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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


tuesday, february 3rd

heartless bastards

@ great scott


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


monday, february 23rd

witch (j. mascis)

earthless

@ tt the bears


tuesday, february 24th

jason isbell & the 400 unit

deer tick

ferraby lionheart

@ tt the bears


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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Friday, February 11, 2005

Fuel for Future Dreaming

A kinda quick Friday afternoon post for ya...


Allow me to direct your attention to newly-discovered (by me, anyway) music blog Torr, where you can grab a couple songs from the next British Sea Power disc, along with a New Order track and a couple from the upcoming release by The Bravery. Scroll around, there's lots more. Great stuff, Torr... consider yourself blogrolled.

I'm also pretty psyched to have discovered Pinchworm, not just an excellent music blog, but one that happens to be located a couple towns away from me. Head on over.


YES. The Album Leaf is returning to Boston. More specifically, TT the Bears in Cambridge on Saturday, April 2nd. If they're even half as good as the last time I saw them there, I'll still walk away satisfied.

Walking Concert and Robyn Hitchcock are also on the TTs schedule for March shows. Time to make a trip over there and pick up a bunch of service-charge-free tickets.


The new Crooked Fingers disc, 'Dignity & Shame', won't be out until the 22nd, but you can pre-order it at the Merge site as of this afternoon, along with the upcoming M. Ward and the new vinyl version of The Arcade Fire's 'Funeral'.

You can check out a preview track from that Crooked Fingers disc by sending your special friend (or, um, yourself) a 'Call To Love' Valentine's e-card. A damn good song, it is. I'm already in on that pre-order action, and the first fifty people to do that at the Merge or CF site get a bonus EP of demos from the Fingers' last album, 'Red Devil Dawn'. Hope I'm one of 'em.


The best straight-up urban action comic I've ever read came out last week: Brian Wood & Rob G's Couriers 3: The Ballad of Johnny Funwrecker. Easily the most solid of the three Couriers books, tightly-written, beautifully drawn, and just damn fun to read. Having just finished up the 12-issue DEMO series, this really shows off Brian's range, and damn has Rob G hit an artistic stride. The whole thing just flows and fires. Pick it up.


That new Sealab 2021 Season 2 DVD set is freakin' hilarious. The commentary tracks are so meandering, so casual, and so pointless... it's just perfectly appropriate (read no further if you already plan on getting it. warned ya.)

The 7030 Productions crew basically just hangs out, drinks beer, and rags on these older episodes, and on each other. Even when there's a halfway insightful question asked of one of the writers or animators, the answer boils down to "I don't remember... it was too long ago!". They can't recall the reasons behind anything they did. So they go back to the ridiculing. Aces.

On 'Hail, Squishface!', they aren't even really watching the episode... sounds like they're just playing Call of Duty in HQ mode. "Go for the radio!", "Aw man, I hate this map!", and random burpin' is pretty much all you get. "Is that thing still recording?". Love it. Swearin' abounds, and I can imagine the Cartoon Network brass had a lot of un-fun gettin' all that beeped out. Hell, the even beeped over the word 'retarded' while they were at it.

It gets better, too.... on 'Feast of Alvis' & 'Vacation', assistant designer Neal Holman reads an over-the-top comic book story he wrote in sixth grade called "The Dominators" for the rest of the 7030 crew. I was laughing right along with the rest of 'em. Even Holman couldn't keep it together.

The set is a must-get for any Sealab fan, not just because it includes 'Bizarro' and the classic 'Tinfins', or because of random bikini spotting, but for the touching (but too short) tribute to the late Harry Goz, who voiced Captain Murphy and passed away in 2003. A hell of a guy who was obviously loved by everyone involved. Interviews include Bill Lobley (the voice of Sparks), and Harry's son Michael, who now voices Tornado Shanks.


So if you glance over there on the left, you'll see I finally added an 'about' page, the 'nac faq. Something I've thought about doing for awhile now. Not sure it'll stay, but hey, there it is.





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