“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” So opens the L.P. Hartley novel The Go-Between. If true, then who better to advise Secretary of State Hillary Clinton than the former Lord Rockingham of 90’s rockers the Upper Crust, a.k.a. Ted Widmer. Widmer steps down today from his current position as director […]
[youtube]20t4gBf_1d4&feature=related[/youtube] In the interest of moving the words ‘Seacrest’, ‘Clarkson’ and ‘Lite’ at least a little further down the page, and because I have not put up a video in while, I give you the Upper Crust who performed at Jerky’s recently and brought down the house. I love these guys.
The Upper Crust have given Providence a special mention in anticipation of their show tonight. Lying midway between Boston and New York, it was only a matter of time before the Upper Crust would stumble upon this small but congenial city, which—while considerably smaller than its better-known neighbors—would be considered a great metropolis in comparison
I seem to have gotten at least part of my Christmas wish — it appears that former Darkness frontman, Justin Hawkins, has indeed gotten his shit together. He is launching a new project called Hot Leg which sounds like it totally rocks (no ocarinas and harmoniums for these boys). But here’s the local connection… listed
… let them eat ROCK! Okay, let me get this straight, Ted Widmer, noted historian and director of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University, was once guitarist Lord Rockingham of the Boston band The Upper Crust? Am I the only one who did not know this? The band is still fopping and rocking,