My View of Life on the Dock
SUNDAY (2/16) at 9AM, Aurelia Nelson hosts Henri Smith on her show, “Curtain Up”. Get all the details on New England’s newest tradition: Mardi Gras Concert with Charles Neville of the Neville Brothers and Henri’s 8 piece band. It will be a blast! And…we finally find out what the words are to the song “Jambalaya”! Plus, just try saying N’awlens..not New Or-leens!
We’re joining a musical health club this week and exercising our synapses with that top ‘o the heap pied piper and malarky master, Mr. Dennis Brennan. No relation to Walter. Big D has turned out to be a favorite around these parts, causing swooning women and male consternation. He comes fully equipped with a fabulous set of pipes, a harmonica, and a repertoire so vast as to inspire nosebleeds. My favorite singer!
He’ll be backed by an all-star cast featuring Mr. Matt “Dillon” Stubbs, on catarrh, and Broomful ‘o Blues drumpeter, Mr. Chris “Craft” Rivelli, a veritable powerhouse of the Blues foundry system. Both Matt and Chris have travelled the world incessantly and extensively, spreading the word with the likes of James Cottontail, or Jerry Porntoy, or Roomful or is it somebody else? I can’t remember. But you won’t forget the incessant carnal pounding of the boogie beat as you suck down that sixth beer…. It’s gonna be a blast.! See ya there!
WHERE:
The Rhumb Line (40 Railroad Avenue, Gloucester)
WHEN:
Friday, February 14th (Valentine’s Day) starting at 9:30pm – 12:30am
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WHAT ELSE
Some people enjoy fine dining on Valentine’s Day. Some people like to
stay in with their loved one….and we have no truck with either
activity. But if you like to dance to rock and roll music BEFORE either
of those activities, come to The Rhumb Line for The Cripple Cove Quintet
featuring the Goddesses on Friday Feb. 14th. from 9:30pm to 12:30am.
Three sets of love rock and pub rock from the golden era.
Make your reservations now for Valentines Day. Dog Bar Grill Chef Eric Smith has put out an exciting and delicious 3 course prix fixe menu for your dining pleasure, while Mr Romance himself, Vito Ferrara, spins classic Frank Sinatra. All this for only 36.99 pp. Dog Bar Grill – Where you can be romantic and thrifty
Hello, Young Lovers – VALENTINE’S FRIDAY @ Franklin Cafe with Jane Potter on keys, Thomas Hebb and Linda Amero on bass and Love Songs. Come join us for an evening of delicious dining and romance. 7-10 Downstairs. 978-283-7888.
Wednesdays Only: Prime Rib, $12.95!
Wednesday, February 12th
Special Guest: CHARLEE BIANCHINI!
Charlee Bianchini is a lovely, charming young talent. Proof
that the amazing music scene here on Cape Ann is sure to
grow through the years ahead. One of my true favorites. ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Prime Rib Special – $12.95 (while they last)
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Plus – Check out Fred’s rockin’ new wine menu!
Coming soon…
John Rockwell
Renee Dupuis
Marina Evans
Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/
Looking forward…
…to seeing you there! 🙂 ~ Fly
The Rhumb Line
The Early Show with Dan King this Saturday, Feb.8th, 6-8pm @ The Rhumb Line with AnnMarie Shimanoski, Brian O’Connor and George Hall.
Join The Groovement! This Saturday night we setup shop at the Rhumb Line and build a sonic wall of funkery for the people…in other words, we be jammin’.
It’s time for our First Friday of the Month Yard Sale! Huge Indoor Night-Time Yard Sale Friday, February 7th, 5-8pm (No early-birds)
1 Lexington Ave. (The Gym @ Magnolia Library & Community Center) Magnolia Village in Gloucester – 01930
Come sell with your friends and neighbors and Cape Ann Auction at our “First Friday of the Month Indoor Yard Sale” Table spaces are only $20 each, and they tend to go pretty fast. (We provide the table) If you’d like to reserve an 8ft table space call Walt at 978-395-7077 or contact us by email at wkolenda@gmail.com (enter indoor yard sale in the subject line)
Do you plan to book a table? Great! We have some regulars who we know are on-board, and some that have expressed interest. If you’re not sure if we have you down for a definite spot(s),
PLEASE call to confirm so that we don’t overbook spaces. But we will have Coffee by Glosta Joes! It would benefit us all if you could spread the word on Facebook, Twitter, OTB, email,… carrier pigeon.
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The “Can Do”
These Photos of the “Grampus” in Beverly Harbor are from 2009 .
The Grampus is the old pilot boat “Can Do” that was lost with all hands (crew of five) in the Blizzard of ’78 .
The Damaged Hull was the only thing left of the Can Do when it was later raised from the sea.
The Workboat Grampus previously the pilot boat Can Do was raised in 1981 and after a complete re-build was returned to service. She has served on numerous projects over the years. The name Grampus (the original name of the vessel) is an old term for a pilot whale, appropriate for the sleek black hull of the vessel. Grampus is 47ft long and is powered by an 855 Cummins diesel. She was originally built as a yacht, and travelling as far south as the Amazon.
Inspite of what some have said she is not haunted or is she?
Thanks go out to MuffyHowards from Cape Ann Online for the heads up on these Youtube Videos. The Story of the Gloucester Pilot Boat Can Do. It’s a long series at least 13 parts. You’ll hear actuall Radio Transmisions from the USCG and the Pilot Boat Can do during this Tragedy.
From Publishers Weekly;
“Before The Perfect Storm, there was the 1978 blizzard that lashed the Massachusetts coast with blinding snow, 90-mile-per-hour winds and 40-foot waves. Into the juggernaut sailed the small boat Can Do and its crew of five civilians on a doomed mission to assist two other vessels imperiled by the storm. As in The Perfect Storm, all hands were lost; but since the Can Do sank only a few agonizing miles from shore, there are records of terse radio transmissions to help the author recreate their last desperate hours. Journalist Tougias (The Blizzard of ’78) fills out his absorbing account with lots of search-and-rescue procedural details, recollections from others who endured the monstrous seas of that hellish night and 300 years’ worth of maritime disaster sagas. At times, the book feels padded with lengthy, adulatory back stories about the Can Do crew and needless speculations (i.e., “Kenny Fuller likely thought of his wife, knowing that if he died it would be especially hard on her”). And the story’s outcome-the Can Do never got anywhere near the boats it went to help, both of which survived the storm-raises questions about the wisdom of the heroic ethos it celebrates. Still, Tougias delivers a well-researched, vividly written tale of brave men overwhelmed by the awesome forces of nature.”
Also if your interested in this story Check out the book: “Ten Hours Until’ Dawn”
By Micheal Tougias
It’s a double whammy for me this week as I get to do the do with Mr. Justin Quinn twice! That’s right, he’s my special guest this Thursday nite at the Rhumby and I get to do it again on Sunday at Glenn’s in Nbpt. Mr. Q. or “Sonny Boy III” as I refer to him is the logical extension of both Mississippi saxophonists I and II schmeared with a heavy dollop of Li’l Walter thrown in with some Jameson’s Irate Whiskey for good measure. He sings, too, whilst allowing his sidemen to vent, like Vesuvius, to the boogie beat. Beware of microbursts!
Sidemen include Mr. Jon Ross, Klonopin® King and razor-like Samurai, on catarrh and vocals, the calvous Mr. Paul Foss of Bangor, Me. , an old prison cellmate, on keyboards, Mr. Ephraim Lowell, late of Broomful of Blooze, on tintinabulators and me on base . You’ll wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your fate with Blooze-o-dent. Hours: 8 to 11.
Sunday at Glenn’s you can behave, since we start at 6pm (and go till 9), but I don’t recommend it as there will be great wailing and gnashing of teeth, or implants and veneers, since this is Nbpt. The food is great but the women are snobby, so stay home, guys, unless you have a portfolio! When you clock this town with the stopwatch of history, it’s a different record every time.
Also, for those of you who are out of the job market, The good Old Salty Jazz Band holds sway next Monday at the Rose Baker (who is she?) Senior Center here in downtown Glou. from 1 to 3, next Monday, nap time for most of you. You could bring Jell-O or Wayfarin© Come dance to the urgent hits of the 1920’s to the 1940’s with the coolest musicians in the world. We’re concussion free and a few of us still have hair!! BaDoom!
| THE RHUMB LINE BAR & RESTAURANT40 Railroad Ave. |
Gloucester, MA 01930
phone: 978-283-9732
Pete Seeger, one of America’s best-loved folksingers, an untiring activist, environmentalist, and an inspiration to many, passed away on January 27th, 2014.
Folk Life Studio and members of the Cape Ann folk-singing community invite all to an open community sing-a-long to celebrate the life, spirit and music of Pete Seeger.
Come as you are! Bring a song or a story, a snack or non-alcoholic beverage to share if you wish.
Acoustic musical instruments are welcome, too! This will be a participatory evening, as what could be a more appropriate way to remember and honor Pete?
We’ll start at 7 to be more accessible to families with young children. Song sheets will be available. Spread the word! Bring your friends! Bring your family! There is no charge for admission.
By Rose Sheehan and Anne Deneen
This big rolly polly seal was trying so hard to stay on his rock as the tide came in at Brace Cove. Eventually the sea won and knocked him off.
E.J. Lefavour
MARINE FORECAST…
Sat: W winds 5 to 10 kt…becoming S in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Sat Night: S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. A chance of rain.
Today we’re looking at mostly cloudy conditions with temps in low 40’s. Winds rather light from the west at 5-10mph switching to the south late In the day . Saturday night chance of showers with mostly cloudy skies lows around 40 ..
Ok so I wanted to do something different and explain different aspects of the weather . So with that being said let’s start out with “The High Pressure”
Ok so what’s a “High Pressure”
A high-pressure area, high or anticyclone is a region where the atmospheric pressure at the surface of the planet is greater than its surrounding environment.
Winds within high-pressure areas flow outward from the higher pressure areas near their centers towards the lower pressure areas further from their centers. Gravity adds to the forces causing this general movement, because the higher pressure compresses the column of air near the center of the area into greater density – and so greater weight compared to lower pressure, lower density, and lower weight of the air outside the center.
However, because the planet is rotating underneath the atmosphere, and frictional forces arise as the planetary surface drags some atmosphere with it, the air flow from center to periphery is not direct, but is twisted due to the Coriolis effect, or the merely apparent force that arise when the observer is in a rotating frame of reference. Viewed from above this twist in wind direction is in the same direction as the rotation of the planet.
The strongest high-pressure areas are associated with cold air masses which push away out of polar regions during the winter when there is less sun to warm neighboring regions. These Highs change character and weaken once they move further over relatively warmer water bodies.
Somewhat weaker but more common are high pressure areas caused by atmospheric subsidence, that is, areas where large masses of cooler drier air descends from an elevation of 8 to 15 km after the lower temperatures have precipitated out the lighter water vapor. (H2O is about half of the molecular weight of the other two main constituents of the atmosphere—Oxygen, O2, and Nitrogen, N2.)
High pressures can be both our friends or enemies .. Case in point if u have a High Pressure like this one picture below …
Then HOUSTON we have a problem .. This is called a “Blocking High” most common in winter months . When u have a very strong high pressure over Greenland , it tends to put on the brakes and cause a traffic jam of Weather across our country .. Most times results in stalling or retro grading monsters off the east coast resulting in lots of snow .. So if u here of A Greenland Block has set up just be ready for long duration storms..
Now our friend “High Pressure” seen below …
Is our warm mild position off the East Coast .. Bermuda Highs always bring in mild / warm / and tropical weather in the Summer months … Bermuda highs are often our good friends as far as weather goes .. How ever don’t be fooled During August ESP when Bermuda Highs can steer Tropical systems up our way ! IE. Tropical Storms / Hurricanes… So there’s Blocking Highs / Fair Weather Highs / And Bermuda Highs … Hope u enjoyed … Have a Wonderful Saturday !!!
Peter J Lovasco
GMG
Weatherman
Simple keychain whistle. Seeing as if you’re living on the North Shore you’ll be living with Coywolf, I figured why not? Cheap.
The experts on the PBS “Meet The Coywolf” program suggested that if you encounter Coywolf in your yard, you ought to haze them and make them feel uncomfortable.
You can get them on Amazon for like next to nothing.
You young ones out there probably won’t, but any of you 50 somethings and beyond will certainly remember him. In addition to being a tv personality that most kids in this region watched in the 50’s, 60’s and early 70’s, he was also an avid scuba diver and skier, how my parents became friends with him. My siblings and I watched him every weekend.
Howdy there, folks, we’re glad to meet you in Boom- Boom- Boomtown!
There’s a bunch of folks who’d like to greet you in Boom- Boom- Boomtown!
You can bet we’ll have lots of Western fun And excitement for you
We’ll ride and rope, do a square dance and shoot a gun And we’ll sing a song or two
Come along, folks, now we’re gonna start the fun in Boom- Boom- Boomtown!
From six to sixty there’s something for everyone in Boom- Boom- Boomtown!
So do-si-do and swing around, Get your gal and promenade down to Boom- Boom-Boomtown!
E.J. Lefavour
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Thai Chi at Good Harbor Beach
So if you match up the pictures of the dead animal I found on Moorland Road back in 2010- it looks just like these are in fact Coywolves or Eastern Coyote that we have around here-
This poor coyote must have gotten hit by a vehicle within the past few hours as the blood was still vibrant red.
RIP Mr Coyote. Hope your life on the island was a good one.
Gloucester At Dawn Poor Dead Coyote On Moorland Road 4:50AM 5/22/10, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Good Morning Gloucester 
