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| From | "andrea kremer" <kremer@shore.net> |
| Subject | Re: Boston Pop Underground |
| Date | Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:11:42 -0500 (EST) |
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I *knew* I should've gone ahead with my plan to bring along "HELLO MY NAME
IS ___________" stickers! You couldn't throw a swizzle stick in the Lizard
last Thursday without hitting a notable pop scenester, if I do say so
myself. A short list of people I saw:
Jason Damas (of course)
Cliff Hillis, and his lovely wife Beth
Brett Rosenberg (BRP, Rudds, Army of Jasons)
John Powhida (Rudds)
Ethan Kreitzer (Lincoln Conspiracy - opening for the Wrens later this month)
Ed Valauskas (The Gentlemen, Juliana Hatfield, Kay Hanley, Q Div records)
Josh Lattanzi (Ben Kweller, Nina Gordon, many others)
Oedipus (WBCN)
Brett Milano & Marlene Silva
Tom Kielty (Boston Globe/Phoenix/Stuff)
Greg Kerwood (Sodapop Records)
Danielle Dreilinger (WBUR, Performer Magazine)
Daniel Cohen (WERS)
And since the vibe I'm trying to create is one in which everyone feels
like they're in a big group of friends -- because really, we ARE -- I'll
try to do a better job of introducing folks to each other at the next
event.
Speaking of the next event... obligatory plug: Thursday, April 8, Lizard
Lounge, Cambridge MA. The featured artist is Senor Happy, who are back
with a great new cd after a several-year hiatus, and who are celebrating
frontman Derek Schanche's birthday. (There might even be cake.) They'll be
joined by Brooklyn-based buzz band Bishop Allen, and IPO-BOS sensations
School for the Dead.
And on the public-speaking tip: you think saying hi to a musician is hard?
Try speaking extemporaneously to a crowd, on a mic, surrounded by people
such as those in the list above. Applications now being accepted for
emcees for future BPU events!
-A
> In retrospect I should've said hi to several people--Brett Rosenberg,
> Cliff
> Hillis, etc., but I always fumble for what to say at such things. "Hi, I
> love
> your records?" I know very little about the technical side of
> production/performance and am able to opine much more eloquently in
> writing than in speech, so
> I tend to worry about what to say to the point where I generally just
> don't.
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