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boston area shows of note:
sunday, september 7th
ryan adams & the cardinals
@ the bank of america pavilion
monday, september 8th
mates of state
the cool kids
tim fite
(free, but students only)
5:30pm @ northeastern university
tuesday, september 9th
paul weller
@ the berklee performance center
wednesday, september 10th
'what the fluff?' fest
comic book art exhibit opening
somerville community access tv
5-8pm, 90 union square, somerville
friday, september 12th
mission of burma
in-store performance
7pm @ newbury comics, newbury st.
friday, september 12th
buffalo tom
@ the boston arts festival
6pm @ christopher columbus park
saturday, september 13th
rogue wave (in-store)
@ newbury comics grand opening
8:30pm in norwood, ma
saturday, september 13th
wfnx disorientation 2008
the kooks, flogging molly,
alkaline trio, rogue wave,
and more to be announced
@ bank of america pavilion
sunday, september 14th
juliana hatfield (full band)
hayden
@ the brattle theatre
sunday, september 14th
lymbyc systym
this will destroy you
arms and sleepers
@ harper's ferry
sunday & monday
september 14th & 15th
james
unkle bob
@ the paradise
monday, september 15th
lagwagon, mxpx,
only crime, & tat
@ harper's ferry
monday, september 15th
sunset rubdown
@ the middle east
tuesday, september 16th
a place to bury strangers
sian alice group
neptune
@ the paradise
thursday, september 18th
bell x1
wild light
@ the paradise
thursday, september 18th
the walkmen
@ the middle east downstairs
friday, september 19th
sigur ros
@ the bank of america pavilion
friday, september 19th
the swell season ('once'/frames)
bill callahan (smog)
@ agganis arena
friday, september 19th to
sunday, september 21st
all tomorrow's parties
with my bloody valentine, low
built to spill, mogwai, shellac,
polvo, yo la tengo, lilys, autolux
dinosaur jr, mercury rev, & more
@ the catskills in nyc
saturday, september 20th
mike viola (solo)
(1st of 3 weekly residencies)
with guest blue and their
band, the major labels
@ the lizard lounge
saturday, september 20th
noah & the whale
@ toad
sunday, september 21st
the low lows
magic magic
ryan lee crosby
@ tt the bears
monday, september 22nd
wye oak
@ cafe 939 @ berklee
monday, september 22nd
the broken west
@ the middle east
monday, september 22nd
oxford collapse
love as laughter
takka takka
@ tt the bears
monday, september 22nd
mogwai
fuck buttons
@ the wilbur theatre
tuesday, september 23rd
writer dennis lehane
(release day for 'the given day')
@ the coolidge corner theatre
tuesday, september 23rd
weezer
angels & airwaves
tokyo police club
@ the tsongas arena
tuesday, september 23rd
cut copy
the presets
@ the paradise
wednesday, september 24th
joan as policewoman
@ the middle east
wednesday, september 24th
low
tulsa
@ the museum of fine arts boston
wednesday, september 24th
gemma hayes
sydney wayser
@ great scott
friday, september 26th
ben folds
missy higgins
@ the orpheum
saturday, september 27th
mike viola (solo)
(2nd of 3 weekly residencies)
@ the lizard lounge
saturday, september 27th
julie doiron
mount eerie
calm down, it's monday
@ massart
saturday, september 27th
built to spill
performing 'perfect from now on'
dinosaur jr.
meat puppets
@ the orpheum
sunday, september 28th
the bird and the bee
willoughby
@ great scott
sunday and monday
september 28th and 29th
ratatat
panther
e*rock
@ the paradise
tuesday, september 30th
boston spaceships
(gbv's robert pollard)
big dipper
@ the paradise
tuesday, september 30th
say hi
jukebox the ghost
@ the middle east
wednesday, october 1st
chromeo
treasure fingers
@ the paradise
thursday & friday
october 2nd & 3rd
baltimore round robin
29 bands playing in a circle,
non-stop, one song at a time,
with you in the very center
with dan deacon, beach house,
creepers, the death set, adventure,
and everyone listed here
@ mass art
friday, october 3rd
death cab for cutie
@ agganis arena
friday, october 3rd
the fratellis
airborne toxic event
electric touch
@ the orpheum
saturday, october 4th
mike viola @ friends
(3rd of 3 weekly residencies)
@ the lizard lounge
sunday, october 5th
old 97s
@ the wilbur theatre
sunday, october 5th
pinback
sbach
@ the paradise
monday, october 6th
the wedding present
the jealous girlfriends
@ the middle east downstairs
monday, october 6th
fleet foxes
frank fairfield
@ the somerville theatre
monday, october 6th
stereolab
le loup
monade
@ the paradise
tuesday, october 7th
liam finn
the veils
@ the paradise
wednesday, october 8th
lucinda williams
@ the orpheum
wednesday, october 8th
the opening night of
carrie fisher's one woman show
'wishful drinking'
@ the huntington theater (bu)
wednesday, october 8th
allison moyet
@ the wilbur theatre
wednesday, october 8th
wire
@ the middle east downstairs
thursday, october 9th
chuck ragan (of hot water music)
ben nichols (of lucero)
tim barry (of avail)
with guest jesse malin
@ the middle east
saturday, october 11th
les savy fav
passion pit
@ the middle east
saturday, october 11th
the feelies
@ the roxy
sunday, october 12th
the residents
@ showcase live, foxboro
sunday, october 12th
the notwist
@ the roxy
sunday, october 12th
jamie lidell
janelle monae
@ the paradise
sunday, october 12th
against me!
ted leo & the pharmacists
the future of the left
@ the wilbur theatre
monday, october 13th
tv on the radio
the dirtbombs
@ the wilbur theatre
tuesday, october 14th
cold war kids
@ the paradise
thursday, october 16th
ben kweller
whitley
@ the paradise
thursday, october 16th
jonatha brooke
glen phillips
(from toad the wet sprocket)
@ the wilbur theatre
friday, october 17th
hallelujah the hills
wonderful spells
capstan shafts
needy visions
@ tt the bears
friday, october 17th
jonathan richman
with drummer tommy larkin
@ the somerville theatre
saturday, october 18th
asobi seksu
the broken river prophet
@ the middle east
saturday, october 18th
ra ra riot
walter meego
the morning benders
@ the middle east
sunday, october 19th
the spinto band
frightened rabbit
@ the middle east
monday, october 20th
magnetic morning
(adam swervedriver & sam interpol)
julie ocean
springhouse (w/jack rabid)
@ great scott
tuesday, october 21st
minus the bear
annuals
sylvie
@ the wilbur theatre
tuesday & wednesday
october 21st & 22nd
billy bragg
@ the somerville theatre
wednesday, october 22nd
yeasayer
@ the paradise
wednesday, october 22nd
lyle lovett & john hiatt
(acoustic, on stage together)
@ the orpheum
thursday, october 23rd
lykke li
@ the paradise
thursday, october 23rd
deerhoof
experimental dental school
@ the middle east down
friday, october 24th
fujiya & miyagi
prototypes
@ the paradise
sunday, october 26th
scars on broadway
the duke spirit
@ the paradise
sunday, october 26th
broken social scene
land of talk
@ the wilbur theatre
monday, october 27th
matthew sweet
@ the paradise
wednesday, october 29th
legendary pink dots
@ the middle east down
thursday, october 30th
of montreal
@ the orpheum
friday, october 31st
hotel cafe tour
with rachael yamagata, meiko,
thao nguyen, samanatha crain,
and jenny owen youngs
@ the paradise
friday, october 31st
the rumble strips
birdmonster
@ tt the bears
friday, october 31st
david byrne
performing the songs of byrne & eno
@ the wang center
saturday, november 1st
henry rollins (spoken word)
@ the orpheum
monday, november 3rd
matt and kim
best fwends
@ the middle east
monday, november 3rd
coldplay
@ the td banknorth garden
wednesday, november 5th
conor oberst +
the mystic valley band
@ the roxy
thursday, november 6th
the decemberists
loche lamond
@ the orpheum
friday, november 7th
"my name is bruce"
area theatrical premiere
with director/star bruce campbell
@ a boston-area theatre (tbd)
sunday, november 9th
the hold steady
drive-by truckers
@ the orpheum
tuesday, november 11th
deerhunter
times new viking
the vivian girls
@ the paradise
wednesday, november 12th
the sea and cake
@ the middle east down
wednesday, november 12th
kings of leon
we are scientists
the whigs
@ the orpheum
thursday, november 13th
nicole atkins & the sea
salt & samovar
@ tt the bears
thursday, november 13th
scarce (cd release!)
wheat
triplethick
@ tt the bears
tuesday, november 18th
m83
school of seven bells
@ the middle east down
thursday, november 20th
bishop allen
@ the middle east
friday, november 21st
robyn hitchcock
performing 'i often dream of trains'
@ the somerville theatre
saturday, december 13th
neil young
wilco
@ the dcu center, worcester
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Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Remembering Kirsten Malone
Two months ago tomorrow, a Saturday morning on the 12th of June, Kirsten Malone was up early, biking through Boston to work on yet another art project, one of many she'd made in her 29-year life. At the intersection of Lincoln & Franklin Streets in Lower Allston, at the bottom of the caged footbridge over the MassPike, she collided with an unseen car. Her injuries were too severe, and she wouldn't recover. In the early hours of Wednesday the 16th of June, Lady K was gone.
I didn't know Kirsten Malone, but I sure knew her face. She was one of the familiar crew of local show-goers, people I'd cross paths with a couple times a month, characters who always stood out from the crowd. It wasn't just at shows that I'd notice her... it was on the streets, on her bike, as I passed her in my car or she cruised by as I walked.
We had some mutual friends, more than I'd realized, and it would take her death for me to learn that. I'd heard some good things about her band, the Faux, but had never seen them. I would've walked into some club and thought "Ah ha! It's that biking girl behind the keyboard!". I just wish I'd had the chance.
The week she died, before I'd heard about the accident, I first noticed all the flowers and candles appearing by the footbridge, just a short block from my house. I turned that corner in my car, wondering briefly about it on my way to work. When I read about the accident, when I saw her picture, and then learned exactly where it happened... it hit me.
And it hit far harder than I would have expected, especially for someone I didn't actually know. Reading the outpourings of emotion on messageboards, the articles about her, finding out about our shared friends... I felt a real loss, and part of me felt I didn't even deserve to feel it. I thought about those who were really close to her and can't even imagine what they were going through, must still be going through.
But here I am anyway, finally writing some words for her, hoping that her family and those who knew her well are doing ok. After she died, Amie and I joined some of her friends at the site of the accident to remember her.
Goodbye notes, pictures, little memories of her life surrounding a big orange sign that simply said "K".
That makeshift memorial at the foot of the bridge is gone now, nothing left but a few ribbons and tattered bits of string hanging from the fence. I still think about Lady K on her bike every morning I pass it, though. Maybe I always will.
Wondering if some kind of permanent memorial for Kirsten would even be possible, I spoke with someone at City Councilor Jerry McDermott's office a few weeks ago. Not surprisingly, I wasn't the first person to ask about this, and even though memorial plaques or streetsigns are usually reserved for veterans, it looks like something for Kirsten could actually happen (much like the corner at Brookline & Mass. Ave. being named for Mark Sandman).
I also found out that Kirsten's death has finally triggered some much needed change at that dangerous intersection where Franklin & Lincoln Streets meet. Living so near to it, I've seen the evidence of more than a few accidents, and been involved in some close calls myself. There's no signal, no stop sign, not even a crosswalk at the bottom of a bridge that gets a ton of foot and bike traffic. I take a risk every time I pull out from Franklin onto Lincoln, hoping that a car isn't speeding towards me, completely obstructed by cars parked too close to the corner.
One change has already happened: "No Parking Here To Corner" signs have been put up that greatly help people trying to cross the street, or cars pulling onto Lincoln. But it's not enough...
Thankfully, a special public hearing has been called, to take place at 5:30 pm on Monday, September 20th at the Honan-Allston Library on North Harvard Street, where possible improvements to that intersection will be discussed. I'll be there, and hopefully so will many of my neighbors.
At the same meeting, Councilor McDermott will present a drafted order requesting a permanent memorial for Kirsten. The council will consider the request within a week or so, and if all goes well, something could be in place by early fall. I know I'd be proud to live near "Lady K Corner".
A few days before the hearing, on Thursday, September 16th, a special show in Kirsten's memory will take place at the Middle East Downstairs. Proceeds will help her band, The Faux, release a record they were never able to during their time as a band. In turn, money from sales of those discs will go to a scholarship fund at Mass Art for young female artists. The lineup for the show is Neptune, Gold, Mahi Mahi, Fat Day, U.V. Protection, Plunge Into Death, Cathy Cathodic, and Shore Leave, and the doors are at 8pm.
Online words and memories of Kirsten remain, so I've gathered the ones I've collected here. Set aside some time, click around, explore the impression she left on this city, on the people in her life, and even on those who never met her. If you know of any other links, feel free to leave them in the comments...
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