beantown, take 2
Our 3 shows in Boston brought the band full circle. For those of you who don't know the back story, the modern incarnation of Sanction arose from our time here in Boston last November. I was filling in for several dates in the greater Boston area, and we four gelled so well that upon returning to Los Angeles, I quit my other projects and made Sanction my home.
It was during one of the November dates - the Northeast NACA Conference - that we met the amazing Jackie and her Northeastern crew. Jackie took us under her wing, talking for hours with us about our music and the music industry in general. She invited us out to play her on campus club - afterHOURS - two nights in a row, and we jumped at the chance. A third show, at BU - Jay's alma mater - was added for the Beantown Trifecta.
We found that Boston is a lot like Los Angeles in many ways. With all the music schools out here, the clubs are flooded with talent of all styles. In three days, we shared the stage with a latin-jazz band, a 10-piece orchestra, a hip-hop act, and a couple country-esque acts, on top of the normal smorgas-board of rock acts. Though we're a hard rock band, we all come from different backgrounds, and we were stoked to be grooving with so many different acts.
At Boston University, we were the closing act of a music festival celebrating musical diversity. As word of this was passed down to us, the message was slightly jumbled, leaving us thinking it was really a multi-cultural fest. "So uh, do we represent white people then?" we were asking ourselves. Incidently, the drummer from one jazz band playing that night was also in a band sharing the stage with us at afterHOURS the next night.
Friday and Saturday found us at Northeastern's afterHOURS. We tried to promote the shows online, only to find that a couple kickass mofos had beaten us to it: flyering every myspace page in sight and making sure everyone knew that afterHOURS is where the cool kids will be. They (Kirstina y Michelle) even came to meet us early Friday to walk around campus with us, passing out flyers to everyone. We found that guys in Boston don't like taking flyers from other guys, only from girls. Not even when we disguise that it's a rock show by asking, with flyer extended, "Hey man, you like porn?" Buncha liars in this city ;)
The staff @ afterHOURS was just as cool, making sure we were right at home. The food rocked, and being able to store our gear overnight in the club saved a ton of time and effort. Night 2 had a large repeat crowd from night one, which was encouraging. Someone enthusiastically showing up two nights in a row is worth a thousand glad-hand "good jobs."
Night 2 we judged a battle of the bands after our set. Look up the Cassavettes and Left Handed Thieves. They rocked bigtime, and we think you'll love their show.
A big thanks to the staffs of Northeastern and BU (paul, john, josh, erica, molly, alli, michelle, kristina, jackie, etc etc) for taking care of us bunch of hooligans. We'll see y'all in the fall for round 2.
D.
It was during one of the November dates - the Northeast NACA Conference - that we met the amazing Jackie and her Northeastern crew. Jackie took us under her wing, talking for hours with us about our music and the music industry in general. She invited us out to play her on campus club - afterHOURS - two nights in a row, and we jumped at the chance. A third show, at BU - Jay's alma mater - was added for the Beantown Trifecta.
We found that Boston is a lot like Los Angeles in many ways. With all the music schools out here, the clubs are flooded with talent of all styles. In three days, we shared the stage with a latin-jazz band, a 10-piece orchestra, a hip-hop act, and a couple country-esque acts, on top of the normal smorgas-board of rock acts. Though we're a hard rock band, we all come from different backgrounds, and we were stoked to be grooving with so many different acts.
At Boston University, we were the closing act of a music festival celebrating musical diversity. As word of this was passed down to us, the message was slightly jumbled, leaving us thinking it was really a multi-cultural fest. "So uh, do we represent white people then?" we were asking ourselves. Incidently, the drummer from one jazz band playing that night was also in a band sharing the stage with us at afterHOURS the next night.
Friday and Saturday found us at Northeastern's afterHOURS. We tried to promote the shows online, only to find that a couple kickass mofos had beaten us to it: flyering every myspace page in sight and making sure everyone knew that afterHOURS is where the cool kids will be. They (Kirstina y Michelle) even came to meet us early Friday to walk around campus with us, passing out flyers to everyone. We found that guys in Boston don't like taking flyers from other guys, only from girls. Not even when we disguise that it's a rock show by asking, with flyer extended, "Hey man, you like porn?" Buncha liars in this city ;)
The staff @ afterHOURS was just as cool, making sure we were right at home. The food rocked, and being able to store our gear overnight in the club saved a ton of time and effort. Night 2 had a large repeat crowd from night one, which was encouraging. Someone enthusiastically showing up two nights in a row is worth a thousand glad-hand "good jobs."
Night 2 we judged a battle of the bands after our set. Look up the Cassavettes and Left Handed Thieves. They rocked bigtime, and we think you'll love their show.
A big thanks to the staffs of Northeastern and BU (paul, john, josh, erica, molly, alli, michelle, kristina, jackie, etc etc) for taking care of us bunch of hooligans. We'll see y'all in the fall for round 2.
D.
posted by Sanction at 11:56 AM
2 Comments:
and that my dear ones is just what the doctor ordered. P.S. Dusty, you are as eloquent as you've ALWAYS been and a prick you're not.
MUCH LOVE ALWAYS,
forever your girl,
Jackie (the manager of afterHOURS).
dusty,
thanks for the shoutout!
-glenn & csvts
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