Eric R. Danton

@erdanton

Writer of Freak Scene, about music in #WesternMass and CT. Bylines in the Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Paste and more. IWWFJU. Ex-Hartford Courant. Knows it's only rock 'n' roll, but likes it.

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Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Jun 23

He's dreamy. This guy, though ...

The Rev. James McGready, one of the early fundamentalist preachers to hold camp meetings during the Great Awakening

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· May 13

Always makes me think of this, courtesy of @golddust.bandcamp.com

A bumper sticker that reads, "I have no idea what shoegaze is, and it's way too late to ask"

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Mar 29

If you see this, post a concert photo you took.

Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit performs March 19, 2010, at SXSW in Austin, Texas. He's wearing a plaid shirt and playing an Epiphone semi hollow-body guitar in the style of a Gibson ES-335.

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Feb 5

Not today, Satan

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Jan 4

This afternoon’s entertainment

The pitch at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London a few minutes before kickoff against Sunderland

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Oct 11

Riley Mulherkar, Rafiq Bhatia and Ian Chang (left to right) took full advantage of the sound system last night at Hope Center for the Arts in Springfield with a performance that was visceral, immersive and, in its way, meditative. Very cool show.

A man on trumpet stands next to a man seated playing a Telecaster-style guitar. To their left, a third man plays a drum kit. They are onstage, lit by moody blue and purple lights.

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Aug 29

Maybe especially talk to your English professors

A couplet written in chalk on the sidewalk near Smith College in Northampton that reads, "Talk your professors no need to fear! They want you to succeed while your here." The second "your" should have been the contraction "you're."

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Jul 31

Walkie-talkie life is great. Essential part of my EDC

A photo of an enormous 19th-century Bible, a carving knife, honing steel, chapstick, a kid's walkie-talkie and a manual typewriter.

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Jul 3

"Johnson Strains to Pass Giant Turd"

Image of a headline from the Midwest print edition of the NYTimes reading "Johnson Strains for a final vote on Trump's Bill"

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Jun 27

Let's go United States of New England (and the Good Parts of New York)

A red flag that often symbolizes New England, featuring a green tree in a white field in the upper left-hand corner

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· May 26

Somebody gave me a bumper sticker that reads, "You can go to Hell, I'm going to Western Mass," and I don't quite have the guts to put it on my car.

Bumper sticker that reads, "You can go to Hell, I'm going to Western Mass." The word "Hell" is in red letters surrounded by flames, and the words "Western Mass" are inside an outline of Massachusetts

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· May 8

Just look at this

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· May 2

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Apr 19

Caught @perennialtheband.bsky.social last night at UMass with Debbie Dopamine and Jaded in Paradise (from Manchester, CT) and it was, as expected, beautiful sonic mayhem. Someone asked if I was a professor, which is better than thinking I was a cop

A three-piece band -- Chelsey on a small red keyboard, Ceej on a minimalist drum kit and Chad playing a pink Gibson SG -- in front of a black background with a banner that reads "Perennial" once each in blue, yellow and orange.

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Apr 7

Hard to tell where the desk ends and the puppy begins

A golden-retriever puppy lays underneath a wooden desk so that only her paws and head are visible

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Mar 24

Hadn't seen Ted Leo perform in ages before seeing him and the Pharmacists rip it up at the Iron Horse last night. Not only did the songs from "Shake the Sheets" sound amazing, he introduced me to the Irish folk singer Lisa O'Neill with a cover of "Rock the Machine." Phew.

Ted Leo plays guitar onstage at the Iron Horse in Northampton on March 23, 2005, flanked by a second guitar player and a drummer.

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Mar 13

Send, or no?

A letter to the administrator of the EPA sarcastically thanking him for gutting environmental regulations.

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Mar 7

Calvin Coolidge's former home in Northampton is displaying an upside down American flag, and not in an Samuel Alito insurrectionist way

An upside down American flag hangs from the porch of a blue and white duplex in Northampton, Mass., once occupied by Calvin Coolidge when he was the city's mayor.

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Feb 28

Oooh, found one

The web form to report a scam. The box for "other" is checked, and the text field reads, "An unelected billionaire with a drug habit is illegally firing Social Security Administration employees as part of an apparent bid to enrich his fat-cat pals by privatizing a public good."

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Feb 28

Serious business here from the Social Security Administration with Slam the Scam

Part of an email from the Social Security Administration about "National Slam the Scam Day"

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Jan 31

Saw Chuck Prophet last night at the Iron Horse in Northampton, and he and his cumbia band were excellent. He's a showman, in his laid back way, and kind of a low-key nut in the best way possible. I'm glad he's out there doing his thing.

Chuck Prophet, center, and his Cumbia Shoes perform Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Iron Horse in Northampton, Mass.

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Jan 29

Could also be all of @adamzucker.bsky.social's band Outro, which would make for a weird therapy dynamic

Northampton band Outro performs Jan. 24 at the Marigold Theater in Easthampton, Mass.

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Jan 29

Does @perennialtheband.bsky.social count?

Perennial guitarist Chad Jewett performs Jan. 17 at the Drake in Amherst, Mass.

Eric R. Danton@erdanton· Jan 28

Fantastic Cat's bio last year was kind of along those lines, which makes sense, in that Anthony D'Amato worked as a publicist for a while. (When I saw them in December, he said, "Do you miss my emails?"