Bradley’s Almanac

My dilemma: I have so much junk I wanna blog about, but very little time or motivation to do so. A better dilemma than having nothing to say and plenty of time, but still… I’m sorta stuck. Let’s try some quick hits… Cinemadness… Saw some movies over the past couple of weeks: The Two Towers […]

I’ve been hearing the saying “Lynn, Lynn, city of Sin” since I moved to the Boston area, but I’d never heard the second part of it until just now… “You never come out the way you went in.” I’d also never heard the origin of the rhyme, which a co-worker just explained: Supposedly, during World […]

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  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Monday, May 20th
    Echo & the Bunnymen
    @ the House of Blues
    Tuesday, May 21st
    Another Michael
    Tenci
    People Person Puzzle Tree
    @ the Rockwell
    Thursday, May 23th
    Amateur Chops
    Mill Pond Falls
    @ the Burren Back Room
    Friday, May 24th
    Lightheaded
    Little Oso
    @ Union Tavern
    Sunday, May 26th
    Pride Pregame with
    Milahroy, Django James,
    & Linnea’s Garden
    @ Warehouse XI
    Sunday, May 26th
    Sunburned Hand of the Man
    @ the Cut, Gloucester
    Tuesday, May 28th
    Shannon & the Clams
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, May 28th
    Lady Pills
    @ O'Brien's
    Tuesday, May 28th
    Brookline Booksmith presents...
    Kathleen Hanna
    "Rebel Girl" book tour
    @ the Wilbur
    Wednesday, May. 29th
    The Antlers &
    Okkervil River
    (solo & together tour)
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Wednesday, May 29th
    Canceled
    The Alarm
    Jay Aston's Gene Love Jezebel
    Belouis Some
     @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wednesday, May 29th
    Madness
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Thursday, May 30th
    Camera Obscura
    @ the Paradise
    Thursday, May 30th
    Nation Of Language
    @ the Royale
    Sunday, June 2nd
    Laura Gibson
    @ a Boston living room
    Tuesday, June 4th
    Melt-Banana
    The Flying Luttenbachers
    babyaby_explores
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, June 4th
    Joe Jackson
    @ the Wilbur
    Wednesday, June 5th
    Andy Summers (The Police)
    @ Cary Hall, Lexington

    Thursday, June 6th
    Jason Narducy & Alison Chesley
    duo/reunion show
    @ Q Division Studios, Cambridge
    Thursday, June 6th
    Reverend Horton Heat
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, June 7th
    Swansea Sound
    Jeanines
    @ O'Brien's
    Saturday, June 8th
    (a band called) E
    Rong
    Handsy
    Medical Maps
    @ the Midway
    Saturday, June 8th
    Joe Pera
    @ the Wilbur
    Saturday, June 8th
    John Cleese
    Q&A, plus a screening of
    "Monty Python & the Holy Grail"
    @ the Chevalier Theatre, Medford
    Monday, June 10th
    Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade) @ Brighton Music Hall
    Monday, June 10th
    Snarls
    Yasmin Nur
    @ the Rockwell
    Monday, June 10th
    Bleachers
    Samia
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, June 11th
    Protomartyr
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Wednesday, June 12th
    The Trans-Canada Highwaymen
    (mems. of Sloan, Odds, BNL,
    & The Pursuit of Happiness)
    @ City Winery Boston
    Thursday, June 13th
    Jon Langford & the Bright Shiners
    @ the Cut, Gloucester
    Thursday, June 13th
    Quasi playing 'Featuring "Birds"'
    Jeffrey Lewis
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Thursday, June 13th
    Aaron West & the Roaring Twenties
    Future Teens
    Maura Weaver
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Thursday, June 13th
    Comedy Bang! Bang!
    with Scott Aukerman & Paul F Tompkins
    @ The Wilbur
    Friday, June 14th
    The Gentlemen
    (featuring Mike Gent of the Figgs)
    first show in a decade!
    @ the Burren Back Room
    Friday, June 14th
    Baabes
    Silver Screams
    Wire Lines
    Fear is the Mindkiller
    @ Koto in Salem
    Friday, June 14th
    Dylan Earl
    Tiger Saw
    Audrey & Karina
    & one more artist tba
    @ the Loft, Somerville
    Saturday, June 15th The Umbrellas
    Mallcops
    @ 4th Wall
    @ the Capital Theatre, Arlington
    Sunday, June 16th
    Pixies
    Modest Mouse
    Cat Power
    @ Xfinity Center
    Monday, June 17th
    White Reaper
    Spiritual Cramp
    Smirk
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wednesday, June 19th
    Future Islands
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, June 20th
    Roger Daltrey
    KT Tunstall
    @ the Pavilion
    Friday, June 21st
    The Church
    The Afghan Whigs
    Ed Harcourt
    @ the Royale
    Friday, June 21st
    Blushing
    Airiel
    Bodywash
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, June 22nd
    Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
    playing "Shake The Sheets"
    with guests
    Ekko Astral
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday, June 22nd
    Guided By Voices
    The Moles
    @ the Royale
    Sunday, June 23rd
    Silversun Pickups
    @ House of Blues
    Tuesday, June 25th
    Jon Anderson (of Yes)
    playing “Yes Epics, Classics, and More”
    @ the Shubert Theatre

    Tuesday, June 25th
    Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
    Courtney Marie Andrews
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, June 26th
    Blue Oyster Cult
    @ the Lynn Auditorium
    Friday, June 28th
    Dry Cleaning
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, June 28th
    A Day To Remember
    The Story So Far
    Four Year Strong
    Pain of Truth
    @ Suffolk Downs
    Friday, June 28th
    Dowsing
    @ Rockwood Music Hall
    Friday, June 28th
    Janet Jackson
    Nelly
    @ TD Garden
    Saturday, June 29th
    Buffalo Tom
    @ Boarding House Park, Lowell
    Sunday, June 30th
    Les Savy Fav
    @ Somerville Armory
    Sunday, June 30th
    Pedro the Lion
    Squirrel Flower (solo)
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Wednesday, July 3rd
    Grails
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, July 5th Mark Sandman Memorial Concert:
    Gone 25 Years But Not Forgotten
    featuring Dana Colley, Jerome Deupree,
    Mike Rivard, Laurie Sargent, Russ Gershon,
    Christian McNeill, Tom Halter, Evan Harriman,
    Jimmy Ryan, Sabine Hrechdakian, & more
    @ the Cut in Gloucester
    Tuesday, July 9th
    Alanis Morissette
    Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
    Morgan Wade
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Thursday, July 11th
    Bad Cop/Bad Cop
    Oceanator
    @ Deep Cuts
    Thursday, July 11th
    Mates of State
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, July 13th
    youbet
    Truth Club
    Clifford
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, July 14th
    Daryl Hall & Elvis Costello
    @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
    Sunday, July 16th
    Los Campesinos!
    @ the Paradise
    Wednesday, July 17th
    Wand
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, July 17th
    The Folk Implosion
    @ the Rockwell
    Monday, July 17th
    Totally Tubular Festival Tour
    with Thomas Dolby,
    Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins),
    Modern English, The Romantics,
    Men Without Hats, & more
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Friday, July 19th
    Pretenders
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, July 20th
    Oneida
    E
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, July 20th
    Have Heart
    Speed
    Gel
    Initiate
    Eye For An Eye
    Wound Man
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, July 20th
    Lana Del Rey
    @ Fenway Park
    Sunday, July 21st
    Foo Fighters
    The Hives
    Amyl and the Sniffers
    @ Fenway Park
    Thursday, July 25th
    Jah Wobble (PIL)
    "Metal Box: Rebuilt in Dub"
    @ City Winery
    Thursday-Sunday
    July 25th-28th
    NICE, a fest
    many, many bands
    @ Davis Square in Somerville
    Saturday, July 27th
    Red Kross
    Dale Crover
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Saturday, July 27th
    Tinariwen
    @ the Royale
    Monday, July 29th
    Maserati
    Unwed Sailor
    @ Deep Cuts
    Thursday, August 1st
    The Mountain Goats
    Field Medic
    @ the House of Blues
    Friday, August 2nd
    Foreigner
    Styx
    John Waite
    @ Xfinity Center
    Saturday, August 3rd
    Cheap Trick
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Monday, August 5th
    DIIV
    Horse Jumper of Love
    Full Body 2
    @ the Royale
    Monday, August 5th
    Def Leppard
    Journey
    Heart
    @ Fenway Park
    Wednesday, August 7th
    Green Day
    Smashing Pumpkins
    Rancid
    The Linda Lindas
    @ Fenway Park
    Saturday, August 10th
    The Chameleons
    play "Strange Times" in full
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, August 10th
    Missy Elliott
    Ciara
    Busta Rhymes
    Timbaland
    @ the Garden
    Sunday, August 11th
    Wild Nothing
    Peel Dream Magazine
    @ the Sinclair