Gathering Gloom 10/3

   

  Hey, Gloomer, it's always a good time getting to see my favorite band, The Gathering Gloom, at The Mauch Chunk Opera House in Jim Thorpe. I didn't get to ride the train from Reading or stay at the haunted inn, maybe next year. I did get to dance all night and sing "Why Can't I Be You?" to the lead singer, Matt. I'll take it. Plus I got a new bumper sticker to go along with Ron Paul REVOLution, Arrest Fauci, and Hindrance and Perfidia. 

The Gathering Gloom

The Gathering Gloom has become one of my favorite bands, such a good time. This is the second time we were lucky enough to catch them at the Mauch Chunk Opera, a venue we've grown to love since the first time we saw a magic lantern show there many moons ago. Had to make a last minute wardrobe adjustment with a hole under the arm of my thirty-year-old top, but kept the pants I got at Contempo Casuals on sale at the mall in my twenties. Yes, they're tighter than when I wore them to see the real Cure in my thirties, working on that. Dancing tonight didn't hurt. Funny thing but while upstairs I opened the scrapbook right to when Jonathan Frid, aka Barnabas Collins, was there. Seems he was working on a film in the Packer mansion, think North & South. Got a tee shirt that is purple and black with trees, crows, and a cat. It says Okay Gloomer. Some queer told me I was a wonderful dancer. Can't do much better than that. 

 

More Concert Pictures

 

Us & Floyd 1/28 Mauch Chunk

I've seen Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, and The Machine a couple of times, not to mention laser shows, tripping at the planetarium, but the lady, alone, who sings the Kate Bush bit on Dark Side of the Moon, places Us & Floyd at the top of that list. Another lady, a portrait that hangs at the top of the stairs at the Mauch Chunk Opera House, sang and danced, there, since 1913 until she was married, and wears her real necklace. First show we saw there was a Magic Lantern Halloween matinee. Never gets old. 

Us & Floyd

The Gathering Gloom & Caligula Blushed 1/27 Mauch Chunk

The Mauch Chunk Opera House never lets us down, we see a lot of cover bands there like, The DOORS, Fleetwood Mac, and REM, but tonight the double feature of The Smiths and The Cure was extra special. Caligula Blushed finished with Big Mouth Strikes Again and There is a Light that Never Goes Out. That had me dancing, but The Gathering Gloom opened with Fascination Street and Lullabye, oh, my ghoul. For sure I was transported back to high school. There was a lady there that looked like Brienne from Game of Thrones, only twenty years older. Brienne is the only character I care for. I think she's kick ass. Who knew Penicillin went so well with cabernet? Thanks, Theresa for the groovy Christmas pants, they're perfect for dancing. Guess who is there March 1 and 2? Soulshine, (Allman Brothers). 

The Gathering Gloom

 

Jim Thorpe 11/12

Jim Thorpe