To think I could have been working -
Volume 45 - 2/3/26
I think I also remember seeing at the Channel locals like Bim Scala Bim, Plate o Shrimp, Del Fuegos, Sleepy Labeouf, Boss Tones, maybe J Girls Band. Iggy Pop show was so good he recorded a live LP of it. They had lots of all age shows, punk shows, up and comers, big names. It was a great place. To think I could have been working...
Song of the Day 7.16.23 Hall of Fame Edition-
Back in the 80's in my filthy, decrepit, rat trap, BELOVED city, there was a bar called the Channel. Take a left at South Station, cross over the channel, walk 5 or 6 blocks, paying no mind to any possibly dead bodies in the water, or in the alleys. When the streetlights stop working, you should be there, the grimiest bar that frequently had the coolest bands. On one night in particular me and my buddy 'Small Room' schlepped over from the preppy Back Bay to get a taste of the Big Easy. The Radiators did not disappoint, dishing out a funky, nasty, musical Gumbo that you kinda had to be there to get. The best approximation, on vinyl, is their 1980 live recording 'Work Done On The Premises'', live from Tipitina's. Funny side note: on a subsequent road trip to New Orleans, I made my way down to Tipitina's to hopefully catch the Radiators, or the Nevilles, or maybe Clifton Chenier. Who was there that night? "That Petrol Emotion....fuckin mopey British posers....just my luck....... anyway. On one night in Boston, the mighty New Orleans Radiators were dishing it out, brother...
''It's bad when the bayou's bloomin' blue lights
And the parking lot is bustin' out in fist fights''.
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