Jan/102
Great Scott Roundup: Joey vs. Bronchitis
First things first, thanks to the bands who played (and played excellently we should say: Spouse, The Beatings, Parlour Steps), but most of all thanks to Ryan over at RSLBlog.com for putting together by far one of the best bills we’ve ever been a part of.
We’d also like to thank our lead singer Joe for powering through a bout of bronchitis to kick ass at the show last night. I understand it was a lot of over the counter drugs, cough drops and Jameson’s that got him through.
Also, there were more drunk girls dancing to our songs (and professing their love to those on stage). This is becoming a recurring theme that we would like to see continued.
And lastly, we played our first cover ever. Nate won the drawing to see who got to choose the first song. His choice was Rearviewmirror by Pearl Jam. We busted that out last night to end the show, which was a good time. I believe Jacob has the next choice, we’ll see what he has in store for our next show.
Next show: Feb. 24th at Church in the Fenway area of Boston. Until then, enjoy.
Jan/100
Mid East Upstairs Roundup: Action Verbs 1, Engagements 0
We sincerely want to thank everyone that stuck around to watch us play last night at the ungodly time of 12:40. We kept it short and sweet and we all thought it went exceedingly well. There were a surprising amount of people left after the great show put on by the four bands before us (Oranjuly, Blizzard of 78, Old Jack, and the Forest Fires).
Now that does not mean drama was not involved. Apparantely, the Action Verbs catalog is entertaining and dance worthy enough to get engaged women to dance with men who are not their fiancees, and that apparently doesn’t go over well with said fiancees. A verbal argument ensued and an attempt to rip the ring off her finger commenced. And then they seemingly drunkenly made up and stumbled out together…really everyone had a good time.
Ahhh, til the 21st at Great Scott…hope you all can make it out then.
Set list was as follows:
Awesome
Canary
The Men East
Wishbone
Foghorn
Fake Roland
Bustop
Jan/100
Looking for a Keyboard Player
Action Verbs is looking for a keyboard player. We’ve got a posting on craigslist, here it is:
Action Verbs (myspace.com/actionverbs, actionverbsmusic.com) is looking for a keys player to add to our current lineup (drums, bass, 2 guitars, lead and backing vocals).
Backing vocals a major plus.
We are a boston-based band who have been around for almost 3 years now. We have consistent gigs, consistent recording sessions, and consistent practices. We are pretty serious about doing something and things are just beginning to fall into place. We have some nice gigs in the near future and are starting to get some radio play on local stations. We ask that you can commit to twice a week practices and whenever we have gigs (usually 2 or 3 a month depending) and have your own gear. I am not going to bother with influences and say you should just check out the websites listed above. We are all laid back guys in aged 22-30, if you have ego or addiction issues this is not the band for you.
Jan/100
It’s January of 2010, what’s on tap?
Hey all-
So it’s now 2010. Good times. We feel we’ve got some good things coming up.
Radio
First thing, we are really grateful to Angelle @ Boston Emissions (http://wzlx.com/pages/4962009) for playing us for the third time on her show and for the first show of the new year.
Shows
Secondly, we’ve got 3 shows lined up for January and February.
- This Thursday at Middle East.
- January 21st (Thu) @ Great Scott (sponsored by RSLBlog.com)
- February 24th (Wed) @ Church
Check out the shows page for more information.
Recording
And last but not least, we are close to having four new songs ready to put out. We’re currently working on a release structure, but it will most likely involve this here website for initial releases of the songs.
Website
Oh and we’re hoping to do a redesign of the site in the next couple of months. You’ll know when it happens.
Dec/090
Two Show Posters for Great Scott Show Presented by RSLBlog.com
Hey all, we’ve got two show posters for you for our upcoming Great Scott show on January 21st, presented by RSLBlog.com
The first is our own poster created by Jacob, and the second is the RSLBlog.com poster created by Tom Gallo (http://tomgallo.org).
Dec/090
Buy Your Tickets for RSL sponsored show at Great Scott on January 21st
Ryan over at RSLblog.com wanted me to remind everyone that buying your tickets ahead of time is the way to go for the Great Scott show on Thursday, January 21st. They are expecting this show to sell out.
Also, it’s cheaper to get them ahead of time!
$8 tickets in advance – ON SALE NOW (no extra charge either)
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=858255
$10 at the door the night of the show
This show will be promoted extensively, so buy ahead – don’t depend on the door!
Dec/090
Next Show: January 7th at Middle East Upstairs
Hey all-
Just wanted to post a reminder that we will be playing at the Middle East Upstairs on Thursday, January 7th. We go on at 12:30 after the likes of: Forest Fires (Chris from Everyday Visuals), Old Jack, Blizzard of 78, and Oranjuly
Dec/090
Action Verbs to Play Great Scott in Allston, January 21st!
Hey all-
We’re really excited about this one. Ryan at RSLBLOG.com has put together a great show at Great Scott and asked us to join the bill, and who are we to turn him down. This is a venue we’ve really been looking forward to playing, and it’s got a great lineup.
We’ve actually played with Parlour Steps before and they are really quite good. After seeing this lineup I gave my first ever listen to both The Beatings and Spouse, and holy crap I’m duly impressed…these are two really good bands that I can’t believe has taken me this long to find out about. This is going to be an awesome show.
So here’s the info:
RSLBLOG.com presents…
Thursday, January 21st, 2010 at Great Scott
www.greatscottboston.com
Parlour Steps (Vancouver, BC)
http://www.parloursteps.com/
http://www.myspace.com/parloursteps
The Beatings (Boston, MA)
http://www.thebeatings.com/
http://www.myspace.com/thebeatings
Action Verbs (Boston, MA)
I’d put the website, but well, you’re already here aren’t you?
Spouse (Northampton, MA)
http://www.myspace.com/spouse
$8 tickets in advance – ON SALE NOW
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=858255
$10 at the door the night of the show
This show will be promoted extensively, so buy ahead – don’t depend on the door!
Dec/090
Reminder: Action Verbs playing TT The Bear’s This Sunday, December 13th
Just a reminder to check out Action Verbs at TT The Bear’s Place this Sunday, December 13th with: Clatter Clatter, the Sound of Growing Up, and The Chairs.
Dec/090
Show Posters Gallery Now Up in Photos
Hey all-
I’ve loaded up a bunch of our show posters into the photos area of the site. View the show posters.
