Mix Tape Tuesday tomorrow night at the Paradise Lounge
The latest monthly installment of Boston Pop Underground's "Mix Tape Tuesday" is tomorrow night at the Paradise Lounge. Mike Viola of The Candy Butchers hosts the cabaret-style anything goes evening featuring the theme "days of the week." He's joined by a handful of musicians including They Might Be Giants' bassist Danny Weinkauf. ...
Sondre Lerche returns to Boston
Norwegian pop guy Sondre Lerche returns to Boston for a show at the Paradise Rock Club (969 Commonwealth Avenue on the MBTA Green Line "B" train) on Sunday, October 24th. Doors open at 7PM, it's an 18+ show and tickets are $12 in advance and $14 day of the show. He's got shows all ......
Another farewell
My grandmother, Eileen Rose Branigan Smith, died today. I don't remember right now what year she was born but I think she was in her early 90s. She was an amazing person and I miss her immensely. Of all my family back in Nebraska, she and I were the closest. The ...
Air America lands in Boston
Starting Monday, October 4, 2004 at 6am a new radio revolution takes over the Boston airwaves, AM 1200 and 1430 the new home of Air America-Progressive Talk. Offering the “other side” of the story that is dominated by the conservative talk show format.
Online surveillance system via RSS
If you'd like to monitor a few of my online activities, here are new RSS feeds for you. Photos added to my flickr account [RSS] Recent tunes I've listened to, tracked via Audioscrobbler [RSS] del.icio.us links [RSS]
An introduction to understanding the misunderstood Hip
Last night after I found the lyrics to The Tragically Hip's "Pigeon Camera" tune, I came across an excellent article at Tiny Mix Tapes about the Hip. It's always been a mystery to me why a band that has achieved cult-like status in their homeland of Canada has never really caught on more in ......
Pigeon Camera
The humans over at Engaget posted a funny photo of pigeons with cameras attached to themselves from 1903. So that's what The Tragically Hip were singing about in "Pigeon Camera"? Aha! And the last set of lyrics in that song sounds like an embarassed Bush supporter even though it was written a ...
