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Live Fiesta Update From Kim Smith: Women’s Seine Boat Upset Rogue Wins!!!!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

The Courtesy Round of The Greasy Pole Just Finished up. Now It’s For Keeps!

This Week’s Mug Up at Alma’s Art & Antiques

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This Sunday’s Mug Up will be held at Alma’s Art & Antiques at 75 Rocky Neck Ave. #15 (next to the Rudder).  Alma has a wonderful back patio on Smiths Cove behind her gallery, if weather cooperates so we can be outside.  If not, inside her gallery is great too.  Bring along something to share.  9:30am Sunday, June 30.  See you there.

FOR THOSE THAT JUST DON’T KNOW… IT’S DA GREASY POLE!!!!

Posted on by Craig Kimberley

For youz not in the know, the 2013 Greasy Pole contest starts today at 4:45 at Pavilion Beach (if you don’t know where that is, just listen and follow your ears, fool). The first event took place in 1931, so this is the original “X-GAMES” kids. From all accounts, it appears that it will be high tide, or close to it, on every day for the walkers. If you’ve never experienced this event live, I suggest you do so today, Saturday, and Sunday (the day of Champions). And if you don’t have a friggin’ idea what I’m talking about, watch last years amazing winner Saturday, Nick Avelis, it’s a Ball Busta!  click the gear for HD…(now you know, so get your asses out there!)

Owe…FREE JOEY C!!

Chocktaw Rocket makes their debut @ Espresso’s tonight~ Show starts at 8:30pm

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Click poster to hear Chocktaw Rocket

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Choctaw-Rocket/170917333052203?fref=ts

Nelson Rolihlala Mandela Quote Of The Week

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

“There is no passion to be found playing small ― in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”

Nelson Rolihlala Mandela (1918-    )

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Born into a family of royal counselors of the Xhosa people of South Africa’s Cape Province, Mandela, whose given name Rolihlala means “troublemaker”, was called Nelson by his British influenced teachers only when he began to attend school. He studied law and later joined the African National Congress rising to the presidency of its youth league in 1947. Later a member of the ANC’s executive council he was arrested and jailed numerous times culminating in his conviction for treason and his incarceration from 1962 to 1990. Even from prison his example and leadership helped overthrow the whites-only government, and he is credited with ending apartheid without the widely expected bloodbath. In the first South African election in which blacks were allowed to vote he was elected President and served in that role from 1994 to 1999, overseeing policies of national reconciliation and reconstruction. Described as the father of South African democracy, Mandela has in recent years served as counselor and elder statesman, receiving multiple international recognitions including the Medal of Freedom (US), the Order of Canada, and the Order of Merit (UK). He is currently hospitalized and in failing health.

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Lookie Lookie Band performs Latin Bugalu @ The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck ~ 7-10 ~ June 28, 2013

Posted on by Joanne

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https://www.facebook.com/lookie.lookie.theband

Location: The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck


DANCE PARTY! Come hear the hot, groovy sounds of 1960s Latin Bugalu from Boston-based Lookie Lookie, Friday June 28, 7-10 at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, $10. Some of Boston’s best musicians and a groove guaranteed to make you smile!

A brand new band playing Latin Bugalu music, Lookie Lookie is named for a song by Ricardo Ray. The music of Ray and Joe Cuba form the core repertoire, with a healthy dose of African Latin music, including Soukous.Lookie Lookie is the brainchild of bassist Chris Maclachlan, best known for his work in the seminal Boston punk band Human Sexual Response.Maclachlan has an abiding love for Latin Bugalu, a crossover genre invented primarily by Newyorican musicians in the 1960s. Incredibly fun and catchy, Bugalu lies somewhere between the stately Cuban sounds of the 50s and the manic high salsa of the 70s. Top artists included Joe Cuba and Richie Ray, whose tunes form the backbone of the new band’s repertoire.

In fact, the band is named for an early Richie Ray hit, “Lookie Lookie,” which encapsulates some of the pan-American fusion that went into Bugalu.

Lookie Lookie is an all-star lineup: Scott Getchell, trumpet; Ken Field, alto sax; Russ Gershon, tenor sax; Chris Maclachlan, bass; Rick Barry and Vicente Lebron, percussion. Collectively this hoary crew is in some way responsibile for the Either/Orchestra, the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, Bim Ska La Bim, Agachiko, Willie Alexander’s Persistence of Memory Orchestra and other top Boston bands.

Band godfather Vicente Lebron has played with many members of Ricardo’s Ray and Joe Cuba’s band over a long and storied career, beginning in New York in 1971. Since moving to Boston in 1974, he has been a mainstay of the Latin music community, as a player on the jazz scene with bands like the Either/Orchestra and Club D’Elf.

Lookie Lookie has the amazing ability to put a smile on the face of just about everybody, no matter what their musical taste. And, it’s easy and fun to dance to – you don’t have to know any fancy steps, the rhythm will take you away.

$10 at the door. Beer/wine/snacks available.

Contact: Karen Ristuben
Email: karen.ristuben@gmail.com
Phone: 978-758-1210

More Info: www.rockyneckartcolony.org 

Location Details
The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
6 Wonson Street
Gloucester MA 01930 US

 

We Made It To The Front Page Of Gizmodo (A Gawker Media Site)

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

 

What the Most Famous Brands Are from Each State

When you close your eyes and think of California, what famous brand comes to mind? Is it Apple? Facebook? Google? Or some movie studio? What about Texas? New York? Florida? These are the most famous brands of each state. The Corporate States of America, if you will.

It’s very embarrassing to admit that I have no idea what some of these brands are (I’m looking at you Allsup’s and Cabela’s) while other states have so many brands to pick from that I’m not sure I agree with what the map says. But a lot of technology companies make the cut in this map with California being the most contentious battle because of Silicon Valley. Which famous brand from your state do you think this map missed?

For the entire article click here

Stonewashed Blue Caps Sold Out- A Handful Of Navy With White Mesh and Black With Black Mesh Caps Left

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

If you want to pre-order the Navy with white mesh (my personal fav) or The Black with the Black mesh back there are still a handful of each left.

Order Here

 

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Congratulations to Sheila Lummis who got the last stonewashed blue one. Smile

World’s best chamber music, Broadway & homegrown musicals, top singer/songwriters, rock, jazz, soul TONIGHT

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click here for the latest updates and click here for tomorrow’s live music

Where else on Earth can you get this much musical variety on one small island?  Plus it’s Fiesta.  If you can’t have fun on Cape Ann this weekend, it’s time to move to New York City and start cheering for the Yankees!

LIVE MUSIC Thursday, June 27, 2013

Honky Tonk Women of Gloucester 6:00 pm HONKY TONK WOMEN OF GLOUCESTER

Get Tickets @ schoonerardelle.com
Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-290-7168
  7:00 pm  CLAY VENTRE

Singer Songwriter Shuffle w/ Peter Mercier
2 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-879-4622

FREE SHOW
T Max 7:00 pm Listen to T Max T MAX

Singer Songwriter Shuffle w/ Toni Ann Enes, Rick Gadbois, Kathy Comeau & Anthony Beaulieu
2 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-879-4622

FREE SHOW
  8:00 pm  GREASY POLE THE MUSICAL

8 Washington Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
Jon Goodhue 8:00 pm Listen to Jon Goodhue JON GOODHUE

with special guest
14 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA
FREE SHOW
  8:00 pm  BOSTON SYMPHONY CHAMBER PLAYERS

Consisting of the BSO’s principal players, BSChP is one of the world’s best chamber ensembles
37 Main Street, Rockport, MA 01966

Phone: 978-546-7391
Spring Awakening 8:00 pm SPRING AWAKENING show tunes rock

267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-281-4433
  8:00 pm  JACK LO PICCOLO

Youth Block Party ~ till 11:30pm
St. Peter Park, Gloucester, MA 01930
FREE SHOW
  8:30 pm  BRIAN FINES

open mic
11 Rogers St., Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: (978) 282-7399

FREE SHOW
  8:30 pm  DAVE SAG’S BLUES PARTY

w/ A-Train Orchestra
40 Railroad Ave, Gloucester, MA

Phone: 978-283-9732

FREE SHOW
  9:00 pm  EAST COAST SOUL

Cover $5 – proceeds benefiting the JJ Nicastro Foundation
27-29 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-283-6342

FREE SHOW
Groove Therapy 9:00 pm Listen to Groove Therapy GROOVE THERAPY

65 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-281-6565

FREE SHOW
DJ Vito 9:00 pm DJ VITO

“SHAKE IT THURSDAYS” 3rd Annual Fiesta Launch Party
25 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-281-0223

FREE SHOW
  9:30 pm  FIVE POINT BRASS GANG

285 Cabot St, Beverly, MA 01915

Phone: 978-921-2233

FREE SHOW

“Rockin” The Boat For Alzheimers ~ Sat. July 6th, 2013~ Tickets still available

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Boy… a year goes by pretty quickly, but it’s that time again to ROCK… “Rock The Boat For Alzheimer’s” that is… This is an annual event sponsored by Deborah Lattof, who is a Nurse and an Assisted Living Coordinator at Sunrise Assisted Living in Lynnfield. Our first year was so much fun and such a great success we couldn’t wait to do it again…. and here it is! Ticket’s are $25.00 per person and for this (…besides that warm feeling you’ll get in your belly for helping this most worthy cause), you will get a 3 hour, sunset tour aboard The Privateer IV, a Hot & Cold Buffet, and live entertainment from your “Classic Rock Connection, Full Circle. There will also be a cash bar, a 50/50 raffle and multiple prize raffles! We’ve already started collecting donations, but have a little ways to go so if you would like to donate a gift for the raffle it would be most welcome and whole-heartedly appreciated. Home made jewelry, art, gift certificates, gift cards, a weekend get away, overnight stay, anything you’d like to give for this most worthy of cause’s, we would appreciate. We promise this will be probably the most fun you can have for $25.00 and all while helping people that really need it! They are making progress every day in the treatment for this debilitating, horrendous and deadly disease, your help is needed and will help get us there to the day that we find a cure! We hope and pray all the people that joined us last year, will join us again! It was just too fun, lol! If you’d like to donate a gift for the raffle, or if you’d like to donate food for the hot cold buffet, please contact Deb Lattof at deb5465261@yahoo.com or call her at 978-239-2887 or you can contact Wes Thibodeau at bomber222002@yahoo.com or 978-491-8101 or of course here on facebook. We thank you very much and urge you to join us for a little Rockin’ On The High Sea’s with Full Circle! You will have a blast…we promise! Boarding time starts at 6:30 and boat leaves the dock at 7:00 p.m. sharp. Ticket’s are still available and you can call Deb or Wes if you would like to reserve them… We’ll even deliver them to you if you are in the Gloucester area. A special thank you to Louise Welch for doing the poster for this event! Truly a gem of a woman!

 

GMG Twitterati Report 6/27/13

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GMG Cap Store Is Now Open. When They’re Sold Out- They’re Sold Out

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

UPDATE:  There’s Only 2 or 3 of the stonewashed blue left so if you want that color I suggest you place your pre-order ASAP.

Click below to reserve yours. They should be in stock within a month. Limited amount.

If you want a cap I need you to order it through the website. It makes things 100% easier to keep track of with the set quantities and collection of people’s orders.
A bunch of the stonewashed ones have sold today.

If you order one and plan to pick it up here at the dock, just leave a note that it’s for local pick up and I’ll refund your $5 shipping when you come pick it up.

Part of the money raised by the sale of these caps will pay for our ever rising photo hosting and podcast hosting fees. The huge amount of content we’ve created for you has to be paid for on the wordpress site. So to those of you buying a cap, know that in doing so you are help support the blog.

Thanks

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