LIVE: Blotto @ Albany Tulip Festival, 5/8/11
What can I say about Blotto that hasn’t already been said, and probably better? Review and photographs by Ed Conway
View ArticleLIVE: Los Straitjackets @ Troy’s River Street Festival, 6/18/11
Troy knows how to party, and Troy’s River Street Festival proved it on Saturday. With vendors of all types lining the road from one end of River Street to the other, it was almost impossible to not...
View ArticleFive Firsts: Michael Kelley of the Sharks, Blotto, etc.
NAME: Michael Kelley BAND AFFILIATION: Circle of Willis, Blotto, the Lustre Kings, John Kribs, Ernie Williams, Mark Emanatian and anyone else who will have me INSTRUMENT: piano/organ 1. THE FIRST ALBUM...
View ArticleSong of the Week: Blotto’s “Goodbye, Mr. Bond”
A vintage Blotto song with a snappy new video… Blotto takes the stage to kick off the 2011 LarkFest with a performance at the corner of Lark Street and Washington Avenue at 10:20am – yeah, that’s...
View ArticleLIVE: J.B. Scott’s Reunion @ Michael’s Banquet House, 5/5/12
Review by Fred Rudofsky Photographs by Stanley Johnson and Gene Sennes “I have actually been invited,” I thought to myself, echoing the astonishment of Nick Carraway when he arrives at Gatsby’s West...
View ArticleFlashback: The 33 & 1/3 Anniversary of “Hello, My Name Is Blotto! What’s Yours?”
Time flies… Yes, today marks the 33 & 1/3 anniversary of Blotto’s debut recording, the 33 & 1/3RPM EP, “Hello, My Name Is Blotto! What’s Yours?” The four-song slab o’ vinyl was released on...
View ArticleFive Firsts: F. Lee Harvey Blotto of Blotto
NAME: F. Lee Harvey Blotto BAND AFFILIATION: Blotto INSTRUMENT: Drums 1. THE FIRST ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT WAS … Mr. Gasser (Big Daddy Ed Roth) and the Weirdos’ Hot Rod Hootenanny 2. THE FIRST CONCERT THAT...
View ArticleLIVE: Blotto @ the Low Beat, 8/5/15
Photographs by Martin Benjamin, Timothy Reidy Blotto – those merry pranksters of ’80s pop culture – slipped into the Low Beat in Albany last week, whipping through a run-through of such vintage gems as...
View ArticleLIVE: Blue Oyster Cult & Blotto @ Alive at Five, 8/6/15
Photographs by Rudy Lu, Stanley Johnson, Ed Conway, Tim Reidy, Richard Brody The Blot & Blue Tour, back together again for one night only! Blotto and Blue Oyster Cult originally teamed up for a...
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