Celebrating New Years Eve Eve once again proved to be a fine idea. This year, the annual festivus featured the usual snacks, spirits, improvised sounds, spray paint and good company; and, was made all the more sweet by (not one, but) two reunions: First, Mugs founder (and new father) Ben Small was in town from [...]
that’s right folks. it is here once more. the 4th annual new years eve eve party (12/30) at the rehearsal space. this year in addition to the ear-splitting jam-spazm, we’ll have vinyl, turntables, and the “smoothest track of all time” competition. for new years eve, we’ll be dj’ing at union hall until the early morning. [...]
Inviting people to 6+ hours of spontaneous jamming involves a bit of hope. You hope people will be comfortable standing in a small-ish room next to two drum kits at full tilt. You hope people will be patient during those rough-edged beginnings of each jam when the participants seek out instruments and work to sync [...]
thick. heavy. delicious. those are the words i’ll use to describe this years new years eve jam-fest-alot. and maybe i’ll throw in tasty. just press it straight to vinyl. here are a few selections from the evening, in the order that they appeared in the evening. not sure exact timing, but festivities got going after [...]
Looking forward to this year’s jam. We decided to celebrate the arrival of 2006 by holding an open house jam celebration at our rehearsal space. Fortunately Joe and Lori Raffa found the idea intriguing enough to make the trip from Syracuse. Armed with two well-stocked coolers and a folding table, they transformed our space into [...]
