Philly Music!
Above pic is not fake and not AI induced. The pic is from Philly band Trash Boy's Bandcamp page and was taken at the time they put out their great 2019 album, "Who Will Take the Trash Out When We're Gone?" They've since had some changes in their lineup, including some guest instrumentalists at the show they did in Philly last week.
Seeing Trash Boy was my main reason for going to Johnny Brenda's last week. Hadn't seen one of their shows in a while. Lots of people there. The band drew a larger crowd than what I've seen at their previous shows.
Trash Boy, as their web page says "is actually 4 people (not one boy alone) who love Philly and its DIY world and hate rules that oppress the marginalized and uphold bogus meritocracy." While many bands sing about personal relationships, Trash Boy zeroes in on situations, times when people experience some type of personal or wider injustice. One such example is in the second track on their album, "Who Will Take the Trash Out When We're Gone?" The song is "You Stole My Bikeage" where the main character leaves his bike out for a few minutes and it's stolen, leaving him with no way to travel any place.
So here's "You Stole My Bikeage". The feeling bounces back and forth between despair and anger, but, as in many of their other songs, there's also some underlying stylistic humor. :::
If you go to any local shows you probably have seen times when a band will do a shout out to one of their friends who's having a birthday. This show was on the Monday before Christmas, which is Jesus's birthday, so they gave a shout out to Jesus for a Happy Birthday! And, as it turned out, yes, Jesus was in the audience! He came up on stage and thanked everybody for their well wishes. ... ... So, I'm thinking about what this all means. I'm thinking that if any right-wing evangelicals have thoughts about embracing any racist or white supremacist shit, they should pause. ::: Because we saw with our own eyes, right in front of us ::: Jesus Is Black!
Trash Boy doesn't have any other shows coming up soon, but here's the click to their Facebook page where you can find out what they'll be doing in 2024! Trash Boy on Facebook (CLICK HERE).
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The crowd last week was way-more animated than I've ever seen at the band's previous shows. Saw lots of middle fingers flying up in the air as the band sang one of its regulars, "Fuck New York" (CLICK HERE).
