Cape Cod Wave

02/02/2025

Sunday Morning Longform: The Incredible Casuals & Misguided Gasoline - A rock & roll road story.
Rock band on the road stories don't get much better than this.
From December 2017 https://capecodwave.com/incredible-casuals-misguided-gasoline-rock-roll-road-story/

25/01/2025

Every tourist destination town in America faces development pressures. This is the story of one such town.
When a Cape Cod softball team full of locals, 'The Townies', splits over the potential loss of their softball field to a big development promising good jobs, their softball season as a "team" becomes intertwined with a divisive town election about what it means for the future of their beloved hometown.
Narrated by the town's garbageman and the team's shortstop, Cletis Bord.
YOU CAN'T SELL RIGHT FIELD; A CAPE COD NOVEL https://www.amazon.com/You-Cant-Sell-Right-Field/dp/0999173707

24/01/2025

New movie column by Tim Miller. Tim reviews "Wolf Man" https://capecodwave.com/wolf-man-toxic-masculinity-strikes-again-play-it-again-tim/

17/01/2025

New movie column by Tim Miller. Tim reviews "Better Man" and "The Last Showgirl" https://capecodwave.com/singer-a-simian-sensation-in-better-man-play-it-again-tim/

10/01/2025

It was beautiful and cold at Cooks Brook Beach in Eastham - Slide Show https://capecodwave.com/cooks-brook-beach-eastham-slide-show/

06/01/2025

A recent sunset at Powers Landing in Wellfleet, where we saw a couple of oyster farmers finishing their day - SLIDE SHOW https://capecodwave.com/sunset-at-powers-landing-wellfleet-slide-show/

04/01/2025

Monica Rizzio at First Night in Chatham... Her great original, "Little Bit of Truth." Music VIDEO https://capecodwave.com/little-bit-of-truth-by-monica-rizzio-music-video/

04/01/2025

First Night Chatham music mashup VIDEO - featuring The Grab Brothers, Jukin' J & The Rockers, the Fred Clayton Blues Group, James Montgomery, and the All Worn Out Jug Band.
Stay tuned for an additional video from first night of a great Monica Rizzio song. https://capecodwave.com/first-night-chatham-2025-music-video-mashup/

04/01/2025

New movie column by Time Miller... Tim's best of 2024... https://capecodwave.com/bikeriders-beast-best-of-the-best-for-2024-play-it-again-tim/

31/12/2024

"Can't You Tell," by Daniel Byrnes - Music VIDEO... this is a great song. https://capecodwave.com/cant-you-tell-by-daniel-byrnes-music-video/

25/12/2024

Monday's sunset at the Sandwich Boardwalk - SLIDE SHOW https://capecodwave.com/sunset-at-the-sandwich-boardwalk-slide-show/

24/12/2024

VIDEO - Merry Christmas everyone!
Here is the last Cavalcade video we will post this year: a group of Cape musicians, including Johnny Spampinato, playing the classic NRBQ song, "Christmas Wish." The song was written by NRBQ founding member, Joey Spampinato, who is Johnny's brother.
This is one of our all-time favorites. It was quite a moment.
https://capecodwave.com/christmas-wish-a-song-for-and-by-joe-spampinato-2015-christmas-cavalcade/

24/12/2024

VIDEO - From the 2013 Cavalcade, Zoe Lewis' great song "Peking Duck For Christmas."
https://capecodwave.com/zoey-lewis-performs-peking-duck-for-christmas-a-video/

23/12/2024

SLIDE SHOW -
We went into Falmouth and visited the Village Green Christmas display during the first snow of the season. https://capecodwave.com/first-snow-in-falmouth-slide-show/

22/12/2024

New movie column by Tim Miller... on the Boston Film Critics yearly awards, plus catching up on several movies. https://capecodwave.com/catching-up-during-awards-season-play-it-again-tim/

22/12/2024

Steve Wood has written some great songs. This one, from the 2015
Cavalcade, has the opening lyrics,"Christmas on Earth, every day euphoria."
The high energy song is called "Smoking Euphoria." VIDEO

ORLEANS - The name of this song by Steve Wood is "Smoking Euphoria." It is a perfect name. The opening words are, "Christmas on Earth, every day, euphoria." That describes the over-the-top-driving energy of this song written by Wood as he plays with a hybrid of the bands he is in, the Catbirds and t...

22/12/2024

Sunday Morning Longform: Why Buy Local?
Love Live Local, a nonprofit promoting local businesses, is asking Cape Codders to shift 10 percent of their holiday spending to local businesses.
Why this is a good idea.
This story was recently published. https://capecodwave.com/follow-the-money-and-the-good-vibe-why-shop-local-an-essay/

21/12/2024

Here it is - the all-time classic from the 2014 Cavalcade by Steve Shook & The Elftones, "This is no time for fun (This is Christmas.)" VIDEO