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fall river, 9/28
I played an open mike in Fall River, Massachusetts, where I'd never been before. I don't have much to say about the open mike, except that the featured act, Ryan Fitzsimmons, was good, and something of a disciple of Peter Mulvey, which made Fall River a good way to reenter the Boston area. Oh, and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dougo came down to see the open mike and the town, which was cool.
I don't know much about Fall River, but it's obviously seen greater days as an industrial town. (A little Google and a little reading tells me it was a big cotton town before the textile industry moved south.) Oh, and it's where Lizzle Borden lived. These days, the downtown is empty (at least on Sunday afternoon) and retro.
One of the old warehouses has been converted into a haunted house spectacle called "The Factory of Terror". Doug wondered if anyone had told the President.
On my long, confused way out of town I turned onto a street that had a median strip painted red, white and blue. I got confused by this and thought it was a one-way street. Then I decided I was wrong. Then I got confused again. There was some swerving. Extensive swerving. The weirdest part was that the driver behind me didn't give me the look of bewildered hatred that locals are expected to use on these occasions. She just looked... resigned.
I only have two pictures from Fall River--I left my camera in the car when we went exploring on foot. This is a cool building:
The writing is illegible at this size--sigh--but carved into the stone is the name: B.M.C. DURFEE HIGH SCHOOL, AD 1886. Can you imagine going to high school in this? My high school was a square, flat, mundane building from the late twentieth century. The sign out front identifies its new use as a county courthouse.
Doug said he thought Fall River could become one of those cool towns where artists live. I'm not sure, but it's nice to know the Erik Building will be there, waiting for me:
Come to think of it, that's pretty much what my high school looked like.
dougo came down to see the open mike and the town, which was cool.I don't know much about Fall River, but it's obviously seen greater days as an industrial town. (A little Google and a little reading tells me it was a big cotton town before the textile industry moved south.) Oh, and it's where Lizzle Borden lived. These days, the downtown is empty (at least on Sunday afternoon) and retro.
One of the old warehouses has been converted into a haunted house spectacle called "The Factory of Terror". Doug wondered if anyone had told the President.
On my long, confused way out of town I turned onto a street that had a median strip painted red, white and blue. I got confused by this and thought it was a one-way street. Then I decided I was wrong. Then I got confused again. There was some swerving. Extensive swerving. The weirdest part was that the driver behind me didn't give me the look of bewildered hatred that locals are expected to use on these occasions. She just looked... resigned.
I only have two pictures from Fall River--I left my camera in the car when we went exploring on foot. This is a cool building:
The writing is illegible at this size--sigh--but carved into the stone is the name: B.M.C. DURFEE HIGH SCHOOL, AD 1886. Can you imagine going to high school in this? My high school was a square, flat, mundane building from the late twentieth century. The sign out front identifies its new use as a county courthouse.
Doug said he thought Fall River could become one of those cool towns where artists live. I'm not sure, but it's nice to know the Erik Building will be there, waiting for me:
Come to think of it, that's pretty much what my high school looked like.
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I had just discovered the "sepia tone" setting on my camera, and I thought it might make for a good promo shot. It's probably got too much noise, though, plus a sharp-contrast black-and-white picture would work better for a promo shot. I still like it, though, as well as a larger version.
The other pictures (and short video clips) are not easily accessible until I get around to fixing my web server so it can do index generation. Meanwhile you can probably guess some of the URLs if you're really curious.
Well, okay, here's one more:
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