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saturday, march 13th
butch walker & the black widows
will dailey
@ the paradise
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
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
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
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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Thursday, January 29, 2004 Oh My: Meet the new David Brent Yes, I worship at the altar of Ricky Gervais and his brilliant work as Office-man David Brent. Yes, I cringed slightly when I heard they were going to make an "American version" of The Office. Such a potential trainwreck, and fairly unnecessary. Yes, I was as shocked as anyone when the BBC show received two major Golden Globe Awards last weekend. Not because it didn't deserve 'em, but because I just didn't think the Hollywood Foreign Press would get is so right. The man's a genius, the show is funnier than anything that's been on U.S. TV in years, and apparantly, sometimes these awards folks pay attention. Fast on the heels of the awards comes new hope for the stateside version. Read this. Ladies and gentleman, they've chosen Mr. Steve Carell to play David Brent. My one-time favorite Daily Show correspondent. Ricky Gervais is here working on the show with him, and he has said "There is an actor who we are all very excited about but we don't want to say his name yet."   Well, now we know his name, and I'm just as excited. I wonder if they'll make him do "the dance"? I can see it now...  Give Me The Cure... Went to Newbury Comics expecting to spend around $10 for the new Stereolab disc, ended up blowing upwards of fifty bucks. My self-restraint crumbled at the site of...  Speaking as a formerly obsessive Cure fanatic, one who spent hundreds of dollars and too many years hunting down every single one of their b-sides and outtakes (eventually compiling four burned discs full of 'em), this just-released Join the Dots box set is a freakin' gold mine. 70 songs... they're all here, and the packaging is beautiful. (sadly, no Carnage Visors, though) Y'know, my Cure love may have lessened with passing time, but they've still got a comfy spot in my heart n' head. I was waaaay too into them, they were too damn good at their peak to dismiss due to years of sub-par stuff (*cough* u2 *cough*), and I still listen to their pre-Wish albums every once in awhile. The next few days suddenly have a soundtrack. New Rekkids: Stereolab, PKids, ALC, PtG A trip to your local audio emporium is in order, as Stereolab's latest hit the shelves yesterday, along with a new one from indie stalwarts the Poster Children. The PKids have been selling it online for a few weeks, so head to their site if you can't find it easily. Hey, speakin' of Stereolab, tour dates are being announced, so check 'em. Attention Mr. Gane: Please come to Boston for the springtime? Thanks. On deck: Pilot to Gunner's second disc is out in the states in just a couple weeks (their new website is now up, too), and Audio Learning Center's arrives in March. From the latest ALC emailing: Well, it's finally finished - the new Audio Learning Center album "Cope Park" is in the can, and coming out on Vagrant Records March 23rd. Right now we're stressing over the package design and publicity photos, but the music is DONE, and we're damn proud of this batch of songs. Chris Brady put his all into recording and editing most of the tracks, and uber-producer Joe Chiccarelli mixed everything better than we could ever have imagined. We really hope you like it.Someone I trust has heard the whole thing, and the world needs this album right about now. Another reason to hope for a quickly passing winter. The New Stinger: Go Get It Yes, I'm still here. Trying to feel more settled, and get a full night's sleep, but both are proving a little elusive. Yawn. Heads up, you computer (l)users... The email server-clogging Mydoom virus (and it's nasty new variants) has prompted Network Associates (the McAfee folks) to release a new and improved version of Stinger (v1.9.9), their completely free virus removal tool. Not only will it hunt and kill Mydoom, but it'll check for over 30 other major infections. Get it, run it, love it. Tuesday, January 20, 2004 Mucho Manual Labor Kinda quiet around here, huh? Well, I've got a good excuse... our relocation down the street is in full swing. Took the week off from work to pack up and bring all our junk to the new place, carload by carload. When I'm not doing that, I'm ripping up carpet, taking a crowbar to the leftover carpet tack, pulling up nails & staples, and helping our friend Steve put down new hardwood floors. My knees and back are already sore, and my hands are nicked up nicely, but I'm getting more satisfaction out of this stuff than a month of sitting in front of a computer. Pride in hard, physical work. Pride in our owning our own home. Pretty damn gratifying. I've already taken apart our toilet and fixed it, installed our dryer's exit hose, and repaired a couple of doors. Next up: install a cat door to the litter box spot, and wire the place with network cabling (geek out!). Home Depot is my new hangout. As of this coming Saturday, we're officially free. Not necessarily unpacked, just extricated from our old pad and out from under the noisy hellbeasts above. So long, suckers. Oh, the show on Sunday was loads of fun... after just a couple of practices, we somehow pulled of a set full of Mike Nesmith songs. My favorite Monkee. We toyed with the idea of calling ourselves The Drunkees, but thought better of it ...  So, yeah, the computer's getting packed up, and the moving marches on. Probably won't be hearing much outta me this week, but I'll be back to bloggin' come Monday. Until then... Thursday, January 15, 2004 Pixies & Pullman So it's official. The Pixies are reuniting on stage in May, California-style. As tempted as I am to head west, I'll hope for word of an East Coast show or two. More news in the "hope it doesn't tarnish my much-valued memories" department: Ridley Scott has been confirmed as the director, and Tom Stoppard as the screenwriter, for a movie based on Phillip Pullman's brilliant, magical His Dark Materials trilogy. I can't imagine the story translating to the big-screen in a non-animated form (or in anything less than two films), but I'm excited nonetheless. The stage adaptation currently in production in London is getting raves, and it's done in two parts, so here's hoping. Speaking of London, I'll be there for two weeks in March, and every. single. showing. of the play is sold out while I'm there. Curses! Sunday on Stage: Me at TTs Pardon me while I indulge in some brief personal pimping ... Assuming that Boston is not some kind of frozen, deserted wasteland by the weekend, your host (that would be me) will be sitting behind the drums on Sunday night, along with three-fourths of the very fine band Mistle Thrush. Valerie, Matt, & Scott have graciously (carelessly?) invited me join them in opening up for April March at TT the Bears in Cambridge. We're not playing any Mistle Thrush songs, but the first person there to figure out exactly what we are playing wins, um, our respect? Or maybe a beer. That's probably worth a little more to ya. So, yeah, Sunday the 18th. TT the Bears. A quarter to ten. Don't laugh. Wednesday, January 14, 2004 Post-Parlo Perfection: Gibbard vs. Kenny Is it too late to add something to my best cds of 2003 list? No? Good.
I've been slacking in my "Mp3 of the Week" duties, so I'll offer up a couple if you make me a promise: Send Post-Parlo some cash. Order something up so they can keep putting out these stellar EPs (the series also includes Eric Metronome, Britt Daniel from Spoon, & Bright Eyes), along with stuff like exclusive John Vanderslice vinyl. So, is it a deal? Excellent. For your listening pleasure: American Analog Set's original Choir Vandals, and Ben Gibbard's cover of it, from Home V. This is just a little taste of the EP, so get over to Post-Parlo and make with the buyin'. Tuesday, January 13, 2004 Bush in 30 Seconds: The Winners The award winners for Moveon.Org's "Bush in 30 Seconds" political advertisement competition have been announced, so head on over there and check 'em out. All the finalists are worth viewing, especially my personal favorite, "What Are We Teaching Our Children?". The star-studded lineup of judges included Jack Black, James Carville, Margaret Cho, Hector Elizondo, Al Franken, Janeane Garofalo, Jessica Lange, Michael Mann, Moby, Michael Moore, Mark Pellington, Tony Shalhoub, Russell Simmons, Michel Stipe, Eddie Vedder, Gus Van Sant, and more. The winning ad, the excellent "Child's Pay", will run nationwide January 17th through the 21st, paid for by the MoveOn.org Voter Fund. It will coincide nicely with our appointed prez�s State of the Union address on the 20th. Monday, January 12, 2004 Today: b.good in Boston
Big Mac? 33 grams of fat, 600 caloriesAnd check out the french fry comparison... Mickey D's: 3.7 ounces of fries, 16 grams of fat, 320 caloriesNot much of a contest, huh?  If we're lucky, owners (and friends since 6th grade) Jon and Anthony will be able to spread b.good beyond the Back Bay. It's a great idea that the ever-widening American waistline has needed for a long time. Check out b.good's online menu to figure out what you'll be eating this week, and for a laugh, check out their written history. Jon and Anthony's sense of humor, and their hopes for the future, seem as genuine as the food they're serving up.
The very first b.good is located at 131 Dartmouth Street, next to the Back Bay T Station. Lunchtime's in an hour, see ya over there. (note: Having returned from lunch, I give a big thumbs up to their honey mustard turkey sandwich, and their caesar salad rocked me. Really excellent homemade, lemon-caesar vinaigrette. Yum. Oh, and whatever kinks they had in the prep line have been flattened right out... that was some fast food.) Friday, January 09, 2004 Mmmm... Thin Minty!
Thursday, January 08, 2004 Happy Closing Day For our curious friends, interested acquaintances, and voyeuristic onlookers ... It's official... as of 10 o'clock this morning, we own our first home. Our closing went off without a hitch... dozens of papers were signed (see Amie in the upper right there), a monster check was handed over, the keys to the place are ours. It's one of those momentous life-event type-things that completely overwhelms, excites, and terrifies. We're in debt up to our necks, but I feel frighteningly free. Free of landlords. Free of stomping feet and badly-played instruments from above. One of my little dreams has come true. We own. We 0\/\/Nz0rZ! So now the moving starts. We have three weeks to get it done, and it's just down the street, so it's gonna be (relatively) easy. The carpet's getting ripped up, hardwood's going down, walls are being painted, the cable guy is scheduled. Amie's got her mind set on a superbowl-type party, and I'm game... but that might be a bit optimistic. Something to shoot for, though.  Waitaminute... I just bought a house... and I'm married to someone who actually wants to have a superbowl party. How about that? Tuesday, January 06, 2004 The Common Squirrels I suppose this can be considered a New Year's resolution, but it's something I've done many times before and hope to do a few days a week from here on out: Spend my lunch hour walking around downtown Boston, ending up in the Commons, feedin' squirrels. I did it again today and was overwhelmed by the number (and flat-out fatness) of the ones that gathered 'round, looking to score some peanuts. At one point I counted well over a dozen, most on the ground, some on the bench around me, even one sitting my freakin' lap.  Obviously, these suckers aren't shy. I don't know anyone with a squirrel fixation deeper than mine, but even I was kinda freaked out with one sitting on my Doc Marten, one on my knee, and another leaping up onto my shoulder. A hungry little bugger even jumped straight inside my package of peanuts (insert your own custom 'nutsack' joke here). Greedy, but cute, little guy.  shoulder squirrel Walking outta the park I was the pied piper o' peanuts. A horde of squirrels followed me to the gate, stopped as I left, and stared longingly at me as I headed down Boylston. Fat, fuzzy little food whores.  Monday, January 05, 2004 Best of 2003: Albums Well, here it is. The first of my year-end favorites lists, the records that helped me make it through 2003, in no particular order ...
Thursday, January 01, 2004 So This Is The New Year ... ... and I don't feel any different. Yeah, I'm still kinda sick. Happy happy joy joy and rah rah rah to everyone out there. It's two thousand and four. Doesn't that sound strange? I mean, 2003 was a number I could wrap my head around, but 2004 sounds just a bit more futuristic. Maybe that's just me, though. So now we get to scream "It's 2004! Come on! Where are the flying cars! Where's my personal teleporter! Promises were made in cartoon form!". So I'm starting to work on this little page here. It's an ever-changing, ever-updating page of mp3 download links out there on the not-so-inertnet. Relatively stable places to grab live shows, rarities, and randomness from bands I like and you just might. It'll also include a few invaluable links to sites that regularly feature a rotating song or two, or provide great linkage themselves (like Chrome Waves, Largehearted Boy, and Kingblind, already listed on the right). I can't thank those guys enough for keeping the good stuff comin'. (Got any good mp3 resource links to throw at me? My email addy is in the lower left over there. Much obliged.) Speakin' of the good stuff, you should be checking out Jenn's radio playlists from her show on WMFO, the Hedgehog's Dilemma. She's got it goin' on. Better yet, you should be listenin' every week. There's 'MFO streaming audio here. Great way to start yer Sunday. In progress: My Best of 2003 Lists. I know, the anticipation is just killing you. |
Home Volume V - Benjamin Gibbard & Andrew Kenny
Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
British Sea Power - The Decline of ...
The Stills - Logic Will Break Your Heart
Pretty Girls Make Graves - The New Romance
Twilight Singers - Blackberry Belle
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak
The New Pornographers - Electric Version
The Postal Service - Give Up
American Analog Set - Promise of Love
Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
Nada Surf - Let Go
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