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Acoustic set at the Rosebud THIS SATURDAY

brendan — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:39:21 +0000

This Saturday night, I will have the pleasure of taking part in the Old Jack residency at The Rosebud. The last Saturday of every month, Dan Nicklin and his soulful outfit take over Davis Square’s best new music venue. It is a guaranteed good time (Ed. note – “guarantee” in the absolute loosest sense of the word).

In this month’s episode, I will be playing an acoustic set followed by a ripping set by Old Jack. Closing out the night will be a reunion of local rock heroes/Marylou’s News pitchmen The Charms. Should be a very fun night of rock and roll music.

In other news, the rehearsals for The Cover-Up Presents Wilburys Weekend are going great. Trying to embody the spirit and the vocal style of Roy Orbison has been probably the biggest challenge of my music career. Orbison had this unique tone that is pretty impossible to match. I’ll certainly give it the old Brendo try. I’m having a blast doing it.

After the Cover-Up, I’ve got another cool project about which to tell you all. I won’t give you all the details quite yet, but I will say it involves a beautiful woman and (this time) I have full consent. Stay tuned…

Interviews, advice columns, and benefits (Oh my!)

brendan — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:06:41 +0000

Hey all,

Just wanted to give you a quick update on what’s going on this hazy, lazy day of our rapidly escaping summer.

First, there’s a new Dear Boogie up on Boston Band Crush. I definitely enjoy writing this weekly advice column and if you haven’t checked it out, please do. There’s also a new online form to submit your questions.

Speaking of online stuff, I was honored to be interviewed by the ebullient Mackenzie Outlund of This Blue Heaven on her blog post this morning. Mack and I got into some deep shit and also some very shallow shit. Check it out.

On a more serious note, one of our own in the Boston music community needs our help. Ben Garceau of the band Roman Traffic was in a bad accident and needs help covering his medical bills. Jason Dunn of The Luxury has put together a great rock and roll benefit show to help Ben this Saturday at Harper’s Ferry. Check out The Luxury site for details.

In a couple of weeks, I return to the stage after what seems (to me anyway) like a long break (It’s been a whole month since the Rock Primary! Gasp!) to take part in the Old Jack residency at the Rosebud on Saturday August 28.

Hope you’re all having a great summer. Nighty night! Keep your butthole tight!

Brendan’s Inbox Volume 1

brendan — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:35:17 +0000

Okay, so here’s the deal. For whatever reason, I have an email address that apparently gets confused with other addresses. I get a lot of emails that are NOT meant for me. Sometimes, they’re very personal. Usually, I write back a polite “you’ve got the wrong person” email.

But where’s the fun in that? So from now on, whenever I get an interesting email that wasn’t meant for me, I will post it up on the old blog for all to see. Eat that, privacy!

Here’s one I got in my email this morning…

To My Beautiful Girl,
I would like to start this letter with how much I love you and truly adore you. There is not a waking minute that I do not think how lucky I am to be involved with such beautiful woman.

I am writing this so I can be honest about my feelings not only about you but also my observations on our relationship whether this to be physical or emotional. I am concerned that when I try and discuss any issues about us it is met with hostility especially when trying to discuss the difficult issues. I will be the first to admit that I am not the easiest person to live with in some instances but in general I believe that I am a good person and an exceptionally loving husband who loves his wife with his entire heart and will compromise to give her what she needs or wants in most circumstances.

I do feel however that lately our relationship has changed. I will be honest that I believe sexual gratification for both parties is big part of a healthy relationship. I feel as though in our relationship lately that any time I start to caress you (you are a beautiful woman and I find it hard not to ravage you) you immediately start to get aggressive/defensive pushing me away stating “THAT I AM GROPING YOU”. I am confused by this as in previous times when we have been in similar situations you have not been this way, we have been able to enjoy ourselves sexually and satisfy each other’s desires in specific ways depending on the situation. This has flat out stopped now, I cannot remember the last time you sexual way without me begging you to. I know you think I am pathetic for thinking this but it is true. The dynamics of our physical relationship has changed dramatically from both of us initiating sexual activity to me pestering you make love and when you agree the general format of the love making is me giving you oral pleasure (which I love doing) and when you orgasm you hurriedly urge me to enter you and for me orgasm quickly. This process for me is having sex not making love it takes about 10 minutes and honestly leaves me feeling somewhat………. I don’t know what words to use as I can’t really describe the feeling. I guess the closest I can come to describing it is sympathy sex to keep me quite, this sounds particularly harsh I know but this is the best I can come up with. I don’t want or nor did I intend for that last statement to be hurtful. I like to make love to you…… NO I LOVE TO MAKE LOVE YOU. I believe up until approx 6 to 8 months ago we had a great varied sex life it was exciting, varied, loving and fulfilling for both parties involved (please correct me if I am wrong in this statement). I want to go back to when you wanted me and wanted to be in partnership with giving each other mutual pleasure especially in the early months of our loving relationship.

I know that there may be other factors at play in the above situation but I can only hope that you can be as honest as I am and discuss the issues with me. I believe I am open to any discussion you wish to have with me whether this be on a positive note or negative note.
I know you are down on yourself about our current financial situation but I just want to assure you it is not your fault and you have if anything provided us with extra time together which is way more important than finances. I love spending time with you and I know you think that I am up to something and I am unsure why you think this. I have had friendships which you have disapproved of in the past and I am more than aware of these and now have very limited contact if any at all as I know how this makes you feel. I just want to say though that there was never anything in these relationships other then friendship and that is all. I have eyes only for one person and that person is you.

I know I have put you many difficult situations both physically and mentally with the torment of past and hopefully I will be able to somewhat insulated us from this situation in the near future.
I am however a realist and I want you to be honest with me in all regards to all aspects of our life together. If you are unhappy I want you to sit down with me and discuss it with me. When you are upset I want you to sit down and discuss it with me. When you are happy I want you to discuss it with me. If you are having trouble making life changing decisions please discuss it with me. I love you.

You are my best friend, my lover, my rock and MY WIFE! I have never loved anyone so much in life and have never wanted to be with someone so much in my life. I Love You!!

I wake in the morning and everything is so brand new.
Life is a cereal bowl that I swim around in, just with you.
A sprinkle of sugar so sweet
To my day you add
A warm glimpse of love
You make it good, me so glad.

I never need to dream when I love my days this much
Never need to dream ever,
When our hands gently touch
Never have there been sweeter days than now it’s true.
Nights are like hot chocolate when I spend them with you.

Sweeter days are in my life.
They are here every day.
Sweeter are the days since
you became my
The sugar in my bowl.
My precious wife

Wow. Marriage sounds just AWESOME, doesn’t it?

The lazy days of summer

brendan — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:30:13 +0000

Hey folks,

Hope you’re not all thinking that the relative quietude of my blogging is due to some sort of catastrophic gonad injury that has been inflicted upon me. Don’t you worry – my gonads are just fine, thank you very much. Some might even say extraordinary. My doctor says “Peculiar, but ultimately harmless.”

But enough about my gonads. No, I’ve kept things relatively quiet on the internet front due to the overwhelming web presence of the Rock Primary videos and consequential awesome show. Just wanted to give you all a break before I start up about the very exciting early fall I’ve got planned. There are some very cool projects, shows, and announcements coming up that will be earth-shaking or at the very least mildly earth-trembling.

As for the rest of the summer, I am playing an acoustic set as part of Old Jack’s residency at the Rosebud Bar in Davis Square, Somerville. If you haven’t seen a show at the Rosebud, you should definitely treat yourself to the area’s most fun, mellow, awesome rock and roll room. I have a blast every time I go to the Rosebud and so will you. That show is on Saturday August 28 at 9pm.

So enjoy your Brendo respite, my kittens. There is more to come…

Rock Primary Results

brendan — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:38:59 +0000

Here they are…

The Rock Primary is TONIGHT

brendan — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:22:40 +0000

Hope to see you all at TT the Bears TONIGHT! Hooray!

Glenn did a tremendous job recapping the campaign right here:

CAMPAIGN RECAP VIDEO

Leo Blais comes out with guns a-blazin’

brendan — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:46:22 +0000

This guy’s going to be tough to beat tomorrow night at TT’s…

Ambush tactics

brendan — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:17:57 +0000

My opponents have crossed the line this time…

More lies from The Motion Sick

brendan — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:13:04 +0000

These guys just won’t stop. The show is THIS FRIDAY. Stand up and be counted.

Bigger Than Jesus Response

brendan — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:43:22 +0000

Who says I can’t handle a scandal with grace and aplomb? You can’t knock me out of the race that easy, assholes!