scene and herd: a boston beat

World's Greatest Sinners, W/I Friendship Society [ME Upstairs, Cambridge, Mass.] 23 March 2007

2007-03-24T14:31:10Z

The evening started with walking from one end of Central Square to the other, and then crossing over that path diagonally. Finally, we landed in Central Kitchen and proceeded to eat and drink to a ridiculous sum. However, I did have a handful of t...

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Minky Starshine [TT the Bears, Cambridge, Mass.] 7 March 2007

2007-03-11T16:47:58Z

Like usual, it starts with a boy. And it ends at an area club watching a band that seriously sounded like it stepped out of the early '90s. The bad part of the early '90s. Right. I will admit, loud and proud, of my love for Oasis. Okay? Noel Gall...

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Esperanza, Boston Eclectic, Resonance, Delhill [The Paradise Rock Club, Boston, Mass.] 4 March 2007

2007-03-04T18:51:00Z

As it usually goes in Boston, a friend heard about a record release party while she was working the merch booth at another band's gig, and I got dragged along for my eyes and ears to partake. So last night, Miss Starkey and I (sans Miss Sooz, whic...

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My Chemical Romance [The Meadows Dodge Auditorium, Hartford, Conn.] 24 Feb 2007

2007-02-25T20:27:41Z

There's a few constants in the world -- one is that morons with CT licenses don't know how to drive. The other constant is that I always get lost in Hartford, without fail. We ended up in the deeeeep end of Hartford, because I'm awesome like that,...

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Dragonforce [The Palladium, Worcester, Mass.] 23 Feb 2007

2007-02-24T05:33:39Z

There isn't any other word to describe watching Dragonforce live except for joy. They're just so unashamed about who they are and what they're trying to accomplish. At its best, it's white magic metal, and at its worst, it's just goddamn fun. Sna...

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My Chemical Romance [Civic Arena, Manchester, NH] 22 Feb 2007

2007-02-23T17:25:07Z

My first My Chemical Romance experience coincided with their first night of their American tour, which was a bit nice. After tooling up the coast to Manchester with Dearest Girl and dealing with mustard disasters of the Burger King proportions and...

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Lily Allen [Axis, Boston, Mass.] 18 Feb 2007

2007-02-18T21:03:24Z

Oh, I love it when Axis oversells when they have actual shows. Even starting out with the opener, the place was packed. Maybe it was because it was Lily's last night in the States, but I think it has more to do with the fact that it was an all-age...

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Slayer [Lupos @ The Strand, Providence, RI] 16 Feb 2007

2007-02-16T17:37:13Z

We saw Slayer. I know for years I've been pretending that I am cool enough to have already seen Slayer, but it was not true. But, now! Now I am that awesomecross. However, the city of Providence always provides wretchedness, and it took us over...

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Justin Timberlake [TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, Mass.] 6 Feb 2007

2007-02-06T17:44:26Z

Holy crap, Justin. Best Girl and I were on the ledge. Like, the seats were so mad expensive that they fed us dinner for free. Amazing. Timbaland was there! And he did up a medley! And I got a really ridiculously funny text from That Girl asking ...

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Paolo Nutini [The Paradise, Boston, Mass.] 3 February 2007

2007-02-03T21:10:32Z

Thanks to lovely label folks, Boy and I were able to see Paolo Nutini's soundcheck at the Paradise. Between scarfing free pizza and dousing our livers with free drinks, we saw this wee Scottish lad play a few songs for us. Now, the most I knew ab...

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