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recommended boston area events

tuesday, december 4th

kelly hogan

@ johnny d's


thursday, december 6th

conor oberst

@ converse hall, tremont st.


thursday, december 6th

jason isbell &

the 400 unit

@ the sinclair


friday, december 7th

the weisstronauts 14th

annual holiday jubilee

with guests tsunami of sound

preacher jack, & the derangers

@ the midway cafe, jp


friday, december 7th

caspian

moving mountains

o'brother

@ the sinclair


saturday, december 8th

patrick watson

@ the sinclair


saturday, december 8th

the faint perform

"danse macabre"

trust

icky blossoms

@ the paradise


sunday, december 9th

band of horses

@ house of blues


sunday, december 9th

japandroids

diiv

@ the paradise


wednesday, december 12th

concrete blonde

jim bianco

@ the sinclair


thursday, december 13th

annual boston christmas cavalcade

benefit for the homeless

featuring tons of artists

(see fb event for details)

@ johnny d's


thursday, december 13th

nada surf

eternal summers

@ the paradise


thursday, december 13th

mates of state

in the valley below

@ brighton music hall


friday, december 14th

forgetters (blake from

jawbreaker's band)

& more tba

@ democracy center, harvard square


sunday, december 30th

sufjan stevens

sheila saputo

@ the royale


monday, december 31st

my morning jacket

@ agganis arena


monday, december 31st

deer tick

two gallants

@ the sinclair


monday, january 7th

quicksand

@ the paradise


tuesday, january 8th

hospitality

@ great scott


saturday, january 19th

mission of burma

@ the sinclair


sunday, january 20th

camper van beethoven

cracker

@ the middle east down


sunday, january 20th

soundgarden

@ the orpheum


sunday, january 20th

ra ra riot

@ the paradise


sunday, january 27th

widowspeak

@ great scott


tuesday, january 29th

kathleen edwards

sera cahoone

@ brighton music hall


wednesday, february 13th

yo la tengo

@ the paradise


saturday, march 2nd

unknown mortal orchestra

@ brighton music hall


tuesday, march 12th

tame impala

@ house of blues


thursday, march 14th

jukebox the ghost

matt pond pa

lighthouse and the whaler

@ brighton music hall


tuesday, march 26th

yo la tengo

@ the paradise


wednesday & thursday

april 3rd & 4th

they might be giants

@ the paradise


visit tourfilter for more shows






Monday, March 18, 2002




Something to wrap your brain around:
On an internet message board, someone asks people for stories of how they met their significant others. One man's response tells the tale of meeting, and comforting, his current love after she witnessed someone throw themself in front of a subway train. He lived. The witness and her savior are in the process of living happily ever after.

As if that wasn't strange enough...
Someone else on the message board reads the tale, and realizes... "That was my friend Joe trying to kill himself! Oh my gosh!". Joe is much better now, and might soon find out that his suicide attempt resulted in true love. Further proof that you never truly know the consequences of your actions. Well, maybe you do if your friend reads it years later on the internet. Can you feel the world getting smaller?

Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss:
So, now that Morpheus has followed Napster into the fossilized frozen ground of irrelevant file-swapping technologies, another has risen to take it's place. Meet Grokster, which seems to have 'stolen' it's interface from Morpheus. It's the same damn thing, and the selection of shared files seems to rival it's predecessor. Not like Morpheus can complain about the 'design tribute'... kinda like a bankrobber going to the police to complain that he's been pickpocketed.

Speaking of that wacky "file swapping dilemma":
NYTimes: Where Music Will Be Coming From
A well-written, fairly in-depth look at how music and commerce collided, where things are at, and where they might be going. A great read. You'll have to register at the New York Times to read it, but that's free. Free = good.

Calling out, in transit:
3WK Underground Radio
What a discovery... diverse playlists, constant surprises. Somehow this flew completely under my radar, even though Details recently called it the "#1 Internet Radio Station." Bah, I'll listen to it anyway.

Have a Laugh:
What Would Jesus Drive?
The gentleman who wrote this letter is too punny for his own good.

Open Mouth, Insert Soap:
George Carlin - 2443 naughty words
That's right. Two and a half thousand swear words. Wonder if this is the well that South Park goes to?

Oh, it's not that you're not good parents...
Let Him Stay
On a much more serious note... Meet the Lofton family, and their struggles with the misguided freaks who are running Florida. These fools want to take away one of the Lofton's foster kids, a child that these two guys have raised for years, simply because they're gay... and they don't even live in Florida any longer. This whole situation makes me want to use a few of Carlin's choice words.

In My Backyard:
Terrastock 5 is coming to Boston...
...and I couldn't be more excited. Well, I could if it wasn't $70. Granted, that's $70 for three days, but there are only a few bands I really want to see. Oh, who am I kidding? I'll end up going anyway. Sonic Youth? Lilys? Barbara Manning? Windy & Carl? More to be added? Sold. October 11-13, 2002, at the Middle East. Get tickets here.

An Unfortunate Obituary:
Pitchfork writes: Unwound unwinds
It's still settling in... Unwound is no more. Yeah, so you've never heard them. You should probably fix that.




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