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By Mike Stampalia. 60 years ago: Thelonious Monk @ Berkshire Music Barn Monk’s piano sounded as if it were being played only by his right hand, a tired right hand that relied on many varying repetitions of simple, odd phrases rather than the invention of new ones and whose fingers fumbled with astonishing […]
Jukebox Erykah Badu To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Erykah Badu’s second album, Mama’s Gun, she is running a tour from October through December. The tour is called “Mama’s Gun ’25: The Return of Automatic Slim Tour, and will begin on October 3rd in Hollywood, California. From there, she will be hopping around Boston, Chicago, […]
By Mike Stampalia. 40 years ago: Motley Crue @ Glens Falls Civic Center On their latest album, Motley Crue has covered “Smokin’ in the Boys Room,” an old Browsville Station song written by Cub Koda, who currently lives in the Boston area and has promoted numerous shows in Greater Lynn. “I used to sing […]
Whassup in the 518 Friday, August 1st Kidz Bop Live, SPAC, Saratoga Springs, 7pm In the not-so-distant future, a terrible water shortage and 20-year drought has led to a government ban on private toilets and a proliferation of paid public toilets, owned and operated by a single megalomaniac company: the Urine Good Company. If the […]
By Mike Stampalia. 20 years ago: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers / The Black Crowes @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center A surprise rendition of the Wilburys’ “Handle with Care,” with Campbell replicating Harrison’s silky slide-guitar lines and Thurston doing his best Orbison falsetto, sent them into a frenzy. Was this the best SPAC show […]
The Turd: An American Journey, Chptr. 16 – Xperience Fiction – by Liam Sweeny. The Turder wouldn’t give Ernest and crew his name, simply going to go by ‘Turder.’ He led them into a spacious den with plush seats, enough to seat all but two, Pico, who would set himself downstairs to the kitchen, and […]
By Mike Stampalia. 40 years ago: Foreigner / Joe Walsh @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center Poor Joe Walsh. He harbored none of this pretentiousness and acted as if he had just stepped out of Lake George on a Saturday. Foreigner was at least a pleasant change from Walsh’s mumbling and sloppy slide guitar riffs. […]
By Mike Stampalia. 40 years ago: Chuck Mangione @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center When Chuck Mangione played SPAC on this date, it was the 14th consecutive year he had headlined the venue. He was, from the ’70s into the ’80s, as much a SPAC fixture as Dave Matthews or Phish is now. He was […]
UbiQD Develops Clear Solar Panels Using Quantum Dot Technology https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ubiqd-and-first-solar-establish-long-term-quantum-dot-supply-agreement-302500720.html Device Can Turn Seawater into Drinking Water with No Power https://news.mit.edu/2022/portable-desalination-drinking-water-0428 Scientists Create a “Living Computer” by Wiring Up Six “Mini Brains.” https://futurism.com/neoscope/mini-brains-human-tissue-living-computer
Nickopotamus – Xperience History – by Liam Sweeny. Originally published in October 2021. RRX: Nickopotamus has a pretty diverse sound. So it’s something to let people know, because they may only hear one of your songs, and not really get a full sense of your sound. If people could only hear one song, which one […]
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