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～ロビー／グー・グー・ドールズの「ROBBY'S LOBBY」～
日本人の奥さんを持つ根っからの親日家ベーシスト、ロビーがバンドの近況やいろんな情報を教えてくれる人気コラム「ROBBY'S
LOBBY」！誌面から1月遅れで彼が執筆した英文ママの掲載です。 Hey Hey In Rockers and Welcome to The Lobby on a cold, like really, really cold day here in Buffalo, NY! Schools have been closed for 2 days due to subzero temperatures and snowstorms around the area from the snow blowing across Lake Erie here in Western New York. Lots going on around here this month despite all of this cold, we had a quiet new year’s eve celebration here at our house and enjoyed a nice Osechi set that we had ordered from NYC on New Year’s Day. This year begins with a new President here in the USA, and we wish him luck and hope for the best during his time in office. Goo Goo Dolls made a trip down the highway from our home a few hours to perform in Verona, NY at The Turning Stone events center, there was another snow storm bearing down on us that day, but it seems as though every time we get within a few hours of Buffalo it turns into a family affair as friends and family make their way around the backstage and make for a nice night, especially as touring is pretty light at the moment! But…. not for long … as we head to Australia in February, South Africa in March and then after finishing up a new release we’ll be touring North America with Dashboard Confessional until September of this year. Hang on, we’ll take you on the journey right here in the pages of the mighty In Rock! The NFL (National Football League) is a pretty big thing here in the US, American Football, (not the “no hand” international kind, but the American gladiator type) and our hometown of Buffalo is, to put it mildly, FOOTBALL CRAZY! I was never a huge sports fan, but it’s hard not to get excited about it when every time you turn people are psyching you up, supporting the team, and it’s really pretty fun! The Buffalo Bills are our team here, and their fans are crazy! They have for years now referred to themselves as The Bills Mafia and have gotten quite a reputation for being super fans for the team! Well after a full season the Bills are now in the finals and the town is ready to go! At a certain point in the game every time the Bills play at home in Buffalo, the DJ at the stadium plays the song Mr. Brightside by The Killers and 80,000 people sing along as the song plays in the stadium! Local Indie rock band Letter to Elise and myself decided to team up and record a “Buffalo” version of the track we called “Buffalo’s Mr. Brightside”! We did it all so quickly …. conceived, recorded, mixed, mastered and edited, all in one day and had it finished the next morning for release to the radio, tv and the web! It’s catching on here in Buffalo, getting picked up by MSN, Yahoo, Sports Illustrated, the local networks and it looks like we may be adding it to Apple Music, Spotify and the other streaming services this week, so I think you’ll be able to check it out! Alright, that’s it for me this month, hope your new year has been great so far, I’m going to try to stay warm for the next few days, (it’s Hokkaido cold here!,) and as always, I look forward to seeing you here next month here in the pages of In Rock!
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