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sunday, march 14th
a special screening of the
white stripes tour documentary
"under the great white northern lights"
free admission / prize pack drawing
10pm @ the otherside cafe
sunday, march 14th
carbon leaf
@ the paradise
monday, march 15th
one happy island
standard fare
summer cats
@ great scott
monday, march 15th
letting up despite great faults
the brother kite
plumerai
singing bridges
@ the middle east upstairs
tuesday, march 16th
bacchus king
croquet
cathy cathodic
the ugly fucklings
@ the middle east upstairs
wednesday, march 17th
joanna newsom
@ the sanders theatre, harvard
wednesday, march 17th
henry rollins (spoken word)
@ the somerville theatre
thursday, march 18th
apollo sunshine
drug rug
@ the paradise
friday, march 19th
i, pistol
mascara
planetoid
forgetful jones
@ tt the bears
saturday, march 20th
the whitehaus family blastfest
needy visions, manners,
morgan shaker, avi jacob,
and many more
@ cambridge ymca theatre
saturday, march 20th
air
am
@ berklee performance center
sunday, march 21st
the clientele
field music
@ great scott
wednesday, march 24th
extraneous noise presents...
golden spurs
spirit kid
some say fire
the novel ideas
@ the middle east upstairs
thursday, march 25th
"thursday night alright!" with
the beatings
aloud
action camp
hello ninja
@ great scott
thursday, march 25th
the donnas
@ the paradise
friday, march 26th
eldridge rodriguez (the beatings)
ryan lee crosby
ted billings (age rings/hot protestants)
@ the somerville armory
friday, march 26th
basia bulat
marissa nadler
lady lamb the beekeeper
@ tt the bears
saturday, march 27th
your say party! we say die!
the new collisions
static of the gods (cd release)
@ tt the bears
saturday, march 27th
the big pink
a place to bury strangers
magic magic
@ the paradise
saturday, march 27th
spoon
deerhunter
@ the house of blues
sunday, march 28th
beach house
bachelorette
@ the paradise
monday, march 29th
the soft pack
nodzzz
beaters
@ great scott
tuesday, march 30th
shearwater
wye oak
hospital ships
@ tt the bears
tuesday, march 30th
manchester orchestra
the features
biffy clyro
o'brother
@ the paradise
wednesday, march 31st
japandroids
love is all
girlfriends
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, march 31st
miike snow
delorean
@ the paradise
wednesday, march 31st
a sunny day in glasgow
pants yell!
bearstronaut
@ great scott
thursday, april 1st
girls
dum dum girls
@ the paradise
friday, april 2nd
the xx
jj (late show only)
two shows @ the paradise
friday, april 2nd
drive-by truckers
lucero
langhorne slim
@ the house of blues
saturday, april 3rd
cassavettes
the grownup noise
kingsley flood (cd release)
spouse
@ the middle east upstairs
saturday, april 3rd
black rebel motorcycle club
alberta cross
@ the house of blues
saturday, april 3rd
nada surf
dawn landes & the hounds
@ the paradise
sunday, april 4th
serena maneesh
depreciation guild
black fortress of opium
@ tt the bears
tuesday, april 6th
wilco
@ the orpheum
tuesday, april 6th
ben fold & a piano
kate miller-heidke
@ the house of blues
wednesday, april 7th
florence & the machine
@ the paradise
wednesday, april 7th
rocky votolato
brooke waggoner
@ great scott
thursday, april 8th
faces on film
hands & knees
st. claire (cd release!)
mr. sister
@ tt the bears
thursday, april 8th
thom yorke + atoms for peace
flying lotus
@ the citi/wang theatre
friday, april 9th
midlake
@ the paradise
saturday, april 10th
xiu xiu
tune-yards
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, april 10th
ted leo & the pharmacists
obits
screaming females
@ the paradise
saturday, april 10th
pissed jeans
confines
sqrm
@ great scott
sunday, april 11th
fanfarlo
lawrence arabia
robert francis
@ the paradise
monday, april 12th
the wedding present
play their 1989 lp 'bizarro'
with openers girl in a coma
@ the middle east downstairs
monday, april 12th
titus andronicus
the babies
@ great scott
thursday, april 15th
jakob dylan with guests
neko case + kelly hogan
@ the wilbur theatre
thursday, april 15th
red sparowes
doomriders
@ the middle east downstairs
friday, april 16th
guillermo sexo
freddie t and the people
(ex-june of 44 / hoover)
travels
ghost box orchestra
@ pa's lounge
friday, april 16th
have nots (vinyl release!)
the appreciation post
razors in the night
wicked whiskey
the swaggerin growlers
@ tt the bears
saturday, april 17th
kaki king
an horse
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, april 17th
the morning benders
miniature tigers
@ tt the bears
sunday, april 18th
heavy trash (w/jon spencer)
the konks
the cobra-matics
@ tt the bears
sunday, april 18th
the thermals
past lives
@ the middle east downstairs
monday, april 19th
trans am
@ the middle east downstairs
tuesday, april 20th
owen pallett (aka final fantasy)
@ the ica boston
tuesday, april 20th
elvis costello & the sugarcanes
@ the orpheum
tuesday, april 20th
the low anthem
timber timbre
@ the paradise
tuesday, april 20th
quasi
let's wrestle
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, april 21st
the church
special 30th anniversary
acoustic career retrospective
@ the somerville armory
wednesday, april 21st through
wednesday, april 28th
the 8th annual independent film festival of boston
@ various boston area theatres
including the somerville + brattle
thursday, april 22nd
the mary onettes
@ great scott
saturday, april 24th
graham parker with
the figgs
@ johnny d's, somerville
saturday, april 24th
los campesinos!
here we go magic
@ the paradise
sunday, april 25th
harlem
@ the great scott
monday, april 26th
echo + the bunneymen
hatcham social
@ the paradise
wednesday, april 28th
gogol bordello
devotchka
jesse malin
st. mark's social
@ the house of blues
thursday, april 29th
frightened rabbit
@ the paradise
friday, april 30th
the everyday visuals
the lights out
the flying machines
aloud
@ tt the bears
friday, april 30th
corinne bailey ray
@ the house of blues
friday, april 30th
the album leaf
sea wolf
@ the paradise
wednesday, april 28th
little boots
dragonette
fan death
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, may 1st
white rabbits
here we go magic
@ the paradise
monday, may 3rd
yeasayer
sleigh bells
@ the paradise
tuesday, may 4th
gregory & the hawk
lady lamb the beekeeper
@ tt the bears
tuesday & wednesday
may 4th & 5th
public image ltd.
@ the royale (formerly the roxy)
wednesday & thursday
may 5th & 6th
jonsi (from sigur ros)
@ the house of blues
thursday, may 6th
shout out louds
@ the paradise
friday, may 7th
ok go
earl greyhound
robert francis
@ the paradise
saturday, may 8th
local natives
@ great scott
tuesday & wednesday
may 11th & 12th
dr. dog
deer tick
@ the paradise
thursday, may 13th
small brown bike
bridge and tunnel
your skull my closet
wallcreeper
@ great scott
saturday, may 22nd
killing joke
@ the paradise
tuesday, may 18th
spectrum (featuring sonic boom
from spacemen 3 + e.a.r.)
with the broken river prophet
@ the middle east upstairs
tuesday, may 25th
the smittens
allo darlin'
one happy island
hearts!attack
a smile and a ribbon
horowitz
@ the lizard lounge
wednesday, may 26th
reverend horton heat
cracker
miss derringer
@ the house of blues
friday, may 28th
mono
the twilight sad
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, june 2nd
kings of convenience
franklin for short
@ the paradise
wednesday, june 2nd
ryan bingham & the dead horses
@ tt the bears
wednesday & thursday
june 2nd & 3rd
the national
@ the house of blues
friday, june 4th
brian jonestown massacre
@ the paradise
friday, june 18th
reigning sound
movers & shakers
triplethick
@ tt the bears
saturday, june 19th
james taylor
carole king
@ the garden
sunday + monday
june 20th + 21st
isis
melvins
totimoshi
@ the paradise
thursday + saturday
august 19th + 21st
tom petty + the heartbreakers
my morning jacket
@ the comcast center
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Friday, September 17, 2004 The Pain Inside My Brain... Ok, change of plans. It's day two of my caffeine-and-nutrasweet-free existence, and the brain-pain is intense. Straight back from my left eyeball, feels like it's going to pop out and roll around my desk. All I can think about is how good a Dunkin' Donuts coffee would taste right about now. So I take another sip of water and try to focus on work. Can't do it. And so my ill-advised attempt to quit both coffee and Diet Coke simultaneously comes to an end. What was I thinking?! Instead, I'm just going to focus on the nutrasweet, cutting out the Coke, but enjoying the precious nectar that is Dunkies brew. I'm now holding one in my hand, and all feels right with the world...  Pond at Vermonstress Finally got Pond's live set from this 1992 Sub Pop Festival in Burlington, Vermont transferred and posted to my Vermonstress page. Probably my favorite performance of the whole fest, Pond was a revelation. Hadn't heard them until the week before, when I inhaled a preview copy of their debut disc, and was equally impressed by them live. Eight songs (the last two are one mp3), all from their first album, except a cover of Bo Diddley's "Pretty Thing". These recordings sound pretty good, but can't reflect the energy that came offa that stage. I'll never forget it. Ah, bless you Silkworm. To maintain such a consistent level of creativity for so many years is an inspirational thing. I picked up their new mini-album, "It'll Be Cool", on Tuesday, and it is so totally rockin' me. I knew that a new release probably meant a tour, but imagine my surprise when a random surf-by showed Silkworm playing the Plan in Allston. Can it be? It's in a little bar called Great Scott's, just a few blocks from where I live, and I'm stunned. Not only are they one of the best live bands going, but they're playing in a tiny place with the stellar Karl Hendricks Trio. Glorious. That's November 11th. Hey, look... free, new Hot Snakes! A preview track called Hi-Lites from their upcoming record "Audit in Progress". It's quintessential Snakes, and has got me even more excited for their live return to Boston on November 14th. Here's a real treat... Marm0t has posted a link to what may be my favorite song off Elliott Smith's upcoming final album, "From a Basement on the Hill". It's called Twilight, and it's near perfection. Beautiful and heartbreaking at all at once. A new, super-economical compilation is out this week called "For Whom the Casio Tolls: First Blood", on Asaurus Records. A mere 4 clams via PayPal. As the title implies, all the songs were created using Casio keyboards, and my pal Colin has contributed the song "Remember in November". Any resemblance between that title and the second line on the new Jimmy Eat World record is purely coincidental. Neither concerns my birthday, but both do address the same thing: a much-needed change. Which brings me to... I was fairly annoyed that the Republican National Convention caused me to miss Snow Patrol's appearance on Letterman a few weeks back (well, one of several reasons that whole suck-fest annoyed me). Bush's babbling, and the talking-head coverage afterwards, bumped the Late Show beyond my TiVo's pre-set recording time. Woke up the next day to check out SP's performance... dee-nied. Thankfully, Snow Patrol's U.S. site has just posted a recording of the performance, and while it's not the best quality, they looked and sounded like they really pulled it off. "Run" may not be my favorite from the record, and it's too bad the guys had to self-edit the song to get the length down for Dave, but I'm just glad to see them get the attention. Our nation's gradual recovery from the hell that was Nu-Metal and Creedy-crap continues on. Looking for something to read in the bookstore yesterday, I happened upon the brand new George Pelecanos paperback, Shoedog. Didn't even realize it was due out, but it's exactly what I'm in the mood for. Not only is the man the master of D.C. crime fiction, but he's one of the contributing writers to the best drama on TV, HBO's The Wire. He joined up at the start of last season and you can just tell. His style is all over it. There's a reason people call The Wire "the best novel on television". Speaking of which, the new season starts up on Sunday, and I can't wait. Not only does Pelecanos remain on board, but Boston-based scribe Dennis Lehane, one of my faves (and the man behind Mystic River), has joined the writing team this season. F'in sweet. After the bookstore I swung by EB Games to grab the new Call of Duty expansion pack. Arguably the best wartime first-person PC game, the original CoD hooked me hard, and I'm a sucker for it's online action. The new expansion, United Offensive, recreates the U.S.'s Battle of the Bulge, the British Invasion of Sicily, and the Russian Battle for Kursk. If you're CoD-curious, you can download free demos of the expansion and the original right here. The new game and I will be no doubt be spending some quality time together this weekend. I'd better hurry up and finish it, though, along with the still-in-progress Doom 3, because Half Life 2 is getting closer. On deck for this weekend: The Raiders of the Lost Ark Adaptation at the Coolidge. A group of friends spent 6 years filming a shot-for-shot recreation of Raiders, and it's gotten rave reviews, if not for it's technical achievement, but for it's obvious enthusiasm and the persistance of the creators. The director, Eric Zala, will be at the screening. My first question: Did you try to get the fly to land on Toht's face? Also hoping to check out Thai film Ong Bak at the Boston Film Festival. Gotta make the time. Prolific fiction writer Peter David will be in Boston tomorrow, appearing at New England Comics in Brockton at 2:30 PM, and at the one on Harvard St. in Brookline at 6 o'clock. He'll be there to pimp a couple new comics he's got out, sign some books, maybe make some fanboy conversation. Take a gander at his biliography, it's mighty impressive. And looking far ahead: Boston gets treated to the Stella Comedy Tour on November 18th. This three-man funny-groop is Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain, who've been doing their thing together, individually, and as part of the comedy collective The State for nearly sixteen years. The Stella show started in '97 at the Fez in NYC, and I'm pretty psyched I finally get a chance to check it out up here. For fans of Da Ali G Show, this is absolutely freakin' priceless. I've wondered what actual residents of Khazakhstan thought of Ali G creator Sacha Baron Cohen's character Borat Sagdiyev, who hilariously pretends to be Khazakhstan's sixth most famous man exploring America. Hell, I wondered if they'd even heard of him. Well, they have, and they are not amused. That whole silly article is nearly as funny as some of Borat's escapades. But not quite. Well, how about that? My coffee cup is nearly empty and my headache is almost gone. Funny the way that works.  |
sparklehorse
live at the paradise
in boston, mass.
on monday, february 26th, 2009
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