may 2nd bitforce koopa kids and mc chris! goto do617.com/mcchris to win tickets! all dates and links at mcchris.com/shows
mc chris ticket contest! 5/2 at Middle East Downstairs
League of Ordinary Gentlemen Podcast Episode #187: A Very Special Leaguepodcast...
This week, on a very special League Podcast, Adam Rivera and MC Frontalot join us to talk about their post-PAX shows, the Star Wars “Machete Order,” appearing in an issue of the Walking Dead, and Frontalot’s awesome new merch, because that’s what feeds the babies!
Illustration by Evan Dorkin
Discussed in this Episode:
Adam Rivera Music
MC Frontalot
Music:
Intro: “Gray World” - Adam Rivera
Outtro: “First World Problems” - MC Frontalot
WBZ Channel 4 Interview RE: Police: Drugs In House Of Blues Overdoses Not Sold In Club
[SEE MORE AT WBZ]
TUE 8/6/13 - MIDDLE EAST UPSTAIRS
EARLY EVENING SHOW:
LeaguePodcast Presents:
Musiquestria Tour - 8 Brony Musicians - All Ages $10 Advance / $12 Day Of Show *NOTE: 5:30pm Doors
Silva Hound
F3nning
Bejoty
Tarby
Poni1Kenobi
Replacer
Donn DeVore
Automatic Jack
TUE
8/6/13 U: EARLY EVENING SHOW: LeaguePodcast Presents: Musiquestria Tour - 8 Brony Musicians - All Ages $10 Advance / $12 Day Of Show *NOTE: 5:30pm Doors
MIDDLE EAST UPSTAIRS
472 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge MA 02139
mideastclub.com | ticketweb.com | leaguepodcast.com
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdQ99WJahlc
http://www.musiquestria.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Musiquestria
http://www.youtube.com/Musiquestria
http://igg.me/at/musiquestria
https://twitter.com/Musiquestria
“Musiquestria is a month-long pony music tour spanning the entirety of the United States.”
Musiquestria is a month-long pony music tour spanning the entirety of the United States, from Everfree Northwest in Seattle, WA to cities in the New England area. During these four weeks we hope to visit as many major cities as possible across the country, bringing incredible live performances of some of the community’s most talented musicians to you.
Bronies have already infultrated so much of pop culture. This first-of-its-kind tour will take us to the next level! If this series of epic events are successful, this tour will become an annual event bringing up-and-coming brony musicians right across North America and into your home towns!
TICKETS
FACEBOOK EVENT
mideastclub.com | ticketweb.com | leaguepodcast.com
MEETUP!
TUE 8/6 - @Musiquestria #Brony Musicians - All Ages - *NOTE: 5:30pm Doors #MYLITTLEPONY #BRONIES #MLP
BLOGGERS:
Picks of the week appreciated! Feel free to ask me any questions/requests. Thanks for your continued support.
Post- BOSTON COMIC-CON, brony meetup at Middle East.
All Ages - *NOTE: 5:30pm Doors
WATCH THIS VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFrUblp28uc#at=106
For IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Musiquestria is a month-long pony music tour spanning the entirety of the United States. LEAGUE PODCAST presents this first ever tour of BRONY Musicians coming to the Middle East Upstairs on Tuesday, August 6, 2013. Early Evening All Ages Show.
Musiquestria is a month-long pony music tour spanning the entirety of the United States, from Everfree Northwest in Seattle, WA to cities in the New England area. During these four weeks we hope to visit as many major cities as possible across the country, bringing incredible live performances of some of the community’s most talented musicians to you.
Bronies have already infultrated so much of pop culture. This first-of-its-kind tour will take us to the next level! If this series of epic events are successful, this tour will become an annual event bringing up-and-coming brony musicians right across North America and into your home towns!
FAQ: What’s a Brony? http://whatisabrony.com
TUE 8/6/13 - MIDDLE EAST UPSTAIRS
EARLY EVENING SHOW:
LeaguePodcast Presents:
Musiquestria Tour - 8 Brony Musicians - All Ages $10 Advance / $12 Day Of Show *NOTE: 5:30pm Doors
Silva Hound
F3nning
Bejoty
Tarby
Poni1Kenobi
Replacer
Donn DeVore
Automatic Jack
TUE
8/6/13 U: EARLY EVENING SHOW: LeaguePodcast Presents: Musiquestria Tour - 8 Brony Musicians - All Ages $10 Advance / $12 Day Of Show *NOTE: 5:30pm Doors
MIDDLE EAST UPSTAIRS
472 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge MA 02139
“Musiquestria is a month-long pony music tour spanning the entirety of the United States.”
Musiquestria is a month-long pony music tour spanning the entirety of the United States, from Everfree Northwest in Seattle, WA to cities in the New England area. During these four weeks we hope to visit as many major cities as possible across the country, bringing incredible live performances of some of the community’s most talented musicians to you.
Bronies have already infultrated so much of pop culture. This first-of-its-kind tour will take us to the next level! If this series of epic events are successful, this tour will become an annual event bringing up-and-coming brony musicians right across North America and into your home towns!
FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/669486943067477
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BLOG: mideastclub.com/blog
Publicity / Promotions - Cambridge, MA USA
PRESS PHOTOS/GIVEAWAYS/MORE INFO:
LeaguePodcast and RockOn Concerts present: PAX-EAST POST-PARTIES 1.0 & 2.0
NIGHT 1.0
SAT 3/23/13
Hard Rock Cafe Boston
22-24 Clinton Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Mega Ran
Active Knowledge
Shane Hall
Gage
Weird Die Young
FACEBOOK EVENT
POST-PAX PAX AFTER PARTY 1.0
8pm Doors $10
21+ Event- Valid ID Required- No Exceptions
TICKET LINK
SHORT: http://ticketf.ly/XHzNGy
Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/leaguepodcast
http://www.twitter.com/rockonconcerts
http://www.twitter.com/activeknow
http://www.twitter.com/megaran
#nerdcore
EXTRA: TWO NIGHT PARTY PASS HERE
OR at MIDDLE EAST BOX OFFICE 2-8pm Daily - NO FEES!
SAT 3/23 Hard Rock: MEGARAN & ACTIVE KNOWLEDGE. Giveaways! #swag & tix for @EvilDead #EVILDEAD! @LeaguePodcast @RockonConcerts #PAXEAST
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NIGHT 2.0
SUN 3/24/13
Middle East Downstairs
480 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
League Podcast & Rock On! Concerts Present:
The Protomen
MC Frontalot
Br1ght Pr1mate (Chiptune / Chipmusic / Futurepop)
The World is Square (SquareSoft/Enix VGM Folk Band)
All Ages $15
*NOTE: 7pm Doors
TIX - Facebook Event
- TWO NIGHT POST PAX PARTY PASS for $20 -
(Admission to 3/23 Hard Rock Cafe & 3/24 Middle East)
Here or at MIDDLE EAST BOX OFFICE (no fees!)!
CENTRAL SQ. MBTA
All Ages $15 *NOTE: 7pm Doors
EXTRA: TWO NIGHT PARTY PASS HERE
OR at MIDDLE EAST BOX OFFICE 2-8pm Daily - NO FEES!
SUN 3/24 Twitter stuff:
POST-PAX AFTER PARTY 2.0
Let’s go to the Middle East!
Photo by Ilya Mirman - photos.ilyamirman.com
“Trust me,” Clay Fernald, the publicity and promotions manager of the Middle East Nightclub writes, “the reason you fall in love with people here is because they love what they are doing.”
That seems to be the magic ingredient that keeps The Middle East, Boston’s favorite night spot, up and running. It’s held together by people who love where they are and what they do.
[READ MORE at FUTURE BOSTON - STORY BY RACHEL WALLACH]
Nabil and Joseph Sater - photo by Susan Young
4/9 The Protomen + MC Frontalot @MidEastClub with The World is Square
Mon 4/9/12 - Middle East Downstairs
Rock On! Concerts & LeaguePodcast Present:
The Protomen + MC Frontalot
The World is Square (Square-Enix Tribute Band)
18+ $15
TIX - Facebook Event
#NERDCORE
Clay in the Boston Herald - FASHION today!
Photo Credit - Nancy Lane, Boston Herald
Photo Credit - Nancy Lane, Boston Herald. Niani Campbell, Emma Panda, Clay Fernald.
Middle East gang models Newbury Comics fashion lines
By Carley Thornell — [email protected] [link]
Retailer Newbury Comics seeks record-setting style sales
By Carley Thornell — [email protected] [link]
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Thanks, Carley and Nancy! Big thanks to the gorgeous Niani Campbell and Emma Panda! I’m one lucky dude!
MC Frontalot Takes Rap ‘Nerdcore’ (11/9 @MidEastClub) from WBUR today!
MC Frontalot Takes Rap ‘Nerdcore’
Rapper MC Frontalot is at the forefront of a hip-hop genre that’s
being called “nerdcore.” (Photo courtesy: Adam Merrifield, Flickr/Creative Commons)
MC Frontalot is a 30-something former web designer, graduate of Wesleyan University, and a current resident of Brooklyn. He’ s also at the forefront of the hip-hop genre known as “nerdcore.”
MC Frontalot, also known as Damian Hess, describes himself on Facebook as the world’s 579th-greatest rapper. “This has been scientifically determined by scientists, using science,” he says.
He also tweets, blogs, Tumblr’s, and hosts something called an “open source beat project” on his website, where he also recommends web browser extensions.
MC Frontalot has just released his fifth studio album called “Solved,” and he’ll be performing at the Middle East in Cambridge next Wednesday, November 9th. Ahead of that performance, he spoke with Radio Boston from Jacksonville, Fla.
Guest: Damian Hess, aka, MC Frontalot
Wed 11/9
LeaguePodcast.com, Rock On! and Leedz Edutainment Present:
MC Frontalot
Math The Band
Brandon Patton Nabo Rawk
Weird Die Young
Hosted By Sly Young
18+ $10 Advance / $12 Day Of Show
TIX - Facebook Event
8pm Doors
11/10 MOVERS & SHAKERS @MidEastClub Upstairs
MIDDLE EAST UPSTAIRS
CENTRAL SQ.
Thu 11/10
Who Booked This? presents:
Movers & Shakers (National Harvester Record Release Show)
Viva Viva
Creaturos (ex-Doomstar! & ex-Ketman members)
Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band
18+ $10
Listen to Movers & Shakers National Harvester here on Band Camp
TIX - Facebook Event
10/16 Clay N. Ferno's Bday w/ THE BOMBPOPS (San Diego), CONTINENTAL, CHIP and XTOWN XPRESS & more #punk
PRESS RELEASE
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Middle East Upstairs
LeaguePodcast.com and Rock On! Concerts present
The Bombpops (Red Scare Records, San Diego, CA)
Continental (featuring Rick Barton of The Outlets / DKM)
Hands Like Bricks (LA, CA)
SEXCoffee
Chip and The Crosstown Express
Clay N. Ferno’s Birthday Party
18+ $9 Advance / $10 Day Of Show
TIX - Facebook Event
8pm Doors
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THE BOMBPOPS
The Bombpops have proven to be one of Southern California’s hardest working bands, drawing influences from ’90s skate punk and Fat Wreck Chords bands like NOFX, Lagwagon, Descendents, and No Use For A Name.
Fronted by two girls ripping on guitars and vocals, and backed by dudes holding down a strong rhythm section, The Bombpops offer a fresh, honest, in your face, delivery of catchy melodic pop punk songs.
Formed in early 2008, with members fresh out of (and others still in) High School, The Bombpops quickly established a name for themselves in the So-Cal punk scene opening up for punk rock giants such as Bad Religion, GBH, TSOL, The Adolescents, Strung Out and The Queers.
With their first official EP “Like I Care” released on Red Scare Industries in November 2010, their second EP “Stole the TV” on the way and relentless touring under their belts, The Bombpops have no plans of slowing down.
“Perfect for blasting through some pool corners or for keeping the good attitude going” - EuropeSkate.com
“The Bombpops are a female fronted quartet and a force to be reckoned with… Like I Care delivers some of the quickest and most melodic punk tracks of the year! “- Scene Point Blank
Artist Website: http://www.facebook.com/TheBombpops
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CONTINENTAL
Hailing from the Hallowed grounds of the garage at 123 Centre Street (former home of the “Dropkick Murphy’s” and “Everybody Out”) comes Rick Barton’s latest and greatest incarnation “Continental.”
Continental will never be defined by a particular genre. They blend a unique style of rock, folk,country and blues to as closely follow Gram Parsons mission of “Cosmic American Music.” Some of the initial comparisons have been to Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and The Velvet Underground. Continental will be a touring, starving, and hard working band coming to your town.
Artist Website: http://www.facebook.com/ContinentalBand
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HANDS LIKE BRICKS
Remember when punk rock bands played in basements? Tall boys, best friends, bad lighting, and bands without make-up or hair that impaired their depth perception? This is Hands Like Bricks.
A Los Angeles foursome with an idea that punk rock is about best friends having awesome times together, Hands Like Bricks write unpretentious, sing-along anthems that speak to your soul, and voice things we can all relate to. With an impressive punk rock pedigree that stretches from New Jersey to Los Angeles, Hands Like Bricks is bringing punk rock back to the kids that couldn’t find a family anywhere else, whether they are 13 or 37.
Artist Website: http://www.facebook.com/handslikebricks
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SEXCOFFEE
Craving a high energy musical fix full of soulful melodies, innate harmonies, and carefully crafted songwriting? SEXCoffee is an alternative rock quintet best served live, loud, or recorded. Sean McCarthy from Standard Times praises SEXCoffee as “a high-energy rock band with a solid reputation”, while The Noise Magazine says “They sound like a band that knows how to carve their own musical path and does so with aplomb.”
Through the in-your-face vocal presence of front-woman Ruth Charbonneau, the dueling guitar riffs of Joey Magnanti (guitar/vocals) & Josh Baptista (guitar), and the thunderous low end rhythm section of Sharlene DeNardo (bass/vocals) and Paul Campbell (drums/vocals), SEXCoffee’s eclectic musical brew is a genre-breaking force in both their recorded and live sound.
Sharing the stage with such high profile acts as Candlebox, Halestorm, Siobhan Magnus (from American Idol) Company of Thieves and Me Talk Pretty, this multi-award winning band maintains and values a competent work ethic along with attention to melodious detail. Once you’ve had a taste of SEXCoffee’s infectious blend, you’ll be feeling satisfied to the last drop!
Artist Website: http://www.sexcoffeeband.com/
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CHIP AND THE CROSSTOWN EXPRESS - (first of 5)
Come early - Chip’s set opens the night at 8:30! Chip is saddled with the burden of being one of Clay’s closest friends. This Middle East Upstairs debut of the CHIP AND THE CROSSTOWN EXPRESS is going to be epic.
“Just in case you weren’t aware: Jimmy Fallon is my best friend. We opened an old phone museum. Fell in love with a Korean. Soup friends for life. Oh yes, soup friends for life.”- Soup Pals
Boston / New York singer songwriter. Tributes to old phone museums (Old Phone), The Turkey’s Nest in Brooklyn (Soup Pals), Jacket Magazine (Jimmy I Lost My Jacket), Jimmy Fallon , Brooklyn’s G-Train (G Train), Soon Lee from M*A*S*H (Soon Lee), and many more. The Chip and The Crosstown Express EP was produced by Randy Miller and Iyad Kheirbek (Wild Zero, C.O.N.D.O.R.).
Here’s Chip and the Crosstown Express at the Miss G-Train Pageant, 2009.
DOWNLOAD his EP for FREE at bandcamp -
Artist Website: http://chipandthecrosstownexpress.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chip-and-the-Crosstown-Express/132053693481903
10/13/2011, 10/14/2011, 10/15/2011 - LIVE! ON STAGE Jonathan Richman featuring TOMMY LARKINS on the drums! @MidEastClub
10/13-10/15 LIVE! ON STAGE Jonathan Richman featuring TOMMY LARKINS on the drums! @MidEastClub
Originally a ‘Google Buzz’ reply
Right when I first started working here at the Middle East, Kieran and I split the door duties for Jonathan’s shows (another 3 night stint) @mideastclub Upstairs.
Jonathan is very private and hates computers and cell phones! God bless him for that, it must be how he maintains his cool!
Before the show, Jonathan hands me a hand written guest list and says “Here’s my list…and if someone thinks they are on the list, (but aren’t) please don’t make them feel uncomfortable…just let them in!”
Show starts, I rip 194 tickets and (all of his shows sell out in advance, he prefers the intimacy and the history of the room at the Middle East Upstairs). By the way, I was also told that The Saters would take care of Jonathan after the shows were over “Next Week”. No large checks or cash was being transacted this evening. This is the kind of honest family business that I work for. Very romantic and cool and old school show biz.
The Marquee reads, according to contract:
“LIVE! ON STAGE Jonathan Richman featuring TOMMY LARKINS on the drums!”
The show happens, as it has a thousand times before on stages across the world.
200 people are transported to a vineyard in the south of France for an hour and a half as Jonathan soothes everyone’s souls.
After the show, I count and recount the till. I count and recount the door money. I fill out my paperwork (as I will come to do a thousand more times!). I imagine my office a smokey room, like a noir detective novel. There was probably no smoke, but Jonathan had turned on only one light in the room for mood. Here it is happening, as I write this I still cannot believe this to be true! This is a distant dream. A foggy memory, yet I can taste the air. I feel not excitement, in fact, I feel a calm warm spiritual experience as Jonathan Richman was LIVE! in the office playing his guitar and singing. He is playing for himself I am sure, but I was his only audience. I can honestly say this was one of my fondest memories of my life, my job, of music, and of the experiencing something greater than myself.
Yesterday, as I was typing this out (attempt #2!) I got distracted. I had a DJ gig at another bar. Here I was at another desk, 6 years later, putting my required mp3 set list on my iPod. This time in the office, it’s before Jonathan’s set, and I found myself with my eyes closed, my hands across my stomach, fingertips touching (thumb to thumb, index to index, ect.), breathing, eyes closed. It’s just the two of us and it’s happening again. The feeling was familiar, welcome, Zen, spiritual, and relaxing.
Then, as I had a thousand times before, I closed my laptop, disconnected my iPod, and slithered out the door. I felt like I was intruding on his warm up time, I had basked in his moment for exactly how long I needed to. I did not say goodbye but my smile is lasting through to this moment.
— Clay S. Fernald, February 20, 2010 1:21 AM
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Middle East Upstairs proudly presents: Thu 10/13 - Night 1 Fri 10/14 - Night 2 Live! On Stage Jonathan Richman featuring Tommy Larkins on the drums! 18+ $15 TIX - Facebook Event Sat 10/15 - Night 3 Live! On Stage Jonathan Richman featuring Tommy Larkins on the drums! 18+ $15 TIX - Facebook Event |
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Artist Website: http://vaporrecords.com
Tickets at TicketWeb:
or at the Middle East Box Office 2-8pm Daily - NO FEES!
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11/9 MC FRONTALOT, Brandon Patton @MidEastClub Upstairs! #Nerdcore
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Wed 11/9 - Middle East Upstairs
Just Announced show at Middle East Upstairs!
MC Frontalot - Bizarro Genius BabyHappy Wednesday! Enjoy!
MP3s here. Video here. ********************
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