{"id":13077,"date":"2015-07-15T07:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/?p=13077"},"modified":"2015-07-17T09:38:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T14:38:54","slug":"thank-you-and-farewell-to-t-t-the-bears-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/thank-you-and-farewell-to-t-t-the-bears-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You and Farewell to T.T. the Bear’s Place"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Good heavens, where to begin? T.T. the Bear’s Place<\/a><\/strong> in Central Square, Cambridge has been a beloved member of the Boston music scene family since 1973. Dark and divey, this intimate 300-capacity club has hosted notable legends from Boston and beyond — The Pixies (who recently performed there again in a surprise gig), Lemonheads, Arcade Fire, Dropkick Murphys, Dinosaur Jr., Mission of Burma, Jane’s Addiction, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Shins, Scruffy the Cat and many more. They’ve also hosted many up and coming bands from around the world. They were also the proud home of Boston’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble<\/a><\/strong> from 2011-2015. [And as my friend, esteemed poet, psychic and past-life regression therapist Victor Robert Venckus pointed out, they were also home to Stone Soup Poetry<\/a><\/strong> for a number of years.]<\/em><\/p>\n

TT’s will unfortunately be closing their doors forever<\/a><\/strong> on July 25.<\/p>\n

The only good news out of this is that they’re going out with a bang rather than a whimper with a Farewell Blowout<\/em> week-long+ celebration that will see quite a few local legends, with many performing together on the same bill. Due to the heavy demand for these really low-priced tickets, all sales are in person at the box office (7pm – closing), with a small amount of tickets put aside for “first come, first serve” the night of the show. The final evening on the 25th with Scruffy the Cat is already sold out, but there will be limited tickets available at the door.<\/p>\n

There are many others far more qualified to sing the praises of T.T.’s, since I only arrived to Boston in 1992 and for the last 10+ years have lived in the wilds of the North Shore, not getting in as often as I used to. However, I’ve covered quite a few of their shows here on ‘musings,’ so here’s a few personal highlights.<\/p>\n

Local Natives’ first ever Boston show, in the dead of winter, with two other L.A. favorites, The Union Line and Voxhaul Broadcast – 1\/17\/2009<\/strong>
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\n“Better late than never. Work obligations, the oppressive cold bearing down, and all that. But last Sunday, a distant and rapidly fading memory now, I braved the elements (snowy, windy and cold as they were) to see three really great L.A. bands at T.T. The Bear\u2019s Place in Cambridge. And as I so often am at these times that finally inspire me to get my ass off my small island and down from the North Shore into the city, I was cold, lonely and bereft of inspiration, desperately in need of an indie band live music fix. These guys really delivered for me.” Read more >><\/a><\/p>\n

Happy Hollows’ debut Boston appearance, with two Southern rock bands – 10\/18\/2009<\/strong>
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\n“Toward the end of my \u2018Silverlake East Coast Revue\u2019, there was this marvelous miracle of an appearance by highly regarded (and rightly justified!) eastside L.A. band, The Happy Hollows, at our lovely little dive, T.T. The Bear\u2019s Place in Central Square. I don\u2019t know how on earth they got plunked onto a bill that sandwiched them between two swampy Southern rock bands, but bless all the pagan gods that they did. [as Sarah said to me afterward, “we were the odd ducks in the middle”. Odd and immensely talented ducks, I’d say!]” Read more >><\/a><\/p>\n