Snow, mud, sleet, baked goods from The Bikery, Brasa burritos Surly beer, and various other beverages consumed from flasks and bottles throughout the course. All in all it was a great day.
Gallery East Hardcore Reunion
This is a show that I am certain I will regret missing for years to come. I have only just begun to check out the pictures that have surfaced from this incredible show. I anticipate shots from the Rev @ RTTP who’s black and white shots feel like a time capsule bringing me back to ’82 and those anticipated all age shows. I’m sure that we will see some Phillin Phlash and Chistine Elise McCarthy will soon have on they’re Facebook pages. Although our band Stranglehold was for most a fringe band in the Boston Hard Core scene we always endeavored to bring the intensity up for those frequent times when bands like DYS, The Freeze and The FU’s would ask us to stick our necks out and do shows with them. More of a British Hard Core feel we always had to bring the extra bag of attitude if we were to make a mark on the same stage with these bands and they’re fans. I think we did pretty well and it was always a challenge we enjoyed. For anyone who happens on my site or has access to my Facebook page, I suggest you click through to All Ages-Boston Hardcore The Film, RTTP or any of the number of photogs that were snapping that day and catch a sneaker in the face or an elbow in the gut, because that looked like a whole shit load of fun.
Missed you all!
Minneapolis Bastile Day 2010
Ahh yes, another drunken Franco-Fest! A celebration that I think is prophetic in a day and age when there are so many so deserving or the treatment bestowed by those we are celebrating today. Even though I don’t partake in the liquid libation I fully intend to participate and incite these party goers in any way I can.
The Magnolias set was great, nice to see they’re still around.
Today was was bittersweet. In spite of Andy Schleck’s inspired win over the peloton and Alberto Contador, cycle fans couldn’t leave doping out of today’s discussion. “Look at Armstrong without the performance enhancing drugs” he’s not nearly as impressive! Let me make my doping position clear, anything that endangers an athletes health behind the inherent dangers of the sport I consider a much more serious danger to the sport itself. The fact that a football player competing at the high school level might be compelled to take medical risks just to position themselves competitively with other college prospects makes these drugs extremely dangerous. In any sport that recruits competitors from the junior ranks, drugs enhancing performance must be discouraged. Continue reading »




