by | March 14, 2012

Cub Reporter Wanted

Are there any Jimmy Olsen wannabes in the crowd? If so, then we’re here to make your dream come true. Due to scheduling conflicts, no one from the DFFD staff will be able to attend this Saturday’s Manitoba show at Café Nine in New Haven. We need someone to cover the night.

Job requirements: Review(s) and picture(s). Make it fun, and no bad words allowed. This is a PG site. My mom reads this.

Job perks: your own byline, use of the executive parking space at DFFD headquarters for a full week, your own bow tie (clip-on only), and a 25% off coupon for the DFFD cafeteria. Alright, 50% off, but that’s as high as we can go.

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by | March 5, 2012

“I am right!!” “No, I AM RIGHT!!”

Cue the theme from “Deliverance:” It seems that another band has foolishly adopted the name “Manitoba.” I caught this listing from last Friday’s lineup for Ralph’s Diner in Worcester, Mass. Ralph’s is one of the last remaining rock dives in the US of A, and we hope to one day catch the real Manitoba there.

Accept no substitutes, my brethren and sistren — while there may currently be dueling Manitobas, there is only one MANITOBA. Expect Manitoba (formerly The Silence) to soon be Manitoba (currently the Silenced).

– Salvi C.

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by | February 24, 2012

A Closet Patriot Fan?

Feb. 23 was the 10-year anny of this gig, which was the only show ever attended by all 3 members of the DFFD editorial staff. This was the Dictators’ first Boston show since the release of “DFFD,” and Axis was packed from the get-go. HDM offset the usual Boston hecklers by congratulating the Patriots on their 1st Super Bowl win, and by declaring that he’d won $500 betting on the game, so maybe he was “a Closet Patriots fan!!”

WMBR heavily promoted the gig, and a couple of the djs were walking around with their little kids in tow. I wonder what those 4-year-olds with Mohawks think about those days now.

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by | February 11, 2012

MANITOBA Delivers With GN’R at Roseland [Update: Now With Photos!]

Photos by Adam Gerstein

Doing this on four hours sleep and a massive hangover. Seriously, MANITOBA played their hearts out. They knew the importance of this gig (let’s face it — you are talking about 4,000 people) and they looked thrilled to be opening up for Guns N’ Roses.
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by | February 9, 2012

Axyl Rosenburg in the House!

MANITOBA will be the opening act for Guns N’ Roses this Friday, Feb. 10, at Roseland Ballroom. The jam portion of “Slow Death” could run anywhere from 4 minutes to 3 hours to cover for GnR’s reputation for infamously late show times.

– Salvi C.

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by | February 6, 2012

Happy Birthday to Top Ten!!

Happy birthday (Feb. 6) to Dictator and Del-Lord extraordinaire, the great Top Ten himself — Scott Kempner!

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by | January 31, 2012

Basking in the Afterglow

MANITOBA photo by Ian Jane
(Photo courtesy of Ian Jane /Rock! Shock! Pop!)

Did you spend the weekend craving a cigarette and some cuddling? If not, then you weren’t at the Manitoba show at the extremely oversold Bowery Electric on Thu 1/26. The lucky attendees have spent the last couple of days looking back in awe.



You thought the Asbury show was great? So did I. Well, this was a quantum leap above the debut. From Note One, the band kicked a** and took names. They were tighter than a mosquito’s tweeter, and there was a ROAR coming from the dueling Gibsons that is almost beyond description. Imagine being on a tarmac without earplugs as a jet plane comes in for a landing — THAT’s what they sound like.




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