I was recently on a fishing trip aboard f/v Cat Eyes out of Gloucester, MA. Cat Eyes is 45 feet and 20 tons. Its owners Naz and Sandra are among the last few remaining small fishermen in Cape Ann.
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If you missed today’s psycho-cross excitement, this video will give you a feel for what you can expect tomorrow. You really can’t miss this international sporting spectacle, complete with beer, food and plenty of fun for kids. So bring the family up to Stage Fort Park tomorrow. You’ll be glad you did.
Joey, you might want to listen to what Christy from PeopleforBikes.org has to say about putting more people on more bicycles more often — especially in Gloucester!
I ran into Thom Falzarano who shot more race footage. Look for that coming soon.
After a day of cyclocross you may want to warm up a bit. (Can you believe it? John and I were surfing last week!). Plenty of good options for catching great live music (in warm, dry venues) from Beethoven to Ska to 80s to Zappa to Funk, Jazz & good ol’ Rock n Roll! See tonight’s full lineup of live music in Gloucester and Cape Ann here.
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This is their 14th year. Can you believe it? The Gran Prix of Gloucester is a major, international sporting event — and this year Paul Boudreau and his gang are bringing over 3000 people from all over the world to Gloucester (950 riders each day plus a couple thousand spectators), including international superstars of this 150-year-old sport.
“If you talk to anyone who knows Cyclocross all over the world, they know Gloucester,” says Paul Boudreau. Now it’s time for Gloucester to get to know him — and the sport of Cyclocross. What is Cyclocross? Think of it as crazy bike racing. I call it psycho-cross. As Paul says in the video, racers prefer “crappy” weather. They race through crazy difficult terrain, have to get off their bikes and carry them over obstacles and often get covered with mud, sand, snow — almost always ending up wet and filthy. AND THEY LOVE IT! You gotta come out and experience this spectacle for yourself. These racers are the strongest, fastest, best fit, toughest sporting contestants you will ever see. You’ve gotta be to compete.
Plus there’s plenty of food and beer. Kid biking (5 and up) and much more. It’s a two-day, family, international, world-class sporting extravaganza right here in our own backyard. AND IT’S FREE! Don’t miss it.
Oh, and these people LOVE Gloucester nearly as much as we do. Look at what they say on their website Home Page: Known nationally as “the New England Nationals” – unfolds at one of the most beautiful race venues in the country: wind-swept ocean side park. Winners are a veritable who’s who of cyclocross: Johnson, Vervecken, Trebon, Anthony, Powers, Bessette, Dunlap, Knapp and more. Gloucester is one of the oldest UCI races in North America and attracts hundreds of racers and thousands of spectators. … The Great Brewers Gran Prix of Gloucester is two days of international races where competitors from all over the US, Canada & Europe converge to race in the most beautiful race course in North America.
FOR ALL YOU RACERS AND FANS: From Paul’s description of you in the video, I get the feeling you like to party — well folks you’ve come to the right town. You’ve got over 28 live music choices at 15 warm, dry venues. And lots of them are on the water, so if you really want to sit out on the deck in the rain, just ask. The owners will probably accommodate you. We’re nearly as psycho as you are!
Good morning, Joey. I dislike sounding like a cheesy tourist pamphlet, but Gloucester truly does have everything, and something for everyone. We’re getting ready to leave with a feeling of having not had enough time for all there is to experience. We will continue to rely joyfully on GMG and all of the marvelous images and information the community provides in order to stay connected. We haven’t met the mayor, but we have met you–so as you commend the mayor, we commend you for your steadfast passion for all of Cape Ann. It is palpable and contagious in the best of ways. Hats off to all of your town, thank you Gloucester and we’ll see you again soon! Ann and Bob Kennedy P.S. I’ve tried to sum up my view of the city here:
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Well it’s not quite October, but beer festivals are already starting up. Tonight Alchemy will host live music with Marina Evans and Dave Brown (normally they don’t have music on Thursdays) to help celebrate North Shore Beer Week featuring homemade brew’s from Cape Ann Brewery. Check out her new EP and maybe you’ll want to request one of those songs.
Then you’ve got a choice of 21 artists Friday and Saturday (see schedule here)
Next Saturday (Oct 6) is the last 2012 Celtic Music Sail aboard the Lannon. If you’ve never experienced truly acoustic music – no mics, no amps, no speakers – on a schooner in full sail, this should be on your bucket list. (Now, I’m not suggesting that you’re not likely to make it until next summer, but why take the chance, right?) You know you’re getting top musicianship when the wind is literally the only thing between you and the sound of voices and instruments.
Take advantage of our thriving music scene during these last few days of September, with over 30 artists performing this weekend (remember, the weekend starts tonight). See the complete schedule of all live music in Gloucester and Cape Ann here.
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Funny video of how a seagull stole my GoPro, flew over the water in front of Golden Gate Bridge and how the camera incredibly managed to survive, recording everything! A flying video from a seagull’s mouth! A San Francisco sunset I will hardly forget..
Allen Estes will be sitting in for Fly Amero tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Rhumb Line where he’ll introduce Maine singer/songwriter Barry Michaud to Gloucester.
We’re beginning to get caught up publishing new videos on gimmesound (we’ve still got a lot to go) and today we added several new Allen Estes videos (click here). Below is one of his new songs about Good Harbor Beach that was recorded on Local Music Seen:
BTW: Surfing at Good Harbor has been spectacular the last three weekends.
Of course, you can see great music all week long and into the weekend. Check out the full schedule of live music in Gloucester here.
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In her interview a couple of weeks ago (see here) Marina Evans said that Dogtown the title track of her new EP was a rocker — and when she released it today, she delivered. Listen below:
Tonight there’s a special Open Jamm with the Bandit Kings at Rhumb Line. Don’t forget you still have time to help them make their record (click here for more info). If you’re not sure what I’m talking about and watch the video below:
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You never know what kind of bootylishisnous you will encounter when at Pirate’s Lane!
These guys tried every which way to engage me while I was (trying) to film a pretty boat for background footage for my Monarch film. After ignoring their shenanigans, when I finally did look up, this is what they wanted me to photograph!
(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty by KC and the Sunshine Band.
Filmed at Pirate’s Lane, Smith’s Cove, Gloucester.
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I met Yancey Strickler in October 2009, when we were on a panel together at the CMJ Music Festival in New York City talking about the future of music. Having been a rock critic for the past 8 years or so, Yancey described himself as the Eeyore of the music business, with gloomy predictions for it’s future. I, on the other hand, was optimistic, pointing out that yes the music business is changing — it’s changed dramatically several times over the past 100 years. But one thing remains constant: people love music. We crave it. Most of us couldn’t even imagine a world without it. If anything, our insatiable appetite for music is on the rise.
Little did I know that Yancey’s ability to channel his pessimism would revolutionize the music business so optimists like me could once again fall in love with new music.
A few months before we met, Yancey had co-founded KickStarter, a funding platform for creative projects that helps artists like Chelsea Berry raise the money she needs to make her new record. This new funding model has revolutionized the music business more than any other development since the dawn of the Internet. Don’t take my word for it, see what cranky music business pundit Bob Lefsetz says about it here.
On Tuesday, something momentous happened: after a tremendous push on her part, Chelsea Berry reached her KickStarter goal (but you can still contribute and get even more good stuff for doing so — just click here). She IS going to make that new record with her new band that all of us really want to hear. Here’s a taste of what to expect:
Perhaps Chelsea doesn’t fully realize that she’s also helping to build a new music world where musicians and fans rule — not the multinational corporations that bought up the labels and killed the intensely creative music business we all grew up with (baby boomers, that is).
Congratulations Chelsea — and thank you!
Don’t you wish you could just go out and see Chelsea and her band tonight? Well you can’t, but you can help the guys in Runaround celebrate some birthdays at The Rhumb Line tonight — that’ll be a rockin’ party.
And, if you’re near a TV at 1:30pm today, catch the multi-talented Brian King on Local Music Seen with Allen Estes. It was supposed to premiere on Wednesday on Cape Ann TV Channel 12, but technical difficulties prevented that. You can also catch it on Sunday at 6pm.
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Allen Estes‘ Cable TV show Local Music Seen features Brian King tonight at 6:30pm. On the show, Brian sings his hit Cold Rain, which was recorded by Irma Thomas, the “Soul Queen of New Orleans” (listen here). You can see Brian at Giuseppe’s tonight.
Irma Thomas appears in the HBO TV hit Treme (season 3 premieres this Sunday night). And in the Treme video below, you can see Irma Thomas with Amadee Castenell in the blue suit on sax right next to her (that’s Dave Bartholomew, who lived down the street from Henri Smith, on trumpet next to Amadee)
Amadee performs with Henri Smith here in Gloucester and was in Henri’s band when he opened for Aaron Neville on June 30 at North Shore Music Theatre (see him in the photo below, on the right next to Danny Heath on Trombone)
Before he went on stage that night, Aaron Neville had been reviewing mixes from his upcoming album, My True Story with his wife, Sarah, who directed the video, below, that was released exactly 1 week ago today:
Now back to Gloucester:
Veteran blues man, Bill Gleason is Fly’s guest tonight at the Rhumb Line. He’s also one of the featured performers at the Lanesville Music Festival on Saturday followed by KBMG with Fly’s brother J.B. as a special guest.
Tomorrow 9/20 is the world premiere of a limited theatre event: Hungarian Rhapsody Queen Live in Budapest and believe it or not, Cape Ann Community Cinema is one of the theatres!
But it gets better, because this premiere screening is followed by a LIVE SET by the all-female Queen tribute band, Gunpowder Gelatine!
CALL (978) 309-8448 to be sure you have a seat.
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http://www.capeanninfo.com Stunning day for a run around the Back Shore, Eastern Point and back. The race was benefitting the Children’s Center for Communication at the Beverly School for the Deaf. BTW what the heck is THAT out in the harbor???
Lone Gull 10k Race Results Click below for full results at www.coolrunning.com
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CORRECTION: gimmesound had Inge Berge listed at the Castle Manor Inn tonight. Inge told us he’s on guitar backing up Toni Ann Enes (check her out – very entertaining), but it’s not HIS gig. Thanks, Inge for clearing that up. See tonight’s complete music lineup here.
Last night at Cape Ann Community Cinema, our boy Will Hunt was in the audience as The Cowsills sang their hits, followed by a screening of their new film, followed by Q&A, during which Will asked how they recorded so many voices (6 or 7 parts on many songs) with a 4 track in 1967. The answer was that they mixed down all the band tracks first, then stood around a single mic, adjusting each singer’s volume by the distance from the mic. You singers know how hard it can be to keep your part when you’re RIGHT NEXT to someone singing another part. It takes some serious ear training to listen for the right resonance and maintain it throughout a song in ONE TAKE. You couldn’t just fix one part. EVERY BODY had to sing it again if anybody screwed up.
Then Susan Cowsill told us that they would often break out laughing and not be able to stop — kind of like laughing in church, she said. All in all it was a great night at Cape Ann Community Cinema. Tonight it’s the screening of Neil Young Journeys followed by a live acoustic set by Forever Young, the Neil Young Tribute Band (get tickets here).
And tomorrow, it’s Rita Chiarelli with a live set followed by her film Music From the Big House. See video below of her performing These Four Walls from the movie soundtrack
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Speaking of videos, perhaps you missed the Blues Festival last month. In case you didn’t know, we spent the day live blogging videos from the festival. And now we’ve organized them in one convenient place — see here. Below is one of my favorites by Queen of the Blues: Shemekia Copeland when she walked the crowd and sang without a mic!
If you’re looking for some more great Blues, go see Canada’s Queen of the Blues Rita Chiarelli LIVE at Cape Ann Community Cinema this Saturday at 7:30pm following a special screening of her movie Music From the Big House (see trailer below).
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Good Morning Gloucester 