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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
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
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, September 16, 2004
My First Day Off Junk
No, don't worry, folks. Not that kind of junk. I'm talkin' about the caffeinated, nutrasweeted, diet cola variety. I've tried before, unsuccessfully natch, to kick my three-can-a-day Diet Coke habit cold turkey. Got myself worked up into mild paranoia after I googled all the supposed Aspartame side effects.
I mean, it'd be tough to name a Aspartame symptom not listed here: headaches, migraines, dizziness, unsteadiness, confusion, memory loss, depression, irritability, aggression, anxiety, personality changes, insomnia, trouble with contact lenses, phobias, tinnitus, shortness of breath, high blood pressure, nausea, diarrhea, abdominal pain, itching without a rash, hives, menstrual changes, gradual weight gain, severe PMS, excessive thirst, fluid retention, leg swelling, bloating, increased susceptibility to infection, death, irreversible brain damage, birth defects/mental retardation, peptic ulcers, aspartame addiction and increased craving for sweets, hyperactivity in children, suicidal tendencies, and.... death. Just plain old death.
Um, yikes? Me, I don't really buy all that. And neither do the fine folks over at Snopes.
Still, every once in awhile I get in the mood to take a break from the stuff, stop the daily diet coke addiction, cleanse the system a bit. Lasted about a week last time, and now I'm trying something even more difficult: No caffeine whatsoever. Yes, I'm foresaking my morning Dunkin Donuts large coffee (cream & sugar, please), struggling through withdrawal headaches. That's one of the reasons I'm quitting for awhile, actually. I don't like the idea of being hooked on something so much that it hurts when I don't have it.
So I'm supressing the urges, walking by the Dunkies, avoiding the soda machine in the room next door, drinking lots of ice water. There's a dull pounding behind my eyes, my body trying to persuade my brain to give up the fight. One day at a time, right? At least, that's what the bumper stickers say.
 week of december 29th, 2008 dirty on purpose live at the middle east in cambridge, ma on october 11th, 2008 |
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- beginning to see the light
- clicky clicky
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- enough cowbell
- exitfare
- forgotten disc friday
- the giant panther
- hip to be square
- los amigos de durutti
- melophobe
- morkelson
- new artillery
- onward charles
- pocket|trax
- ryan's smashing life
- soho the dog
- under 21 in boston
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- zed equals zee
boston music media
boston live show info
music blogroll
- between thought & expression
- brainwashed
- brooklyn vegan
- captain's dead
- the catbirdseat
- cerulean's love of music
- chromewaves
- coolfer
- comets, stars, & moons
- donewaiting
- ear farm
- excellent online
- extrawack!
- fluxblog
- for the records
- gorilla vs. bear
- hard to find a friend
- harmonium
- heartache with hard work
- the hype machine
- i am fuel, you are friends
- idolator
- i guess i'm floating
- ijamming
- information leafblower
- junkmedia's world of sound
- kingblind
- lacunae
- largehearted boy
- the late greats
- leaky sparrow
- little hits
- more cowbell
- music for robots
- muzzle of bees
- my old kentucky blog
- pitchfork
- quick before it melts
- said the gramophone
- scenestars
- shake your fist
- sixeyes
- skatterbrain
- song, by toad
- the sound of indie
- stereogum
- too much rock
- the rawking refuses to stop
- too much rock
- unfinished
- yeti don't dance
music audiocasts
surf-worthy
- amie's flickr page
- andi's nonsequiturs
- bitter-girl
- brian wood
- bridget's journal
- ckelly's ink
- the dead part of you
- falfa's milk
- the great leap forward
- heath's media diet
- hedgehog's dilemma
- the icebox journals
- jim's flickr page
- jen's jenville
- jen's blossom
- joe sizzle's
- kimprobable
- march to the sea's musings
- marm0t's livejournal
- mickipedia!
- miller's memorables
- mishie's tear
- off on a tangent
- rsl's ostracons
- the shy turnip
- sooz's dot com
- steve's f.r.h.m.
frequent haunts
boston-centric
- boston.com
- boston phoenix
- boston online
- boston common
- boston blogs
- craigslist boston
- exploit boston!
- boston wireless
- surfacecity's boston
- tourfilter
- the middle east cafe
- tt the bears place
- the plan @ great scott's
- wmbr concert report
- wzbc concert report
- phoenix movie listings
- coolidge corner theater
- brattle theater
- red sox / dirt dogs
- sox: surviving grady
- patriots / go pats
- celtics
- mass pike traffic
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