by Alan Bisbort | Aug 20, 2009 | News
Daytime summer camp through the local Parks and Recreation Department—what could be more wholesome? My son has done week-long stints at this camp twice each summer for the past three years. Your kids have gone to similar camps and/or will go in the future. And...
by Tom Sturm | Aug 20, 2009 | Music
In rock 'n' roll, the idea of the "supergroup," incorporating several big players into one team sort of like an all-star game does in baseball, probably began with The Yardbirds or Blind Faith. The concept is not by any means new, and in the Pioneer...
by Matthew Dube | Aug 20, 2009 | Music
The members of Valley band Whyte Kastles boast some impressive tours of rock duty on their resumes: Sebadoh, Deluxx, Feathers, Sunburned Hand of the Man. The quartet—guitarist/vocalist Bob Fay, guitarist Greg Petrovato, noisemaker Conrad Capistran and Amanda...
by Gary Carra | Aug 20, 2009 | Music
Many was the flashback experienced at the original Woodstock. And goodness knows what the hell you saw if you ate that tainted brown acid, but rumor has it you could travel through time as easily as Back To The Future's Marty McFly.For this, the 19th installment...
by Rachel Holliday Smith | Aug 20, 2009 | Music
Justin Coen joined his first band at age 13 while growing up in Springfield. After that, he "played in a slew of rock bands," put out some albums and toured around the States and Canada. But what he loves most isn't power chords or loop...