Translating thought into action is seemingly one of the simplest, yet hardest, things to do. Boston DJ/promoter/entrepreneur Mike McKay has realized his dance parties Thunderdome, Visions, No Tomorrow and will no doubt do the same with other future ventures that are sure to promise a coming together of fun, people and creativity.

Amidst the singers and songwriters and banjo pickers of the thriving Somerville/Cambridge music scene, we can say one thing for sure: Though each musician hailing from Davis to Union to Central possesses a noteworthy trait setting them apart from other artists in the community, not one of them uses the jaw of a donkey in their percussion section like the David Wax Museum.

Before I properly introduce him I think I need to qualify my own stance and let the reader know that I, Hilary Hughes, am an unabashedly, embarrassingly huge fan of the Boston blues/rock/soul/big-haired/high-voiced/folk powerhouse that is Jesse Dee.

The three of us were sitting in the back of Shay’s in Harvard Square facing three members of the band formerly known as Baker, and a bright blue spiral notebook was on the counter next to Steve’s sweating glass. After cracking jokes about how the stack of paper revealed the answers they had prepared for our impending interview, the reality was that Conan, Steve and Andy were gathering that night to come up with a new name for their band, and a list of potential names took up a few of the notebook’s pages.

Providence-based band The Low Anthem play a kind of experimental folk that makes you wonder, “What the hell is that sound?” It’s a cell phone.