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recommended boston area events

wednesday, march 17th

joanna newsom

@ the sanders theatre, harvard


wednesday, march 17th

henry rollins (spoken word)

@ the somerville theatre


thursday, march 18th

TOURFILTER DJ NIGHT!

when tourfilter's chris +

the almanac's brad (aka, me)

spin songs by bands coming to

the boston area sometime soon

9pm sharp @ river gods


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 folds & 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

@ 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, may 5th

minus the bear


@ the wilbur theatre


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


visit tourfilter for more shows



Friday, October 08, 2004

If Ever A Week There Was...

Well, that was a week right there, I tell ya. Waking up every morning a little more drained than the one before, refusing to believe that I really shouldn't be staying out so late on weeknights.


On Monday evening, Amie and I spontaneously ended up at the Red Sox Rally, and old-school pep rally in Fenway park to kick off the playoffs. The team was out in Anaheim, practicing on an off-day, and being interviewed live on the big screen for a crowd of cheering thousands. Remy and Orsillo hosted the two-hour event from a stage that was extended from the dugout, and we were just a few rows away. The much-missed NESN hosts (I'd turn the tv down and listen to the radio if there wasn't a freakin' time delay) were visited on stage by Sox prez & CEO Larry Lucchino, former Sox pitcher Oil Can Boyd, and catcher Rich Gedman. Team mascot Wally the Green Monster worked the crowd like a pro, even leaning in for a quick cell-photo with Amie...


Cross-country interviewees included Millar & Manny (showing off what was probably the fastest, craziest Red Sox celebratory handshake yet), along with Ortiz, Wakefield, Timlin, and more. We also got "Go Sox!" video clips from author Dennis Lehane, Denis Leary, Jimmy Fallon, Lenny Clarke... and John Kerry, to equal parts cheers and boooos.

So why the booing from the homestate crowd? I'm guessing it's less politics and more this (see news & notes). The guy may never live that 'Manny Ortez' mistake down, but hey, he'll still win in New England.

I've always hated the whole "Yankees Suck!" approach to being a Sox fan (not only is it classless, but they, um, don't suck), and was kinda embarrassed by (and for) all the idiots who incessantly chanted it that night for the TV cameras. A pro-Red Sox rally, for a playoff series against the Angels (aka not the Yankees), and they still can't leave that crap in their livingrooms? Ultra-weak. Unsurprisingly, I noticed that a lotta the people shouting that were the same ones who booed Kerry. Red Sox Nation has more than it's share of no-class citizens.


Tuesday night was Rilo Kiley, of course. Still buzzing from that excellent show, I hardly caught up on sleep before Wednesday night's late Red Sox/Angels game. Up until 2am, early to rise for a long workday and another show... this time the Green Magnet School reunion show at the Middle East. Great to see those guys on stage after so long, they rocked the post-1AM crowd mightily, in two different lineups. Here, check out one of the songs they did. My mp3 recorder is workin' out pretty well.


So that was early this morning... to bed at 3am, up for work four hours later. I'm draggin' like Beaver Dragon, hurtin' fer certain, runnin' on energy I don't have. But it's Friday afternoon, and there's an early quitting time on tap for a hopefully-satisfying Sox game. I can't believe I'm putting my faith behind a head full of ill-advised corn-rows. Today, they really are the Bo-Sox. (so funny, matt)


Black Hearts at Wal-Mart
You've gotta read this unbelievable Wal-Mart story over at Micki's. As if people didn't already have enough reason to loathe the place, this one puts 'em over the edge.


You'll Wish You Had Less Fun...
Great interview with Sealab 2021 co-creator Adam Reed over at Suicide Girls. He speaks of how Sealab came to be, and how hard they were hit by the loss of vocal-genius Harry Goz (Captain Murphy). Visit S.G. for the words... stay for the pictures. Oh, and if you're looking for some sweet Sealab sounds, swing by the Pod Six music section. Bunch of mp3s from the show, including "Fishin' Hole" by Dr. Virjay the Mahatmamas. I'm laughin' just thinkin' about that episode.

Taking His Job and Shoving It...
Wow, this man is angry. And rightly so. Read it and you'll understand. You'd be hard-pressed to find more frequent use of the word 'suck' on the web and not be at a p*rn site.


Free Download Overload...
So much music, so much hard drive space, so little time. We've got live recreations of every Swervedriver album over here, a few live tracks from American Analog Set over here, tons of random Sigur Ros songs over hnah, and a whole lotta Lou Barlow download links courtesy of this mp3 blog over hyah.


"... This Is Your Lucky Day!"
Discovered yesterday that Walter Schreifels' Walking Concert is hitting Boston on October 18th. That's awfully close, and a guaranteed sell-out, so I grabbed my ticket last night. Highly recommend you do the same if you're around here.


S'enough for today, I suppose. Time to think about how I'm going to sneak outta here for the first pitch at 4 o'clock. My boss is a Yankees fan (it's ok, I like him anyway), so he's not giving me any sympathy. His response: "The real game's not on until 8!". Yeah, we'll see about that.












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