Daily Archives: June 18, 2009

Babe the Blue Ox.

Babe the Blue Ox, a Brooklyn rock band that suddenly rejuvenated itself and started playing a lot of shows in the last year — after a long hiatus since its heyday in the 1990s — is kicking off its summer scheduled with an outdoor show at The Brooklyn Historical Society on Sunday.

The band just posted this announcement on facebook:

While we haven’t been around quite long enough to qualify as one of its exhibitions, the Brooklyn Historical Society seems a suitably odd place to play music, outside, without a real sound system to inhibit the “rock” from exploding off the sidewalk.

If you’re in the neighborhood or feel like taking a stroll down the fabulous Brooklyn Heights Promenade, we’ll be happy to do our best to fill your afternoon with mirth, and our formidable (musical) girth. – Tim, Eddie, Hanna and Rose

This will just be a short, free set. But BOX, which has been playing out quite a bit lately, has one more show scheduled. And I’m guessing there are more brewing.  The band is booked to play an Alt Cabaret show at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) on July 18, during the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at the awesome museum housed in a repurposed factory in Western Massachusetts. It’s a good distination for a weekend getaway. And if you’re wondering why the band is playing during a BoaC festival, here’s the answer: one of BOX’s founding members has a day job with the New Music organization!

Babe the Blue Ox performs at 4 p.m. Sunday at The Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street at Clinton Street, Brooklyn. (718) 222-4111 Free.

Also appearing at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 18, at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, 1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, Mass.    (413) MoCA1111. Click here for tickets and more information. $14 in advance.