Fitz & the Tantrums
Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA....
sorry, I haven't yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!
New York Breaks
The Haunt, Ithaca, NY This was a birthday show for John Webber , organized by his girlfriend at the time. As I recall it was supposed to be a private soiree but there was a danger of not having enough attendees to sell enough beverages to appease the bar owner, so it was opened to public admission in a flurry of last-minute promotion. The Haunt was aptly named for those of us DJs at Ithaca College's WICB. The venue was like a second home to many ICB'ers. Not only because of the many great shows there , but the bar and the station partnered for a number of activities: a weekly dance night, station DJs to act as MC for some shows , a couple of live-on-tape broadcasts , and other joint ventures of various stripes. The New York Breaks were a local band; they eventually relocated to Boston and changed their name to Circle Sky. Later, the band's Matt Keating had a solo career of note. We used to play a song by The Breaks called "The Main Thing" (from a cart!). John W...
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