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07.20.2024: The Syracuse Nationals
The Syracuse Nationals was a blast from the past and I don't mean it in a good way. If gasoline is "made" from dinosaurs, and chickens...
Paul Branson
Jul 22, 20246 min read
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07.13.2024: Korine @ The Song & Dance
w/s/g Pleasure Dome, Viva Whatever, and DJ set by Thao Crash Korine! Last night Philadelphia based duo Korine brought their flavor of...
Paul Branson
Jul 14, 20244 min read
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07.07.2024: Lake Street Drive w/s/g Alisa Amador @ Beak & Skiff
Rachael Price of Lake Street Dive It was an evening to close a July 4th weekend ripped from the overwrought prose of a fanfic, and as...
Paul Branson
Jul 8, 20243 min read
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06.29.2024: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit @Beak and Skiff
It was an inauspicious start: 1) over an inch of rain was in the forecast for the day and meteorologists were predicting scattered severe...
Paul Branson
Jul 2, 20243 min read
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06.22.2024: Tintype Demo @ Erie Canal Museum
Have you ever wanted to have your portrait taken by a professional? Or maybe you've wanted to see what pre-civil war life was like, even...
Paul Branson
Jun 25, 20243 min read
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06.21.24: Pins & Needles @ Skill Shot Arcade
As a fan of puns and pinball, when Pins and Needles was surfaced by "the algorithm," I knew I needed to go. Created by DJ Silenze and...
Paul Branson
Jun 23, 20243 min read
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04.06.2024: Wolek's 71st Anniversary Beard Championship @ The Polish Home
If it can be done, people will compete to be the best at it. Were you at Dom Polski (aka the Syracuse Polish Home) on Park Avenue last...
Paul Branson
Apr 13, 20243 min read
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03.23.2024: Spring Into Punk @ Stout Beard Brewing Company
feat: AMOK, Botulism Warning, Attamizk, No Complyance and Goon Squad. The day started with a foot of fresh, heavy, wet snow. By lunch...
Paul Branson
Mar 25, 20242 min read
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03.16.2024: Syracuse St Patties Day Parade
It was a glorious sunny day for the 2024 edition of the Syracuse St. Patrick's Day Parade. Salina street was packed as far as the eye...
Paul Branson
Mar 17, 20242 min read
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1.27.2024: Syracuse Pond Hockey Classic @ Clinton Square
No pond? No Problem! It was a grey, misty day in the mid-30's, par for the course in yet another winter just can't seem to get it's act...
Paul Branson
Jan 28, 20242 min read
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1.26.2024: The Cold Stares @ 443 Social Club & Lounge
Some nights are just special. On a whim I decided to cover this show and boy am I glad I did! Before this, I'd not heard of The Cold...
Paul Branson
Jan 27, 20243 min read
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12.23.2023: Dickens Christmas @ Village of Skaneateles
Looking for a new annual tradition? Are you sick of miserable impersonal shopping experiences like those of Destiny USA or Amazon? Or...
Paul Branson
Dec 27, 20232 min read
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12.14.23: Spark Benefit @ Funk 'n' Waffles
feat: Boxie Rob, Undergang, Flashing Astonishers, and Dracula Jones Did you know Syracuse has a music radio station that is truly...
Paul Branson
Dec 16, 20233 min read
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12.10.2023: Edison Phonograph Demo @ Fayetteville Library
Have you ever been curious what it was like to listen to music in the old days? No, not CDs, older. No, not records either. I mean the...
Paul Branson
Dec 15, 20233 min read
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12.09.2023: 12 Days of Christmas @ Lorenzo House in Cazenovia, NY
A little change of pace, there's much more to life in the 'Cuse than music! When the holidays come calling, you gotta answer the call...
Paul Branson
Dec 12, 20232 min read
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10.06.2023: Hilltop @ Funk'n'Waffles w/s/g/ Underground Springhouse
There's a first time for everything, and for The Syracuse Seen, this is the first time seeing an act for a second time. Last time we...
Paul Branson
Oct 10, 20231 min read
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05.27.2023: The Gaslight Anthem @ Beak and Skiff
W/S/G Oso Oso and Emily Wolfe Last night celebrated the unofficial start of summer with my first show of the season at Beak and Skiff . ...
Paul Branson
May 28, 20234 min read
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05.12.2023: The Ominous Seapods w/ Al Schnier of moe. @ Funk'n'Waffles
w/s/g/: Hilltop So, before this night I'd never been to a jam band show, well except that one time in college, when my friends invited me...
Paul Branson
May 14, 20233 min read
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05.09.2023: Adelitas Way @ The Lost Horizon
Wsg/ Otherwise, Moon Fever, Above Snakes and Kilter This night was like the metal version of a refreshing beer flight. Each of the bands...
Paul Branson
May 12, 20235 min read
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05.06.2023: Don't Panic @ Funk'n'Waffles
wsg/ Colder Weather and Every So Often 'Twas a night of pop and punk at Funk'n'Waffles , and like the lyrics, it had ebb and flow, and...
Paul Branson
May 10, 20233 min read
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