Christina Alessi is hands down one of the best singer's I've ever heard. She literally silenced the crowd with her fucking amazing version of Skid Row's "18 & Life." (Which in trying to follow in her footsteps has since become a karaoke staple of mine).
A short while later, fellow Roxbury High School alumnus Bev Chase and Christina Alessi showed up to represent NJ (Chris' band, Hey Tiger, had just finished playing a show over at the Mercury Lounge)
What's better than three Roxbury grads in one pic? How about six mothafucking Roxbury Grads in one pic? Insanity. Bev, Chris, Colin Badini, Ian, Emily and me.
...I more than made up for with the following amazing collection of "Hey, did I go to high school with you?" photos. Here's Ian Thomas with Chris and Max.
Right when we walked into Jimi, I heard someone yell my name. I was like, I'm in fucking Asbury Park, NJ...who the fuck knows my name? I turn around to see Max, Chris Silk and Christina Alessi, three people I went to high school with. Apparently, Ween was playing a show at the Stone Pony the next night and they were staying at a hotel around the corner with a bunch of people. Randomness.