#themiddleeast

[indieephemera]

Flyer for a Sonic Boom/E.A.R./The Elevator Drops/Sumac show at Cambridge, MA rock club The Middle East on September 16, 1994.

I grabbed this flyer because I clearly had intentions of attending this gig, but, alas, it was another one I missed. I had seen Sonic Boom just a couple of years prior at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, when I also interviewed him for my fanzine. So I may have decided to skip on that basis.

But it sounds like it was an expansive night, both sonically and chronologically, as per this flyer hype for Sonic Boom’s appearance:

Sonic Boom (Founding member of Spacemen 3 and Spectrum) Playing two sets/new and old material

[debrapollarini]

After I saw all those spectacular pictures from the Morrocan's Desert expedition caught by @paoloverzone . My mind jumps up again in memories of when I walked in the desert. Heritage projects, ancient history, photography: all of what most I like. That time, when you are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things. -air, sleep, sand, dust, rocks,the sky. -all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it. I miss you crazy Middle East, I miss you Desert #desert #sky #redcolour #photography #stories #themiddleeast #explorer #experience #desertphotography #heritagelandscape #ancientearth #israeliarcheology #israel #middleast (at Judean Desert) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_z2y_4FpXe/?utm_medium=tumblr

[kianangyoga]

Throwing it back to when I was in #Dubai in 2018.⠀ ⠀ This is probably my favourite photo of the trip.⠀ ⠀ The desert was new to me, I’d never travelled to #themiddleeast before (or anywhere with a desert really).⠀ ⠀ It was gorgeous. ⠀ ⠀ I loved the vastness of it, like I love the vastness of the ocean. The only difference is it didn’t scare me the way the ocean did. ⠀ ⠀ This photo was taken the same day that we had to head back home.⠀ ⠀ We had a full day in the desert from ATVing through the dunes to camels, a barbeque, belly dancers, and sand surfing before we left to the airport where most of us were still covered in sand.⠀ ⠀ I haven’t travelled since then, but had plans to this year. I yearn for when this whole thing is over so that I can travel again.⠀ ⠀ What’s on your travel bucketlist? What’s your favourite place to travel? Share it with me! 🌎💫⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ #Yoga #YogaEveryDamnDay #YogaEveryWhere #IGYogaCommunity #yogi #yogini #ILoveYoga #YogaInspiration #YogaLove #YogaFun #YogaLife #YogaPractice #PracticeYogaChangeYourWorld #Fitness #YogaPose #YogaProgress #Flexible #Flexibility #YogaTeacher #yogaflow #yogavideo #yogatutorial #yogatips #yogaalignment #learnyoga #onlineyoga #travel #throwback https://www.instagram.com/p/B_KxXuVgNPV/?igshid=3vt41kxno30m

[madewithlovejewelry]

. Harmonica Necklace (18” ball chain) - $15 ✨Yes, it really works!✨ Interested in placing an order? Email me: [email protected] 🔻Facebook.com/MadeWithLoveByShana 🔺MadeWithLoveJewelry.Tumblr.com 🔹SquareUp.com/Store/MadeWithLoveByShana 🔻MadeWithLoveJWL.Etsy.com 🔹IG -@MadeWithLoveJewelry 🔺Twitter - @MadewLoveJWL #harmonica #music #musician #folkmusic #bluesmusic #jazzmusic #musicnotes #musicnote #gclef #trebleclef #concert #berkleecollegeofmusic #emersoncollege #blue #musicbox #houseofblues #boston #bluehillsbankpavilion #themiddleeast (at Berklee College of Music) https://www.instagram.com/p/BncmqzAgaQm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zth8hc2iqgnu

[erisis]

I love my neighborhood!!!! Spotted these beautiful folks hanging outside The Middle East while I was working the outside patio at Veggie Galaxy last night! Fuck Yeah Punk Rock!!! #FYPR #trans #adventurer #photographer #iphoneography #punk #punkstyle #punkrockgirl #centralsquare #cambridge #punkrock #punkhair #themiddleeast (at Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub)

[jazzyinwonderlust-blog]

Motiongate, Dubai Park Resorts, Jumeirah, Dubai

[marqweabyss]

What’s better than a best buy copy of “ELDORADO”? A signed copy of “ELDORADO” from Ro James himself ! @rojamesxix Thanks for coming to Cambridge, MA. It was real! 🦂🤘😎🥃 #Coke #Jack #Cadillacs

[indieephemera]

April 1995 issue of The Middle West Monthly, the calendar listings publication of Cambridge, MA rock club The Middle East.

First: No, I have no idea why this month’s calendar publication is titled The Middle West Monthly. (Some inside joke?)

The Middle East was, of course, the venue. And it was another hot month for shows—here’s the roundup:

Apr 1: Helium / Scrawl — Damn! Giving my 1995 self a big kick in the ass for not attending this one. And Mary Timony also did a solo gig just a couple of weeks later (Apr 18th).

Apr 5: Girls Against Boys / Bailter Space — seeing Bailter Space in the mid-90s was a bit less of a novelty as compared to my first time seeing them in February 1990, as by this point they’d moved from New Zealand to New York City.

Apr 7: Uh... "An intimate acoustic performance by Peter Wolf." No. Nononononono. Instead of heading downstairs to see Braniac the same night? Are you joking?

Apr 9: Lois — [heart emoji]

Apr 19: Twig — Fabulous, underrated Boston band. There was one song they played live that always made me giggle, with the chorus: I’m a snob / I drive a Saab...

Apr 22: Fun pop from Teenbeat band Tuscadero upstairs or indie rockers Archers of Loaf upstairs? Decisions, decisions...