IN THIS ISSUE

Rita: This is quite an issue you are holding in your hands. Each one of the artists on the cover deserves to be dominating the page. THE BANDIT KINGS’ wonderful song, “Epic Hello” (and CD of the same name)—tilted the scale to earn the top spot on the cover. In a very close tie for second you have the loud, artsy, minimalist rock of DO NOT FORSAKE ME OH MY DARLING, the acoustic folk/rock/jazz of singer-songwriter SARAH BLACKER, and the shakin’ country rock LIZ FRAME & THE KICKERS. They are all amazing acts based in New England. These performers are already local stars—their communities support them well. Time for you to catch the acts that suit your taste if you haven’t yet. Lolita: And notice the new feature T Max added to the layout. It’s on the next page (page 5) and tells you what page you can find all the feature stories, reviews, and special features. Rita: It’s called an index. Most magazines have them. Lolita: Shhhhsh… T Max thinks he just invented it.

WARM AND COLD MONTHS...

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

Rita: Now that we’ve left the warm days of summer behind, besides the temperature, what is the difference between the warm and cold months? LINDA VIENS (Adam & Eve/ Angeline): For me the difference in the warm and cold months is deeply ritualistic and psychological. When it’s warm, I must be outside, in nature, as much as possible, even if it’s yard work and not something as scrumptious as swimming, but the cold invites me to come inside, get to more reading, writing and studying, watching films, etc. Though that said, there is nothing like a run in the cold winter air, or a walk around Walden Pond when it’s frozen over; every season has its magic! *** RICK BERLIN (the Nickel & Dime Band): The cold months feel new. The school year always began as the weather turned. New faces, new clothes, new classes, new everything. The leaves die and fall just as we’re getting started. It’s all backwards. Love that. *** KRISTEN MILLER (Kristen Miller): The difference? In the cold months I need a project to get me through the darkness. Last year, I wrote film scores to three short Maya Deren films. This year, I hope to tackle a longer film. And make a music video too. *** KEN FIELD (Revolutionary Snake Ensemble/ Agachiko/ Birdsongs of the Mesozoic): I feel like I should be more careful about walking around my apartment naked in the cold months, since there aren’t leaves on the trees in between me and my neighbors! *** NIKI LUPARELLI (Niki Luparelli & the Gold Diggers/ the Steamy Bohemians): In the cold weather, car accidents caused by some dude staring at a girl in a skirt riding a bicycle, hoping for a quick glimpse of her white panties, so that he didn’t see that ice cream truck coming, are far less likely. Lolita: Niki, how many accidents did you cause this summer? NIKI: If you don’t count the Italian ice guy, three. I don’t ride a bike, but I am an areola 51 waiting to happen at any given champagne filled moment. *** AMANDA NICHOLS (Crash Safely): The excuses given for not coming to the show. *** MARK BRYANT (Plimro Records): During the warm months, I wake up early and go bike riding in downtown Plymouth. During the cold months, I wake up late and go drinking in downtown Plymouth. *** LIZ BORDEN (Liz Borden Band): The difference is I become moodier than usual. So does everyone else once it gets cold. It’s darker earlier, we are stuck inside with the windows closed. We eat more and dress warmer from head to toe. We plan our days and events around snowstorms and end up staying inside more. We all be come vitamin D deficient and wear boots. Warm months are so much better! *** KIER BYRNES (Three Day Threshold): In the winter, you can store beer on the back porch and it’ll stay cold. In the summer, this won’t work, so there’s a whole lot less space in my fridge. *** CHUCK ROSINA (WMBR/WMFO): The lack of light in winter is a difference from summer... or to be positive, the increased time for nightlife in winter. *** WAYNE HUMPHREY (Diabolis in Musica): The warm-month names are two syllables or less. The cold months are three syllables or more. Rita: Wow, Wayne, you are a creative observatitude dude. Though March may not fit with its “in like a lion and out like a lamb” slogan. It doesn’t really turn lambish until early April most of the time, so I’d have to label March a cold month. Look everybody; Wayne has tears coming to his eyes. Let’s make Wayne feel better and start calling the third month of the year Marchuary.

OUR UNIQUE NEWS

Lolita: Read closely now, the Noise is the only print media reporting this rare news. Parts of it will be used in a music trivia game someday. THE EVER EXPANDING ELASTIC WASTE BAND is headed to Argentina and Chile (this is after their trip to the Voodoo Fest in New Orleans) with both MORPHINE drummers JEROME DUPREE and BILLY CONWAY. Then they are off to Amsterdam to play the IDFA/PLAY Film and Music festival in tandem with a screening of the recent documentary film Cure for Pain: the Mark Sandman Story. *** THE GOBSHITES are going to Ireland to record with CAIT O’RIORDAN (the Pogues) and RICHIE RAMONE (the Ramones). *** Virgin Airlines will be playing BIRD MANCINI’s song, “Because It’s December” on one of their in-flight channels during the month of December. *** JENNY DEE & THE DEELINQUENTS have included “That Moon Was Low,” written by the legendary GRAHAM PARKER, on their latest single. *** AJ WACHTEL used to play in BLIND LEMON PLEDGE. The funny part is that through sponsorships he now has dust-free furniture. The unfunny part is that AJ’s vision is a major problem. He’s blind in one eye and the other recently had surgery on it. *** Noise writer JUSTIN KORN is currently in medical school. If it doesn’t work out, he and another student plan to start up a record label, Medical Records, or Cough Again Records. *** Drum Center (800 Islington St., Portsmouth, ME) presents a STANTON MOORE drum clinic on November 16 (6:30pm) at the Frank Jones Conference Center (400 Route One Bypass, Portsmouth, ME). Tickets are $10/ available at the Drum Center. *** Since it has opened, Zuzu, the restaurant that is surrounded on three sides by the Middle East, has only been open at night (5:00 pm on), but now you can enter that space, under the name Z Rant, for brunch and lunch between 10:00am and 3:00pm. *** Ipswich Music has moved from 197 High Street to 195 High Street, 2nd floor. It’s an attractive sunny space used to teach and display musical instruments and supplies. *** Passim administers a program called the Iguana Music Fund, which provides seed grants between $500 and $2,000 to artists with ties to New England to support specific career-building projects or to aid those serving their community through music. For more information, go to www.passim.org. *** For those who remember the late and great MIKEY DEE (WMFO/ Planetary Group/ the Noise), his presence in local music is still mighty. The Mikey Dee Musicians’ Trust Fund aided JJ RASSLER, who damaged his left hand in an automobile accident. *** Drummer DAVE MATTACKS (Paul McCartney/ George Harrison/ Brian Eno/ Elton John) is playing again and well on his way to recovery from back surgery. *** AUDREY RYAN has written a book, The Need to Be Heard, about the record industry and will be playing and reading at her release show on Saturday, 11/5, at the Nave Gallery at the Presbyterian Church in Somerville. Rita: I’m reading a local folk music novel called Revival by SCOTT ALARIK. I’m only on page 59, but in my mind I’ve already become the pretty, young, inexperienced girl singer, Kit. I’m hoping I gather at least some local notoriety by the end of the book. I’ve already slept with an older guy, Nathan, who experienced some fame, so I’m sure some of it will rub off on me.

YUM YUM EAT ’EM UP

Lolita: Instead of eating desserts, now I just talk about them. I figured out if I could lose one pound a week… for one year… I would lose 52 pounds. If I did it for two years I could practically get back to my weight at three years old. So, let’s talk about desserts. What’s your favorite? SATCH KERANS (Satch Kerans): Key Lime Pie at Larry’s Lobsta Land on rte. 128, Gloucester, MA. *** DIANE YOUNG (TCAN): Hot fudge sundaes are by far my favorite dessert... best deal around is at CPK... order the kids sundae, just big enough, hot fudge is amazing and they even put mini M&M’s on top ... all for 99 cents... Sharing a banana split at JP Licks is really great too. Lolita: Last time I shared a banana split in public a policeman gave me a ride downtown. *** ANN MARIE SHIMANOSKI (the Bandit Kings): That’s a tough one. I do have quite a sweet tooth. It’s a toss up: My mother’s home-made apple pie or coconut ice cream from Goodies in Danvers…yum! *** JIM COUNTRYMAN (Lovewhip/ Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers): Vegan chocolate cake with raspberry filling and vegan chocolate ganache frosting (it was Erin’s b-day recently!) from Fiore’s Bakery in Jamaica Plain, soooo good! *** SOPHIA CACCIOLA (Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling/ the Michael J Epstein Memorial Library/ Space Balloons/ Darling Pet Munkee): The cheesecake at Veggie Galaxy is pretty kickin’. *** ANNE BROWN (the Noise): My favorite dessert is the chocolate vegan brownie with vegan caramel and soy ice cream at Julian’s in Providence. How it cannot in any way be faulted healthwise and still be totally delicious is a tribute to the remarkable cooking skills and exciting menu of this favorite restaurant. *** MIKE SCRIMA (Force Us to Stop): My girlfriend makes a pretty amazing carrot cake from scratch. It fakes me out so I don’t realize I’m eating a vegetable, which I’m not usually getting enough of. *** CHRISSY VACCARO (the Spoilers/ the Grinds): My favorite dessert is apple pie—really any kind of pie, but it’s fall... so we’ll say apple. I get it from my mum. She makes the best pies! *** MR. CURT (MC3): Creme brulee—that creamy custard with a flamed-sugar topping. The best I’ve ever eaten is from Flour, Joanne Chang’s South End pastry palace. *** EDRIE (Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys): The apple pie at the German Harvest Supper held every autumn at St. Peter and Paul in Strasburg, North Dakota, is the best ever! *** MELVERN TAYLOR (…& the Fabulous Meltones): A large chocolate Fribble at Friendly’s. Friendly’s in general is the best place to eat. I’ll fight anyone who says otherwise at 2:05 on the hill. *** LIZ FRAME (Liz Frame & the Kickers): Oh man, I love dessert! Wish I could eat it more often (gotta watch the weight!), but when I do eat it, one of my favorites is rice pudding with raisins. I get this amazing brand called Cozy Shack at my grocery store. I could eat the whole tub in one sitting. *** T MAX (the Noise): I am addicted to the wonderful raspberry frozen yogurt served at Café Bishco on Main Street in Gloucester. There’s a full cup of raspberries mixed into the fat-free yogurt. Lolita, I’m with you—I’m out to lose one pound a week for a year.

PROGRESS, NOT PERFECTION

Lolita: Last month one of our better reviewers mentioned that Steve Ward wrote the best song on the CATBIRDS’ new CD, when actually it was STEVE WOOD. Rita: And no, that’s not a typo for STEVE WINDWOOD. *** Lolita: In Gloucester we had to start a catalog to keep up on the bandits. Case in point: On the cover of this issue, from Gloucester—THE BANDIT KINGS. Remember the pet of the month named Bandit?—he is owned by singer-songwriter CHARLIE BIANCHINI from Gloucester. And JENNY DEE & THE DELINQUENTS (members TONY and SAMANTHA GODDESS are Gloucester residents) have a song (on their new single) called “Bandit of Love.” Rita: Hold on, the bandit who lives next door (in Gloucester) just stole my heart. *** Lolita: KIER BYRNES (Three Day Threshold) got covered in grease on his honeymoon with his gorgeous new wife, MANDY MORIN—no, that must be MANDY BYRNES now. Rita: First of all, Lolita, you should address Kier Byrnes as Doctor Kier Byrnes. And your second faux pas—he wasn’t covered in grease—the newlyweds went on their honeymoon to Greece! *** Lolita: So, when did Jeremy Irons start playing with members of MORPHINE? I thought that guy was a British actor. Rita: Yes he is, and he doesn’t sing with members of MORPHINE in the EVER EXPANDING ELASTIC WASTE BAND—that job has been occupied by JEREMY LYONS! *** Lolita: And who could possibly mix up CHELSEA BERRY with CLARA BARRY? Both talented female singer-songwriters came out with CDs at the same time and got coverage in the Noise. Did we screw up the names? Rita: No, in that case we didn’t, but the possibilities are endless. Catch a mistake we make in this column and next issue we’ll put your name in print (probably spelled wrong).

MUSICAL CHAIRS

Lolita: You know this game. We start the music and when it stops, another local musician has joined a band. DARLING PET MUNKEE is a garage/surf rock group that includes MICHAEL J. EPSTEIN, SOPHIA CACCIOLA, (both of Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling) and CATHEERINE CAPOZZI (Axemunkee). *** The guitar-driven, melodic, indie rock group, THE FIELD EFFECT, consists of DOUG OREY (vocals/ guitar), NICK GRIECO (lead guitar/ backing vocals), ANNIE HOFFMAN (bass, backing vocals), and ADAM HAND (drums). *** APESHITS include SKINNY MIKE (Coffin Lids) on guitar/vocals, ELIAS CARLSON (66 Breakout) on guitar/vocals, MATT BURNS (Coffin Lids), and GREG MAHONEY (Triple Thick). Their name represents the band well in that they play monkey, ape, and gorilla songs with some hairy complementary visuals. ***AMERICAN WATER is JOHN KINNECOME (guitar/ vocals), DENNIS McCARTHY (drums), MIKE HIGGINS (bass) and MIKE JOY (lead guitar). Their new CD, This is Where It Ends, is produced by DAVID MINEHAN. *** Pedal steel player DAVE MIDDLETON is the newest member of GROWNUP NOISE, even though he hails from Sacramento, CA. The group is a true bi-coastal band. *** NOELLE LeBLANC (x-Damone/Noelle) now fronts ORGAN BEATS. *** MARK CUTTLER (guitar/ mandolin/ vocals), JOHN FUZEK (guitars/ keys/ banjo), and DAN LILLEY (guitars/ harmonica) are the heart of FOREVER YOUNG—an eight-piece Neil Young tribute. *** JOHN POWHIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT has been upgraded to included JIM ZAVODOWSKI, PETER MOORE, MIKE CASTELLANA, and NATHAN LOGUS. *** MR. CURT has formed a sub division of THE MR. CURT ENSEMBLE called MC3. It includes CLARA KEBABIAN, MARTY WHITE, and Curt himself. *** Look for the debut of RANDY BLACK & THE HEATHCROPPERS (nod to Thomas Hardy), a new rockin’ band that includes LARRY DERSCH (Angeline/ AKACOD/ Common Ailments of Maturity), MATT GRUENBERG (the Dark/ Atom Said), and of course, RANDY BALCK (Limbo race/ Dr. Black’s Combo). *** Keyboardist DOUG MAJOR has joined BRITANICA. Doug has played with Ravi Shankar, Leonard Bernstein, Aretha Franklin, Wynton Marsalis, and Yo Yo Ma. *** DUKE LEVINE and KEVIN BARRY play guitar and lap steel respectively on LIZ FRAME & THE KICKERS’ new album. *** MICHAEL MAROTTA has taken over DAVE DUNCAN’s host position on WFNX’s Boston Accents local music show, 8-10 Sunday nights. DAVE is now doing afternoons at 102.7 WEQX, based in Manchester, Vermont, and serving the Albany market, Western Mass and southern Vermont. He also does a show Sunday nights 8-10pm called Going Underground featuring the best new national releases, with songs by unsigned New England and New York acts thrown in for good measure. Rita: If Dave didn’t throw those extra acts in, would his show have bad measurements?

WHEN DIFFERENT SPECIES MATE

Lolita: Sometimes I just sit around looking at the peaceful animals and wonder what it would be like if two different species mated. What would the offspring look like? Let’s see what combination of species our friends can come up with. ELIJAH EBENEZER WYMAN (Tiny Mountains): I would like to see a cat and dog mate because when I was a kid I thought dogs were boys and cats were girls. Depending on its sex I would either call it a dog or a cat. *** BONNIE BARISH (the Dynamic Duo): It would be interesting to see a long-haired cat, like a Persian, mate with a Pomeranian dog, and I would call that a Dogmatic Cattastrophie! *** PETER RINNIG (QRST’s): A giraffe and a giant sea tortoise would make a giratortoise, but I would call it a submarine. *** CHANDLER TRAVIS (the Dick Travis Singers): Absolutely! But I try to make sure no one’s watching! And Shaun Wortis. *** MICHAEL J. EPSTEIN (…Memorial Library/ Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling/ Darling Pet Munkee/ Space Balloons): I am stretching the question a little from two to three, but I am allergic to virtually every animal except for birds, horses, and cockroaches. My dream is to someday ride into battle on a hybrid steed, a flying horseroach of the hawkbarbroach breed, if you will. The creature’s battle cry alone will spread fear across the world. Children will never sleep again. *** FRANK ROWE (Classic Ruins): I would like to see the North American bison mate with the South American giant Andean condor. The resulting offspring would be called the Giant Buffalo Wing Special. Rita: I don’t eat meat any more so we’ll have no more of that foolish death talk about my fellow Earthians. Lolita: I don’t eat Lima beans, so are they off-limits in this column too? Rita: No. Unless you keep a Lima bean as a pet. Anyway, that segues nicely into a favorite vegetable survey I ran this month. Favorite vegetable votes came in for popcorn and aubergine. Popcorn is stretching it and… aubergine? What the heck is an aubergine? EDRIE (Walter Sickert & the Army of Toys): Aubergine is eggplant. I was in the UK when I answered this and that’s what they call it. I liked the name. It tickled my fancy button. Lolita: Yeah, now guys will be asking me if they can tickle my fancy button. But are you sure an aubergine is not an auburn-colored tangerine? Rita: Drum roll please… the most favorite vegetable from the survey is… carrots! Second place: asparagus. Third: broccoli. Lolita: That’s typical—the top two are phallic vegetables we stick in our mouths. Sounds like another banana split experience. Rita: What about the broccoli? Lolita: If you don’t eat it right away, it goes limp.

CONTEST TIME

Lolita: This month’s contest: How many skulls were in the layout of our creepy Halloween issue? Closest guess (sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) wins an online banner for a week on thenoise-boston.com and thenoiseboard.com, and your name and occupation mentioned in the next issue. Last month’s winner was from someone who felt like he was ineligible. We won’t say his name, but he writes for the Noise, can’t see too well, and has dust-free furniture. The answer to those clues can be found in this column.

ALL GOIN’ OUT TOGETHER

Rita: Looking for us? Try these places first: LENNY LASHLEY lashes out at the Village Smokehouse in Lowell on Friday, 11/4. *** GimmeSound.com and the Noise sponsor THE BANDIT KINGS CD release at the Rhumb Line on Saturday, 11/5. *** Same night ADVENTURE SET is at the Magic Room. *** And again on 11/5, FRANC GRAHAM releases her CD, Steady, at Atwoods. *** As if that’s not enough on 11/5, at Precinct there’s a USA vs. Japan garage rock battle. MUCK & THE MIRES and LYRES represent the States. *** On Sunday, 11/6, THE MICHAEL J. EPSTEIN MEMORILA LIBRARY  performs their entertaining/educational show at Passim. *** At All Asia on Tuesday, 11/8, RITUAL NOISE BOSTON helps to promote this magazine. *** THALIA ZEDEK leads a Billy Ruane Tribute at Radio on Thursday, 11/10. *** On Friday, 11/11/11 (Nigel Tufnel Day) MY OWN WORST ENEMY releases their CD, Electric Like the Moon, at Precinct. *** Same night, watch out for DIRTY BOMBS at Great Scott. *** On Saturday, 11/12, DO NOT FORSAKE ME OH MY DARLING is part of Projektfest ’11 at the Middle East Downstairs. *** Same night THE NEIGHBORHOODS share the bill with UNNATURAL AXE at Church Boston. *** Also on 11/12, JAKE PARDEE plays the Dog Bar. *** On Sunday, 11/13, JOE TURNER & THE SEVEN LEVELS expand the Middle East. *** A lot is going on on Friday, 11/18: ABSINTHE ROSE brings folk punk to the Midway, CHELSEA BERRY opens for MARSHALL CRENSHAW at Me & Thee Coffeehouse in Marblehead, THE DENTS reunite at T.T. the Bear’s, BRIAN EVANS sings “At Fenway” at Shalin Liu in Rockport, MA, and finally T MAX is at Northeastern University's After Hours—all on 11/18. *** FARREN-BUTCHER, INC. plays the Center for Arts in Natick on Saturday, 11/19. *** Same night over at the Cantab, THE RODS (a Rod Stewart Tribute) sing “Maggie May.” *** Also on 11/19, SHAKE THE FAITH reunites at the Magic Room for a 25th anniversary to benefit the Abel Harris Jr. Scholarship Fund. *** Boston Music Awards will be held on Sunday, 11/20, at the Liberty Hotel in Boston. *** ROB POTYLO does his triple CD release party at Church on that same night. *** SARAH BORGES delights the crowd at Johnny D’s on Wednesday, 11/23. *** THE BANDIT KINGS play the Dog Bar on Saturday, 11/26. *** HENRY ALLEN directs the LobstahCrackah Ballet (12 performances over three weeks), 12/15 to 1/1/12 at the Annie in Gloucester. Rita: I hope you all enjoy Thanksgiving. It’s good to be grateful for anything you have.

Rita: It’s time to support the arts. The arts embody what this country is in dire need of… some spiritual uplifting. Music is the easiest way to find peace—whether you’re playing or listening. Reading the Noise will let you know what music is available around New England. Lolita: In this issue we feature JJ RASSLER & THE CUBAN HEELS. JJ RASSLER is a forerunner of Boston garage punk back before the Noise even existed (over 30 years). He was in DMZ, the Queers, the Odds and more recently the Downbeat 5. Lolita: And a man who has fronted one of New England’s most popular bluegrass bands, Northern Lights, for 28 years, steps into the spotlight—enter the mandolin playin’ singer TAYLOR ARMERDING. Rita: We’re also checking to see how HENRI SMITH is spreading New Orleans jazz around Cape Ann. Lolita: And don’t forget about the extreme punk band TINSEL TEETH that appears to be led by a female blood and guts version of GG Allin! There are also feature reviews on RAMONA SILVER, DROPKICK MURPHYS, and THE CATBIRDS. Go ahead, read the Noise and improve your local music IQ.

CLOTHES OR COSTUMES?

Rita: Now is the time to give a little thought to how you might want to dress up on Halloween. Or… you can wait to the last minute, like Lolita does, and go as a streetwalker. Lolita: Very funny, but I do more than walk. I jog sometimes. Rita: Is that what you’re going to wear on Halloween? Lolita: This? Why of course not. People might get the wrong impression. Rita: Maybe you should tell the readers what you’re wearing. Lolita: You know, I think that’s a great Question of the Month. I’ll go out and ask it right now. Oooo, there’s Michael coming out of the library looking like he’ll be leading a parade to the moon. Michael, can you describe what you’re wearing right now? MICHAEL J. EPSTEIN (the Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library/ Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling/ Darling Pet Munkee/ Space Balloons): I’ve got a thrift shop-purchased designer raver two-piece zippable jumpsuit, a multi-colored cape, a band hat, and a tie made of plastic grapes. Is it a Space Balloons music video shoot? Let’s hope so! *** ERIC SCHMIDER (Mollycoddle/ the One Smith): Why, I am wearing my Me shirt of course. The Me shirt is a line drawing of my face holding something to my eye. It’s an iShirt. The caption reads: Non é una Kartoshka. If you know what that means, I will give you a prize. *** HENRY SANTORO (WFNX): I left the house at 3:30 this morning wearing a pair of shorts and a black Blackjack’s T-shirt—the one with the skull and playing cards that says “You Can’t Kill Rock And Roll.” I’m also wearing a pair of the greatest shoes in the world. They’re called Sanuk’s and were invented by a surfer-dude in Southern California. They’re the most comfortable summer/fall shoes you’ll ever wear—I own four pairs! *** MARK MacDOUGALL (Six Star General/ 75orless Records): Day four without electricity has reduced me to blue flannel pajamas, one gray sock, one black sock, and an old bleach- damaged Mike Watt tour shirt. *** PAT WALLACE (Natalie Flanagan/ Trick Wallace Trio): Why, my Noise T-shirt of course. Still fits. Kinda. *** PETE WEISS (The Weisstronauts/ Sool/ Verdant Studio): I’m wearing my “morning coffee and email uniform”—cargo shorts, a Plough & Stars T-shirt, and, yes, furry slippers. Please avert your eyes for best results. *** NICOLE TAMMARO (Nicole Tammaro Photography): Black ’n’ red Lucero T-shirt, denim jeans, white Cons. The usual Nicole Tammaro attire. *** BRIAN O’CONNOR aka BROTHER BRI (Down & Derby): Describe what I am wearing right now? Have we met? I’m the guy in the denim overalls and white dress shirt, with the Celtic cross adorning his neck. Same as just about any other day of the week. No frills style. *** DARRON BURKE (Makeshift Studio): Right now I am wearing clean clothes. When I moved to Boston in 1985 (from Mississippi) my clothes were dirty, thrift store hand-me-downs. I wasn’t hip enough to realize that all the other folks in town were wearing new, clean clothes that they were pretending were dirty. Silly me. *** FRANCIS DIMENNO (Wrong Hero/ the Noise); Brown moccasins, dress slacks, T-shirt with a WMRLS logo. *** A.J.WACHTEL (Almost Jesus): Right now I am wearing white sneakers, white socks, white shorts, a white T-shirt, and a white Red Sox cap. If I was standing around and eating lunch at Simco’s on the hill in Mattapan, junkies would be trying to snort me because I look like a big white line of coke. *** JON MACEY (Adam & Eve/ Fox Pass): Heavy is the head that wears the crown, in this case the crown of perception. *** BRIAN KING (What Time Is It, Mr. Fox?): Currently, I’m sporting a three-piece suit I assembled from Cheerios. I carefully threaded each oat loop with mint-flavored dental floss. My wig is molded from whole wheat pasta of various shapes and sizes, spray-painted silver, and topped with a licorice hat. I’ve accessorized with peanut butter earrings and cinnamon sticky bun brooch. And of course, my boots are by John Fluevog courtesy of Rachel Jayson (Army of Toys). *** EDRIE (Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys): Gene Dante is that you again? How did you get this number? I told you not to call me on this line! Lolita: Sorry to interrupt your conversation. We’ll get you next time. Some people just can’t get off their cell phone.

NEWS

Rita: This isn’t the news you get from the big media or your smaller local papers—it’s music news—only found in the Noise. JOE CARDOZA and RENEE DUPUIS (the Bandit Kings) are tying the knot this month. *** In September KIER BYRNES (Three Day Threshold) also became unavailable to anyone besides MANDY MORIN. *** The nine- pound one-ounce Ezekiel Wolf Wortis was born on September 8 to SHAUN WOLF WORTIS and INGRID. *** LIZZIE BORDEN & THE AXES have their song, “Where Are You,” in the new movie Dirty Girl, which will be released Oct. 7. *** Our personal song of the month is 27’s cover of “Goldfinger”—it’s part of a Japanese release. Hear it at www.27.vg/music. *** The 2011 International Songwriting Competition deadline has been extended until 11/1/11. There have been additional judges added, and this will be the last chance to enter the competition. *** NICK MORSE (STEVE MORSE's son) has an art opening at Club Passim on 10/8/11 (3:00-5:00pm). *** Lolita: Now some people may have heard that I purposely changed JULIE TWOTIMES’ name to Julie Two Shoes in last month’s Noise’s Big Shot centerfold. Well, I’m not sayin’ either way, but I have to admit that there’s only room for one two-time gal in this town. You see I happen to know that Julie wants to be a goody two shoes but she just keeps failing. But fail as she may, she’ll never get it two times as much as I have. Julie you’re going to have to leg wrestle me for that name. I’m now officially Lolita Two Times, until someone can flip me off my back with our thighs intertwined.

RETURNS

Rita: Lolita, you’re going to wish you never said that. So, I finally landed a daytime job. I’m a manager at You Want It, We’ll Get It. I’m a little busy at the register, so Lolita can you please help out those two disgruntled customers with what they’re returning? TIM MUNGENAST (Tim Mungenast & His Preexisting Conditions): I had to return my Electro-Harmonix Freeze pedal, which takes a split-second snapshot of your playing and lets it play indefinitely, like holding a chord forever. It actually sounds kinda like a hurdy gurdy. I loved it so much I hated to send it back for a busted footswitch. I really hated sending it back the second time when it started making this “eeeeeeeeee” sound even when in bypass. Lolita: Well, we can’t give you another one because it’s obvious that you stomped on it and broke it. Next in line? *** SHAUN WOLF WORTIS (King Jubilee/ Legendary Vudu Krewe): I bought this TV and I started experiencing weird vision problems and now am reading about all the issues folks are having with LCD and LCD/LED screens. Headaches, nausea, blurry vision, light sensitivity, blurring—serious problems associated with the backlighting of all these devices. Scary shit—especially if you make your living as a designer like I do. So I’m now looking for a small plasma monitor, which apparently no one sells in this country because the market here is for big fat-ass crap. I don’t want big. We live in a small city apartment. I want small and non-headachy. Maybe I’ll have to get one shipped from the UK or Japan. Or forgo the World Series. Crazy. Lolita: You’re in the right place! I saw a simple black and white TV in the back. It’s small—I think it’s a six-inch screen—and I think it’s a plasma screen too, because I had to wash a lot of blood off it. You can just swap it for that big headache one you have—just think of how much you’ll save on all those unnecessary shipping and handling costs!

MUSICAL CHAIRS

Rita: ROB POTYLO could probably fill this section with all the different musicians he’s worked with. His latest group, ROB POTYLO & THE LONELY PLANETS, uses anybody he can get. On recordings he’s used JAMES TOWLSON (Campaign for Realtime—the only band that ever managed to get the Noise sued!) on bass, NICK D’AMICO (Roadsteamer—Robby’s former last name) on keys, and KEVIN CORZETT who’s plays in just about every band in town that employs a saxophonist. *** Drummer RAY FERNADES (Cadillac Heart) is heading to Cincinnati; a victim of the poor economy. JOE MARION (Reddy Teddy) is replacing Ray. *** MOOSE & THE WORCESTER BOYS include ED MOOSE SAVAGE (vocals/harmonica/kazoo), IRA CAPLAN (guitar), LEE CAPLAN (bass), ANDY CAPLAN (drums), and BOB FRASIER (guitar). *** THE BANDIT KINGS have had RUSS LAWTON (Trey Anastasio Band) and NELSON BRAGG (Brian Wilson Band) in the studio with them. *** Longtime Boston music vet GARY SHANE (… & the Detour) has a new band called TABASCO FIASCO. Lolita: Sounds like they’re hot! Rita: Or maybe they spatter hot sauce on their audience!

CONTEST WINNERS

Rita: Can you believe that nobody got last month’s contest question correct? Maybe we have to start making the questions easier. By the way, the answer was Concussion Ensemble—a band that had three drummers upfront and a huge percussion setup in the back. Lolita: So this month’s prize will be doubled. You can win a banner and a 1/4 page print ad in the November issue of the Noise. Here’s the question: What three towns has the Noise been based in? The first correct answer to land at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it will be the lucky winner.

WHO’S YOUNG AND TALENTED?

Lolita: Talent search time—tell me about a young performer that has impressed you lately. IAN ADAMS (Lucky Dragon/ solo): I currently keep a close eye on local musician Zepherin Adams.... Okay, so he’s my son and he just turned three, but dude, he’s showing amazing ability on guitar, drums, ukulele, and harmonica! Also his vocal interpretations of Neko Case’s “Maybe Sparrow” and the standard “Happy Birthday” are mind blowing! *** KIER BYRNES (Three Day Threshold): I think two of the most talented people I’ve seen take the stage are David Delaney and Mark Kilianski, the two young lads that make up the Whiskey Boys. They are both brilliant musicians who play out relentlessly and most importantly, have an extremely refined palate for bourbon. *** LINDA VIENS (Angeline/ Adam & Eve): I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but my favorite young artist right now is Lady Lamb the Beekeeper a.k.a. Aly Spaltro, who is a lyrical genius, compassionate poet, and brilliant singer who gorgeously expresses the pain, hope, and beauty of our ever human, turbulent times. *** KRIS THOMPSON (Bobb Trimble/ Concord Ballet Orchestra Players): Rachel Neveu from MMOSS totally rocks the Farfisa organ and the flute—sometimes at the same time. The band’s arrangements are great to begin with, but her playing style is far from typical, getting into some sweet, dark and mesmerizing spaces. *** DAVE WESTNER (Woolly Mammoth Sound): Jimmy Ryan. I’ve been hearing Jimmy a few years at this point and of course I’ve known all along what a badass he is on the mandolin. But lately, I’ve been noticing just how incredibly deep his playing is... he’s known for his sort of hillbilly type of thing, but he’s pulling music out of the mandolin that is more than just that… he may be soloing over a train beat I-IV-V, but he’s pulling notes and licks from Louis Armstrong to Frank Zappa, with a bit of punk rock thrown in just for good measure. I didn’t even mention how great his tunes are. *** RICK BERLIN (the Nickel & Dime Band): Molly Pope. Her band is Malicious Intent. She’s a 15 -years-old guitar phenom, great voice, great songwriter. She runs her band like a champ. Takes the stage (most recently at the JP Music Festival) with ease, poise, and command. She comes from an entire family of musicians. This girl’s unstoppable. *** KAREN DeBIASSE (Girl on Top): I have the cutest little four-year-old student named Madison. She’s having fun with drums, guitar, piano, singing, writing songs, harmonica, percussion instruments, and the computer. She does the sweetest little thing—brings me homemade cookies and presents. I just let her be herself and she is with her own unique style. *** KEN FIELD (Revolutionary Snake Ensemble/ Birdsongs of the Mesozoic): I’ve had a few opps to sit in with Hayley Jane & the Primates, and they have definitely got it going on. Great vocals, songs, stage presence, musicianship, and solid grooves. I think and hope that they will do well. *** SAMMY MIAMI (the Welch Boys/ For the Worse/ Britt Lightning Band): Britt Lightning has really come into her own with her latest efforts. A lot of folks have her pegged as an ’80s metal, shredder guitarist, but what they don’t realize is under the surface she’s a much more complex and versatile player. I had the privilege of playing drums on Britt’s forthcoming solo EP, and I must say, you’ll be surprised by the depth of her musical knowledge and songwriting skills. You can judge a book by its cover, but you won’t understand it until you read it. Britt’s onto something you won’t be able to put down. *** MR. CURT (solo/MC3/Ensemble): Wes Kaplan (son of Phil Kaplan from Little Bang), whom I’ve known since he was an infant. He and his brother, Kas, were brought up in a musical homelife, exposed to influential and provocative artists as youths, and gradually became musicians themselves. Wes learned to play drums, keys, and guitar in his teens, and now fronts an incredibly prolific group, the Craters, who have released a couple of albums. His avante-pop songwriting has matured (just like his dad’s) and I truly expect further musical innovation from him. *** SLIMEDOG (thrashnbang.com): There’s a young guy who’s a co-worker of mine. He’s Fly Boi Dizzy, a rap artist, a genre I don’t know much about but I see and admire his dedication and commitment. He often works 40 hours overtime so he can buy studio- quality equipment. He reminds me of how musicians, especially young ones, in any genre, can be so self-sacrificing for their art. *** CORIN ASHLEY (Corin Ashley misses being in a band): Young is a relative term, but I have to give it up for Brian King and Oranjuly. His album from last year is great and the new stuff he’s working on sounds even better. We have written some songs together, and Brian really has great harmonic instincts, and he’s a swell cat, too. *** PAUL ROBICHEAU (the Improper Bostonian). Julia Easterlin. She’s a recent Berklee grad who layers her vocals with a looping station. She re-imagines Bjork and Pixies songs, though I most love her original “Go Straightaway,” which slowly builds a calypso-jazz choir from real-time solo snippets onstage. *** DOUG VARGAS (Pressure System): I’m blown away by the Sneaky Mister a.k.a. Judith Shimer. She’s a killer singer and badass uke player. Her recordings are a little over-produced but her live shows are amazing—catch her if you can! Lolita: Well, thank you all for your scouting tips.

ALL GOIN’ OUT TOGETHER

Rita: Guys are always asking us where we’ll be, so try these shows if you’re interested in bumping into us. THE MICHAEL J. EPSTEIN MEMORIAL LIBRARY takes over the Brighton Music Hall as part of Berklee Pulse presents Banded on Thursday, 10/6. *** On Thursday through Saturday, 10/13 - 10/15, JONATHAN RICHMAN delights the Middle East upstairs. *** Also on Saturday, 10/15, THE NEW ALIBIS reunite at Great Scott. *** THRU THE KEYHOLE BURLESQUE shows some skin as part of the No Hipsters Rock ’n’ Roll Revue at the Cantab on Thursday, 10/20. *** Same night SOUL ROBOT plays Uncle Eddie's Oceanside Tavern. *** On Saturday, 10/22, THEA HOPKINS plays the Dog Bar in Gloucester, MA (sponsored by the Noise and GimmeSound.com). *** Same night MELT releases their CD at Rosebud. *** On Friday, 10/28, COUNT ZERO brings their Halloween magic to the Magic Room in Brighton. *** Saturday, 10/29, is a big night to celebrate Halloween: BOOTY VORTEX gets Johnny D’s up and dancin’; THE LIGHTS OUT perform as Zombie Michael Jackson at Church; MICHAEL BERNIER & THE UPRISING rises up at the Middle East Downstairs (presented by HearNowLive); and THE FULL-TIME DREAMERS play AC/DC at the Midway. *** On actual Halloween, 10/31, DARLING PET MUNKEE plays the Middle East Upstairs. *** Looking ahead to November. THE BANDIT KINGS record release is at the Rhumb Line on Saturday, 11/5 (sponsored by the Noise and GimmeSound.com). *** Same night ADVENTURE SET is at the Magic Room. *** And again on 11/5, FRANC GRAHAM releases her CD, Steady, at Atwoods. *** On Friday, 11/11, MY OWN WORST ENEMY releases their new CD, Electric Like the Moon, at Precinct. ***THE NEIGHBORHOODS play Church on Saturday, 11/12, with THE BAGS opening. *** Same night DO NOT FORSAKE ME MY DARLING is part of Projektfest ’11 at the Middle East Downstairs. Lolita: We’ll be the sexiest gals in the crowd. Rita: Meet us in the back of the room.