FREE ADVICE

Rita: Wow, that’s a good idea to start a tribute band for some local start and hope that they’ll show up at your show. Here’s some other good advice that local rockers have for new people to Boston. PETE SUTTON (Temper): Walk as much as possible... the more you drive around here, the dumber you become... and the T will break your balls the way the Sox break your heart. *** JOEY BOY (Red Invasion): Go see live bands and support DJs who spin rock ’n’ roll, cause “ironic” hipster hip-hop dance parties are over-priced, lame, and filled with tools. Yeah, I said it. *** LINDA VIENS (Angeline/ Cosmic Trigger): The great thing about Boston is the nature right around us a bike ride or short car ride away... spend a day walking around the Mt. Auburn Cemetery, the Arboretum, or Jamaica Pond. Hop in the car and hit Walden Pond, Nastasket Beach, or Rockport. Hike the Blue Hills, the Fells, or the big rocks at Gloucester’s Forge State Park. So much natural beauty, so very close! *** DICK TATE (Middle East/ The Prime Movers): Buy a bicycle and move to Cambridge or Somerville ASAP. *** SUSAN SCOTTI (Last Call Agency): The advice I would give to a new resident of Boston would be to don’t take personally the initial rudeness, coldness, and aloofness you will encounter...eventually you will find your way and that there are lots of great peeps here. Also, don’t stop pronouncing your R’s to fit in. *** SAMMY MIAMI (Shööt The Möön): The blue and red lights over the old John Hancock building downtown forecast the weather. Steady blue: clear view. Flashing blue: clouds due. Steady red: rain ahead. Flashing red: snow instead, except in summer, flashing red means Red Sox are cancelled. *** CHRIS BRAT (The Acro-brats): 20 percent, unless the service was unusually good (or bad). Ha ha—“service.” *** NICK PASTEL (Why Twist the Hair): The advice that I would give to someone new to Boston is to study the history of this place. It becomes that much cooler when you notice that what surrounds you has an absolute and relative meaning to your present life. *** NICOLE TAMMARO (Nicole Tammaro Photography): Don’t shop at Demoulas supermarket, it’s loaded with rude-ass shoppers. Lolita: Oh Nicole, how would you like it if someone said not to use you as a photographer because there was a bunch of rude people at a show you were shooting? We’re sure the people who run Demoulas are not happy with rude people who choose to shop there. Wait a second—I shop there—are you talking about me?