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boston area events of note:

thursday, november 20th

bishop allen

passion pit

electric owls

@ the middle east downstairs

friday, november 21st

robyn hitchcock

performing 'i often dream of trains'

@ the somerville theatre

saturday, november 22nd

sondre lerche

@ the paradise

sunday, november 30th

18th dye

devon williams

@ tt the bears

tuesday, december 2nd

nada surf

delta spirit

jealous girlfriends

@ the paradise

tuesday, december 2nd

owen

caithlin de marrais (rainer maria)

el may

@ the middle east upstairs

wednesday, december 3rd

viva viva

darker my love

the strange boys

@ the middle east upstairs

thursday, december 4th

jukebox the ghost

@ the middle east upstairs

friday, december 5th

mercury rev

dean & britta

@ the paradise

thursday, december 4th

sebastien grainger & the mountains

eksi ekso

@ tt the bears

friday, december 5th

constantines

tim fite

@ tt the bears

friday & saturday

december 5th & 6th

wfnx miracle on tremont st.

with franz ferdinand,

vampire weekend, black kids,

airborne toxic event, & more

@ the orpheum

saturday, december 6th

tigercity

taxpayer

lifestyle

midatlantic (bleedin' bleedins)

@ great scott

saturday, december 6th

noah & the whale

@ the middle east upstairs

sunday, december 7th

bazaar bizarre boston!

(with djs, including brad 'nac)

12-7pm @ the castle, park plaza

monday, december 8th

love is all

crystal stilts

reports

@ great scott

monday & tuesday

december 8th & 9th

letters to cleo

midatlantic (on the 8th)

modern society (on the 9th)

@ the paradise

tuesday, december 9th

radar bros.

@ the middle east upstairs

tuesday, december 9th

jeremy enigk

dave deporis

dj carbo

@ great scott

thursday, december 11th

stella with michael showalter,

michael ian black, & david wain

@ the wilbur theatre

saturday, december 13th

neil young

wilco

everest

@ the dcu center, worcester

sunday, december 14th

bon iver

@ the wilbur theatre

wednesday, december 17th

the broken river prophet

quincunx

shepherdess

@ great scott

sunday, december 21st

hallelujah the hills

aloud

nassy

ad frank & sarah rabdau

@ great scott

monday, december 22nd

tristan da cunha

tom fitzgerril

neptune

@ great scott

sunday, december 28th

akron/family

@ tt the bears

tuesday, december 30th

caspian & constants

@ the middle east downstairs

thursday, january 1st, 2009

one happy island

cotton candy

(mark robinson & evelyn hurley)

the smittens

cathy cathodic

@ the middle east upstairs

sunday, january 4th

glasvegas

rails to russia

dj carbo

@ great scott

thursday, january 8th

forest henderson

the new collisions

the lights out

sir q

@ great scott

saturday, january 10th

head automatica

radio 4

@ great scott

thursday, january 15th

illinois

@ great scott

thursday, january 15th

the raveonettes

@ the paradise

sunday, january 18th

frightened rabbit

@ great scott

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

friday, february 13th

los campesinos!

@ the paradise

tuesday, february 24th

tapes 'n tapes

@ the paradise

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Thursday, September 16, 2004

The Not-So-Full Flower of the Evening

Stuck at work on a Thursday evening, wishing I was elsewhere, killing a bit of time with a quick post ...

Mp3 of the Week
As you may have noticed, a new performance of an R.E.M. oldie is this week's mp3, from the recent internet-broadcast of their ongoing tour rehearsals. So strange to know that the man who drummed for Ministry & Pigface is behind the kit on this version of "Maps & Legends" (originally on 1985's "Fables of the Reconstruction").

As I sit here at work, I'm missing the Kirsten Malone memorial show over at TT the Bears. If you haven't yet read my post about her, or followed the list of links about her tragic passing, take some time to do so.

On Monday evening, September 20th, Allston city counciler Jerry McDermott will be presenting a request for a memorial to her near the site of her bike accident, at the corner of Franklin and Lincoln Streets in my Allston neighborhood. Supposedly there will also be a discussion of bike safety and improving that intersection at the meeting, so if you live in the area, you should attend. 5:30pm at the Honan-Allston Branch Library.

Another sad loss is being remembered this weekend, so on the chance that anyone reading this lives in the Charlotte, NC area, I wanted to mention the memorial gathering for Dede Davis, who died last April. An email from her friend Art Jipson refelected just how much she is missed by those who knew her, and just how devoted a music fan she was, especially when it came to the Connells. She was front and center at over 120 Connells shows, if you can believe that. "Every show we play from now on is for Dede," said Doug MacMillan, the Connells lead singer.

The Connells will be playing at her memorial, along with a solo set from guitarist George Hutley, and another of Dede's favorites, Green Street. It's on Saturday night, Sept. 18th, at the Visulite Theatre. Details can be found here.

So last night this severely-lapsed Catholic attended my first-ever dinner celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, at the very same place I did my first Passover last spring. Not much to offer up in the way of observations, really... there was good food, some super-fast incomprehensible prayers, some quick candle lighting. But mostly just good food.

One pre-dinner snack gave me a private laugh, though... a platter with some kind of spread on it, molded into the shape of a fish. "What is that?!", I asked. "It's the Salmon Mousse!" was the reply. My very first encounter with actual salmon mousse! Yes, I tried it, and lived to tell the tale.

Monty Python fans will know why this amused me. Everyone else, well, go rent The Meaning of Life.

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