" his Childrens Album "The Terrible Two's" and has just released his first solo album. Pryor played an array of song from all but "Terrible Twos" which he had played earlier to a group of kids earlier that rather rainy day. 

Overall a good time, when you have hit's such as "Mass Pike" to fall back on as a musician you really can't fail. So the crowd suffered through the songs no one knew, and enjoyed The New Amsterdams hits being played, but everyone knew that durring the four GUK''s songs he played was most likely the only time everyone was fully enthused. 

Kevin Devine opened up for Pryor, I've previously seen him open up for Lucero and duet with Jesse Lacey of Brand New. I would love to see this guy headline a tour, and it seemed like Devine had a much greater capture of the crowd than Pryor.  It actually seemed as if half the crowd emptied out once Devine played never to return. Interesting.

Upcoming Shows: 

The Walkmen @ Middle East 9/18

Gaslight Anthem @ Palladium 10/6

Ben Nichols Acoustic (Lucero) @ Middle East 10/9

Billy Bragg @ Somerville Theater 10/22

Where is Rocky Votolato?