tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484644.post110739872215916572..comments2024-02-01T01:40:36.805-05:00Comments on Vinyl Mine: Mass TangoJim Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14126808520365186688noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484644.post-46966384884997445682009-12-19T16:39:23.522-05:002009-12-19T16:39:23.522-05:00Whoops! Thanks for clearing that up, Anonymous.Whoops! Thanks for clearing that up, Anonymous.Jim Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14126808520365186688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484644.post-4942131705538953452009-12-14T23:58:50.687-05:002009-12-14T23:58:50.687-05:00Sarah Bell is, in fact, none of the things you cla...Sarah Bell is, in fact, none of the things you claim she is today. She was not trained at Julliard, though she did graduate from Princeton. She now lives in New York with her loving family. She and her husband Gregg are still in love and they have two wonderful children. She also never was a part of Shark Attack. She does still love to sing and play the piano. <br /><br />Ken has not gone missing! He lives in NYC and is quite content there. He was never linked to Sarah. <br /><br />Mass Tango may have had a short run for it, but it was a nice one. They have stories to tell from their days in bright lights of CBGB's and albums to flaunt. Though they did not become a major musical sensation, they did enjoy it and not have beautiful lives they would not trade for fame.bestfamilybloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07423716574799717140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484644.post-9945427468240923672007-05-30T20:38:00.000-04:002007-05-30T20:38:00.000-04:00Ken was my roommate for a while, and I had a lot o...Ken was my roommate for a while, and I had a lot of fun playing roadie at their CBGB gigs. The picture on the album was taken in the living room of our apartment. I agree with another poster that he is a truly creative soul. He is also just a great person and loyal friend. He actually did give up the guitar, and pursued photography among other creative endeavors. He hailed from the South (I forget where exactly), and before he formed Mass Tango, he was married to Mindy Jostyn. Together they had a band called the Cyclone Rangers, which played mostly cover tunes and toured as the opening act for Minnie Pearl. When Ken and Mindy split up, she got the rights to the "Cyclone Rangers" name, and actually made quite a name for herself touring with some big names (http://www.mindyjostyn.com). I believe Mass Tango either put out a second album or was working on one when Ken decided to hang it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484644.post-1123518730167895012005-08-08T12:32:00.000-04:002005-08-08T12:32:00.000-04:00Ken was a friend of mine in the 80's. I miss him, ...Ken was a friend of mine in the 80's. I miss him, which is why I found this link. In fact, before they found the bass player they played with at cbgb's and did the album with, Ken convinced me to play bass with him in Mass Tango ( I was a guitar player, so it took some convincing) once Sarah (a Julliard trained musician by the way) approved, which gratefully, she did. I unfortunately got long-term ill and had to quit. Ken is a great person and truly a creative soul. I'm sure he's still creating stuff for himself, he was too prolific for me to imagine him ever quitting. He used to take crazy lyrics of mine, or old songs, and recreate them with layers and textures and his drone gritty singing style, which was so personally entertaining to me, to hear his interpretation. He'd run off cassettes of these for me, which I still have collecting dust behind my old album collection. I think I still have a Mass Tango album in there, too. If you ever read this blog Ken, contact me! I'd love to catch up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484644.post-1111272697815978802005-03-19T17:51:00.000-05:002005-03-19T17:51:00.000-05:00Yeah, I might have been too tough. Oh, and I love...Yeah, I might have been too tough. Oh, and I loved Christmas - I got to see them live and took some of the best photos I ever took of a band. Maybe MT needed another album or two to get it together. Its still a mystery what happened to them although I do think Sarah Bell went onto Shark Attack.Jim Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14126808520365186688noreply@blogger.com