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recommended boston area events

tuesday, may 15th

races

herego

@ tt the bears


wednesday, may 16th

father john misty

har mar superstar

@ brighton music hall


wednesday, may 16th

hyper-local craft brew tasting

two sessions: 3-6pm / 7-10pm

@ the somerville armory


saturday, may 19th

the somerville porchfest!

a wide variety of bands

playing all over town

12-6pm on porches around somerville


saturday, may 19th

foolish ida - ep release!

(featuring sarah rabdau)

an homage to maurice sendak

& inspired by his book

"outside over there"

also performing: jaggery,

heather christian & the arbornauts

red room @ cafe 939


tuesday, may 22nd

the polyphonic spree

@ the paradise


wednesday, may 23rd

sinead o'connor

canceled

@ house of blues


friday, may 25th

black fortress of opium

varsity drag

peter buzzelle &

soul clinic bible school

birdsmakebirds

@ radio


saturday, may 26th

the kooks

mean creek

royal teeth

@ house of blues


saturday, may 26th

garbage

@ the paradise


tuesday, may 29th

radiohead

caribou

@ the comcast center


wednesday, may 30th

the psychedelic furs

@ showcase live


friday, june 1st

jonathan coulton

john roderick (long winters)

@ the paradise


friday, june 1st

the dandy warhols

@ the royale


friday, june 1st

marissa nadler

faces on film

@ the somerville armory


saturday, june 2nd

the okay win (ep release!)

7pm @ the lily pad, cambridge


monday, june 4th

the clean

times new viking

@ brighton music hall


tuesday, june 5th

the cult

against me!

the icarus line

@ house of blues


wednesday, june 6th

primordial sounds presents...

prefab messiahs (reunion/tour kickoff)

bobb trimble

jesse gallagher (apollo sunshine)

@ middlesex lounge


thursday, june 7th

endless wave

ghost box orchestra

soccer mom

hex map

@ great scott


thursday, june 7th

the temper trap

@ house of blues


tuesday, june 12th

keane

mystery jets

@ house of blues


wednesday, june 13th

2:54

widowspeak

@ tt the bears


thursday, june 14th

the union square round table

presents "too much too soon"

with kristin hersh

eugene mirman

& cotton candy

@ the brattle theatre


thursday, june 14th

the david bromberg quartet

loudon wainwright iii

@ somerville theatre


friday, june 15th

laura marling

@ berklee


friday, june 15th

deer tick

turbo fruits

@ the paradise


friday, june 15th

the duke spirit

hacienda

@ berklee


friday, june 15th

foster the people

tokyo police club

@ boa pavilion


friday & saturday

june 15th & 16th

the figgs!

new album release shows!

@ church of boston


saturday, june 16th

mogwai

@ house of blues


saturday, june 16th

alejandro escovedo

@ brighton music hall


tuesday, june 19th

matthew sweet

@ the paradise


wednesday, june 20th

destroyer

sandro perri

@ the paradise


friday, june 22nd

built to spill

@ the paradise


saturday, june 23rd

the hives

@ house of blues


tuesday, june 26th

the beach boys

@ boa pavilion


thursday, june 28th

billy bragg

@ the somerville theatre


friday, june 29th

fountains of wayne

the winterpills

@ the paradise


saturday, june 30th

codeine

@ brighton music hall


saturday, june 30th

fiona apple

@ the citi/wang theatre


sunday, july 1st

roger waters: the wall

@ fenway park


tuesday, july 3rd

fruit bats

yellowbirds

@ brighton music hall


thursday, july 5th

tangerine dream

@ house of blues


sunday, july 8th

dirty projectors

purity ring

@ the paradise


wednesday, july 11th

debo band

grupo fantasma

@ brighton music hall


wednesday, july 11th

the b-52s

squeeze

@ the boa pavilion


wednesday, july 18th

best coast

those darlins

@ the royale


friday, july 20th

refused

off!

@ house of blues


saturday, july 21st

the promise ring

@ the paradise


wednesday, july 25th

gomez

@ the paradise


thursday, july 26th

shonen knife

@ great scott


friday, august 10th

real estate

@ the paradise


friday, august 24th

brian jonestown massacre

@ the royale


tuesday, august 28th

beirut

@ house of blues


monday, october 1st

godspeed you! black emperor

@ the orpheum


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Monday, January 31, 2005

2004: The Rest Of The Best Of

Following up on my favorite music of 2004, here are a few quick lists of the other random things that occupied my time last year. Figured I'd post this before '04 is more than a month behind us....


Favorites in film...
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Garden State
  • House of Flying Daggers
  • Sideways
  • Infernal Affairs
  • Ong Bak : Thai Warrior
  • The Incredibles
  • Hero
  • The Twilight Samurai
  • The also-appreciated... The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Spider-Man 2, The Bourne Supremacy, Hellboy, Saved!, Fahrenheit 9/11, Robot Stories, Team America: World Police, Criminal, Shaun of the Dead, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Napoleon Dynamite, and Undertow.

    The letdowns... Donnie Darko: Director's Cut (echo = yes, inxs = nononono), Silver City (was no Lone Star), Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow (lotsa flash, zero substance), Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (sooo sleeeepy).

    The flat-out terrible... The Butterfly Effect, Troy, Stepford Wives, Wickah Pahk, Troy, Starsky & Hutch, Open Water, and Troy. (thank the prophets they were all free)

    also saw a couple great plays last year... Pullman's His Dark Materials and Mamet's Oleanna in London



    Favorites in comics...

  • Bendis / Oeming: Powers
  • Whedon / Cassaday / Martin: Astonishing X-Men
  • Wood / Cloonan: Demo
  • Vaughan / Harris: Ex Machina
  • Vaughan / Guerra: Y the Last Man
  • Bendis / Maleev: Daredevil
  • Willingham & Co.: Fables
  • Rucka & Co.: Queen & Country
  • Thompson: Blankets
  • Diggle / Jock: The Losers
  • Bendis / Gaydos / Bagley: Alias / The Pulse
  • Brubaker / Phillips: Sleeper
  • Cooke: The New Frontier
  • Favorite hardcover collection... The first five years of James Kochalka's American Elf
    Favorite daily webcomic... surprise, it's American Elf
    Favorite minicomic... Kochalka / Thompson: "Conversations #1"



    Favorites in print...

  • Chris Ott & Joe Pernice - their 33 1/3 Series contributions
  • Neil Gaiman - American Gods
  • Howard Frank Mosher - Waiting for Teddy Williams
  • The Daily Show - America The Book
  • Robert B. Parker - Stone Cold / Melancholy Baby
  • George Pelecanos - Shoedog
  • Greg Rucka - A Gentleman's Game
  • Looking forward to in '05... Rucka's 2nd Queen & Country novel, George RR Martin's "A Feast For Crows" (Jul. 26), the first Warren Ellis novel.



    Favorite video games...
    (aka "the games I actually had time to play in 2004")

  • Half Life 2 (PC)
  • Doom III (PC)
  • GTA: San Andreas (PS2)
  • FarCry (PC)
  • Halo 2 (XBox)
  • Call of Duty: United Offensive (PC expansion pack)


  • Favorites on TV...

  • The Wire
  • The Amazing Race
  • Da Ali G Show
  • Justice League Unlimited
  • Lost
  • The Daily Show
  • Arrested Development
  • 24
  • Wonderfalls
  • Angel
  • Aqua Teen Hunger Force
  • Sealab 2021
  • Alias
  • Significant Others
  • Biggest gift... Farscape returns briefly
    Biggest tease... Enterprise flirts with goodness
    Biggest disappointment... the assimilation & dumbing down of The Screen Savers
    Biggest bummer... the undeserved end of Angel




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