Vegas is like Disney. The difference is that Vegas knows it’s evil. And yo, Palms: if someone like little-ol’-me can cruise to the front of your VIP line because a friend of a friend of a friend knows somebody, you may need to rethink your filter. Mo’ pics to come.
Did someone at Metroland hear my whining about not having a pic (again!) on the Hidden City web site? Now I feel stupid. From this week’s Metroland. Photo Credit: Chris Shields. FASHION ROCKS. Saturday night (Sept. 24) at the Lark Tavern saw the blending of two worlds: the rockers and the fashionistas (we’re guessing it […]
TheHiddenCity has photos up from this weekend’s Fashion Rock show at Tess’ Lark Tavern in Albany and the Hanslick Rebellion reunion show at CBGB’s in New York City. You should see them. At Tess’ insistance, we showed the Babylon music video as a warm up for the Fashion Rock show – but better yet, later […]
Paperwork? Several states ready and willing to send National Guard troops to the rescue in New Orleans didn’t get the go-ahead until days after the storm struck — a delay nearly certain to be investigated by Congress. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson offered Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco help from his state’s National Guard last Sunday, […]
Music by Mother Judge. Watchful eyes by Michael Eck. Music by Kevin McKrell. Watchful eyes by Kevin McKrell. Music by Mother Judge. Scream by Michael Eck. Skulls of the fallen by G.C. Haymes. The Reno Brothers showing at <a href="http://www.firlefanzgallery.com" target="_parent”>Firlefanz Gallery runs through August 20. Closing performance on the 20th begins at 8 p.m.
Tess gets the last word in today’s Times Union: [Tess] Collins, the refreshingly blunt owner of Tess’ Lark Tavern in Albany, cares deeply for her customers; she loves to make them happy with food and drink. She’s liberal with beverage rounds on the house, has used past customer complaints as suggestions to improve business and […]
Acoustic soul rock, that is. Here are the liner notes. Spy Love Box.The Babylon B-Sides. 1. Spy (4:23)2. Love (American Style) (3:33)3. Box (5:33)4. Harder (6:09)5. Beatitude (5:28)6. Julia (8:48)7. Babylon (reprise) (2:21) All songs by Bryan Thomas copyright 2004, 2005 Radical Plastical Music. This collection of bootleg demos recorded in Bryan’s bedroom is the […]
That’s right. SPY LOVE BOX gets an official release July 30. Really. I’ll elaborate here in the coming weeks about why I’ve given up on the concept of “online-only” (for this record, anyway). For now, let’s just say that I’ve found a way to do both. A happy compromise. So be at the Lark on […]
Photo documentation of the Abbey Lounge fun is all at the webcam right about now. Thanks to the Fluttr Effect friends for the flowers, Mercy James Gang for the CD and laughs, Thirsty for pushin’ me, Carl for making things easy (once again), and to J-Po for rockin’ my rock world. Johnny slipped me a […]