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recommended boston area events

thursday, july 2nd

the church

adam franklin (swervedriver)

@ showcase live, foxborough

sunday, july 5th

city breathing

deep sea diver

adam rich

steve pardo & lindley cameron

@ the middle east upstairs

saturday, july 11th

the luxury

the click five

midatlantic

aloud

@ the paradise

sunday, july 12th

the dead weather

screaming females

@ the house of blues

saturday, july 18th

butterflies

travels

@ pa's lounge

sunday, july 19th

grand duchy (w/frank black)

the bunnies

van elk (w/valerie mistle thrush)

@ the middle east downstairs

sunday, july 19th

lymbyc systym

coralcola

the cush

the pandas

@ the middle east upstairs

monday, july 20th

you can be a wesley (cd release!)

casper & the cookies

everything, now!

magic magic

@ the middle east upstairs

monday, july 20th

green day

the bravery

@ the garden

tuesday, july 21st

mark eitzel & marc capelle

performing american music club songs

@ the lizard lounge

friday, july 24th

varsity drag (cd release!)

the grownup noise

winterpills

brendan boogie & the best intentions

@ the middle east upstairs

sunday, july 26th

pete yorn

@ the house of blues

tuesday, july 28th

cass mccombs

jennifer o'connor & band

mike bones

@ tt the bears

wednesday, july 29th

foreign born

the veils

faces on film

@ tt the bears

thursday, july 30th

justin ripley & his band

@ pa's lounge

friday, july 31st

destroyer (dan bejar)

iran

wooden wand

@ the paradise

friday, july 31st

depeche mode

peter bjorn & john

@ great woods

saturday, august 1st

alasdair roberts

@ lorem ipsum books, inman square

saturday, august 1st

wheat (cd release show!)

the xyz affair

@ great scott

sunday, august 2nd

soft power (featuring mary timony)

gramercy arms (featuring dave derby)

@ tt the bears

monday, august 3rd

billy bragg

@ the berklee performance center

monday, august 3rd

tinted windows

(james iha, adam schlesinger,

taylor hanson, & bun e. carlos)

@ the paradise

monday, august 3rd

coldplay

elbow

kitty daisy & lewis

@ the comcast center

wednesday, august 5th

the rural alberta advantage

joshua english (ex-six going on seven)

with lisa molinaro

baby teeth

@ the middle east upstairs

wednesday, august 5th

arctic monkeys

modey lemon

@ the paradise

wednesday, august 5th

joe pernice (solo show & book tour)

@ the brattle theatre (2 shows)

wednesday and thursday

august 5th and 6th

paul mccartney

@ fenway park

friday, august 7th

the electric prunes

love

sky saxon (of the seeds)

@ the middle east downstairs

saturday, august 8th

blondie

pat benatar

@ the b.o.a. pavilion

wednesday, august 12th

the warlocks

@ great scott

wednesday, august 12th

the pretenders

cat power

juliette lewis

@ the bank of american pavilion

thursday, august 13th

bat for lashes

@ the paradise

friday, august 14th

six finger satellite

@ tt the bears

sunday, august 16th

the decemberists

heartless bastards

@ mountain park, holyoke

sunday, august 16th

trashcan sinatras

@ tt the bears

monday, august 17th

the breeders

@ the paradise

friday, august 21st

choo choo la rouge (cd release!)

the big disappointments

impossible hair

the operators

@ pa's lounge

saturday & sunday

august 22nd & 23rd

bruce springsteen & the e street band

@ the comcast center / great woods

saturday, august 29th

caspain

actors & actresses

irepress

arms & sleepers

@ tt the bears

sunday, august 30th

the flaming lips

explosions in the sky

stardeath and white dwarfs

@ the boa pavilion

thursday, september 3rd

kay hanley (letters to cleo)

antisocialites

ingenue

@ tt the bears

saturday, september 5th

the pains of being pure at heart

cymbals eat guitars

depreciation guild

@ the middle east downstairs

saturday, september 5th

pet shop boys

@ the house of blues

thursday, september 10th

autolux

sleepy sun

@ the paradise

thursday, september 10th

dirty three

@ the i.c.a. boston

friday, september 11th

kings of leon

glasvegas

@ the comcast center / great woods

saturday, september 12th

the cult

performing 'love' in its entirety

@ the house of blues

sunday, september 13th

down

melvins

@ the house of blues

tuesday, september 15th

the horrors

@ the paradise

saturday & sunday

september 19th & 20th

boston lebowski fest

with movie screening & bowling

@ the house of blues & kings

sunday, september 20th

u2

snow patrol

@ gillette stadium

tuesday, september 22nd

son volt

@ the paradise

friday, september 25th

township

the lights out (cd release!)

reverse

gravehaven

@ tt the bears

friday, september 25th

charlatans uk

hatcham social

@ the paradise

saturday, september 26th

kmfdm

@ the house of blues

sunday, september 20th

maximo park

@ the paradise

monday, september 28th

sunny day real estate

@ the house of blues

wednesday, september 30th

mono

maserati

@ the middle east downstairs

sunday, october 4th

the "loud & rich" tour

richard thompson &

loudon wainwright iii

performing solo & together

@ the sanders theatre, harvard

wednesday, october 7th

bob mould

@ the paradise

saturday, october 10th

the psychedelic furs

happy monday

@ the house of blues

wednesday, october 14th

loney dear

asobi seksu

@ great scott

wednesday, october 21st

mum

@ the somerville theatre

saturday, october 31st

pinback

@ the paradise

friday, november 13th

janeane garofalo

rob riggle

two shows @ the wilbur theatre

visit tourfilter for more shows

Friday, August 27, 2004

All Your Failures Are Training Grounds

Ok, um... August 27th!? Where did that come from? I'm looking in the rearview and summertime is fading fast. Back to school sales and student infestations abound. Not complaining (yet), this summer's been one of the good ones, but sheesh. Although autumn is my favorite season, I'm not so ready for September.

(I'm assuming I say the same thing every late August. Archive search not necessary.)

The office is kinda quiet today, so it's time to rattle off a couple weeks of gathered links and things that've grabbed me. I'm all over the map on this one... music, movies, politics, comics, alligators, and cheese... a bonafide schizo-post. Be warned.


Hey, new Pixies song! How 'bout that? Well, technically "Ain't That Pretty At All" is a cover from the upcoming Warren Zevon tribute disc Enjoy Every Sandwich, but it is only their second recording in over a decade. Sounds more Pixie-ish than the iTunes-only "Bam Thwock", and it's rockin' my headphones mightily. Kim n' Frank switching off on vocals? It's a happy day indeed. It'd be happier one if they'd confirm some Boston tour dates.


The vigilant mighta noticed that I put up a new Mp3 of the Week on Monday, but totally spaced mentioning it. So now I am. It's apropos of my Donnie Darko post last week, being that it's Pavement's cover of Echo & the Bunnymen's "The Killing Moon", the original having been unfortunately removed from the film's opening scene in the new director's cut. The cover comes from Pavement's Major Leagues EP.


How do I love thee, Largehearted Boy? The counting of the ways increased by one after he posted links to Brandon's full-set recordings from July's Merge Records' 15th anniversary celebration. Superchunk, Essex Green, tons more. Thanks for the hook-up, yet again.


Ted Leo fans take note: Gawker.com Interview. Shake the Sheets trumps Hearts of Oak in my book, and that is no easy task. Ted's in town (sans guitar) tomorrow night, doing some DJing at ZuZu. Sure to be some swell songs spun.
Hot off the presses, via the Middle East mailing list...
"After his wildly successful sold-out show at the Middle East Downstairs during the DNC, the Middle East is thrilled to welcome Ted Leo back to Cambridge for two nights this December. Tickets go on sale September 4.

The first night will be open to people of all ages. The second night will be 18+ and will feature the Boston debut of Ted's brother Chris's band, Vague Angels."
Aces. I'm so very there.

Speculation: Mr. Leo got inspiration for the title "Shake the Sheets" from the Seam song Tuff Luck? Doubtful, but discuss.


The video that's linked off Touch & Go's site, for The New Year's "Disease", is near-perfect in it's simplicity. I'm lovin' it (even more than I've heard some people love Micky D's).


Oh my. Mr. William Shatner, the wacked-out troubador, has returned. His full-lengther, "Has Been" isn't out until October, but this page has audio samples and interview clips. Spoken vocals over Ben-Folds-produced music, a song co-written with Nick Hornby, backup singers, and a cover of Pulp's "Common People"? I'm listening right now and stifling the laughter. Oh Captain Kirk, my Captain, you kill me.


So the next Jimmy Eat World disc also arrives (I will never, ever, no-never use the phrase 'drops' when it comes to release dates, promise.) in October, and their site forum is all aflutter with long-since tired download debates (the album has, of course, shown up on file-sharing servers). I treat it as a personal choice (since I still buy what I love, regardless of the burn), so I've got no qualms about the early action.

What I don't get, though, is the little freaks who jump on some band's own official messageboard and shout out download links and early opinions to the masses. Weak.

(For the record, I'm more Clarity than Static Prevails, and not so keen on Bleed American. The new one somehow ends up blending all three, so I'm game.)

Speaking of Static Prevails, some kind soul posted links to the demo recordings of that early record in this thread here.


Never thought I'd see a write-up on X at CNN.com. Their new 'best of' (Make the Music Go Bang) is the reason why. Might have to pick that up.


Alright, my time here at work is running out, and I'm certainly not going to stay late on a summer day just to finish a silly blog post... so the rest of this will have to wait until later. No alligators or cheese action for you.


I'll leave you with this, my new mini-obsession of the moment ...

The Kingdom of Loathing is a simple, sarcastically hilarious, online stick-figure RPG. Login, choose your name and class (I'm "Tomator", a Sauceror... as opposed to a Pastamancer), and start gathering meat. You'll start at Mount Noob, and if you're lucky, you'll get to check out Degrassi Knoll. I cannot wait to do battle in the Orcish Frat House. Come, join me, or do you not have enough Moxie?


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