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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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Thursday, July 22, 2004

Wikkid Haht

Or, as the natives also say, it's a frikkin' sko-uh-chuh.

A long lunch break walk brought me down to the Fenway, where the Sox just kicked off a day-night double-header with the O's. We're already down 3-zip, and I find myself going to the same place I go every year... mentally distancing myself to protect against the inevitable pain my team causes me every single season. They sucked me back in last year, but this time... it's gonna be tough. The callosity around my sox-lovin' heart is pretty thick, though. There's gotta be a shred of hope in there somewhere.

And no, I take no joy in Derek Jeter's fractured wrist or Giambi's pesky parasites. I'm not that kinda Sox fan. The Yankees do not, in fact, suck.

So, yeah, I skirted the sweaty crowds surrounding the ballpark, grabbed a kick-ass pollo quesadilla at El Pelon, and picked up a free pass to The Village, the upcoming M. Night Sham-a-Lam film. I am the free flickin' masta.

Then it was over to Comicopia for some fresh picture books, namely the new issue of Brian Wood's Demo, along with the second installment of Brian Vaughan's Ex Machina. I'm not going to take trade paperbacks for granted on that one, as good as the first issue was. We'll see if it approaches the initial greatness of Vaughan's Y the Last Man, another one of the few books I still grab every month.

If you are unfamiliar with the phrase "waiting for the trade" (and I'm not still talking baseball), then you probably just scratched your head at that last paragraph. Click some links and do some learnin'.

Whoa, WEEI just played Snow Patrol's Spitting Games underneath Castiglione & Trupiano as they came back from commercial to the Sox game. Strangeness.


Hey, Bostonians, wanna see Howard Dean and Michael Moore speechify in person next week during the Democratic National Convention? Then go ahead and register for Tuesday's Take Back America events in Cambridge. I'll be checkin' it out.


Hey, look! Morrissey Dance! July spawned a midi-monster. (blame Shannon)

Alright, back to bizniz...

and to listening to the Sox lose again... sigh...

(hold your tongue, Neil... this fan is feelin' fragile)





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