I was scratching my head about that until I remembered that I saw The Cavedogs play there sometime around this time. If you take a look at the show listings here, you can see that the kind of music Johnny D’s tended to book-blues, folk, jazz and even a little polka-was not really my bag. And since there was only one May 1st which landed on a Tuesday during the time period this blog covers, this has to be the calendar listings for May 1990. This flyer, as with many of those in my collection, do not include the year anywhere on them, so I have to do some sleuthing, Thankfully, I can figure it out pretty easily using one of those “days of the week” lookup web sites.

busted! I guess I somehow also got in trouble with my parents, probably for taking the train from the city home too late.įinally, as this is the notebook of a teen girl, after all: fashion notes for coveted clothing items at local retailers Urban Outfitters and Allston Beat.įlyer for calendar listings at Somerville, MA rock club Johnny D’s, May 1990. Even though I was there at the invitation of the band, one of the staff went around checking IDs before the doors were to open and, well.

That last item would be about my getting kicked out of Boston rock club The Rat after I’d snuck in for the sound check by The Cavedogs. Cavedogs at the Rat - hassle at getting in, hassle with parents But these were clearly two big concerns for my rock club-going, indie-record-buying teen self.Īlso in here is an early draft of a Flying Nun mixtape (surely this one), plus notes destined for either letters or my journal on such music-related subjects as: - Zeeeeen + Maria Poletti: articles - 1 published, they like ‘em! (UK has Rough Trade) majors eating up small companiesĭid I ever write a paper on either of those two topics? I honestly can’t remember. State of independent record distribution in the U.S.

My high school notebooks contained a mix of legit school stuff (notes about homework, class readings), thoughts about music, and occasional combinations of the two, like this passage: Expos II Topics: - Why NY clubs allow people under 21 in, but Boston clubs don’t Page of stream-of-consciousness doodlings and notes from my high school notebook, January 1990.

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