Notes Tagged: 'toocool'

Arlo

In case you hadn’t heard, 2007 is the fortieth anniversary of 1967. Yeah, that seems kind of obvious, but look at all the anniversaries we’re seeing this year: The fortieth anniversary of Sgt. Pepper’s. The fortieth anniversary of the Red Sox’ Impossible Dream. The fortieth anniversary of the summer of love. (Personally, I find it strange that we celebrate every big events every five years starting with ten. How much new perspective do we have between the 25th and 30th anniversaries of a classic album? Enough to warrant a wallet emptying reissue, it seems. I guess 20, 25 and 30 years out is peak nostalgia range…) But what about the other fortieth anniversaries? The formation of the ABA, Thurgood Marshall sworn in to the Supreme Court, The Monterey Pop Festival, Elvis and Prscilla get married! And what about the bad stuff? Shouldn’t we remember that stuff, too? Race riots in Newark and Detroit, Che Guevara is captured and executed, Woodie Guthrie’s dies of Huntington’s…

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Permalink / 07 Aug. '07 / Tagged: arlo woodstock toocool

Outdoor Festivals

We played at the Psyforia Festival yesterday and what a fun time we had! The event was held at the American Legion in Cambridge, outdoors, right next to the Charles River. I should mention that it was pretty hot yesterday. I never saw a thermometer, but I’m pretty good at guessing these things and I would estimate we were in the low to mid nineties (that’s Fahrenheit, by the way). That river started looking pretty good after a few minutes performing in direct sunlight, but not one for swimming in city rivers, we stayed ashore, played our funk music to a festival crowd and had a whale of a time.

We were invited to the event by our close friend and original Jive Sucka! Ammon EP, who is a terrific dj, an emerging producer and unbelievable hooper. That’s with a hula hoop for those of you unfamiliar with the fad. (I call it a fad not to be derogatory, but because when I was taught the word ‘fad’ in elementary school, the hula hoop was the example that we were given. In fact, whenever I think of the word, an image of plastic tubular ring, often in bright shades of orange, pink and green, comes to mind.) So, listen, I’m serious: Ammon is unbelievable with a hoop. The whole phenomenon is so much more developed than I previously realized. In fact, there were quite a few people hooping at the event and they were all pretty much amazing.

And there was food (thanks Heidi!) and more music and a great crowd. There were friends and family. Not to rub it in, but I really don’t know how you missed it. (Did I mention we performed?)

Speaking of which…

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Permalink / 05 Aug. '07 / Tagged: live boston ammonep hair woodstock graham birthday jivesucka toocool