by Margaret | Feb 25, 2024 | Show |
Playing with Slyboots Friday, March 1st, 2024, at TV EYE *Opening for Mother Feather and KAYE TV EYE 1647 Weirfield, Ridgewood, NY on the Bushwick Border near the L & M Trains Tickets here: Buy tickets to Mother Feather, Kaye, Slyboots in Ridgewood on March 1, 2024...
by Margaret | Nov 7, 2023 | On My Mind |
Heylo Bassers, My friend Sal Maida asked me to contribute to Volume 2 of The White Label Promo Preservation Society Vol 2: More Flop Albums You Ought to Know. Sal Maida, Mitchell Cohen & Friends. I am very thrilled and honored that he thought of me for another essay. My essay is on the band, Teardrop Explodes, and their debut album, Kilimanjaro. I would encourage you to buy the book because so many of the essays are really fun, interesting, and are a deep depth of knowledge. It’s truly an oral history by some really great and interesting writers. https://hozacrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/the-white-label-promo-preservation-society-book Here’s my essay, for all you bouncing babies: I’m not sure how it started, but I remember how it ended. On a rooftop in Brooklyn, somewhere in Prospect Heights, and at a party for my roommate’s 25th birthday. We three were sitting on the far edge of the roof looking onto the Brooklyn/Manhattan skyline as the sun set, and the singer was standing, facing us. As the sun lowered the voices rose, and eventually we all were in complete darkness and silence. The line was drawn, and we went with the guitar player. The new incarnation (of almost the same band) continued when I lived in Williamsburg, on Maspeth Avenue right past the White Castle. I’d take the B43 bus to Greenpoint with my bass on my back headed to the guitar player’s apartment. We’d spend hours in his classic one-bedroom on Dupont Street hanging out with his Maine Coon, and coming up with cool guitar and bass parts that would later be formed into songs. We started every...
by Margaret | Nov 7, 2023 | Show |
Playing with Slyboots Saturday, December 16th, 2023, at Triad Theater Triad Theater 158 West 72nd Street New York, New York 10023 Tickets here: Slyboots, New York, NY – InstantSeats...
by Margaret | Nov 7, 2023 | Show |
Playing with Slyboots – Double Feature with Alan Walker Thursday, October 26th, 2023, at Carroll Place Carroll Place 157 Bleecker St. New York, New York 10012...
