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<title><![CDATA[25 Favorite Photos January-June 2009]]></title>
<link>http://maryanneventrice.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/25-favorite-photos-january-june-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>maryvent67</dc:creator>
<guid>http://maryanneventrice.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/25-favorite-photos-january-june-2009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In chronological order: Kevin Tor and Chris Sifflet and a pooch at Comix The Rosebuds at Bowery Ball]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>In chronological order:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3098040681/" title="u_MG_0083 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3039/3098040681_c20dc665c3.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="u_MG_0083" /></a><br />
Kevin Tor and Chris Sifflet and a pooch at Comix</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3203398857/" title="u1.16.09 279 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3134/3203398857_d2702f143b.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="u1.16.09 279" /></a><br />
The Rosebuds at Bowery Ballroom &#8211; Christmas lights&#8230;..</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3241311097/" title="uIMG_9561 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3534/3241311097_60b1955f25.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="uIMG_9561" /></a><br />
Cock Lorge at Mercury Lounge &#8211; from my best set of CL photos</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3325735174/" title="uIMG_1366 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3545/3325735174_3486e5dea7.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="uIMG_1366" /></a><br />
Santiago, Lady Lamb and the Bee Keeper and Dilly Dilly singing their rendition of &#8220;Say My Name&#8221; &#8211; Bryan and Jess&#8217; birthday party at Space Gallery</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3323595229/" title="uuIMG_1473 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3432/3323595229_9512bb173d.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="uuIMG_1473" /></a><br />
Feel It Robot &#8211; Bryan and Jess&#8217; birthday party at Space Gallery</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3342474842/" title="IMG_2058 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3323/3342474842_f1957fe10f.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_2058" /></a><br />
Marie Stella at The Door Yard (I shot this while waiting out a snowstorm)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3347295170/" title="HMIMG_3015 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/3347295170_fda4e0c273.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="HMIMG_3015" /></a><br />
Holly Miranda at Mercury Lounge</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3347301186/" title="PIMG_3100 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3108/3347301186_445ffab8bd.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="PIMG_3100" /></a><br />
Pela at Mercury Lounge  (my all time faves)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3375582253/" title="u2.4.09 077 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3603/3375582253_f459dfab11.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="u2.4.09 077" /></a><br />
Isabella &#8211; St. Rose of Lima &#8211; Brooklyn, NY (she didn&#8217;t even flinch when the flash went off)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3375174667/" title="uIMG_4565 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/3375174667_d6524ae75d.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="uIMG_4565" /></a><br />
Brye and friends in her hallway somewhere in the vicinity of 4:00 am during her birthday party</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3413490278/" title="uIMG_5734 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3611/3413490278_9207dfed94.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="uIMG_5734" /></a><br />
Langhorne Slim at The Bell House (no comment &#8211; photo says it all)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3431918340/" title="uIMG_6202 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3406/3431918340_f3bd0d7a1c.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="uIMG_6202" /></a><br />
The Wrens at The Bell House (I am so glad that I did not blow this shot)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3432841463/" title="IMG_6505 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3602/3432841463_2703ed675e.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_6505" /></a><br />
Easter eggs (shot in my kitchen)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3475693743/" title="u2.4.09 101 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3617/3475693743_08cb3d96f8.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="u2.4.09 101" /></a><br />
North Folk, LI (shot while visiting wineries for Leonor&#8217;s 40th birthday bash)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3459956930/" title="BPIMG_7908 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3622/3459956930_95519afd99.jpg" width="500" height="385" alt="BPIMG_7908" /></a><br />
Blackpool at Mercury Lounge ( it was so dark in there that night &#8211; it&#8217;s amazing that I got anything &#8211; I may have turned on the flash)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3478588176/" title="u4.26.09 020 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3358/3478588176_d3e3c17817.jpg" width="500" height="296" alt="u4.26.09 020" /></a><br />
mini burgers by Elon &#8211; they look delicious but I would not know&#8230; vegetarian&#8230; <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3495124472/" title="uIMG_8172 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3301/3495124472_7b363ea2d0.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="uIMG_8172" /></a><br />
The Dears at The Bell House </p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3522645164/" title="IMG_8423 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/3522645164_fc4a03a245.jpg" width="500" height="396" alt="IMG_8423" /></a><br />
Le Switch at Castle Ivar (I really liked Aaron, he&#8217;s a great musician and fun to hang out with)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3521694669/" title="IMG_3645 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3614/3521694669_0e7911ff47.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_3645" /></a><br />
Afternoons at Castle Ivar (KiDROCKERS).  This woman has the most amazing voice I&#8217;ve ever heard.  I&#8217;m glad I photographed her because if I had not seen her with my own eyes I would not have believed the voice actually came out of her.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3522148343/" title="uIMG_3846 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3356/3522148343_2ae5e54359.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="uIMG_3846" /></a><br />
Hollywood Blvd.  (shot while walking with my friend Chris)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3584903153/" title="BRIMG_5558 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3624/3584903153_8837b1c26a.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="BRIMG_5558" /></a><br />
Change The Station at Public Assembly </p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3584903393/" title="BRIMG_5690 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3300/3584903393_90b7bfa313.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="BRIMG_5690" /></a><br />
Change The Station at Public Assembly &#8211; This is almost the shot that I have been trying to get of Ian for quite sometime.  </p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3632756540/" title="uIMG_7761 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3664/3632756540_22af1b5ec4.jpg" width="496" height="500" alt="uIMG_7761" /></a><br />
James &#8211; undisclosed location in NYC <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3639561496/" title="dubIMG_8017 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3640/3639561496_4a3bafd160.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="dubIMG_8017" /></a><br />
Drink Up Buttercup at Santos House Party &#8211; Michael never fails to impress me.  </p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3644048131/" title="u6.19.09 601 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3664/3644048131_619d26d44d.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="u6.19.09 601" /></a><br />
Passion Pit at Bowery Ballroom</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/sets/72157620283128972/show/">To see the set as a slide show click here</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Family Hour with Auntie Sara: Half-Birthday Edition!]]></title>
<link>http://sarabenincasa.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/family-hour-with-auntie-sara-half-birthday-edition/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sarabenincasa</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sarabenincasa.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/family-hour-with-auntie-sara-half-birthday-edition/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Saturday, April 25, 2009 9:00pm &#8211; 11:00pm Ochi&#8217;s Lounge at Comix 353 West 14th St. just ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Saturday, April 25, 2009<br />
9:00pm &#8211; 11:00pm<br />
Ochi&#8217;s Lounge at Comix<br />
353 West 14th St. just east of 9th Avenue<br />
New York, NY</p>
<p>NO COVER<br />
1 item minimum</p>
<p>There will be cookies. They will be free. Also, five-minute family stories from these genius people&#8230;</p>
<p>Maysoon Zayid (You Don&#8217;t Mess With the Zohan, PBS)<br />
Greg Barris (Heart of Darkness)<br />
Chris Sifflet (Auction)<br />
Mara Herron<br />
Aalap Patel<br />
Michael Drucker (The Onion, Saturday Night Live)<br />
Margot Leitman (Stripped Stories, Conan O&#8217;Brien)<br />
Bethany Van Delft<br />
Maria Ciampa (ImprovBoston Women in Comedy Festival)<br />
Dan St. Germaine<br />
H. Alan Scott (Sirius/XM Radio, here! TV, Hollywood Improv)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Gallery: Auction 3/17/09]]></title>
<link>http://maryanneventrice.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/gallery-auction-31709/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>maryvent67</dc:creator>
<guid>http://maryanneventrice.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/gallery-auction-31709/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For complete gallery click here]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3366924540/" title="uIMG_4363 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3590/3366924540_05d665d1cd.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="uIMG_4363" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3366124165/" title="uIMG_4411 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3587/3366124165_56524e2b3c.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="uIMG_4411" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3366941638/" title="uIMG_4380 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3625/3366941638_6b384a3ba4.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="uIMG_4380" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/sets/72157615503722995/">For complete gallery click here</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Show: AUCTION!! 3/17/09]]></title>
<link>http://maryanneventrice.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/auction-31709/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>maryvent67</dc:creator>
<guid>http://maryanneventrice.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/auction-31709/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Be GREEN with us! 7:30 pm at Ochi&#8217;s Lounge beneath Comix From It&#8217;s St. Patty&#8217;s Day]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/2928643739/" title="u_MG_0090 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/2928643739_18cba6cae4.jpg" width="500" height="444" alt="u_MG_0090" /></a> </p>
<p>Be GREEN with us!  7:30 pm at <a href="http://www.comixny.com/ochislounge.aspx">Ochi&#8217;s Lounge</a> beneath <a href="http://www.comixny.com/">Comix</a></p>
<p>From<br />
It&#8217;s St. Patty&#8217;s Day and, if you love theme nights as much as Chris does, you are going to have the kind of St. Patrick&#8217;s Day that Auction will be providing. Start the night right and make Auction the last thing you remember doing.</p>
<p>Lineup:<br />
Jamie Lee<br />
Jon Lang<br />
Lisa Levy<br />
Blaine Perry<br />
and more?</p>
<p>Comics love doing this show and it shows for the audience. Check out these raves:</p>
<p>&#8220;This is a show I did.&#8221; &#8211; Tom Shillue</p>
<p>&#8220;I talked about obscure David Hasselhoff movies and I got 5 bucks.&#8221; &#8211; Matt McCarthy </p>
<p>About Auction:<br />
A show that acts as an alternative to the impersonality of Ebay and the seriousness of antiques roadshow. At &#8220;AUCTION!&#8221; comedians bring hilarious stories along with the objects theyr&#8217;e about, and you bring riot gear and a few bucks for the bid wars that follow. Hosts/Auctioneers Chris Sifflet and Kevin Tor and the funniest people in New York want to party with you.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Gallery: Auction 2/17/09]]></title>
<link>http://maryanneventrice.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/gallery-auction-21709/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>maryvent67</dc:creator>
<guid>http://maryanneventrice.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/gallery-auction-21709/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Chris Sifflet and Kevin Tor host Auction! every other Tuesday at Ochi&#8217;s Lounge beneath Comix. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Chris Sifflet and Kevin Tor host Auction! every other Tuesday at Ochi&#8217;s Lounge beneath Comix.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3290719716/" title="IMG_1767 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/3290719716_4af5d3c517.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_1767" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3290724816/" title="IMG_1797 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3457/3290724816_4b9aaa91f5.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_1797" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3290732014/" title="IMG_1845 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3366/3290732014_f610b90570.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_1845" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3290735140/" title="IMG_1877 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3404/3290735140_b298c021ee.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_1877" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3290738970/" title="IMG_1897 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3003/3290738970_598ca79b80.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_1897" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/sets/72157614028207181/"><br />
To see complete set of photos click here</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Gallery: Auction!  1/20/09]]></title>
<link>http://maryanneventrice.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/gallery-auction-12009/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>maryvent67</dc:creator>
<guid>http://maryanneventrice.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/gallery-auction-12009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Chris Sifflet and Kevin Tor host Auction! A bi-weekly show where comics come to tell a story about a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Chris Sifflet and Kevin Tor host Auction! A bi-weekly show where comics come to tell a story about an item and then auction it off to the audience.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/3216066991/" title="u1.20.09 054 by Maryanne Ventrice, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3100/3216066991_de55252a19.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="u1.20.09 054" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryanne67/sets/72157612796544959/"><br />
To see complete gallery click here</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Hey! I Was on Canadian TV and I Didn't Even Know It!]]></title>
<link>http://sarabenincasa.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/hey-i-was-on-canadian-tv-and-i-didnt-even-know-it/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sarabenincasa</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sarabenincasa.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/hey-i-was-on-canadian-tv-and-i-didnt-even-know-it/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My friends Kevin Tor and Chris Sifflet made this video at my house. It&#8217;s a commercial from the]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>My friends Kevin Tor and Chris Sifflet made this video at my house. It&#8217;s a commercial from the 1970s. We all traveled back in time and I acted in it, and then we traveled forward in time and put it on YouTube. My kitchen also traveled backwards and forwards in time. It was on G4, which is about video games? And it was on in Canada! YESSSS! I have cousins in Canada. I hope they saw it!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Enjoy the Latest Video from Medium Large Presents]]></title>
<link>http://sarabenincasa.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/enjoy-the-latest-video-from-medium-large-presents/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sarabenincasa</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sarabenincasa.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/enjoy-the-latest-video-from-medium-large-presents/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Starring some dudes of whom I am fond. Written and directed by a dude of whom I am fond. Assistant d]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Starring some dudes of whom I am fond. Written and directed by a dude of whom I am fond. Assistant directed by a lady of whom I am fond.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/MFTLD2nzcVU&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/MFTLD2nzcVU&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>This is how &#8220;real men&#8221; bond&#8211;with terrible slurs to mask their own secret shame.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[No Use For A Name - 11/04/08]]></title>
<link>http://niggle.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/no-use-for-a-name-110408/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>niggle</dc:creator>
<guid>http://niggle.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/no-use-for-a-name-110408/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Gisterenavond nog eens voor een trip down memory lane gegaan door het bijwonen van de No Use For A N]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Gisterenavond nog eens voor een trip down memory lane gegaan door het bijwonen van de No Use For A Name show in Hof Ter Lo in Borgerhout. Optreden georganiseerd door <a href="http://www.getalive.be">Get A LiVe</a> en <a href="http://www.heartbreaktunes.com">Heartbreaktunes</a>.</p>
<p>Lokale &#8220;helden&#8221; Flatcat mochten zorgen voor de opening, maar ik heb ze gemist. Jammerrrr&#8230;</p>
<p>Tourbuddies van NUFAN was de band Far From Finished. Mij volledig onbekend. Aan het begin van hun show dacht ik: &#8220;hmmm, wat houdt die zanger zijn blikje bier vreemd vast&#8230;&#8221;. Iets later zag ik de onvolgroeide rechterarm van de zanger. Hij leek mij nochtans te jong om van de <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide">thalidomide</a>-generatie te zijn.</p>
<p>Muzikaal zat het wel in orde. Niks speciaal, iets wat vele andere bands ook doen. Een singalongke hier, een oi oi oike daar,&#8230; tja. Ze kregen het publiek af en toe toch mee, dus misschien ben ik gewoon oud aan het worden. De drummer moet wel wat beter opletten waar hij slaat. Het is op het vel van uw drum te doen, niet op de micro die er langs staat!</p>
<p>Dan <a href="http://www.myspace.com/nouseforaname">No Use For A Name</a>. Man, wat was ik vroeger fan van deze band. Vreemd genoeg is dat zowat een van de enige bands waar ik nooit enige merchandise van heb gekocht. Buiten de cd&#8217;s dan.</p>
<p>Op 1 april van dit jaar is hun 9de studio album uitgekomen met de titel: &#8220;The feel-good record of the year&#8221;, en na 2 mindere successen, wordt dit album naar voor geschoven als een terugkeer naar het geluid van &#8220;making friends&#8221; en andere succesplaten.</p>
<p>No Use For A Name braken omstreeks 1994 door tijdens de volle doorbraak van punkrockmuziek. Hun nummer &#8220;Soulmate&#8221; heeft enkele jaren later zelfs als eerste nummer van een band op het <a href="http://www.fatwreck.com/">Fat Wreck</a> label met MTV-rotatie, waarmee ze in grote mate hebben bijgedragen aan het succes en verdere doorbraak van het genre.</p>
<p>Chris Sifflet, gitarist van de Foo Fighters, is nog een tijdje gitarist geweest bij NUFAN en heeft meegewerkt aan het succesvolle &#8220;Making Friends&#8221; en is naar Foo Fighters vertrokken na de opnames van &#8220;More Betterness&#8221;.</p>
<p>Hun huidige bassist Matt Riddle is de originele bassist van <a href="http://www.myspace.com/facetoface">Face To Face</a>, die momenteel een reunietournee bezig zijn en te zien zullen zijn op <a href="http://www.groezrock.be">Groezrock</a>. Riddle zal dan niet aan de bas staan, aangezien hij in 1996 bij Face To Face is vertrokken na een ruzie met zanger Trever Keith. Ik begrijp Trever, ik vind Matt ook maar ne aap.</p>
<p>Good Charlotte komt trouwens ook naar Groezrock! Zou Paris er dan ook bij zijn? Als support voor haar &#8220;vriendje&#8221; Benji?</p>
<p>Terug naar NUFAN. Gisteren gingen ze voor de zekerheid en speelden ze vooral oude nummers. Hun vorige plaat &#8220;Keep Them Confused&#8221; kwam quasi niet aan bod, en van hun nieuwe plaat heb ik ook maar maximaal 2 nummers gehoord. Dus het optreden leek een beetje op een reunie. Nostalgie troef, alleen waren ze nu allemaal wat ouder. Maar de melodieën van Sly en consoorten blijven toch even sterk als ze altijd geweest zijn. Ze zijn dan ook de vaandeldragers van de melodische punkrock.</p>
<p>Goeie boel, maar pak Tony zijne hoed niet af, want dan wordt hij kwaad.</p>
<p>Bassist Matt bevestigde voor mij nog een keer zijn &#8220;aap-zijn&#8221; in de volgende situatie:</p>
<p>Crowdsurfer stoot de microfoonstandaard om van zanger Tony Sly. Roadie komt podium opgesneld om standaard terug op de pootjes te zetten, maar in de vlucht laat hij de microfoon verticaal staan. Dixit Matt: &#8220;HEY!? Do you get paid for this?!&#8221;. Ik zeg: arrogant.</p>
<p>Al bij al, goeie boel. Ik zal de nieuwe plaat wel eens beluisteren.</p>
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