bradley's almanac - a boston music blog

boston area shows of note:

sunday, may 11th

hallelujah the hills

girls, guns, & glory

and many more

free @ mayfair in harvard square

sunday, may 11th

the lymbyc systym

@ the middle east

monday, may 12th

the cure

@ agganis arena

tuesday, may 13th

british sea power

the rosebuds

jeffrey lewis

@ the paradise

thursday, may 15th

tourfilter dj night

songs by bands coming to town

(with djs yours truly & chris tourfilter)

9pm @ river gods near central square

thursday, may 15th

bishop allen

the teeth

the self righteous brothers

@ the middle east downstairs

friday, may 16th

ryan's smashing life presents...

aloud, murder mystery,

miss fairchild, & scuba

@ tt the bears

friday, may 16th

bell x1

@ the paradise

friday, may 16th

bruce cockburn

catherine maclellan

@ the somerville theatre

saturday, may 17th

thee silver mt. zion memorial

orchestra & tra-la-la band

(members of godspeed you black emperor)

@ the middle east downstairs

sunday, may 18th

snowden

colour revolt

the epochs

age rings

@ great scott

monday, may 19th

daily show writer

rob kutner

signing 'apocalypse how'

@ pandemonium in cambridge

tuesday, may 20th

x (john doe, exene, bonebrake, & billy)

the detroit cobras

@ the paradise

friday, may 23rd

joe lally (of fugazi)

glorytellers

thalia zedek

@ the middle east

friday, may 23rd

writer neil gaiman

@ mit's kresge auditorium

friday, may 23rd

laura veirs

liam finn

@ the middle east

saturday, may 24th

cake, cracker,

the english beat, bodeans

@ the dcr hatch shell

saturday, may 24th

son volt

@ the museum of fine arts boston

saturday, may 24th

the mary onettes

@ the middle east

wednesday, may 28th

duran duran

@ agganis arena

friday, may 30th

the gentlemen

eric salt & the electric city

the rationales (cd release)

@ tt the bears

friday, may 30th

sea wolf

the jealous girlfriends

@ the paradise

saturday, may 31st

jeremy enigk

damien jurado

@ great scott

sunday, june 1st

ida

michael hurley

@ the nave gallery, somerville

monday, june 2nd

M83

@ the middle east downstairs

wednesday, june 4thnd

hayden

@ great scott

thursday, june 5th

the breeders

the montana boys

@ the paradise

friday, june 6th

orbit

taxpayer

the fatal flaw

boone

@ tt the bears

friday, june 6th

styrofoam

broken spindles

@ the middle east

friday, june 6th

mudhoney

the cynics

@ the middle east

saturday, june 7th

langhorne slim

baker

@ tt the bears

saturday, june 7th

pela

static of the gods

the motion sick

shawn fogel

@ the middle east

sunday, june 8th

donita sparks (ex-L7)

& the stellar moments

@ tt the bears

monday, june 9th

the kooks

@ the paradise

tuesday, june 10th

swervedriver

@ the paradise

wednesday, june 11th

the cannanes

the in out

painful dentistry

@ the midway cafe

wednesday, june 11th

grand archives

@ great scott

wednesday, june 11th

mark kozelek

(sun kil moon / red house painters)

marissa nadler

@ the museum of fine arts boston

thursday, june 12th

tullycraft

pants yell!

the smittens

@ pa's lounge

thursday, june 12th

damon & naomi

helena espvall & masaki batoh

@ tt the bears

thursday, june 12th

mission of burma

performing the album

'signals, calls and marches'

@ the paradise

friday, june 13th

mission of burma

performing the album 'vs'

@ the paradise

saturday, june 14th

centro-matic

@ the middle east upstairs

friday, june 13th

r.e.m.

modest mouse

the national

@ the tweeter center

wednesday, june 18th

sloan

the golden dogs

@ tt the bears

thursday, june 19th

retribution gospel choir

(with low's alan sparhawk)

@ the middle east upstairs

thursday, june 19th

the ting tings

@ great scott

friday, june 20th

polvo

birds of avalon

@ the middle east downstairs

friday, june 20th

my brightest diamond

clare & the reasons

@ the berklee performance center

saturday, june 21st

eksi ekso (cd release)

caspian

hooray for earth

dj die young

@ the paradise

friday, june 27th

devo

tom tom club

@ bank of american pavillion

saturday, june 28th

peter murphy

@ the roxy

saturday, june 28th

& monday, june 30th

pearl jam

ted leo & the pharmacists

@ the tweeter center

saturday, july 5th

cassavettes

girls, guns, and glory

teenage prayers

@ the paradise

tuesday, july 8th

feist

@ the bank of america pavilion

saturday, july 12th

bottomless pit

the kadane bros.

(of the new year / bedhead)

chris brokaw

@ the middle east upstairs

thursday, july 31st

the police

elvis costello & the impersonators

@ the tweeter center

saturday, august 2nd

wolf parade

@ the paradise

wednesday, august 6th

neil halstead (slowdive/mojave 3)

rogue wave

jack johnson

@ the tweeter center

wednesday, august 13th

radiohead

@ the tweeter center

wednesday, august 20th

human league, belinda carlisle, abc,

flock of seagulls, naked eyes

@ the bank of america pavilion

sunday, september 7th

ryan adams & the cardinals

@ the bank of america pavilion

tuesday, september 23rd

writer dennis lehane

(release day for 'the given day')

@ the coolidge corner theatre

monday, october 6th

stereolab

monade

@ the paradise

monday, november 3rd

coldplay

@ the td banknorth garden

visit tourfilter for more shows

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Blizzard of Odd...

First, semi-obligatory mp3 content: Death Cab for Cutie's cover of Julian Cope's World Shut Your Mouth, along with the original (and fuller) studio version of Title And Registration. And now, on to the snowy stuff...

So we're dug out and I'm back at my office after a forced work-from-home day... which consisted of alternately shoveling, working, more shoveling, finding a snowplow guy, working, and figuring out how to deal with our raving lunatic of a neighbor. It wasn't just a blizzard of snow, it was a blizzard of crazy.

The next-door nutjob actually came out of her place, red-faced and fists-raised, to start swearing at the nice Russian woman and her son, who live in the other end unit and were out shoveling. She seriously said "I'm going sue all your asses! I'm going to get all of you pig f**kers!!". We're talking frothing-at-the-mouth, full-on-shaking dementia. Her socially-inept sidekick boyfriend actually had to drag her back inside. Nutty!

It doesn't end there, though. The freak actually called Amie's boss, and left two rambling messages about how she's going to "do everything she can to get her real estate license revoked" !! What th'?!? Independent of the massive implications such an act would have if Amie's boss wasn't totally cool, the messages are pretty funny, well, in a scary-somebody-needs-counseling kinda way. I'd post 'em here but I'll save 'em for court. Yes, the mutant has crossed a line, and it's war. Lawyers are on the case, restraining orders are being arranged, she's goin' down. Those two phone calls and her in-the-face freakout put us all over the edge of tolerance. As Yngwie said: "You've unleased the &**&^# Fury!"

Funny side notes: While driving the treacherous roads to the supermarket with the Russian husband (his was the only car dug out at the time, and we had to go for supplies), I stupidly said: "This snow is nuts! Have you ever seen anything like this?!".

He pauses, looks at me, and deadpans: "I come from Siberia".

Classic. We both got a good laugh outta that one. Talk about asking the wrong guy.

Later on that night, after the craziness of the day subsided, Amie and I were relaxing inside when the doorbell rang. For a moment I thought it might be the freak-job wielding one of her "can I sell you a" ginsu knives, but fortunately it was someone from MASSPIRG, looking for a donation for their latest campaign. Now, normally our finances would make me find a comfortable way to say "sorry", but the girl seemed really sincere, and plus... she was trudging door to door in a billion feet of snow. Not fun. So I cut her a small check.

As she was waiting inside for me to do that (and of course, getting kiss-attempts from Nina), Amie asked her: "Hey, you didn't try to talk to the lady next door, did you?"

And the MASSPIRG canvasser responds, "Yeah, she actually yelled at me!". I couldn't help but start cracking up. And y'know what she yelled at her, through her closed window? "How dare you come to my house at a time like this!!". A time like this? Uhhhh... can you say "koo-koo"?

Anyway, here are a few photos from the Blizzle of Oh-Fizzle. Sorry, no pictures of our neighbor nutjob. Amie's car is actually in a couple of these pictures, not that you can see it under all the freakin' white stuff.