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Alan Lewis

LINNEA'S GARDEN
"LOOKING"

Looking
from Fashion Show by Linnea's Garden

redonredlinneasgarden.bandcamp

"Looking" (digital, Red on Red, 2022), an excellent track, was released in advance of its album, "Fashion Show." I bought "Looking" after hearing it the first time. My usual suggestion, in a "name your price" situation such as this, is to pay what you regularly pay for digital downloads.

In addition to Linnea Herzog, high marks go to Amy Galaviz on bass. I haven't heard the status of Red on Red Records since the death of its proprietor, Justine Covault.

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For more information, from Boston Groupie News, run this Google search exactly as written here:

site:bostongroupienews.com "linnea's garden"

Copying and pasting is the easiest way to go.

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Linnea's GardenLooking, by Linnea's Garden from the album Fashion Show
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Alan Lewis

THE NEATS
TWO BANDS IN ONE
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Crash At Crush
by The Neats [1987]

neats.bandcamp.com/album/crash

Blues End Blue [1989]
by The Neats

neats.bandcamp.com/album/blues

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2019 News Item

The BGN News Archive
July 15, 2019

bostongroupienews.com/News0715

Just about halfway down, "And in other news....."

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All Music article

allmusic.com/artist/neats-mn00

A discography is at the bottom of the page.

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Music Museum of New England article, by Mickey O'Halloran's old associate, A.J. Wachtel

mmone.org/the-neats/

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Amazon is saying that the early recordings, "1981-84 Ace of Hearts Years," are not currently available.

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The NeatsCrash At Crush, by The Neats18 track album
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Alan Lewis

BILL JANOVITZ BOOK ABOUT THE CARS

From Boston Groupie News

BOOKS......

Bill Janovitz of Buffalo Tom is writing a book about The Cars. He's working with Greg Hawkes, David Robinson and Elliot Easton. He invites anyone who thinks they can contribute to the story to contact him. Bill's Facebook page Bill’s book on Leon Russell was released this last year

Source: "The BGN News Archive," September 11, 2023.

bostongroupienews.com/News0911

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bostongroupienews.comBoston Groupie News - Boston premier Punk Rock Magazine
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Alan Lewis

TRIBE
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Terri Barous
Eric Brosius
Janet LaValley
Greg LoPiccolo
David Penzo

A friend told me just today, Wednesday, February 14, 2024, that Greg LoPiccolo of the Boston rock band Tribe lives not a great distance from where I am, Brattleboro, Vermont. This brought back a lot of memories. I have also been a fan of one of the siblings, Carlene Barous who was in the Boston band, Din, with another Tribe sibling, Bart LoPiccolo.

Here is a link to a piece about Tribe:

Music Museum of New England article

mmone.org/tribe/

This "Cellars by Starlight" column by Brett Milano includes an article about Din.

bostonphoenix.com/boston/music

The column leads with an article about the Boston band, Apollo Sunshine.

A little hard to read, but here is a Din notice written by the legendary Cowboy Mach Bell for Boston Groupie News.

bostongroupienews.com/CDPastTw
(Scroll down a short way)

Mach Bell, a writer I admire, was the featured vocalist in one lineup of the Joe Perry Project.

Here is another from Mach Bell and BGN.

bostongroupienews.com/CDPastRe
(Scroll like crazy)

While doing my own scrolling, I noticed that this CD Review feature includes a disc by Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band. One of its tracks, the eerie "Gravelly Hill," has attracted a great deal of attention. It may not make you forget "Mass. Ave;" but then again, what would. Why not give "Gravelly Hill" a spin.

youtube.com/watch?v=6RUdAOolRC

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The Music Museum of New England · Tribe | The Music Museum of New EnglandAlmost every profile of Tribe ever written has compared them […]
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Alan Lewis

MODERN LOVERS
"I WANNA SLEEP IN YOUR ARMS"

I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms
The Modern Lovers - Topic

youtube.com/watch?v=YBrWkb8D3r

Jonathan Richman wrote four songs that are standards for many alternative rock bands. In possible order of frequency played, they are 1) "Road Runner," 2) "Pablo Picasso," 3) "She Cracked," and 4) "Astral Plane." "I Wanna Sleep in Your Arms," too, is an early Modern Lovers classic.

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Boston Groupie News

For a lot of related information, run this Google search precisely as written here:

site:bostongroupienews.com "modern lovers"

Copying and pasting is best.

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Music Museum of New England article

mmone.org/modern-lovers/

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YouTubeI Wanna Sleep In Your ArmsBy The Modern Lovers - Topic
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Alan Lewis

JOHN POWHIDA
"DON'T BLAME IT ON LOVE"

Powhida​/​Perdomo Hotline feat. Mike Keneally and John Siegler, "Don't Blame It On Love".
by john powhida

johnpowhida.bandcamp.com/track

Released today, Sunday, January 14, 2024.

A couple familiar names appear in the recording/mixing/mastering credits: Scott Janovitz, who also played piano to add star power to the occasion, and Pete Weiss. The song is credited to Daryl Hall and John Oates.

The best source about John Powhida may be Boston Groupie News.

bostongroupienews.com/

To see what I mean, run the following Google search, precisely as I have written it here:

site:bostongroupienews.com "john powhida"

Copying and pasting is best.

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john powhidaPowhida/Perdomo Hotline feat. Mike Keneally and John Siegler, "Don't Blame It On Love"., by john powhida track by john powhida
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Alan Lewis

FUZZY
The Band

If you are a Fuzzy fan, it may be of interest that Hilken and Winston of the band have a show coming up Saturday, January 20, 2024, at Lilypad in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Also featured is Buttercup, reunited.

Fuzzy went very far in the biz, peaking, perhaps, with the hit single, "Flashlight"; and Hilken Mancini went on to other successes, such as Punk Rock Aerobics.

Chris Toppin was in the Ex-Girlfriends and was or is in Love Love with Jefferson Davis.

Digital downloads of the "Fuzzy EP" are available at the Bandcamp site, posted by the original label, Half a Cow Records.

Fuzzy EP
by Fuzzy

halfacow.bandcamp.com/album/fu

The Music Museum of New England (MMone) does not have a Fuzzy article ..... yet. It is a substantial operation and likely a Fuzzy article will be on the way.

To get a lot of information about Hilken Mancini and Fuzzy, run this Google search precisely as I am writing it here:

site:bostongroupienews.com "hilken mancini"

Copying and pasting is best.

Boston Groupie News is a major source.

The current issue of BGN has a feature on Matt Burns who has died.

Wikipedia has a Fuzzy page that is a little hard to find. Here is a direct link.

Fuzzy (band)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_(b

Wikipedia has an article about Hilken Mancini, as well.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilken_M

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Boston Groupie News

bostongroupienews.com/

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Music Museum of New England

mmone.org/

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Half A Cow RecordsFuzzy EP, by Fuzzy6 track album
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Alan Lewis

BOSTON GROUPIE NEWS

bostongroupienews.com/BGNphoto

Boston Groupie News (BGN)

bostongroupienews.com/

In the field of Boston popular music and New England popular music, the excellent Boston Groupie News is about as venerable as it gets. When mailings quote Boston Groupie News or one of its writers, I always zoom right in and give it a close reading. BGN is something of an expert online punk rock library and a great one at that.

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