#lupo’s heartbreak hotel

[mikeywayarchive]

WBRU Birthday Bash, Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI // Nov 29th 2006 // bpittman8mygf on livejournal

[sweetdreamsjeff]

JULIANA HATFIELD / JEFF BUCKLEY CONCERT TICKET STUB LUPO'S PROVIDENCE, RI

Juliana Hatfield / Jeff Buckley Concert Ticket Stub Lupo's Providence, RI.

PattyValentine417

Jeff Buckley, 1995, Providence

Hi not a member of this group but going through some photo albums and thought you might enjoy this picture of Jeff resting on my bed on Power Street in Providence. I was working at WBRU at the time and we hosted a meet and greet for him at Strawberries and afterwards I invited him to lunch. The restaurant was closed so we went back to my house and I cooked for him while he took a nap on my bed. He was tired. There was no sex. Just stir fry broccoli and chicken, the one thing I could cook back then.

[davidbrussat]

The Downcity Plan, II

This view is similar to the one that impressed me from the Arcade (left) on my first visit to Providence. *** Editor’s note: This is the bottom half of the 22nd and final chapter, “The Downcity Plan,” from Lost Providence. Chapter 22 concludes Part II of the book, whose final two chapters record the two major projects that sparked the Providence renaissance, which followed a series of major…

[strangeterrain]

Cobra Starship at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence RI on 10-29-2006 (x)

[rjwhite]

That's the Day I Throw my Drugs Away

The Morphine album Cure for Pain came out 30 years ago, on September 14, 1993. A few years back, I was on this music review mailing list, where each member had to take a turn writing about an album of great importance to them. This was mine.

Ever since I was a kid, cities always held a fascination for me. I was not well-traveled, growing up in the middle of Michigan. The idea of being in some cosmopolitan, dense, East Coast metropolis was amazing to me, yet it took until well into college to even head out there, for a college television conference in Providence in 1996. We made the drive from Michigan State University, cut across Canada in the dead of night to spend a day in Boston, then head down to Providence in rush hour traffic. Checked into the hotel and one of the people in our group asked who was playing in town. Morphine at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel. A friend said we absolutely had to go, as the band was amazing. I’d never heard of them, but went along because, hey, a concert in an actual, real city and everything, you know?

A loud club with cheap beer. Lots of people crowded in. The band came on. It was one of those weird things you always remember. These guys were on stage- not young, one of them playing a bass with only two strings? The one guy playing two saxes at once? The lead singer going into some beat poetry? What was this? I’d never seen or heard anything like it. My mind exploded. The band, the crowd, everything was in sync. Leaving the club, being downtown in an old, established city- the whole weekend of experiencing something I’d built up for so long … it just cemented that I needed to be in a place like that. I needed to live somewhere with history, vitality.

We got back to East Lansing and one of the first things I did that week was go to Flat, Black and Circular (still one of the best record shops I’ve ever been lucky enough to shop) and pick up Cure for Pain. It wasn’t even the album they were touring for (Like Swimming). I think Cure for Pain was the first one I saw in the rack? But it grabbed me and entranced me and hooked me for life. I listened and listened and listened. This incredible, smooth, wonderful mix of I don’t know what- jazz? Rock? Stories of cheating and sleaziness and sadness and loss and regret?

It’s just a wonderful thing to just discover a band you had no idea existed and instantly be taken with them. To feel that connection you never knew was there and somehow know you’ll be listening to them for a good, long while. It’s almost like falling in love with someone, you know?

I just always associate the album with that time and it’s all smashed together in my head, making that absolutely certain decision that, someway, somehow, I was going to live on the East Coast, in an honest-to-god city where I could go to places like Lupo’s and see bands like Morphine for the first time.

Now, I live in Philadelphia and never go to shows!

Though the odd, strange miracle of the internet, I’m able to hear a bootleg of that very night, knowing that 21-year-old RJ is in that crowd somewhere, just happy and dumbfounded by what he is hearing and utterly enjoying being in that moment.

I don’t know if I can hear myself in there, though. That might be too strange, like thinking of the dead people in the repeated laugh tracks of old sitcoms.

But, the record! Just a pleasure to listen to, front to back.

“Dawna” and “Buena” kicking it off… “I’m Free Now” as a sad, incredible post-breakup song where you feel like that terrible jerk who’s made a bad mistake (I'm free now to direct a movie/Sing a song or write a book about yours truly/How I'm so interesting I'm so great I'm really just a fuck-up/And It's such a waste to burn down these walls around me)... That delicate mandolin of “In Spite of Me”... The barrelling train of “Mary Won’t You Call My Name”... That jazzy, smoky rambling of “Let’s Take a Trip Together”... “Thursday” is almost a short film, with the wenching title track slamming you right after… all of it...

July 3 will mark the anniversary of Morphine frontman Mark Sandman’s death from a heart attack in the midst of a 1999 concert in Europe. If you could throw this (or anything from their wonderful catalog, really) on, I think that would be nice.

Anyway, that's why I love this 30-year-old record and this band. Listen to it wherever you can, it's a hell of a beautiful thing.

[vodkaandsnakes]

On this day, May 16, in Type O Negative history:

Type O Negative play Hairy Mary's with Thought Industry in Des Moines, IA (1994)

The video for "Christian Woman" receives airplay on the Remote Generation (Austin, TX) TV cable access program (1994)

Type O Negative play the Tucson Convention Center with Queensryche in Tucson, AZ (1995)

Type O Negative play Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, RI (2008)

[kylehyde]

Jimmy Eat World - Disintegration (LIVE @ Lupos Heartbreak Hotel 10/18/14)

[fallingawaywithmuse]

Apr 16 2004 #MuseHistory @muse were scheduled to play The Call in #Providence but the gig was moved to Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel instead. They played 14 songs to a crowd of about 1900. #Muse #MuseLive #MattBellamy #DomHoward #ChrisWolstenholme #musehistoricalsociety https://www.instagram.com/p/ChUz22GO2E-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[isaeva98]

19.5.1995 🙏🖤

Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI

Amazing show!

[anothersievefistedfind]

Photo © Providence Daily Dose

Fugazi, Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI USA 9/19/1993 (FLS #0589)

The year of 1993 not only turned out to be the most arduous year in the live history of the band (adding up to a stellar 134 shows) but is one of my go-to eras to this very day, providing some of my absolute favorite recordings.

A case in point is the string of shows that concluded the North American and Canadian leg of the tour in the fall of 1993, featuring some truly incredible and memorable gigs, showcasing the band firing on all cylinders. The two-night stints at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City and at the Trocadero in Philadelphia come to mind, as well really cool performances in Binghamton, New York or Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

The recording of this show at the infamous Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel (currently The Strand Ballroom & Theatre) in Providence, Rhode Island dates back to the same time-period and falls right into this category in my book.

I will agree with my friend Antti (see submission below) that this one ticks all the right boxes and surely is another gem and highlight addition to the series.

(Words below submitted by Antti Väärälä)

“Another one of those recordings where I could just write ‘get this, get this now’.

But instead I'll babble on.

First off, let's talk about the sound. Man, does the mix rule or what. Everything's so powerful yet clear and wide. I completely agree with the rating ‘excellent’. There's some mix settling during the first few tracks but even then it's great.

The band fire away as an amazingly tight unit hardened by a long tour that's basically taken them through most of the year. Rend It is one highlight as it's full of emotion and power fueled by some great singalong from the crowd. Instrument is another extra special one here being as heavy as it gets.

Stacks is just awesome and has something funny and absurd added by Ian. Afterwards you can totally sink yourself in Brendan's jazzy drumming as the opening fill starts Cassavetes.

Suggestion is a pure delight. Listen as the crowd is totally into it and sings along with Ian all the way. The fact that you can hear the crowd so well on a soundboard recording such as this tells of the amount of the room's air they caught on tape that night. Suggestion flows right into a really rocking Break-In, and then straight into Waiting Room.

The psychedelic guitar feedback interplay with the added reverb on Shut The Door makes me feel like I'm the one overdosing. In a good way. Two Beats Off continues this amazing feeling with some insane jamming from Guy.

Add to all this some hilarious banter, which mostly deal with the band acting as a lost & found service, plus great encores and you have a very enjoyable tape. A powerhouse recording and an entertaining show, highly recommended! So get this, get this now.”

The set list:

1. Intro 2. Smallpox Champion 3. Interlude 1 4. Merchandise 5. Runaway Return 6. Great Cop 7. Interlude 2 8. Rend It 9. Instrument 10. Interlude 3 11. Blueprint 12. Interlude 4 13. Stacks 14. Cassavetes 15. Interlude 5 16. Suggestion 17. Break-In 18. Waiting Room 19. Interlude 6 20. Last Chance For A Slow Dance 21. Shut The Door 22. Two Beats Off 23. Encore 24. Fell, Destroyed Instrumental 25. Facet Squared 26. Exit Only 27. Repeater 28. Sweet and Low 29. Outro

[jurathicc-park]

// Are you going to age with grace? //

[thestrokesargentinafans]

ohseptember If you know me, you knew this was coming. September 28, 2001 Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel Providence, RI My friend Jon & his roommate agreed to rent the car with myself, Jenn & an acquaintance along for the ride. We met up with Jenn's friends who came to the show from Boston & stood up front together. As my first Strokes show, it was everything I hoped it would be & more. Intense. Hot. Sweaty. Rough. So classically rock'n'roll Julian jumped into the crowd to punch a heckler mid-set. The after show was like living out the best Almost Famous dream, hanging out backstage till the venue kicked us out at 1:30 a.m. I joked about the lack of groupies hiding under the stage. Julian lovingly gave Ryan shit for letting so many fans backstage again. They vented about England (& their bacon). Fab told us how he really broke his hand. Most memorable moment(s) of the night: how each of the guys remarked "shit! there's no more beer?!" each time one of them opened the fridge that night. These moments in time, the crazy antics & the friendships made make up some of the best times of my life. Through all the hype & fame, the guys remained just as nice & down to earth as that first night. Always friendly, warm, funny & kind to us crazy adoring kids. ❤️

[selfcallednowhere]

Mink Car is 20 today! Here’s “She Thinks She’s Edith Head” live in Providence, 10/27/01 (my first full, non-instore show, fun fact), as it’s one I was appreciating more than I usually do on the album listen I just finished. Happy birthday, Mink Car!

[vodkaandsnakes]

On this day, March 28, in Type O Negative history:

Repulsion (who will later change their name to Type O Negative) and Biohazard open for Kreator at The Capitol Theatre in Flint, MI (1991)

The video for "Christian Woman" receives airplay on the MV SP (Steven's Point, WI) and Visionary Videos (Newport Beach, CA) TV cable access programs (1994)

Type O Negative play the Seattle Center Arena with Pantera in Seattle, WA (1995) (shenanigans and hijinx ensue)

Type O Negative play The Zoo with Drain STH and Stuck Mojo in Savannah, GA (1997)

Type O Negative play Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, RI (2007)

[henryskene]

Weezer | Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel | Providence, RI | 08.28.2000