Thu 10 Apr – The Slackers, and more TBA

Ladies and Gents –

This show got off to a pretty late show with the opener sliding onto stage around 10:15. The Rocksteady Explosion played decent but definitely was not my cup of tea. It seemed that they were more of a reunion of a band that played together in college. Didn't really hear much rocksteady at all in what they played but they seemed to liven up a bit of the locals who were fans of theirs.

Bomb the Music Industry! was definitely a punk band on all accounts. The…

Fri 4 May – The Slackers, The Phenomenauts, Mrs. SKAnnotto, The LeVar BurTones, Room 30

I am standing up front getting ready, hanging with emmy (my wife), watching everyone come out, noticing that Vic's organ was nowhere to be seen….starting to get a bit disappointed….

Dave announced a few songs in that Vic couldn't be at the show that evening due to a family emergency. (in fact…he lemented later to a group of folks after the show that he probably would not be at others..maybe just NYC…)

Glen played just about everything in his repetoire including what went wrond, cupid,…

Sat 31 Mar – Dub Is a Weapon

In addition to a variety of very interesting waffles and an amazing performance by DIAW, it was a great shame to see only 20-30 people show up to this disturbingly underattended show…

DIAW was the only band on the billing that evening and played two stellar dub sessions (one of which I missed but heard was killer) – They played dubbed out varieties of most of their compositions (alot from "Armed and Dangerous, the bands newer CD) and I was pleased to see that they did not waver in their attempts to…

Thu 8 Mar – Westbound Train, Vic Ruggiero

Vic Ruggiero:
the show was excellent. Vic played a 35 minute set of songs from his solo efforts. Normally played on a guitar, Vic opted to use the old piano at the Wescott and proceeded to hammer out his material in a very ragtime style. The crowd sat on the floor during the set, many mezmorized by this special treat performance.

Vic Ruggiero

Westbound Train:
They played a high energy show for Syracuse that evening, playing selections from each of their 3 albums. The mixed age crowd was jumping and dancing the…

was hot!

nuff said.