This post is probably only of interest to either 5 or 6 of the people who read this blog or everyone. I hope it falls somewhere in the middle. Teenbeat Records is having it’s 26th Anniversary this year and is celebrating with a bunch of shows on the east coast this summer. You should go.
UNREST – TEEN BEAT 26TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
July 6, at Johnny Brenda’s
with,
THE ROPERS,
KEVIN BARKER (Currituck Co.)
MC: Jonny Cohen
HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY
July 7, at Maxwell’s
THE ROPERS,
BLOODY AMATEUR (Tel Aviv/Prosaics)
CAMBRIDGE, MA
July 8, at T.T. the Bear’s Place
BOSSANOVA,
ROBERT SCHIPUL,
YASMIN KUHN (Flying Saucer)
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
July 9, at The Bell House
VERSUS,
THE RONDELLES (original trio),
BOSSANOVA,
COTTON CANDY
MC: Patrick Bryant (SOMERVILLE SPKOUT)
WASHINGTON, D.C.
July 10, at The Black Cat
UNREST (’83-’86, Tim Moran, short set),
UNREST (’88-’89, Dave Park, short set),
VERSUS,
THE RONDELLES (original trio),
BOSSANOVA
MCs: Jonny Cohen and Patrick Bryant
CARRBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
July 11, at Cat’s Cradle
TRUE LOVE ALWAYS,
BOSSANOVA
MC: Patrick Bryant (SOMERVILLE SPKOUT)
The following videos were made in 1993 at my friend Jimmy Cohrssen’s old record store, Go! around the time when the “Isabel Bishop” ep came out.