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Comment on Last Weekend: John Ralston and Mike Dunn and Kings of New England at Propaganda in Lake Worth by Propaganda Anniversary Show, Saturday April 10 : Mood Vane

Propaganda Anniversary Show, Saturday April 10 : Mood Vane — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:26:44 +0000

[...] I went to Propaganda for the first time a little less than a year ago. I’m generally a Lauderdale-only type of gal, but I was on an assignment to check out a different restaurant/bar in Lake Worth called the Rum Shack. I’d heard about the town’s new live music venue, so I thought that I’d pop around the corner to check out Propaganda. That was the first time that I officially met the club’s booker/promoter Steve Rullman, whom I’d previously only known by reputation, and I chatted with him about what he was trying to do at the club. That night, John Ralston was playing as John Ralston’s Invisible People, the previous incarnation of the project he fronts, which is now called Invisible Music and includes Greg and Andy from Black Finger. They played with an Orlando band called The Kings of New England that night. I was blown away by Invisible People’s sound and intrigued its members easy, smiling ways. Why are they all so happy all of the time? Why does their happiness infect me so, and make me want to pick flowers and run in circles? The effect is still the same. The questions are still unanswered. John Ralston’s Invisible People – my 1st Prop show I thought the club was cool, but I’m not a big lover of I-95. I figured that the Palm Beach scene was a world away and really had very little to do with me. At that time I didn’t see myself frequenting Propaganda to the extent that I have. I didn’t anticipate that the club would be booking bands from all three counties and hosting touring bands from around the state and country to the extent that it has. I also didn’t anticipate that so many bands would bring it as hard as they have in the last year. In my opinion, the venue has brought a good deal of coherence to the local music scene — the show lineups always make sense and there’s enough variety that you pretty much get to see at least one new band every time you go. Last weekend, I watched six different local bands (three for the first time), and they all showed up and pretty much killed it. I blogged Friday night’s Mineo and Goolsby shows on Saturday, which you can check out below. Saturday night was a special one too. Thank goodness Gingerman309 was there with his video camera to catch the action. First up was The Jameses: Fairly new three piece from, as they call it, West Pain Beach. Dan on synth, Dan on drums and Jesse on guitar. Big ups on Dan’s fashion. I’m loving his Jordan/Johnson show shirt — he’s worn it both times I’ve seen the band. Jesse told me that both Dans in the band have the same middle name. Can you guess what it is? The Jameses get love from Impose Magazine. Florida still takes a few gentle knocks in the piece, but it seems like people are starting to get that it’s no longer safe to dismiss SoFla’s live music. Second was Sweet Bronco: Bias alert! Sweet Bronco played a rockin’ set and sweetly delivered my favorite song, “Morning Night”. Also, they covered John Ralston’s “The Only Evidence” because they adore him, which is an emotion common to just about everyone who meets the affable songwriter with a winning smile. Ralston, along with Black Finger’s Greg Lovell, has been working with them in the studio. Sweet Bronco bass player Jess Glisson says that there’s even a cat in the studio that sits beside Ralston and stares at him for hours on end — one of the perks of being a cat. Third was Everymen: Where did these punky bluegrass maniacs come from? Shirtless, suspendered mountain men types, a giant neck-tattooed dude who plays washboard and makes zombie faces at the crowd, a well-dressed man playing a saw? Everymen, a fairly new gang of wild men, stirred up a lot of drama and dancing at the show. No videos of them up yet. Everymen at Propaganda Anniv Show, April 10 Last, but never least, Zombies Organize: The Boca trio’s delivery of cutesy, muted curse-strung raps about robots, zombies and “sycophantic drudgery” is tried and true. The Zombies are always a good time, and they will always, always, be intellectually superior to mortals. Mary let me play a couple rounds of word dojo with her before the shows began, and it was high score city. I wouldn’t want to go up against this zombie chick in a round of boggle…or any other game that required cognitive aptitude. She eats brains like mine for breakfast. [...]

Comment on Look How Cool I Was by The Mid-Week Nightlife at Monterey and Propaganda, and WTH is a Goolsby? : Mood Vane

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:50:56 +0000

[...] former Stonefox drummer Jeff Rose joined up with Paul Simundich and, I believe, two other former members of Quiet River to form Goolsby, which will play its first [...]

Comment on This Weekend: I’m Bored! Wah! What Should I Do???? by Hukilau Countdown Party tonight — looks fun. Think I’ll go to KMP w/ SMP. : Mood Vane

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:56:25 +0000

[...] think I’m going to try to go to this Kill Miss Pretty/SMP show at The Seamonster club tonight — that’s the one on the south side of the new river [...]

Comment on D*ck Knuckle — Two Saturdays In a Row — Missed ‘Em Last Week? Catch Them This Sat by Saturday: Tonight’s Happenings — It Will Be a Wild One : Mood Vane

Saturday: Tonight’s Happenings — It Will Be a Wild One : Mood Vane — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:28:51 +0000

[...] I already mentioned that the famous D-Knuckle will play tonight at The Monterey Club. Will be crazy as evidenced by the photo below: Mary Magdalen [...]

Comment on Last Weekend Brent Indeed Bday show with John Ralston, Freakin’, Zombies, Timb. Then, Samba Lounge by Saturday: Saturday Is The Day That Parties the Hardest : Mood Vane

Saturday: Saturday Is The Day That Parties the Hardest : Mood Vane — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:25:39 +0000

[...] D*ckknuckle will reunite for a Fort Lauderdale show this Saturday night at Poor House. That’s all of the members of The Freakin’ Hott, TIMB, and Zombies Organize playing together as one unit. Festivities are likely to begin around 11 p.m. First they will play individual sets, [...]

Comment on Ketchy Shuby and Fusik at Dive Bar by Ketchy Shuby and Fusik at Dive Bar, Plus Photo Gallery. Yay! : Mood Vane

Ketchy Shuby and Fusik at Dive Bar, Plus Photo Gallery. Yay! : Mood Vane — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:21:35 +0000

[...] Ketchy Shuby and Fusik at Dive Bar [...]

Comment on Zombies Organize and Sweet Bronco at Dada! 11-21-09 by Coffee. Saturday. Moodvane Wakes Up From a Two Week Sleep. Good Afternoon. : Mood Vane

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:24:17 +0000

[...] Zombies Organize and Sweet Bronco at Dada! 11-21-09 [...]

Comment on Photos Beards of Comedy, Invisible Music and Sweet Bronco at Propaganda 11-20 by Last Friday Night: Beards of Comedy, John Ralston and Sweet Bronco : Mood Vane

Last Friday Night: Beards of Comedy, John Ralston and Sweet Bronco : Mood Vane — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:07:41 +0000

[...] Photos Beards of Comedy, Invisible Music and Sweet Bronco at Propaganda 11-20 [...]

Comment on Photos of Quiet River and Retrocities at Propaganda by Pictures From Last Weekends Shows Are Up — Peaches, Quiet River, Retrocities : Mood Vane

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:39:59 +0000

[...] Photos of Quiet River and Retrocities at Propaganda [...]

Comment on Peaches at Revolution 11-06 by Pictures From Last Weekends Shows Are Up — Peaches, Quiet River, Retrocities : Mood Vane

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:12:46 +0000

[...] Peaches at Revolution 11-06 [...]