[bomp] Spring Has Sprung

[Nancyneon@xxxxxxx]

Finally I've come out of hibernation a little bit. Joe Vig threw a party at 
the Kirkland. For me the highlight was the surprise visit from our long time 
friend, Robery Barry Francos of FFANZEEN fame. Both Joe and I wrote for Rob's 
grr-8 mag. As much fun as it is in Boston right now,I do miss those days with 
Rob in NYC. We used to go out almost every night-that was the death throes of 
Max's Kansas City,but it was still exciting to a young girl from Greensboro,NC. 
NYC was like a big juicy peach to me and I was determined to suck out every 
last drop of juice! But with Rob everything was cool,our weekly trip to the Omei 
in Chinatown,even distributing his mag-it was odd navigating Manhattan in 
Rob's car. And even though I see Robs rarely,I still consider him one of my very 
best friends and everytime we see each other  1)he never changes 2)our 
friendship never changes and3)it's just like those gaps of time in between our visits 
never existed. Paul Hultman's set was a pleasant surprise. He had great 
energy and his voice projected despite having no PA. Something about his guitar 
style reminded me a bit of Bowie's HUNKY DORY period. But Jon Macey and Steve 
Gilligan of Fox Pass were AMAZING! Macey was on acoustic guitar and used a 
harmonica rack a la Dylan. Gilligan alternated between a mandolin and a stringed 
instrument that look like a lute(but Billy says he was  an acoustic bass). You 
hear a bit more of Macey's country influence in his acoustic stuff. I definitely 
heard tinges of the Everlys. These guys would make a great bill with Barry 
and Holly Tashian. The vocal arrangements were clever and these two sounded 
beautiful together. I hope they record soon. Oh yeah,I interviewed John Nikolai 
who is striking and brilliant. It's a good thing I'm married cos I'd definitely 
pounce on him otherwise! Yeow! Artie got super shots of him. THen Artie 
kidnapped us to PA's Lounge to see his wife's boyfriend's band-how sophisticated! 
THe Glass Set were pretty cool. We ran into Bob "THe Boob" Colby(wow,two fanzine 
Bobs in one night-maybe it's an omen-Frenzy and Fanzeen-oh maybe they'll join 
forces and call it Frenzeen or Fanzy or maybe not!! ha ha)The Glass Set 
sounded European and kinda shoe gaze. It was very atmospheric. I can see these guys 
becoming quite popular with the dance club crowd among others. THen there was 
TRA LA LA. Now they are right up my alley-like Nikki & The Corvettes with 4 
Nikkis but all in very different forms-you've got the tall,blonde-Vegas 
showgirl type(or Ginger if you will),then a cute,petite woman(there's your Mary 
Anne)-no the others weren't Gilligan or the Skipper,you had the other petite 
one,more of the sexy siren,dressed in black,hair in the face type(IF thats a 
type)and then you had my fave,the only one whose name I got-STELLA,the rock chick in 
a denim skirt,high heeled boots,jet black hair with bangs,but she was 
definitely more Lulu Brooks than Betty Page. Though she didn't play the keyboards she 
was the Pandora's Melanie(my fave Pandora,of course!! for the millenium.I 
strong armed Artie to take some shots of her holding the NOISE and smoking. She 
looked SMOLDERING!!! I kid you not folks,this a future star,in fact,I name her 
Stella Superstar!!! WE also saw a band called Moon Bats and that was one of the 
quirkiest bands,I'd ever seen. The drummer would make an excellent 
personaslity for a kid's show. She's very animated and well,quirky is the word.  Finally 
the night was winding down and we went to Chinatown for another typical 
shitty Boston Chinatown meal. Sheesh! I've been here over 5 years now and the best 
Chinese food I 've had was in Quincy. Go figure! The only restaurant that I 
like in Chi-Town is Malaysian and part of a chain. I usually prefer not to 
frequent chain restaurants,but this one-Penang is something special,but when you 
are eating at 2 or 3am in Boston,your choices are pretty limited,you've got 
IHOP, some Chinese joints, or the tachitos at 7-11. Don't get me started on Boston 
though for a world class city,it certainly has some backward ass 
drawbacks(don't even let me start on the mass transit system- I might get homicidal!!!) 
Dog shit, lung oysters,and barf all over the streets(how quaint!)and here's a 
pet peeve,people that won't get in A line,but kinda straddle all the lines..when 
did this start? Enough of my bitching,last night was a blast,but I definitely 
could have used that extra hour of sleep! Cheers, Nancy  Neon PS Anyone else 
like TRALA LA from Brooklyn?

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