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Foo Fighters + Special Guest Joan Jett at Madison Square Garden

Jason in Pencil — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:34:11 +0000

Epic badassness occured at MSG Sunday night when the rest of the world was probably lying in bed preparing for the usual Monday stress test. That was all but forgotten when Grohl and the Foo lit up the night with a non-stop, kick-your-effin-ass 3 hour set. I managed to snap this iphone pic when Grohl came storming out into the crowd.

The new album came alive on stage, and having been a Foo fan since the beginning, I have to say I think it’s one of the best albums so far. The songs are even more hard hitting in concert…

But it wasn’t just the new album and the old favorites that the Foo broke out. The first cover was Pink Floyd’s “In The Flesh”.

Then came a rockin rendition of Tom Petty’s “Breakdown”. And to top the night off, none other than Joan Jett was invited on stage as a surprise guest.

ROCK AND ROLL IS ALIVE AND WELL!

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Toots & The Maytals at Brooklyn Bowl!

Jason in Pencil — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:58:40 +0000

The pressure dropped at Brooklyn Bowl last week with Toots hittin the stage! Not sure how many of you are Reggae fans, but this guy invented the word – Reggae! Ha. Amazing. Here’s a couple pics…

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Baked in Telluride Burns

Jason in Pencil — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:21:21 +0000

Last night one of Telluride’s famous bakeries burned to the ground. Very sad, this was one of my favorite spots – a local hang out. We even wrote a song referencing it when we were kids in high school, and here it is:

“Baked in Telluride”
Artist: The Pine Barrens
/mp3/Telluride.mp3

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The Heavy at 92 Y Tribeca

Jason in Pencil — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:22:02 +0000

Last night The Heavy played their last show in NYC during their tour from the UK. I have to say this band has some very unique elements, and a lot going for them. I bought their album “The House That Dirt Built” and really enjoy it.

Tracks like “How You Like Me Now” and “Short Change Hero” were awesome live. I was hoping for a bit more guitar work last night – some killer leads and bit of a more electric live show that deviates from the album… but this band is young, and trying to get their sound out in the states. Given the circumstances, the shorter more compact show made sense.

I neglect to admit that the live show was not as exciting as the album, but still a helluva good time. Rumor has it they are on Letterman tomorrow night.

Spencer Page on bass was killer, and one of the highlights of the show. Here’s a short clip:

Check em out: myspace.com/theheavy73

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American Museum of Natural History, Fischerspooner

Jason in Pencil — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:27:34 +0000

The American Museum of Natural History kicked off their first Friday parties this weekend, with an awesome gathering. We partied, checked out the planetarium with Tom Hanks’ narrating, and danced to some great DJ’s. Fischerspooner really got the party bumping, those guys were awesome.

Unfortunately, some guy from Animal Collective came on next, and totally killed the party. He was absolutely terrible, and everyone stopped dancing.

I’ll be checking out Fischerspooner again, they rocked.

Check them out: fischerspooner.com

Here’s a short clip:

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3rd Ward Holiday Party

Jason in Pencil — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:00:48 +0000

So there were quite a few DJ’s on the second floor where the majority of partying took place. Not sure which DJ this is, but there were DJ’s Kimyon, Zemi 17, Sweedish Meetballs and Morphous on the bill, so I assume it was one of those. Anyway, these techno synth beats had the crowd totally amped up.

If you want to attend these events in the future, definitely sign up on their mailing lists.

3rdward.com
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Jason in Pencil — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:00:29 +0000

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3rd Ward: Pyrophorus Pixxies

Jason in Pencil — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:30:21 +0000

The Pyrophorus Pixxies would like to wish everybody a Happy Hannukka. And there’s only one way to light a menorah. Don’t try this at home kids.

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3rd Ward Holiday Party: Chico Mann

Jason in Pencil — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:00:20 +0000

On Saturday night TheDanger and 3rd Ward teamed up to present one helluva party in Brooklyn, complete with cheap drinks, people on swings, DJ’s, live bands, strange performance art, fire shows, a seesaw, and this guy:

…with festivities raging until sunrise. The DJ during this clip is Chico Mann from Antibalas. His music blends all the classic afro-beat grooves of the past with a really new and electronic sound.

www.myspace.com/chicomann

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Jeff Pevar at P&G’s

Jason in Pencil — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:25:19 +0000

A bit late on this blog entry, but last Tuesday I had the opportunity to see Jeff Pevar at P&G’s on the Upper West Side. I’ve been a huge fan of Jeff since my early days of learning guitar, ever since I saw him play with Max Creek as a guest performer in Hartford back in the 90′s.

He was awesome then, and he’s awesome now. He joined the Jonny Rosch Band – Jonny has some great songs. If you get the chance head up to P&G’s on Tuesday nights, he’s doing residency there every week. Very cool original sound.

Ok so on top of it, I got to see this show for FREE, wow. I basically got to see one of the greatest American electric guitar players of ALL TIME, for free. It doesn’t get any better than that. They played Etta James, and Jeff took us through an acrobatic guitar solo to boggle our minds. If I recall correctly, a bit of Clapton/Cream action in that set too, and plenty more I can’t recall, but loved every second of.

So I will leave you with this, an unbelievable version of “Love Makes You Lose Your Mind” – a Max Creek song. This is from a show this past summer that Jeff and Scott Murawski do called “Guitarness”.

Guitarness
June 28th 2009
Hungry Tiger – Manchester, CT
“Love Makes You Lose Your Mind”
http://ia301518.us.archive.org/0/items/guitarness2009-06-28.akg391.flac16/guitarness2009-06-28d2t04_vbr.mp3

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