Live Shows: The Freqs, Tysk Tysk Task, Blind Mellencamp, and The Modern Faces, Bit Bar, Salem, MA 3/2/24
With many of Boston's smaller venues closing down during and since COVID, locations in the distant suburbs of the city have started hosting shows. I've wanted to check out a show at Bit Bar in Salem ever since I heard they started having shows. It's a barcade, which are always fun, and I'll take any excuse to wander around Salem for a few hours. Tysk Tysk Task and The Freqs playing a show together finally gave me a chance. Bit Bar is an interesting place to see a show. The stage is set up over on the side of an area with tables between people playing Mortal Kombat II and Crazy Taxi. There's a TV screen behind the stage that played a selection of vintage commercials, cartoons, and TV shows. (The 1-900 Call Freddy and The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! with Elvira were personal favorites.) Despite that or because of it, it turned out to be a fun venue to see a show. Some of the audience was there to see the bands, and others were just there for the games which created ...