Martin Theatre here's what played from January - June 1968

Here's what played at the Martin Theatre located at Jackson Heights Shopping Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee from January through June 1968. 

January 1, 1968 - January 4, 1968

January 5, 1968 - January 10, 1968

January 11, 1968 - January 17, 1968

January 18, 1968 - January 24, 1968

January 25, 1968 - January 31, 1968

February 1, 1968 - February 14, 1968

February 15, 1968 - February 24, 1968

February 25, 1968 - February 28, 1968

February 29, 1968 - March 6, 1968

March 7, 1968 - March 13, 1968

March 14, 1968 - March 20, 1968

March 21, 1968 - March 27, 1968

March 28, 1968 - April 3, 1968

April 4, 1968 - April 17, 1968

April 18, 1968 - April 25, 1968

April 26, 1968 - May 1, 1968

May 2, 1968 - May 8, 1968

May 9, 1968 - May 22, 1968

May 23, 1968 - May 29, 1968

May 30, 1968 - June 5, 1968

June 6, 1968 - June 12, 1968

June 13, 1968 - June 20, 1968

 

June 21, 1968 - June 27, 1968

June 28, 1968 - July 6, 1968

Martin Theatre here's what played from July - December 1967

Here's what played at the Martin Theatre located at Jackson Heights Shopping Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee from July through December 1967. 

July 1, 1967

July 2, 1967 - July 5, 1967

July 6, 1967 - July 12, 1967

El Dorado trailer

July 13, 1967 - July 14, 1967

July 14, 1967 - July 19, 1967

July 19, 1967

Caprice trailer

July 20, 1967 - July 26, 1967

July 27, 1967 - July 29, 1967

July 30, 1967 - August 2, 1967

August 3, 1967 - August 9, 1967

August 10, 1967 - August 16, 1967

You Only Live Twice trailer

August 17, 1967 - August 23, 1967

August 24, 1967 - August 30, 1967

August 31, 1967 - September 6, 1967

September 7, 1967 - September 13, 1967

A Guide For The Married Man trailer

September 14, 1967 - September 20, 1967

Doctor Zhivago trailer

September 21, 1967 - September 30, 1967

Held Over Ad

The Dirty Dozen trailer

October 1, 1967 - October 4, 1967

October 5, 1967 - October 11, 1967

October 12, 1967 - October 25, 1967

October 26, 1967 - November 1, 1967

Rough Night in Jericho trailer

November 2, 1967 - November 4, 1967

November 5, 1967 - November 8, 1967

Two For The Road trailer

November 9, 1967 - November 11, 1967

November 12, 1967 - November 15, 167

November 16, 1967 - November 21, 1967

November 22, 1967 - November 29, 1967

November 30, 1967 - December 6, 1967

Clambake trailer

December 7, 1967 - December 13, 1967

The Trip trailer

December 14, 1967 - December 22, 1967

December 23, 1967 - December 27, 1967

December 28, 1967 - January 4, 1968

Summer in the Northern Hemisphere

 

Y & T - Summertime Girls

Monday Music

Monday music videos probably only viewable in web version only. I had some bullshit washed up boomer musician talking shit about me today. So today's music goes out to him. You know the type - Beatles fanatic who thinks music began and ended with them. I think he got upset that I said I like many other groups better than them. Don't get me wrong, I do like the Beatles and they were massively influential, but boomer Beatles defenders are the worst sort. I'll stop griping and just post some music that I've been digging the last few weeks like I always do. Heck, there's some great boomer musicians in this post.

Crumbsuckers - Bullshit Society

Dead Kennedys - Bleed For Me

jack - Take It Out

Slayer at the Grammys? If only...

Public Enemy - She Watch Channel Zero

Chastity Belt, Kurt Vile and the Violators at the Ryman, plus Some Tunes....including one from your humble blog writer

Yeah, I know I should be posting more Martin listings from the past, but I've been super busy with a job rotation and just my usual up and down emotional rollercoaster of life. I did go to my first show since Covid-19 hit. I saw Kurt Vile and the Violators at the Ryman with Chastity Belt opening. I had heard Chastity Belt before, but seeing and hearing them live was just so wonderful I bought all the records they had for sale at the merchandise table. Kurt was amazing as always. I'm loving his new album "watch my moves" which is out on Verve Records. I pre-ordered it and got the neat signed lithograph with it. There was a moment during his concert at the Ryman when I gazed over at my daughter who accompanied me to the show and I felt like there was nowhere else in the world I would want to be at that time. I just dig the mesmerizing slacker rock vibe he consistently brings. I do so hope his guitar tech gets paid well since Kurt changes his axe almost between every song. I highly recommend seeing him live. 

Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone)

Kurt Vile and the Violators at the Ryman

Chazzy Don't Mind 

Chastity Belt were rocking in a indie jangle pop/shoegaze 90's sort of style, but they really impressed me when the singer/guitarist Julia Shapiro swapped with the drummer Gretchen Grimm for several songs. It reminded me of seeing the Smithereens swap instruments when I would see them perform. Just like with Kurt Vile I hope to see Chastity Belt every time they make it to Nashville. Guitarist/singer Lydia Lund rocked out "Fear" at the end of the show while my daughter thought the always bouncing bassist Annie Truscott looked like Ren Stevens. As for the sparse crowd pictured: they were the opening band so lots of people always file in late plus there was a Nine Inch Nails concert just outside of Franklin and Jack White was playing Ascend Amphitheater too. Couple that with Covid fears and the fact that the Kurt Vile concert was streamed and the turnout was light. It didn't fill up much even when Kurt came on. Too bad for those who missed the evening. It was quite magical.

Chastity Belt at the Ryman

Different Now

Fear

Another huge highlight of the Kurt Vile concert was his cover of the Silver Jews's "Punks in the Beerlight" which was totally ripping with a smoke machine cranking out over the front rows while the stage lights strobed. This led me to revisiting the late David Cloud Berman's work with the Silver Jews and his last Purple Mountains project. It's a shame he's gone, but his work will live on. 

Random Rules

Sharp eyed viewers will have noticed that the Chastity Belt video for "Different Now" was a great homage to the video for Temple of the Dog's "Hunger Strike" so let's take a look at one of my favorites from the grunge era. That moment at around 2:28 when the vocals drop out and the chords change and later at 3:23 when Chris Cornell comes back in yowling is perfection. Cornell is another one who is greatly missed.

One of the albums I'm looking forward to is by the Chicago band Horsegirl who I discovered via Bandcamp some time ago. They came out with an all new video and tune today. This song has a Swirlies vibe to it which is just cool. I keep wondering how these younger folks are channeling the 90's indie sound so well, but I really shouldn't be surprised as there were always lots of bands in the 80's that sounded like 60's bands. Anyways, dig "Dirtbag Transformation (Still Dirty" from Horsegirl. I already love the ooh's!

Dirtbag Transformation (Still Dirty)

Finally here's a below the fold bonus. I may be old, fat, and goofy (and I am working on changing fat back to skinny...I do that every few years for kicks), but I am still writing tunes and shoving them out on to YouTube where they rarely get seen. So let's get one rarely seen here too. It does have a line which goes "K.V. in the AM and CB in the night, hey good buddies do you have your ears on, are you picking me up tonight?" where the K.V. is Kurt Vile. CB is another pop culture reference which was inspired by the movie Out of the Blue

We Love the B.E.A.T.