Ted Did It !

40 years ago tonight.



Thanks to Beware of the Blog / WFMU

I Just Wanna Have Something To Do

You can listen to the New Worm Bros
Psychedelic Hot Rod Show.



Or Get out of Wormtown and go to Providence for Indie Arts Fest 09

Free Show with 3 stages for music and a Beer Garden featuring Narragansett Beer.
Why can't Worcester put on a show like this?



Or get way the hell out of Wormtown and go to NYC to see Deadbolt, the scariest band in the world. First east coast appearance in 10 years!

Wormtown Weekend

Here is an actual photo of the Punk Rock scene in Wormtown.
Yeah, another weekend with no punk in any club in Worcester.
I think from now on, I'll list action when it takes place.
Instead of wasting space on the interweb telling you what is not happening.
If you are getting restless, go to Ralph's on Friday night and see The Chicken Slacks.
They are a great funk and soul review out of Boston and put on great show.
Until then, watch the moon. There is more action there than here.

The Rock Of Boston Crumbles

Yesterday it was announced as of August 13th, 2009 WBCN 104.1fm will cease operations. Although over the past 10 years or so the station has been a shell of it's former self, it's still like losing an old friend. You know, the guy you use to hang around with who turned into a dickhead. You may not visit him anymore, but it was always nice to know he was still around in case you wanted to. Well, CBS, the owner of WBCN, has decided to move MIX 98.5 to the 104.1 frequency and replace the old MIX signal with an all sports station WBZ-FM.
Beginning with a format change from classical to rock in 1968, WBCN began a run that would make it the most important station for underground music and news in the 60's and early 70's, a rock n roll giant in the 70's and one of the only commercial stations in the country that would play the new punk rock in the late 70's and 80's. Alternative rock would carry it on through the 90's when the format began to go out the window. They added Howard Stern and then NE Patriots football and that was beginning of their slow decline into a market driven repetitive format outlet.
But, during it's heyday it could not be touched. DJ's like Charles Laquidara, Mark Parenteau, Oedipus, and many others kept the station on the forefront of music and entertainment that the local listeners had come to expect.
There will always be a space in my radio heart for what was once the only station that mattered, The Rock of Boston, WBCN.

Hot Rod Riot

I should have posted this last week in the WW, but I forgot all about it until the Wife came in and said "We're leaving in a half hour to go..."
Shows like this are the reason I don't go to Green Hill Park on the 4th. Bring your own cooler, listen to some great music, this year featuring Wormtown's own SPF-4 and Preston Wayne 4. The show was laid out in an aging industrial park of sorts that's still functioning with a host of different businesses.
So, here are a bunch of pictures and videos of the Hot Rod Riot #4 put on by Murdercycles Saturday in Manchester CT.




















More at Worm Bros Youtube

Drive-In Time

Let's see what was playing in 1982......



We here in Wormtown County are lucky to still have an operating Drive-In in Leicester.
Pack the car up and go!!

Narragansett Rally

Here are some pictures from the rally on Thursday.
Crossing Kelley Square during the five o'clock rush hour.
I didn't go on the ride or to Brew City, but the real party was after the rally at The Hotel Vernon where Narragansett Beer provided complimentary beverages and pizza.
And, I met the man who brought Gansett back, President of Narragansett Beer, Mark Hellendrung. My Hero.
You really should have been there.