Inner Vision @ Mile Marker 1 – Friday & Saturday – Dan King Interviews them

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From Dan King:

Innervisions has been playing Castle Hill in Ipswich the last few years but the crowds became too large for them to handle so Mile Marker 1 is  hosting them over two nights at Cape Ann Marina  – Mile Marker One. Friday August 16th and Saturday August 17th On Friday the 16th we have an Opening act from Newburyport called Freevolt.

Doors are at 7pm. 15$ at the door. Cape Ann Marina 77 Essex Ave. Gloucester Ma Mile Marker One 978 283-2122

We also have Free Shows on our Bridge Deck All weekend with Jah N I on Friday 8/16 and The Glostafarians on Saturday 8/17 plus The Runaround Sunday 8/18 at 5pm.

Q: When was Inner Visions formed?
A; The band is dated back to when Phillip “Grasshopper” Pickering returned from the military in 1979 and joined “Prophecy” Reggae Band. Over the years the band saw a name change and has continued on since that time as Inner Visions.

Q: What is the history of the band?
A: Inner Visions has been the around since the golden days of reggae when the likes of Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Dennis Brown, Toots and the Maytals, Peter Tosh, Third World, Steel Pulse, Inner Circle, Aswad and so many other foundation Artists presented the world with a music that would not be denied. Because the Virgin Islands dominant music art form was Calypso and now is Soca music, (and the fact that St. John was so far removed from the limelight), it was not until 1995 that the band started getting some recognition when we released our first official recording. Since then the music has taken us through the Caribbean, to Cancun Mexico, Europe and all over the USA. We now boast six self produced recordings to our credit.

Q. Who are the current members of the group?
A: Current members are Alvin “Jupiter” Pickering (Bass/Background Vocals), Phillip “Grasshopper” Pickering (Guitars/Percussions/Lead Vocals), Akiba “Mr. Snooze” Pickering (Keyboards/ Lead and Background Vocals), and Aswad “Hollywood” aka “Black Lion” (Drums). Just incase you are wondering about those Pickering last names, “Jupiter” and “Grasshopper” are brothers and “Mr. Snooze” and “Black Lion” are the son’s of “Grasshopper!”

Q. Who are your Musical influences?
A:  Wow, there are so many to mention! I think the group Culture for the energy, Third World for the message of love, Aswad for the party style grooves, Steel Pulse for the consciousness, Bob Marley for the universal strength, and many, many more!

Q. What keeps you coming back to New England?
A: The awesome love we feel from our fans many of which we have had the opportunity to greet on our Island home long before performing stateside.

Q. What is your connection to Gloucester?
A: Joe Loiacano (Manager at Mile Marker 1) had known of us as he had lived and managed a venue on St. John a few years back. We had played Gloucester before at the Rhumb Line, but after hearing about the crowds we were packing in at the Castle on Crane Beach’s Summer Concert Series, he decided to have us. It was such a great success last year, he up-scaled it for this year’s performance.

Q. What is Island life like on St. John?
A: It is a rewarding way of life as one might expect but the drawback is it is very expensive to live there. We boast some of the most beautiful beaches in the world and some of the most wonderful people but like everywhere these days things are tough all around. Still we would not trade it for the whole wide world!

THEN and NOW – Waterfront 1948

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I hope I got this correct, I matched up with  what appears to be the steeple at Our Lady of Good Voyage. Codhina's New Processing Plt_ adjacent to Jordan's Wharf off E_ Main St_, 1948 Colby Photo (pg_ 3)Codinhas

St. Anthony’s by the Sea

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This lovely little chapel of St. Anthony by the Sea (near Niles Beach) belongs to Holy Family Parish. It is open for Sunday services at 9:30AM only in the summer, and for weddings until the fall.  I think the stained glass windows are absolutely beautiful, real works of art.

 

For more about the history of the chapel, visit this link (thanks to Fred Bodin for the great info)!

– Matthew Green

The Invites For Sista Felicia’s Book Launch Gala At Cruiseport Are In!!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Sista Felicia writes-

Joey

let our GMG FOBs know they can get their tickets through Kickstarter or at the GMG Tent this week at the Farmers Market, and at the Waterfront Festival 

Or you can post in comments and I’ll hold tickets for pick up or send them out.

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The Food, The Music, The Venue- All Spectacular!

To Get Your Invite go To The Kickstarter Page and Look In the Right Hand Column

Also if you only got a book I believe there’s an option to get a book and an invite to the Gala!

Here’s the link-

Sista Felicia’s Sicilian Cookbook

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The Manchester Athletic Club Has a New Fitness Director and She Rocks!!! The Get ‘Er Done- True Energy- Fitness Pro Nan Gorton!

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Tremendous things will be happening at the MAC with Nan at the Helm of The Fitness department- Mark My Words!

Can’t wait for lobster season to end so I can get back in there!

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Manchester Athletic Club Strengthens Fitness Program with New Director.

Manchester Athletic Club is strengthening its fitness program with leadership from Nan Gorton. Gorton was recently chosen to helm the business’ growing Fitness Division, which includes Manchester Athletic Club in Manchester by-the-Sea, MA, MAC Fitness in Rowley, MA and MAC Fitness in Gloucester, MA.  

Gorton has been a staple at Manchester Athletic Club for the past seven years as a fitness trainer and co-owner of Hilltop Training, a popular running program among members. Most recently, she launched North Shore Sports Performance Institute (NSSPI), which offers sports performance training to kids 10-18 years old. She comes to the position with a myriad of backgrounds in addition to fitness, including careers as a lawyer and as an Olympic caliber athlete in the sport of women’s ice hockey.

The move will bolster the club’s already booming fitness department, which includes a ProFitness Program, personal training, TRX, pilates, swimming, basketball, nutrition and wellness, and over 75 group fitness classes—from strength to cardio, indoor cycling, Zumba, mind body, aquatics and Les Mills Body Pump and Body Combat.

“Nan brings a tremendous amount of energy, expertise and creativity to our members and, importantly, to our local community,” said Keith Callahan, General Manager and Managing Partner. “With Nan’s leadership, we’re excited to launch new programs for our members and have already developed a unique program called Commit to Get Fit that will be provided for club members as well as open to the community this fall.” 

“I have always believed that great success comes from sharing a common goal and working together to make it happen,” added Gorton. “I am excited to get to work getting the best out of everyone I work with both as a coach and a manager.”

Manchester Athletic Club is a full-service health club featuring 12 tennis courts, the Gymazing! Child Center for preschool-aged children, iXl programs for young teens, a fitness and strength training center staffed with certified professional trainers, indoor aquatics center, multiple group exercise studios, and an outdoor pool with playground.

Captain Pete helps Tourist

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Captain Pete from Harbor Tours  give direction to other Gloucester sites, than poses with the group from Chicago.

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17 Days Til the 2013 Gloucester Schooner Race And Don’t Forget The First Annual Schooner Race Community Lobster Bake!!!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Lobster Bake!

Lobster Bake!

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2013, 4:00 PM

TICKETS : $12/PERSON

AUDIENCE: COMMUNITY, SCHOONER CREWS, SCHOONER FESTIVAL VISITORS

Enjoy freshly steamed lobster, corn on the cob, and a Virgilio’s roll— all for $12 per person. Relax with your dinner on the slopes of the Fitz Henry Lane lawn while listening to Old Cold Tater & Friends. Also available for sale: hot dogs, hamburgers, veggies burgers, cold sodas & spring water, beer & wine. Tickets available in advance from Maritime Gloucester or at the event. Must bring confirming email to Maritime Gloucester to redeem. Tickets will not be sent via mail. 

This event is part of Maritime Heritage Day at Maritime Gloucester and Schooner Festival weekend.

To Purchase Tickets

TYRONE was designed by Manchester’s famed SS Crocker and built by Simms Bros. in Dorchester in 1939.  She is a beautiful, rugged classic, owned by Matt Sutphin of Harwichport.   Last year she was first in the Gloucester-Provincetown Race.  There is space for a few passengers during the race Sept 1st and also for a sail on Saturday Aug. 31st.

Tyrone  http://www.amschooner.org/node/954

Sailing opportunities  through Maritime Gloucester  http://gloucesterschoonerfestival.net/?p=408

Al Bezanson

Tyrone docked

HOMIES EATIN’- SUPERMARKET VS GRASS FED VS BRANDT BEEF

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Eric Lorden Owner of Passports Restaurant In Downtown Gloucester Talks About The Differences Between Supermarket, Grass Fed and Brandt Beef in this installment of Homie’s Eatin.

Also featuring Toby Pett, Ed Collard and Lylacakes.

Special thanks to Cambridge Meat Packing salesman George Valentine who provided the Brandt Beef.

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18 Days Til The Gloucester Schooner Race

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Al Bezanson submits-

SUGAR BABE, outbound, slides between LANNON and ARDELLE.  (From GREEN DRAGON, July 20th.)  On Sept. 1st they will be joined by at least fifteen more schooners.  There is plenty of space for passengers on race day.
www.Gloucesterschoonerfestival.net/?p=408

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Gloucester, MA and Gloucester, England

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Had a very interesting visit Sunday at the gallery from Lisa Hogan, originally from Gloucester, MA and Andrew Garfield from Gloucester, England.  The couple were married in February 2000 in Rockport at the Old Sloop Congregational Church, where Lisa’s mother and grandmother had also been married.  That in and of itself I found interesting, but the more we talked, the more interesting they became.  The couple now lives in Rockport in the winter and summers in Gloucester on their boat which they keep at Cape Ann Marina. 

Andrew and Lisa co-founded a company called Glevum Associates LLC.  Glevum was a Roman fort in Roman Britain that became a “colonia” of retired legionaries in AD 97. Today it is known as Gloucester, located in the English county of Gloucestershire. Glevum Associates LLC a company that specializes in conducting face-to-face research and analysis in conflict and post conflict societies. Since its inception, Glevum has supported numerous U.S. Government and military clients – including the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army, and more recently the Department of State – providing actionable and vital political, security and quality of life information on local populations including in Iraq (550,000 interviews to date) and Afghanistan (250,000 interviews to date).

From 2005 to 2012, Andrew has taught two modules on “Winning the War of Ideas” and “Exploitation of the Human Terrain” to the commanders and staffs of almost every Army and National Guard brigade, division and corps that has deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2005, as well as multiple supporting formations and specialist units.

Andrew has recently completed a fascinating paper based on in-depth interviews with 78 active Taliban insurgents, living and operating in many of Afghanistan’s most volatile provinces, titled “Understanding Afghan Insurgents: Motivations, Goals and the Reconcilation and Reintegration Process.  Who Are They?  What Do They Want?  Why do They Fight?” https://www.fpri.org/docs/Understanding_Afghan_Insurgents_Garfield_and_Boyd.pdf  

You meet the most interesting people on Rocky Neck.

PS Joey – I don’t have any GMG stickas left, so they had to hold up my Deviled Egg Competition ribbon!  Don’t let me forget to get some more when I come by the dock.

E.J. Lefavour

Hour-Long Macklemore Concert Streamed Live

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I was uploading a video this morning and found this link to an awesome Ben Haggerty concert, streamed live from New York City, with DJ Ryan Lewis.

Same Love starts around 12:30.

Big Time Wrestling tonight at 8pm on Channel 12

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Big Time Wrestling tonight at 8pm on Channel 12. Scott “The General” Duffany explodes in and around the ring in this teaser from the Gloucester Police “Big Time Wrestling” Benefit. Catch the whole 1 hour and 45 minute extravaganza on Cape Ann TV! More info: www.capeanntv.org

Reggae Weekend ~ Mile Marker One Presents ~ Inner Visions ~ World Class Reggae Band from US Virgin Islands

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Innervisions has been playing Castle Hill in Ipswich the last few years but the crowds became too large for them to handle so we’re hosting them over two nights at Cape Ann Marina Mile Marker One. Friday August 16th and Saturday August 17th On Friday the 16th we have an Opening act from Newburyport called Freevolt.

Doors are at 7pm. 15$ at the door. Cape Ann Marina 77 Essex Ave. Gloucester Ma Mile Marker One 978 283-2122

We also have Free Shows on our Bridge Deck All weekend with Jah N I on Friday 8/16 and The Glostafarians on Saturday 8/17 plus The Runaround Sunday 8/18 at 5pm.

1. When was Inner Visions formed? The band is dated back to when Phillip “Grasshopper” Pickering returned from the military in 1979 and joined “Prophecy” Reggae Band. Over the years the band saw a name change and has continued on since that time as Inner Visions.

2. What is the history of the band? Inner Visions has been the around since the golden days of reggae when the likes of Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Dennis Brown, Toots and the Maytals, Peter Tosh, Third World, Steel Pulse, Inner Circle, Aswad and so many other foundation Artists presented the world with a music that would not be denied. Because the Virgin Islands dominant music art form was Calypso and now is Soca music, (and the fact that St. John was so far removed from the limelight), it was not until 1995 that the band started getting some recognition when we released our first official recording. Since then the music has taken us through the Caribbean, to Cancun Mexico, Europe and all over the USA. We now boast six self produced recordings to our credit.

3. Who are the current members of the group? Current members are Alvin “Jupiter” Pickering (Bass/Background Vocals), Phillip “Grasshopper” Pickering (Guitars/Percussions/Lead Vocals), Akiba “Mr. Snooze” Pickering (Keyboards/ Lead and Background Vocals), and Aswad “Hollywood” aka “Black Lion” (Drums). Just incase you are wondering about those Pickering last names, “Jupiter” and “Grasshopper” are brothers and “Mr. Snooze” and “Black Lion” are the son’s of “Grasshopper!”

4. Who are your Musical influences? Wow, there are so many to mention! I think the group Culture for the energy, Third World for the message of love, Aswad for the party style grooves, Steel Pulse for the consciousness, Bob Marley for the universal strength, and many, many more!

5. What keeps you coming back to New England? The awesome love we feel from our fans many of which we have had the opportunity to greet on our Island home long before performing stateside.

6. What is your connection to Gloucester? Joe Loiacano (Manager at Mile Marker 1) had known of us as he had lived and managed a venue on St. John a few years back. We had played Gloucester before at the Rhumb Line, but after hearing about the crowds we were packing in at the Castle on Crane Beach’s Summer Concert Series, he decided to have us. It was such a great success last year, he up-scaled it for this year’s performance.

7. What is Island life like on St. John? It is a rewarding way of life as one might expect but the drawback is it is very expensive to live there. We boast some of the most beautiful beaches in the world and some of the most wonderful people but like everywhere these days things are tough all around. Still we would not trade it for the whole wide world!