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Kula Shaker/The Mystery Lights/Dinowalrus @ Irving Plaza, New York, NY 9/22/25

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  Bill: Kula Shaker/The Mystery Lights/Dinowalrus Venue: Irving Plaza , 17 Irving Pl ., New York, NY Date: 9/22/25 Tickets: $47.50 (got free from DoNYC) 9:50pm Kula Shaker Active: 1993 (London, UK) Latest Release:   Natural Magick (Strange F.O.L.K., 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 8:40pm The Mystery Lights Active: 2008 (Brooklyn, NY via Salinas, CA) Latest Release: Before You Realize It b/w Cerebral Crack (Wick, 2025)  Purgatory (Wick, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic   7:50pm Dinowalrus Active: 2007 (Brooklyn, NY) Affiliated: Titus Andronicus Latest Release: " A Day Of Doing Nothing " (Dinowalrus, 2025), Complexion (Personal, 2014) Bandcamp Facebook Instgram Discogs Setlist Wiki YouTube Kula Shaker has been a bucket list band to see since I got their first CD on my old friends' recommendation.  I probably haven't heard it since 1996 but songs like "Hey Dude" and "...
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Eric Clapton @ Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 9/19/25

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 Bill: Eric Clapton/Wallflowers Venue: Madison Square Garden , 4 Penn Plaza , New York, NY Date: 9/19/25 Ticket: $150 (Section 109, Row 6 face at box office) 8:30 Eric Clapton Active: 1962 (Ripley, Surrey, UK) Affiliated: John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominoes  Latest Release: Meanwhile (Surfdog, 2024)   Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Missed: Wallflowers I thought I had seen Eric Clapton for the last time a few years ago.  The buzz in the air was he was on his way out and between Covid shot paranoia and being rolled around in the wheelchair , the media played that up.  However, 2025 brings us a healthy looking active 80-year-old Clapton on stage, so maybe he has had a bit of a bounce back.   While he wasn't doing jumping jacks and played a large chunk in the center of the set sitting acoustic, there wasn't anything that seemed out of wack for a veteran of his stature.  C...
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Quintron & Miss Pussycat/1-800-HOT-DUCK/Marcia Bassett @ The Sultan Room, Brooklyn, NY 9/14/25

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   Bill: Quinton & Miss Pussycat/1-800-HOT DUCK/Marcia Bassett Venue: The Sultan Room , 234 Starr St. , Brooklyn, NY Date: 9/14/25 Door: $25 9pm Quinton & Miss Pussycat Active: 1995 (New Orleans, LA) Latest Release: Chrystal Crunchy (Quntron & Miss Pussycat, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 8:30 1-800-HOT-DUCK Instagram 7:30 Marcia Bassett Active: 2004 (New York, NY) Bandcamp   Instagram Discogs   Setlist AllMusic   YouTube I hadn't seen Quintron & Miss Pussycat for a good 20 years or so.  Outside at South Street Seaport I think was the last time and around 10 years before that at the Continental.  Suddenly they are having their 30th anniversary tour.  I live a little over a mile away from The Sultan Room, so I took a walk over there and stopped at a dive I hadn't been to called Phil's along the way.  When I got to The Sultan Room, Marcia Bassett was splayed on the stage floor with...
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Mdou Moctar/Body Meat @ Ruins at Knockdown Center, Queens, NY, 9/12/25

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  Bill: Mdou Moctar/Body Meat/duendita Venue: Ruins at Knockdown Center , 5219 Flushing Ave , Maspeth, Queens, NY Date: 9/13/25 Ticket: $38.11 on Dice (won tickets from DoNYC) 9:15 Mdou Moctar Active: 2008 (Abalak, Niger) Latest Release: Tears of Injustice (Matador, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 8:15 Body Meat Active: 2016 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Starchris (Partisan, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic   YouTube Missed: duendita This is the 3rd time I've seen Mdou Moctar in a fairly short time span.  This means seeing some more uniformly excellent guitar playing from Mohamadou Souleymane.  They are one of the best bands out there and are in the groove of a steady active current band releasing and playing and releasing some more and playing some more.   Maybe my favorite in terms of "current bands."   I will say I thought Mohamadou did a little less audience rousi...
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Pulp/Hamilton Leithauser @ Forest Hills Stadium, Queens, NY 9/11/25

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  Bill: Pulp/Hamilton Leithauser Venue: Forest Hills Stadium , 1 Tennis Pl, Forest Hills , Queens, NY Date: 9/11/25 Price: $49+ (won tickets via OhMyRockness) 8:15pm Pulp Active: 1978 (Sheffield, UK) Latest Release: More. (Rough Trade, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 7pm Hamilton Leithauser Active: 1996 (New York via Washington DC) Affiliated: The Walkmen Latest Release: This Side Of The Island (Glassnote, 2025) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Although they did most of their significant albums (for me Different Class & This Is Hardcore, which encompassed almost half this show), Pulp are not yet a "nostalgia band."  They are touring on a new album, More.  Since I hadn't heard the album before the show, I'll have to say the ones I remembered were "Got To Have Love" and the show closer "A Sunset" mostly because it was the announced show closer. Pulp is one of those aut...
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Towncryer/Sneaky Monkey @ Cowgirl Seahorse, New York, NY 8/25/25

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  Bill: Towncryer/Sneaky Monkey Venue: Cowgirl Seahorse , 259 Front St. , New York, NY Date: 8/25/25 Door: Free 9pm Towncryer Affiliated: Mirror Queen, Roger That, Hopewell, Ghost of Past Mistakes Active: 2021 (Brooklyn, NY) 8pm Sneaky Monkey Active: Unknow (New York, NY) Kenny was up to his quarterly shenanigans with Towncryer.  Sneaky Monkey came on first doing covers of Midnight Oil, Bruce Springsteen's "Thunder Road" before the audience ganged up to sing along with Bowie's "Starman." Towncryer have evolved into a guitar/bass/drums trio with a keyboardist in waiting but not quite ready for live consumption.  Perhaps next time.  In the meantime, we had to make do with the current renditions of The Byrds "One Hundred Years Ago," The Stones "Dead Flowers" and I think a cover debut of "Every Little Thing" by the Be-a-tles.  Two sets we done, tequila shots were hoisted, and Monday became Tuesday. FOR FURTHER REVIEW:  Towncryer/Sne...
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The Sun Ra Arkestra @ Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY 8/24/25

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  Bill: The Sun Ra Arkestra Venue: Union Pool , 484 Union Ave ., Brooklyn, NY Date: 8/24/25 Door: Free 3pm The Sun Ra Arkestra Active: 1956 (Philadelphia, PA) Latest Release: Lights On A Satellite (In + Out Records, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki   YouTube Led by 101-year-old Marshall Allen, The Sun Ra Arkestra has kept on going since the passing of Sun Ra in 1993.  This is currently, at least by what the website says, 17 active members of the group.  Marshall Allen has been with it since 1958 primarily on Saxophone, but he also brought out an EWI toward the end.  Those electronic wind instruments are crazy looking.  I never saw one before yesterday and while there were 70's prototypes, Akai officially introduced them in 1987.   From the website, there are six other members that joined in Sun Ra's lifetime.  They are Vincent Chancey on French Horn since 1976, Michael Ray on Trumpet since 1978, Knoel Sco...
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