What's happening in Marc & Brian's world??
12/19/07 - Open Mic, New Venue!
New venue. Good times. We played a decent set and then had free pizza. What sucks about that?
12/17/07 - Open Mic, New Venue!
The Lazy Dog is no more on Wednesdays. From now on we are playing at Speaker's Night Club in Marlboro. We'll be there this Wednesday, the 19th, at 8:30.
11/28/07 - I'm just saying: you should have been there
Great set. You all missed it. Except one of you. The rest of you missed it. All the bar patrons enjoyed it. Where were you?
11/26/07 - Open Mic Gig in Marlborough This Wednesday!
We play music. You order food and listen to music. Then, when it's done, you go home. Its a remarkably simple concept that has been shown to be 93% effective in clinical studies involving hampsters and marshmallows.
We should hit the stage in the opening slot at 7:30 at The Lazy Dog on Wednesday, 11/28/07.
10/19/07 - Uxbridge Fire Benefit Show
Lots of bands. Lots of food. We opened the night with a half hour or so, complete with an impromptu sit-in drummer, that we met only a few minutes before hitting the stage, who joined us for a few songs. He actually filled in rather well considering he had never heard us, or some of the songs, before. The "No Rain" tease had to bail before it got to the actual song because we were playing at about 130% normal speed. So it remained as, well, a tease. Good times for a good cause!
6/14/07 - Open Mic last night
No planned setlist. Winged the whole thing. Tried some new stuff. Succeeded, eh, in parts.
Good times.
6/13/07 - Open Mic Gig in Marlborough Tonight!
We'll be playing at set @ 8:30pm tonight at The Lazy Dog in Marlborough. Food, booze, no shirt no shoes no service. You can't lose.
5/24/07 - The Lazy Dog last night
Cheese Merge returned to the open mic circuit last night and all things considered it was a pretty damn good set. "Stir It Up" was busted out for the first time, "Coventry" and "Message In A Bottle" were nailed. "Porch" was, umm, respectable. Thanks to our friends to came to watch, and everyone else who was in attendance. Oh, and the guy who opened up the night and played "Sweet Child O' Mine" on mandolin? Total money.
5/21/07 - Open Mic Gig in Marlborough This Wednesday!
We'll be playing at set @ 8:00pm on 5/23/07 at The Lazy Dog in Marlborough. C'mon by! We'll be busting out some new tunes and enjoying good food and good beer!
7/10/06 - The BBQ was a success!
So the "Marc & Brian set" ended up being more of a loose jam than anything, with Brian's buddy Matt sitting in for an impromptu 2 hour jam session. We played Coventry with just the two of us, but then Matt joined in (rather well I might add) on Message In A Bottle, Black, Mrs. Robinson, No Rain, AC/DC Bag, Porch and Creep. Then we just sort of jammed for a while, including one jam based slightly on the 2 opening chords of Inside Job by PJ. A bunch of people were all hanging out in the basement checking us out and playing darts. It wasn't exactly a real 'set' per se as planned, but you can never really plan how a BBQ is going to unfold now can you?
7/6/06 - A gig is just around the corner
Saturday, July 8th: The Milford BBQ is on! Good friends and good music, what more could you ask for? We'll be playing a good long set to start the festivities, and possibly a looser (drunker) 2nd set later on. Look for some new song debuts!
5/19/06 - It's about damn time: We have a web site!
On May 17th we played an open mic at The Lazy Dog in Marlborough, MA. Joining us on percussion for the first time was Oren Rosen, and he fit like a glove. We played a 40 minute set and we all agree that it went pretty darn well! The new funky version of "Message In A Bottle" was a standout.
We played a gig in February 2006 at Sayde's in Lebanon, NH, and by all accounts the show went really well. Our good friends Doctor Malcolm let us open up for them and we had a great time.
