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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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Tuesday, December 21, 2004
On This, The Shortest Day
Another winter solstice, with less daylight today than any other day this year. From here on out, thankfully, they just start gettin' longer. All I really want is a little daylight when I get out of work... that'd be just fine.
Saw a preview of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou last night. Another great Wes Anderson movie, although not quite as good as his previous stuff (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, & The Royal Tennenbaums). Didn't really get under my skin quite the way those did, and it came dangerously close to over-the-top quirkiness at points, backing away just in time. Lots of great moments, but I'm not givin' them away, don't worry. I even wish I hadn't seen the trailers first.
Y'know, I'd pay to see Bud Cort in a sequel called "Bill Ubell: Bond Company Stooge" anyday. So good.
Speaking of last night... what is the deal with the freakish paranoia by movie theaters & studios when it comes to cellphones with cameras in 'em? The hired security goons scanned Amie and I with metal detectors, then forced us to take our phones out to the car. Are they afraid we're going to snap random, blurry pics in the middle of the screening? And 'release' them five days before the movie comes out? Do these people think we live in some futuristic society where cellphones can record an entire film worth a digital damn? I'm just stumped.
I know that anyone who cares enough has seen the Batman Begins trailer by now (in quicktime, finally), but this one here has me even more excited: Frank Miller's Sin City. Long promised to be the most literal translation of a comic book to the screen, the more I see the higher my hopes get.
Oh, and could this remake be any more unnecessary. Sheesh.
The Wire's third season wrapped up in brilliant fashion on Sunday night, I thought. Many on messageboards were let down, expecting fireworks after the stellar preceeding episode, but I thought it was just right. Perfect way to wrap up the season, maybe even the series (it felt like it, didn't it?), while still leaving doors open for next year. We can only hope.
Or maybe sign a petition. A fast-growing one has appeared for Wire fans to beg for that fourth season, so sign up if you think it'll do any good. I don't have a lot of faith in those kinda things, but what the hell.
 week of december 29th, 2008 dirty on purpose live at the middle east in cambridge, ma on october 11th, 2008 |
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other boston-area music blogs
- anti-gravity bunny
- the ash gray proclamation
- aurgasm
- band in boston
- beginning to see the light
- clicky clicky
- drive blind
- 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
- under the rotunda
- 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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