THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, October 11, 2019 Page 11 Malden: today, tomorrow, and yesterday: The Voice Coaches Join Together for an Intimate Performance By Peter F. Levine G ary Cherone grew up on Highland Avenue and played basketball as a youngster at Amerige Park. His hoop game progressed over the years under the tutelage of current Malden Rec Director Joe Levine. But I digress. His rock band Extreme blew up worldwide in 1991 with the Number 1 Billboard hit “More Than Words.” The next year he, guitar hero Nuno (Hudson) Bettencourt, bassist Pat (Winchester) Badger and drummer Paul (Medford) Geary played in front of 72,000 people at Wembley Stadium in England and one billion people across the world – part of the Freddie Mercury Tribute Benefi t Concert for Aids Awareness. Fast forward to September 2019. MTW has survived the ebbs and fl ow of the industry as well as the many trends the music world has undergone the last couple of decades to become a staple at proms, weddings and dentist offi ces, and Market Baskets across New England. No greater tribute to that fabulous song than the recent performance of it at “The Voice Coaches Join Together for an Intimate Performance” this past September. Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani, John Legend and Blake Shelton joined by Carson Daly on guitar for an instant classic performance of the mega-hit “More Than Words.” The video clip was posted on September 14 and fi ve days later there were 1,520,055 views! Amazing for a song written on the steps of Gary’s childhood home on Highland Avenue! Not really knowing much about Kelly Clarkson’s career, I’ve got to say she stole the show. Switching keys going from solo to harmony with those gorgeous ad-libs thrown in! Gary was “extremely” happy with this version. Speaking of the song “More Than Words,” I recently heard it at about 7:30 on a Sunday morning at a Whole Foods in Manhattan. From the fi rst time I heard it at Club 3 in Somerville in the mid ’80’s to mid-town Manhattan in 2019 – it’s always sounded fresh! But getting from Somerville Avenue to midtown Manhattan was indeed a “long, strange trip” for Extreme and MTW. David Haskell. Happy birthday dude. You know Dave! He and his wife, Ethel, are involved in everything going on ter Jean and brother Joe ain’t so bad either! See you around the neighborhood, Joanne, and congrats! Who else dug the Mike Yaz moment a few weeks back at Fenway?! An amazing moment in Sox history for longtime Sox fans. Who else dug Police Chief Kevin Molis’s impassioned statement at the council meeting of Sept. 24? One for the Malden ages. • Who else is digging the (almost) completed City Hall project on Pleasant Street? • Who else is digging “CounMalden High School Class of 1979’s Gary Cherone with Judy’s daughter Liza Minelli backstage at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Benefi t Concert for Aids Awareness in 1992. (Courtesy Photo) in Malden. All the good stuff of course! Always a friendly hello and “How ya doing” from this proud Maldonian whenever I see him. He had a birthday recently, not a milestone-type birthday but a birthday nonetheless. His adoring wife Ethel posted a beauty of a HBD post on FB. For your reading pleasure: “On September 24, 1935 at high noon, David Deane Haskell was born at 120 Franklin St. in Malden. Throughout the next 84 years he was a sixthgrade crossing guard at the Lincoln Elementary School then that little kid went on to be a baseball player for Lincoln Jr High, a track runner for Malden High School, a proud member of the United States Army, a college student at Northeastern University, and Editor-in-Chief of the Northeastern News. He completed a 43-year journalism career as the New England Editor-in-chief for United Press International (the news wire service). Along the way, he was a hang-glider, Malden Little League coach, motorcycle owner, factory worker, diner worker, employed by Malden Knitting Mills, employed as a gas fi tter, and a census taker. Along with working on many local political campaigns! Oh, and by the way my wonderful and devoted and very handsome husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather! So I am giving him a great SHOUTOUT AND THE BIGGEST HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR HIS 84TH BIRTHDAY! I love you, David Deane Haskell, more and more every day!” Let’s all wish the forever-youthful Joanne D’Orlando a very happy retirement as she rides off into the sunset (September 10) for the next chapter in her life. Superintendent of Malden Public Schools John Oteri noted that Joanne had been with Malden Public Schools in various capacities for over 30 years and has “touched the lives of many with her laughter, kindness, and support.” Joanne Pisaturo D’Orlando is a proud resident of Edgeworth, a prouder mother of two wonderful boys and has a 92-year-old dad with panache to spare! Oh yeah, and her sistry Music: A Film by Ken Burns” on PBS? • Who else digs the chicken parmesan sub (braided roll) at the Big A? • Who else dug the excellent job the “T” did landscaping the overgrowth along the tracks on the Macdonald Stadium side? • Who else dug the enthusiasm of engaged Maldonians before the fi rst mayoral debate on Wednesday, Sept. 25? • Who else digs “The Porch Southern Fare & Juke Joint” on Riverside Drive in Medford on the Malden line?! Ballantine Ale $4 a pop! Outstanding. • Late 1970's early 1980's Malden-based punk/pop superstars Boy's Life had nine dates in October of 1980: 10/3: Jaspers with The Neighborhoods, Union Square, Somerville 10/10: The Rat with The Outlets & Mickey Clean, Kenmore Square, Boston 10/12: Living Room with Mission of Burma, Providence, R.I. 10/16: The Rat with Mission of Burma & Insect Surfers 10/17: The Rat 10/19: WERS 88.9FM Live 10/24: Downtown Lounge, Portland, Maine, with The Deacons 10/25: Downtown Lounge, Portland, Maine 10/31: The Channel with Human Sexual Response and Thrills, South Boston “This is the end, beautiful friend, this is the end, my only friend, the end...” Tom Jenkins is a current resident of Malden, the West End to be exact. He grew up in Lawrence and works for the state and is a really good guy with really big hands! He knows the complete cast of characters in Malden at this point even though he didn’t grow up here and played football in North Dakota, where he met his charming wife, Tanya, who is an amazing athlete by the way, like the big guy, her hubby Tom. Tom loves Pearl Street Station. He eats and drinks there like a Viking. He also loves P.S.S. General Manager Paul Solano. We ran into Tom, in of all places, midtown Manhattan on a recent Saturday afternoon before we ventured over to the San Gennaro Feast on Mulberry Street. We had a cocktail or two with Tom. He had us laughing out loud. Next time you run into Tom ask him to do his Paul Solano imitation! Spot on! He also loves China Garden on Highland Avenue. He loves the takeaway from CG. He also does a killer impression of the young man who answers the phone! “WHAT ELSE?!” “WHAT ELSE?!” You defi nitely had to be there, but those who have had takeaway from CG – you get it. NOTICE OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETING MISTY MOUNTAIN SHOP Notice is hereby given that Misty Mountain Shop will hold a Community Outreach Meeting on October 24, 2019 at the Ferryway School, 150 Cross Street, Malden, MA 02148 at 7:00 PM. The proposed marijuana retail establishment is anticipated to be located at 323 Commercial Street, Malden, MA 02148 in accordance with M.G.L. c. 94G and the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission’s regulations at 935 CMR 500.000 et seq. Topics to be discussed at the meeting will include, but not be limited to: 1. The type of Marijuana Establishment to be located at the proposed address. 2. Plans for maintaining a secure facility 3. Plans to prevent diversion to minors. 4. Plans to positively impact the community. 5. Plans to ensure the establishment will not constitute a nuisance to the community. Members of the community are encouraged to ask questions and receive answers from representatives of Misty Mountain Shop.
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