NY Dolls take Alex Chilton's spot at the Seaport - Free Show

I saw the Box Tops about ten years ago at Tramps (remember that place?) and the show was decent, nothing special. Alex Chilton with Big Star were terrible at the Underground Garage fest. Sad to see the concert cancelled, but the New York Dolls are a good substitution.

I hope they play 'hit the road jack'

Big Star was solid at the Garage fest. Their set was 50/50 great/boring but they played well and in 20 years of seeing Alex solo, he never looked so healthy (glad to see he is spending his publishing money from the "That's 70s Show theme" on the right things).

Alex Chilton looked like an accountant singing karaoke at the garage fest.

I'm as big a Big Star fan as you'll find -- flew to Missouri and England to see them when they first reunited -- and I thought the Garage Fest appearance just plain sucked, easily the worst I've seen them.

But more important, the Dolls' show is great news!

But accountants are much healthier in general compared to most aging, depression-prone, alcoholic, success at 16, rock star types.

Not to be the jaded and provincial naysaying purist, but what's the point of seeing the Dolls without Johnny Thunders? Not to disrespect Johanssen or Sylvain, but "reunions" like these bring up little existential dilemmas for me:

At what point are the "New York Dolls" no longer the Dolls? When all of them have died or quit?

Two out of five members---even if they're the frontman and one original guitarist---doesn't cut it for me. It's like a half-assed cover band.

what bothered me the most was the advertising for the recent album. i don't understand how they can say that it is "Their first album in over 30 years and follow-up to 1974's Too Much Too Soon." it's really a debut album by a new band.

not too bad