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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






Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Mp3s: live Eric's Trip / Vote for Tom Cheek!



Another week, another live set from the 1992 Sub Pop Vermonstress Festival up in Burlington, Vermont. This time it's another Canadian band, and one of my faves from the weekend, Eric's Trip from Moncton, New Brunswick. 12 live songs, most from seven inches, early EPs, and their first album, Love Tara. If you're into this stuff, be sure to pick up their 2001 live-best-of collection, The Eric's Trip Show, from Teenage USA.
Eric's Trip
Live at Vermonstress
October 11th, 1992

01. Kiss Me Baby / Smother
02. Listen
03. Haze
04. Belong
05. Happens All The Time
06. Float
07. Belly
08. My Chest Is Empty (Part 2)
09. Blinded
10. Bring Down The Rain
11. Easier Last Time
12. Open Your Heart (madonna cover)
For more live sets from the fest, including Codeine, Come, Drop Nineteens, Velocity Girl, Crow, Pond, Six Finger Satellite, Green Magnet School, Sloan, Giant Sand, and Barbara Manning, check out my Vermonstress page.


VOTE FOR TOM CHEEK!

Ok, everyone... listen up. Are you ready for your good deed of the day? I don't ask for much, but today I need a favor, and all it involves are a couple of clicks (and no, I'm not trying for a free iPod). And to you non-sports fans, don't tune out because I'm about to mention baseball. Stick with me here.

Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster, and longtime family friend, Tom Cheek is up for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, as a listed nominee for the 2005 Ford C. Frick Award. Online balloting is open to the public until December 1st, and I'm asking anyone reading this to help all his fans, friends, and family vote him in.

I'm not just asking because I know him... I'm asking because of all the listed nominees, this guy deserves it. 28 years as the Blue Jays radio man, sitting in the booth for every game since their inception... that's 4,306 games straight. Never missed a single one until the death of his father earlier this year, after which Tom was sadly diagnosed with brain cancer. He hasn't even let that stop him, though. After surgery, and with ongoing treatment, he returned to the broadcast booth for more games this summer. Says a lot about him, as does the family he's raised and the outpouring of support he's received.

From the site:
TOM CHEEK: 31 years (Expos, 1974-76; Blue Jays, 1977 - ), the last 28 with the Blue Jays as radio play-by-play man...Broadcast every Blue Jays game prior to the 2004 season, missing several games due to the death of his father and personal illness during the season...Broadcast for the Baseball Network, 1994-95�Has called many post season games on Canada radio for Telemedia�Play-by-play experience includes baseball, basketball, football and hockey for the University of Vermont...From 1974 to 1976 was the swing man on Montreal Expos radio broadcasts on television nights...Member of the broadcast team for ABC Sports at the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid and 1984 Olympics at Sarajevo...Has broadcast college basketball for Mutual Radio Network.
He was recently honored by the Blue Jays organization as well...
"Toronto Blue Jays play-by-play broadcaster Tom Cheek was overwhelmed this past weekend when he was made the eighth member of the Blue Jays Level of Excellence � a designation honoring the team�s most cherished stars. Cheek�s streak of calling 4,306 consecutive games was made immortal when that number � 4306 � was affixed to his name which then joined the seven other winners (George Bell, Tony Fernandez, Dave Stieb, Joe Carter, CitoGaston, Pat Gillick and Jackie Robinson) in the SkyDome rafters"
It's a great honor, and it deserves to be followed up with his name in the Hall of Fame.

Balloting is only open to the public for one more week, so please, go here and vote. You can each vote once a day, every day, so bookmark it and make it a daily click. You can also vote for 2 other broadcasters while you're there (I went for Boston guys Jerry Remy and Sean McDonough), so head on over and make with the clickin'.

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