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boston area events of note:


thursday, january 8th

forest henderson

the new collisions

the lights out

sir q

@ great scott


saturday, january 10th

head automatica

radio 4

@ great scott


sunday, january 11th

whistlejacket

voxhaul broadcast

local natives

the union line

@ tt the bears


monday, january 12th

varsity drag

the rationales

nate rogers (ex-scamper)

@ tt the bears


thursday, january 15th

illinois

@ great scott


thursday, january 15th

the raveonettes

@ the paradise


friday, january 16th

dear leader

hallelujah the hills

faces on film

@ the paradise


saturday, january 17th

the rosebuds

the love language

the fatal flaw

@ the middle east downstairs


sunday, january 18th

frightened rabbit

@ great scott


sunday, january 18th

department of eagles

@ the brattle theatre


saturday, january 24th

longwave

wheat

bon savants

@ great scott


saturday, january 24th

arts at the armory benefit

mission of burma

the neighborhoods

@ the somerville theatre


saturday, january 24th

vic chesnutt

elf power

@ the middle east


tuesday, january 27th

annuals

jessica lee mayfield

what laura says

@ the paradise


friday, january 30th

andrew bird

loney dear

@ the orpheum


tuesday, february 3rd

heartless bastards

@ great scott


wednesday, february 4th

the pretenders

@ the orpheum


thursday, february 5th

illinois

mean creek

you can be a wesley (cd release)

@ great scott


wednesday, february 11th

the godfathers

@ the middle east down


friday, february 13th

los campesinos!

@ the paradise


saturday, february 14th

animal hospital

travels (cd release!)

arms & sleepers

mary page

@ pa's lounge


sunday, february 15th

the pains of being pure at heart

pants yell!

the depreciation guild

@ the middle east upstairs


sunday, february 15th

fujiya & miyagi

@ the paradise


wednesday, february 18th

m. ward

@ the somerville theatre


saturday, february 21st

norm macdonald

@ the wilbur theatre


monday, february 23rd

witch (j. mascis)

earthless

@ tt the bears


tuesday, february 24th

jason isbell & the 400 unit

deer tick

ferraby lionheart

@ tt the bears


tuesday, february 24th

ben kweller

the watson twins

@ the somerville theatre


tuesday, february 24th

tapes 'n tapes

wild light

@ the paradise


wednesday, february 25th

comedian eugene mirman

'the will to whatevs' book tour

@ the brookline booksmith


thursday, february 26th

jimmy eat world

'clarity 10th anniversary tour'

@ the new house of blues


thursday, february 26th

blizten trapper

alela diane

@ the paradise


saturday, february 28th

swirlies!

gregory & the hawk

@ the middle east up


saturday, february 28th

fountains of wayne (acoustic)

everyday visuals (acoustic)

@ the paradise


saturday, march 7th

airborne toxic event

alberta cross

henry clay people

@ the paradise


wednesday, march 11th

fleetwood mac

@ the garden


saturday, march 14th

throwing muses

screaming females

50 foot wave

@ the middle east downstairs


saturday, march 14th

a.c. newman (new pornographers)

with dent may & his

magnificent ukulele

@ the paradise


sunday, march 29th

morrissey

@ the house of blues


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Tuesday, June 08, 2004

Misremembering Ronnie

Good thing we've got the internet for our world-info fixes, because broadcast news is "All Dead Reagan, All The Time". Can't turn on NPR or CNN without hearing his name, his voice, seeing his face. Enough already. The man, even more than Nixon, has been over-romanticized to an insane degree since his death last weekend. Talking heads over footage of his hearse driving down the highway, I expect to see OJ's white bronco coming up behind him.

"The World Mourns" "A Nation's Sorrow". Are they talking to everyone, because that's not what I'm hearing. His passing, while sad for those close to him, doesn't change any of the terrible things he did as president. Maybe there was a sliver of good to be found, but to me, his legacy leaves so little to be proud of. (Grenada, Iran/Contra, Libya, politicizing the AIDS epidemic, so much more)

What's more bothersome than all this Ronnie-hype is ... I'm not as annoyed by it as I would have thought. I shockingly find myself taking it easy on the man's memory, slipping into "he wasn't so bad". You can guess why. It's a sad, sorry state of affairs when our current president is so deplorable that I'm salvaging a shred of sympathy for Reagan, of all people.

Alright, time to tune out, stick my head back into my work again. Let me know when he's buried and forgotten, ok?





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