boston area shows of note: monday, october 6th catfish haven dead confederate mean creek the motion sick @ tt the bears monday, october 6th the wedding present the jealous girlfriends @ the middle east downstairs monday, october 6th fleet foxes frank fairfield @ the somerville theatre monday, october 6th stereolab le loup monade @ the paradise tuesday, october 7th liam finn the veils @ the paradise wednesday, october 8th lucinda williams @ the orpheum wednesday, october 8th the opening night of carrie fisher's one woman show 'wishful drinking' @ the huntington theater (bu) wednesday, october 8th allison moyet @ the wilbur theatre wednesday, october 8th wire @ the middle east downstairs thursday, october 9th chuck ragan (of hot water music) ben nichols (of lucero) tim barry (of avail) with guest jesse malin @ the middle east friday, october 10th kirsten a. malone scholarship fundraiser ho-ag bone zone tinsel teeth cathy cathodic @ the milky way friday, october 10th writer sarah vowell 7pm @ brookline booksmith saturday, october 11th the new year dirty on purpose tre orsi @ the middle east upstairs saturday, october 11th les savy fav passion pit phil and the osophers @ the middle east downstairs saturday, october 11th the feelies @ the roxy sunday, october 12th the residents @ showcase live, foxboro sunday, october 12th the notwist @ the roxy sunday, october 12th jamie lidell janelle monae @ the paradise sunday, october 12th against me! ted leo & the pharmacists the future of the left @ the wilbur theatre monday, october 13th tv on the radio the dirtbombs @ the wilbur theatre tuesday, october 14th cold war kids @ the paradise thursday, october 16th TOURFILTER DJ NIGHT with dj's chris tourfilter and bradley almanac featuring only songs by bands playing soon in the boston area 9pm @ river gods, cambridge thursday, october 16th ben kweller whitley @ the paradise thursday, october 16th jonatha brooke glen phillips (from toad the wet sprocket) @ the wilbur theatre friday, october 17th hallelujah the hills wonderful spells capstan shafts needy visions @ tt the bears friday, october 17th jonathan richman with drummer tommy larkin @ the somerville theatre saturday, october 18th asobi seksu the broken river prophet @ tt the bears saturday, october 18th ra ra riot walter meego the morning benders @ the middle east sunday, october 19th the spinto band frightened rabbit @ the middle east monday, october 20th magnetic morning (adam swervedriver & sam interpol) julie ocean springhouse (w/jack rabid) @ great scott tuesday, october 21st annuals live in-store performance 7pm @ newbury comics, newbury st. tuesday, october 21st minus the bear annuals sylvie @ the wilbur theatre tuesday & wednesday october 21st & 22nd billy bragg @ the somerville theatre wednesday, october 22nd writer/expert john hodgman 6pm @ the coolidge corner theatre wednesday, october 22nd yeasayer @ the paradise wednesday, october 22nd lyle lovett & john hiatt (acoustic, on stage together) @ the orpheum thursday, october 23rd robert fisher (of willard grant conspiracy) chris brokaw drew o'doherty @ the lily pad thursday, october 23rd lykke li @ the paradise thursday, october 23rd deerhoof experimental dental school @ the middle east down friday, october 24th fujiya & miyagi prototypes @ the paradise sunday, october 26th scars on broadway the duke spirit @ the paradise sunday, october 26th broken social scene land of talk @ the wilbur theatre monday, october 27th matthew sweet @ the paradise wednesday, october 29th legendary pink dots @ the middle east down thursday, october 30th of montreal @ the orpheum friday, october 31st hotel cafe tour with rachael yamagata, meiko, thao nguyen, samanatha crain, and jenny owen youngs @ the paradise friday, october 31st the rumble strips birdmonster @ tt the bears friday, october 31st david byrne performing the songs of byrne & eno @ the wang center saturday, november 1st henry rollins (spoken word) @ the orpheum monday, november 3rd matt and kim best fwends @ the middle east monday, november 3rd coldplay @ the td banknorth garden wednesday, november 5th conor oberst + the mystic valley band @ the roxy thursday, november 6th the decemberists loche lamond @ the orpheum friday, november 7th "my name is bruce" area theatrical premiere with director/star bruce campbell @ the kendall square cinema sunday, november 9th the hold steady drive-by truckers @ the orpheum tuesday, november 11th deerhunter times new viking the vivian girls @ the paradise wednesday, november 12th the sea and cake @ the middle east down wednesday, november 12th kings of leon we are scientists the whigs @ the orpheum thursday, november 13th nicole atkins & the sea salt & samovar @ tt the bears friday & saturday november 14th & 15th smashing pumpkins @ the citi wang theatre saturday, november 15th scarce (cd release!) wheat triplethick @ tt the bears sunday, november 16th centro-matic @ the middle east monday, november 17th margot & the nuclear so and so's @ tt the bears tuesday, november 18th m83 school of seven bells @ the middle east down thursday, november 20th bishop allen @ the middle east friday, november 21st robyn hitchcock performing 'i often dream of trains' @ the somerville theatre saturday, november 22nd sondre lerche @ the paradise sunday, november 30th 18th dye devon williams @ tt the bears tuesday, december 2nd nada surf delta spirit jealous girlfriends @ the paradise friday, december 5th mercury rev dean & britta @ the paradise sunday, december 7th bazaar bizarre boston! (with djs, including brad 'nac) 12-7pm @ the castle, park plaza saturday, december 13th neil young wilco everest @ the dcu center, worcester sunday, december 14th bon iver @ the wilbur theatre monday, january 5th, 2009 glasvegas rails to russia @ great scott sunday, january 18th frightened rabbit @ great scott visit tourfilter for more shows |
Thursday, May 05, 2005 Get the ’Nac: The Bradcast is in Beta As a small step towards some eventual blogcasting (no, they're not podcasts, 'cuz you don't need an iPod), I just set up my own Shoutcast server for Almanac readers. For now it's called The Almanac Bradcast, and it streams my entire 22,000 song music collection at 128kbps out over the wire, mostly at random, but sometimes specially programmed by yours truly. I can create playlists on the fly ('bands coming to town', 'new this week', 'Boston bands', or maybe by genre depending on my mood), and I can even take requests and drop songs in on a moment's notice. Got a song you want to hear while you're sitting in your cube? Just send me an instant message at AIM screenname 'bradcast'. Right now the stream is limited to 5 users at a time (including me, of course), but depending on how much bandwidth the (admittedly small) home-based connection can handle, I might bump that up (or down?). Hopefully I'll be able to keep it at 128k, though... we'll see. 192kpbs resulted in too much buffering, and I've only had 4 users max on it so far. So get listening (open link in your browser, or open it with WinAmp or iTunes), and let me know how it sounds on your end... the more feedback I get, the better it'll become. Yes, I know the occasional mp3 tag will be messed up, but I'm fixing them little by little... and I make no apologies for some of the random stuff that might appear; the stream might be classified as 'indie', but I'd have a hard time arguing that my collection is all that. Mostly, yeah. Labels, schmabels. A quick copy and paste of the 'recently played songs' gives you an idea what you're in for though... 14:29:48 Slowdive - Silver Screen (demo)Now that I've let this outta the bag, it'll probably get crushed in about 10 minutes, so beware the buffering, and of it disappearing suddenly. In the end, this thing is mostly for myself, so if you end up getting kicked while I'm testing it out, sorry in advance. Especially if it's during a song that's hitting you just right... Movin' on then... ![]() Ticket alert: Genius director Hal Hartley is coming to town in a few weeks to personally introduce a screening of his new movie, "The Girl From Monday". The film is playing at the Brattle on June 3rd through June 5th, and also at the Coolidge until June 9th, but Hartley will only be appearing at the Friday, June 3rd, 7:15 Brattle screening. Tickets are now on sale, and they'll no doubt disappear quickly, so go ahead and get yours here. ![]() So we saw the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy movie last weekend, and as a pretty loyal fan of the books... I reeeeally didn't enjoy it. Well, most of it. And Amie, as someone who's never read the books... disliked it even more. She actually bailed about halfway through and caught a bunch of Kung Fu Hustle in the theater next door, which she loved, of course. I'll spare you a bunch of complaining about it, though. The friends I saw it with will be surprised to read this, actually, as I didn't really voice my opinion afterwards... didn't want to bring anyone who loved it down. Don't even think they knew that Amie escaped... but I do know they agree with the all-healing appeal of the Kung-Fu Hustle. Tonight: We might just try to crash the Serenity screening, hoping that someone, anyone, has extra tickets. Oh please oh please oh please... I cannot hold out until September. ![]() Speaking of Serenity, this is pretty damn cool... Dark Horse Comics will be putting out a 3-issue Serenity mini-series from creator and super-scribe Joss Whedon that will bridge the gap between the end of the TV series and the movie. Let's hear it for sweet, sweet synergy. ![]() At long last, a date: Word is that the very-much-awaited Miss Mary record, "Ready 2 Pop", the sophomore followup to 2000's "Hey Blue" (and followup to the recent 'release' of "Holly"), will be out on May 23rd. Check out her MySpace page for songs, details on (hopefully) future live appearances, and where to buy the thing. Nice to think she'll be playing out again, baby and bass player in tow. ![]() Also on the subject of talented friends, the one n' only Colin Clary made a live radio appearance a couple days ago on Providence, RI's WBRS 88.1 FM, on the 'Phoning It In' program. As the name implies, guests perform live over the phone, and Colin played a whole bunch of random songs. The sound quality varies, but overall it sounds pretty good considering, so give the archived show a listen on your computer right here. ![]() Fans of Ida get some long awaited goodies: Insound now has their hard-to-find (and limited edition) Last Affair Records releases for sale in their Annex. These include the one-time import only Dan Littleton solo record 'Nobody's Fault But Mine' coupled with his other ultra-rare solo disc 'Down By The Riverside', plus a limited double-disc live recording from San Fran's Bottom of the Hill in April 2000. That live show also apparently includes 3 new recordings. Mine are on the way. That reminds me... I sent my artwork off awhile ago for Dark Beloved Cloud's Singles Club so I could get some new Ida songs. Wonder how long that usually takes? Anyone try it? ![]() This is fairly random: Photos I took at Boston's first flash mob are being used this weekend as part of a symposium called "Sampling the Spectrum: The Politics, Practices and Poetics of Mobile Technologies" at La Soci�t� des Arts et Technologiques in Montreal. It starts today, and a grad student asked if it was ok to display them during her Saturday discussion on "Flash Mobbing: �Hipster Sheep�, �The Clique Machine� and �A Love Rug�". In the unlikely event that anyone reading this actually attends, lemme know. ![]() There's a brand new mp3 blog on the block, and it's called 'Last Post on the Bugle'. I guess Adam's a regular Almanac reader, so it's cool to see him joining in. ![]() Most of you know this by now, but just in case: The Daily Show's Steven Colbert is getting his own show. Great news, and yet, I'll really miss his obvious (and usually successful) attempts to get Jon Stewart to crack up during his pieces. And what will become of The God Machine?! He'd better bring it with him, because no one else could punch it quite so perfectly. ![]() Bruce Campbell returns to town: Boston is the next to last stop on his book tour for 'Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way'. It's not until September 16th, and yeah, that's a hell of a long ways away, but early notice is good notice. ![]() The new Tullycraft disc, 'Disenchanted Hearts Unite' got released this week, and you can check out one song from it over at Three Imaginary Girls (just click the banner in the left column there), and another one over at the Magic Marker Records site. In honor of it's release, I'll be sharing up a live set on Monday from Crayon, the band that Tullycraft sprung from many years back. ![]() Probably won't hear from me until Monday (although ya never know), so I hope everyone has a good weekend. Me? I'm so, so psyched for Saturday's Lucksmiths / Ladybug Transistor / Pipas show at P.A.s Lounge, and the get-together we're having beforehand. 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