ROCK NEWS

Rita: But part of living in Boston is having license to complain about the weather, or then again you can just wait five minutes. And now the local news… Hi-N-Dry recording studio is moving over to the Center for Arts at the Armory (191 Highland Ave, Somerville), owned by Nabil and Joseph Sater. The move should be complete in October. *** NICK BLAKEY (The In Out) played bass for THE NIGHTINGALES (from the U.K.) on their European tour this summer. Nick is also booking Church, a new club/restaurant that use to be the Linwood. Contact Nick at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it *** WILL DALEY performed at the annual Boston Red Sox Picnic in the Park—yes, the park was Fenway—and not in the section of Fenway where the tall reeds are cut out to make little rooms for men to enjoy outdoor sex. *** PURE FICTION played their final gig at the Middle East on 6/30/07. *** After 21 years with Lyons Group, JEFF MARSHALL accepted a new position with the German based Media/ Entertainment Company headed by former Lycos CEO Alfred Tolle. *** KAY HANLEY (Letters to Cleo) is in the running for president of Red Sox Nation. We urge you to vote for her. *** KELLY DAVIDSON (Liz Borden Band) celebrated her birthday by playing the Cantab—she handed her guitar to CHRIS MASCARA to let him smash it to pieces. Then Kelly smashed a guitar piñata that was full of panties. Quite a smashing party. *** HO-AG’s Elektro EP recreates their own tunes using the following tools only: Moog Rogue, Alesis SR-16, MPC, Prophet, Juno 6, Korg Vocoder, HAL Robot Voice, Boss Dr. Sample, and more secret devices. No drums, guitars, or bass. *** ROGER MILLER is giving guitar lessons. This is a major opportuninty for guitarists of all abilities, beginners to advanced students, to improve their understanding of their instrument from a local underground icon. Go to myspace.com/rogercmiller to sign up. *** Anderson Mar of Dark Sky Productions, former talent buyer for the now-defunct Skybar, has accepted the position as branch manager at the Paul Green School of Rock (120 Elm Street, Watertown, MA). *** BRET MILANO’s new book The Sound of Our Town will be available in September. It’s a history of Boston rock ’n’ roll that starts back in the ’50s. *** MIKE GALVIN has opened a new recording studio in Cambridge. Check it out at groovefactorystudios.com. *** “End War Now” by DREAMERS WANTED spent the better part of the summer in Neil Young’s Top 10. Check out neilyoung.com for many anti-war songs. *** CASEY DESMOND picked up an endorsement from Daisy Rock Guitars. *** CHRIS TRAPPER (The Push Stars) wrote “Long Hot Summer” specifically for NESN’s new reality/comedy series Sox Appeal that started airing in August. *** BONE GUNN has filmed for the Fox TV show Fearless Music fearlessmusic.tv that is syndicated to fifty cities across the country and all direct TV customers. The band has also been invited to do a live broadcast on the TV show Evolving Artists. *** In the “we screwed up” department, photographer DOUG DESPRES (pronounced Day-Pray) had his name spelled wrong in July’s Big Shot (previously known as the centerfold). But maybe the mistake was made purposely so we could print another shot from KATE O’BRIEN’s photo shoot. *** FREEZEPOP has made more than 50,000 friends on myspace.com/freezepop. They release Future Future Future Perfect on Sept 25. *** GRAND EVOLUTION lost all their equipment when their rehearsal space, Bernat Mill, burned in a fire on July 21, 2007. *** On August 1, HOORAY FOR EATHER taped a live set and interview for Fearless Music TV (FOX 5 in New York City). *** NEMO is skipping their convention/award event in 2007 to make their 20th anniversary in 2008 bigger and better. *** KALVIN KOOLIDGE apparently has stepped down from the presidency (hoping someone else might get the hint), and changed the name of their band to ROGUE HEROES. Lolita: Can we capitalize the HOPING SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT GET THE HINT please?