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Since tonight was the final night of Phoebe Bridgers three-night stint at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, I thought I would share a few pictures from a previous show - Punisher Tour at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York - June 14th, 2022.

This show fell on the one-year anniversary date of my shoulder replacement surgery.

Picture 6 is from Phoebe singing "Silk Chiffon" with opening act MUNA.

Further video clips from this performance can be found on YouTube at this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCTKZWinN2U

SETLIST:

Motion Sickness
DVD Menu
Garden Song
Kyoto
Punisher
Halloween
Smoke Signals
Funeral
Chinese Satellite
Moon Song
Scott Street
Savior Complex
ICU
Sidelines
Graceland Too
I Know the End

Encore:
Georgia

#PhoebeBridgers #PunisherTour by @romatthewsnyc

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21 days ago

The final night of The Police Reunion Tour. Madison Square Garden, New York City, August 7th, 2008.

#ThePolice #Sting #StewartCopeland #AndySummers #ReunionTour by @romatthewsnyc

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21 days ago

Lead singer of Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, playing to the camera on the last NYC date of their final tour - "Resist" - June 19th, 2022, Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City.

Video clip (swipe) from "Kosciusko"
Full video can be found on YouTube at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm-qDgIjzPQ

Thanks for all the great music,
Bones & Rob.

Bones Hillman (Bass):
May 7th, 1958 - November 7th, 2020

Rob Hirst (Drums):
September 3rd, 1955 - January 20th, 2026

#MidnightOil #PeterGarrett #BonesHillman #RobHirst #ResistTour by @romatthewsnyc

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21 days ago

The calm before the storm.
West view from East Village/Lower East Side rooftop - Friday, September 25th, 2026. Approximately 7:00pm. by @romatthewsnyc

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22 days ago

The Clash or Phoebe Bridgers?

Actually, it's not a question.
I just love them both (believe it or not).
That's why this Phoebe t-shirt was a no brainer.

#TheClash #LondonCalling #PhoebeBridgers #LunaMesa #Drums by @romatthewsnyc

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a month ago

The New Luna Mesa Album Is Here

Look Up and Stay in Touch (2026)
Available on YouTube now at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vFoyHSTvL4

Stella Moon - Vocals, Guitar
Rick Musicman Rivera - Bass
Ro - Drums

All songs written by Stella Moon
except Anomalous by Luna Mesa
Produced by Rob Taube & Ro
Engineered by Rob Taube & Matt DeSimone

Additional guitar on Invisible, Touch and Go,
I Watched You Choose, mandolin on The Giving Tree
and piano on Touch and Go by Rob Taube
Additional guitar on The Giving Tree by Ro
Violin on Sayonara My Dear by Kris Berg

Front, inside & back cover photography by Ro
Layout & Design by William Corujo & Ro

Recorded at Groove Garden, New York City
Drums recorded at Mercy Sound Studios, New York City
2026 Luna Mesa Music. All Rights Reserved.

Video filmed & edited by Ro on September 17th, 2026
"Invisible" by Luna Mesa - from the new album Look Up and Stay in Touch

LunaMesaMusic@gmail.com by @romatthewsnyc

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a month ago

Luna Mesa - Look Up and Stay in Touch (2026)

Full album can be found on YouTube's DarkBloodRevisited channel or at this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vFoyHSTvL4

LUNA MESA - LOOK UP AND STAY IN TOUCH:

1) Invisible
2) Around This Star
3) That Song
4) The Giving Tree
5) Sayonara My Dear
6) Touch and Go
7) I Watched You Choose
8) Runaway
9) Love Over Fear
10) Anomalous
11) Look Up

Stella Moon - Vocals, Guitar
Rick Musicman Rivera - Bass
Ro - Drums

All songs written by Stella Moon
except Anomalous by Luna Mesa
Produced by Rob Taube & Ro
Engineered by Rob Taube & Matt DeSimone

Additional guitar on Invisible, Touch and Go, I Watched You Choose, mandolin on The Giving Tree
and piano on Touch and Go by Rob Taube
Additional guitar on The Giving Tree by Ro
Violin on Sayonara My Dear by Kris Berg

Front, inside & back cover photography by Ro
Layout & Design by William Corujo & Ro

Recorded at Groove Garden, New York City
Drums recorded at Mercy Sound Studios, New York City
2026 Luna Mesa Music. All Rights Reserved.

LunaMesaMusic@gmail.com by @romatthewsnyc

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2 months ago

Touch and Go by Luna Mesa

From the new album:
Look Up and Stay in Touch (2026)

Full video can be found on YouTube's DarkBloodRevisited channel or at this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW_YUhrmTI0

LUNA MESA - Touch and Go

Stella Moon - Vocals, Guitar
Rick Musicman Rivera - Bass
Ro - Drums

Produced by Rob Taube and Ro
Filmed and edited by Ro

LunaMesaMusic@gmail.com

#LunaMesa by @romatthewsnyc

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2 months ago

Look Up by Luna Mesa

From the upcoming album "Look Up and Stay in Touch" due to be released later in 2026.

Coinciding with the release of Steven Spielberg's "Disclosure Day" today (June 12th, 2026) - and 2 days from the 5th anniversary of my shoulder replacement surgery. - Ro

Full video can be found on YouTube's DarkBloodRevisited channel or at this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMCpSF5NbIs

LUNA MESA - Look Up

Stella Moon - Vocals, Guitar
Rick Musicman Rivera - Bass
Ro - Drums

Produced by Rob Taube and Ro
Filmed and edited by Ro

LunaMesaMusic@gmail.com

#LunaMesa by @romatthewsnyc

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4 months ago

A clip from Do You Think? - from the Luna Mesa album Around This Star (2024). Full video can be found on YouTube's DarkBloodRevisited channel or at this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNNj1mQZEaU

This clip includes video from my first time back in the studio one year after shoulder replacement surgery, as well as the rehab progression throughout 2022 & 2023 (complete with the occasional wince). - Ro

LUNA MESA - Do You Think?

Stella Moon - Vocals, Guitar
Rick Musicman Rivera - Bass
Ro Matthews - Drums

Produced by Rob Taube and Ro Matthews
Filmed and edited by Ro Matthews

LunaMesaMusic@gmail.com

#LunaMesa by @romatthewsnyc

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4 months ago

So, I got priced out of the Phoebe Bridgers pre-sales for Barclays Center yesterday. Maybe I'm spoiled from all the front row General Admission shows, but $200 for GA just isn't a thing for me.

I was pretty bummed about it, then today I look out the window of my 6th floor walkup in the East Village and see a guy plastering posters up on a wall. And he's doing these. I ran downstairs and offered him ten bucks for one, but he said he didn't have anymore.

Then he asked me to wait while he double-checked. He found some and then said, "For ten bucks you can take these others too". So, I ended up with four in total. Clean & unused - Maybe a fold or minor wrinkle but without any paste or tears to deal with.

It's a pretty cool poster - I do like that beam coming from the sky. No idea what I'll do with them, but it's a nice little band-aid after dealing with yesterday.

#PhoebeBridgers #TheLostTour #BarclaysCenter by @romatthewsnyc

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4 months ago

Posting this finally. The debut album by Luna Mesa (2024). Eleven tracks. Kind of a post-punk, Pretenders meets The Police thing. My first album playing the drums after 30 years of a broken shoulder and chronic pain. Recorded three years after shoulder replacement surgery.

New album, "Look Up and Stay in Touch" expected this Fall, 2026.

Luna Mesa - "Around This Star" can be heard at this link on YouTube...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydLWn7GeNjc

LUNA MESA - AROUND THIS STAR:

1) Own Star To Follow
2) Train Of Thought
3) Sunset Boulevard
4) Broken
5) Do You Think?
6) So Easy For You
7) The Apartment Song
8) Every Little Line
9) Mayday
10) High Wire Act
11) You Belong

Stella Moon - Vocals, Guitar
Rick Musicman Rivera - Bass
Ro Matthews - Drums

All songs written by Stella Moon
Produced by Rob Taube & Ro Matthews
Engineered by Rob Taube, Scott Clark, Alexander Gentil, Matt DeSimone
Additional guitar on Broken, The Apartment Song, Mayday
and piano on So Easy For You by Rob Taube
Cello on You Belong by Andrew Whitfield

Eastern Veil Nebula photograph by Constantine Danilevsky
Layout & Design by William Corujo & Ro Matthews

Recorded at Groove Garden, New York City
Drums recorded at Mercy Sound Studios, New York City
2024 Luna Mesa Music. All Rights Reserved.

LunaMesaMusic@gmail.com by @romatthewsnyc

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5 months ago