Future Vintage is inviting you to the release party for their first full-length album, Doin It Right, on Friday, December 11th, at the Ringside Cafe in St. Petersburg. Future Vintage is an excellent funk/electronic dance trio featuring Matt Giancola, keyboards/samples/talkbox/vocoder; Trevor McDannel, bass/synth bass; and Eric Layana, acoustic & electronic drums. Giancola and McDannel have…
There are boatloads of motivational speakers shouting all sort of platitudes and encouragement and advice on how to make something of yourself. It wasn’t always that way, though. There were a few (think Norman Vincent Peale), but not many. On the other hand, there were plenty of curmudgeons around. There was a young lad of…
You might find it hard to believe that I’d never been to the Brass Mug in Tampa. It opened the year after I moved here (1973), and has relocated twice recently, hosting thousands upon thousands of shows. While you might not believe it took me 41 years to get there, believe this: it’ll be another…
I promised – or threatened, depending upon your point of view – to wax philosophical about the event as a whole and the bigger view of the scene. So here goes. Let’s talk about three C words (four, actually: I got called out on that on the radio the following Tuesday. See the Ajeva 12.30.14…