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recommended boston area events

closing night tonight!

ending wednesday, april 28th

the 8th annual independent

film festival of boston

@ the coolidge corner theatre


wednesday, april 28th

little boots

dragonette

fan death

@ the middle east downstairs


wednesday, april 28th

gogol bordello

devotchka

jesse malin

st. mark's social

@ the house of blues


wednesday, april 28th

naked on rollerskates

liberation day

croquet

highly personal trash

@ tt the bears


wednesday, april 28th

kate nash

supercute

@ great scott


thursday, april 29th

frightened rabbit

maps & atlases

bad veins

@ the paradise


friday, april 30th

the big east, banana phonetic,

strange tribe, sun cut flat,

and tin soldier

@ church of boston


friday, april 30th

reading/signing with author

(+ boing boinger) cory doctorow

7pm @ the harvard coop


friday, april 30th +

saturday, may 1st

roflcon II!

internet madness @ mit, cambridge


friday, april 30th

union square roundtable

with jonny cohen,

david bryant's somerville speakout,

and much more

@ pa's lounge


friday, april 30th

the everyday visuals

the lights out

the flying machines

aloud

@ tt the bears


friday, april 30th

corinne bailey ray

@ the house of blues


friday, april 30th

the album leaf

sea wolf

@ the paradise


saturday, may 1st

white rabbits

here we go magic

@ the paradise


sunday, may 2nd

taylor hawkins & the coattail riders

township

@ great scott


monday, may 3rd

yeasayer

sleigh bells

@ the paradise


tuesdays in may!

may 4th, may 11th, + may 18th

john shade + the neave quartet

3-week residency with guests

nina violet (on the 4th),

vikesh kapoor (on the 11th),

+ the low anthem's jocie adams (on the 18th),

@ the lizard lounge


tuesday, may 4th

cartoonist dan clowes

6pm @ the brattle theatre


tuesday, may 4th

john doe + exene

(from x, of course)

dennis brennan

@ the paradise


tuesday, may 4th

gregory & the hawk

lady lamb the beekeeper

@ tt the bears


tuesday & wednesday

may 4th & 5th

public image ltd.

@ the royale (formerly the roxy)


wednesday, may 5th

dom, magic magic,

and the royalty,

with passion pit dj set

featuring ayad + jeff

@ great scott, allston


wednesday, may 5th

minus the bear

@ the wilbur theatre


wednesday & thursday

may 5th & 6th

jonsi (from sigur ros)

death vessel

@ the house of blues


thursday, may 6th

the joy formidable

the dig

@ harpers ferry


thursday, may 6th

shout out louds

freelance whales

@ the paradise


friday, may 7th

ok go

earl greyhound

robert francis

@ the paradise


saturday, may 8th

local natives

@ great scott


tuesday & wednesday

may 11th & 12th

dr. dog

deer tick

@ the paradise


wednesday, may 12th

mass art invades the armory

with humanwine, kelsey jarboe, erica russo,

rick berlin, ryan greene, dave tree,

josh stedman, amy toxic, amy mills,

duncan wilder johnson, jessica lynch,

alvan long, kevin clancy, ian deleon,

and tim bailey

all ages, 7pm @ the somerville armory


thursday, may 13th

massive attack

neon indian

martina topley-bird

@ house of blues


thursday, may 13th

small brown bike

bridge and tunnel

your skull my closet

wallcreeper

@ great scott


friday, may 14th

david bazan (solo)

living room show in beverly, ma


saturday, may 15th

the lindsey buckingham

appreciation society

performs fleetwood mac's 'tusk'

@ the lizard lounge


saturday, may 15th

two door cinema club

bad veins

millionyoung

@ great scott


monday, may 17th

cotton candy (mark robinson

and evelyn hurley)

veronica falls, + reports

@ charlie's kitchen

monday, may 17th

hooray for earth

twin shadow

@ the middlesex lounge


tuesday, may 18th

"music 2.0: tools + tech for

musicians, marketers, + managers"

free with rsvp at above link

6pm @ microsoft's n.e.r.d.


monday, may 17th

buzzcocks

the jollyrots

@ the paradise


monday, may 17th

pearl jam

band of horses

@ the garden


tuesday, may 18th

spectrum (featuring sonic boom

from spacemen 3 + e.a.r.)

with the broken river prophet

@ the middle east upstairs


thursday, may 20th

magic man

magic magic

arpline

some say fire

@ tt the bears


friday, may 21st

hurricane bells

the fatal flaws

reverse

thick as thieves

@ tt the bears


saturday, may 22nd

the needy visions (lp release!)

tulsa, mmoss,

life partners,

+ maine coons

@ the temple in j.p.


saturday, may 22nd

holly miranda

@ tt the bears


sunday, may 23rd

they might be giants

two children's shows @ 12 + 3pm

@ the regent theatre, arlington


saturday, may 22nd

killing joke

@ the paradise


tuesday, may 25th

the smittens

allo darlin'

one happy island (cd release party!)

hearts!attack

a smile and a ribbon

horowitz

@ the lizard lounge


wednesday, may 26th

imogen heap

@ the orpheum


wednesday, may 26th

reverend horton heat

cracker

miss derringer

@ the house of blues


friday, may 28th

mono

the twilight sad

@ the middle east downstairs


sunday, may 30th

boston-area blog bbq shindig!

details to come

@ bridge sound & stage, cambridge


sunday, may 30th

the besnard lakes

land of talk

the drew o'doherty trio

@ tt the bears


tuesday, june 1st

stars

@ the paradise


wednesday, june 2nd

kings of convenience

franklin for short

@ the paradise


wednesday, june 2nd

ryan bingham & the dead horses

@ tt the bears


wednesday & thursday

june 2nd & 3rd

the national

@ the house of blues


friday, june 4th

broken bells

the morning benders

@ the royale


friday, june 4th

brian jonestown massacre

young sinclairs

@ the paradise


friday + saturday, june 4th + 5th

the conan o'brien 'prohibited' tour

with reggie watts

@ the wang theatre/citi center


saturday, june 5th

matt pond pa

wintersleep

@ great scott


saturday, june 5th

the psychedelic furs

she wants revenge

@ house of blues


tuesday, june 8th

junip (jose gonzalez' band)

forest fires

@ great scott


tuesday, june 8th

concrete blonde

@ the royale


thursday, june 10th

the trashcan sinatras

the candles

@ tt the bears


friday, june 11th

buffalo tom

@ the paradise


wednesday, june 16th

damien jurado

kay kay + his weather underground

marc pinansky

@ tt the bears


friday, june 18th

the new pornographers

the dodos

the duchess + the duke

@ house of blues


friday, june 18th

reigning sound

movers & shakers

triplethick

@ tt the bears


saturday, june 19th

evelyn evelyn

(amanda palmer + jason webley)

@ the house of blues


saturday, june 19th

james taylor

carole king

@ the garden


sunday + monday

june 20th + 21st

isis

melvins

totimoshi

@ the paradise


wednesday, june 23rd

hole

@ the house of blues


friday, june 25th

modest mouse

morning teleportation

@ the house of blues


sunday, june 27th

mary chapin carpenter

madeleine peyroux

@ boston's symphony hall


thursday, july 1st

she & him

@ the house of blues


sunday, july 11th

jeremy jay

@ tt the bears


monday, july 12th

wolf parade

the moools

@ the house of blues


wednesday, july 14th

squeeze

cheap trick

@ the boa pavilion


saturday, july 17th

crowded house

@ the house of blues


monday, august 2nd

the gaslight anthem

tim barry

@ the house of blues


friday, august 13th

deerhunter

@ the royale


monday, august 16th

tears for fears

@ the house of blues


thursday + saturday

august 19th + 21st

tom petty + the heartbreakers

my morning jacket

@ the comcast center


saturday, august 21st

boston band crush presents...

ONE NIGHT BAND!

@ the middle east downstairs


tuesday, september 7th

tortoise

@ the paradise


sunday, september 12th

blondie

@ the house of blues


tuesday, september 14th

rush

@ the td garden


saturday, december 4th

killing joke

@ the paradise


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Sunday, December 16, 2007

Writer's Guild Strike: Boston Rally Report (with audio)

A snowy Sunday afternoon here in Boston finds me taking a brief detour from my usual music-related ramblings...


Jaime Paglia, Rob Kutner, & Joss Whedon

On Friday afternoon, television scribes and proud Writer's Guild of America members Jaime Paglia (co-creator of SciFi Channel's excellent Eureka), Rob Kutner (from The Daily Show), and Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly) came to Boston to lead a strike rally of fans and their fellow WGA faithful. While the attendance was surely lessened by the previous day's snowstorm, more than 250 supporters filed into the First Parish Church in Cambridge's Harvard Square, winter boots on many feet and slogan-filled signs in many hands.


A variety of TV shows were name checked on posterboard in thick sharpie, including Pushing Daisies and The Office, but it's no surprise that most of the crowd was there to bow down at the altar of Joss (even his fellow writers humorously acknowledged the obvious imbalance). There may be no more devoted fiction fans than Whedon fans, and they showed up in force. Cambridge City Councilor Marjorie Decker's introduction, while eloquent, garnered its most raucous applause when she admitted her love of Buffy.


Once inside the church, each of the three writers delivered impassioned, wit-filled speeches; Jaime spoke of being inspired by a young intern who, rather than go elsewhere when told they had no work for him due to the strike, has been on the LA picket lines every day. Rob gave us a small taste of what we're missing with the Daily Show in reruns (Alberto Gonzalez, incomprehensibly named the ABA's "Lawyer of the Year" last week, took one on the chin). And Joss spoke to us of dragons.

Here's the audio from each speech, as well as the strike-centric question & answer session that took place before we all hit the streets for an old-school picket march...
01. Introduction (Cambridge Forum Director Pat Suhrcke & Cambridge City Councilor Marjorie Decker)
02. Jaime Paglia (Eureka) speaks
03. Joss Whedon (BtVS, Angel, Firefly) speaks
04. Rob Kutner (The Daily Show) speaks
05. Q&A session
Another attendee shared up video here, and the Cambridge Forum, who hosted the event, will hopefully have their own recording up at their site soon.


I encourage anyone reading this to not just listen closely to what each writer had to say, but to do what you can to show your support when you're done, even if it's just by spreading the word. The AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) and their associated mogul-run media outlets are conducting a cliched campaign of disinformation. To find out what the strike is truly about, check out this YouTube video, a concise explanation of what's at stake. And if you're so inspired, hop on over to the Jobs With Justice site, where voting is taking place for their 2007 Grinch of the Year, an annual 'award' for "the national figure who does the most harm to working families". Vote as you see fit, but note that among the cads up for nomination is AMPTP President J. Nicholas Counter III (man, does his name scream cash-infused pretension or what?).


And lastly, a few related links...
  • All of my photos from the WGA Boston Rally are here. More photos from other attending supporters are here, here, here.

  • Bostonist wrote up the rally, as did Wicked Local Cambridge. The Cambridge Chronicle filed a video report.

  • The strike march through Harvard Square brought us to the front of the Harvard Lampoon Castle, where local comic/actor/writer/WGA member (and former CBS employee, so he knows how the big guys treat writers, too) Jimmy Tingle rallied the troops with a little harmonica and some impromptu drumming. The Lampoon guys even brought out free donuts for the crowd, a kindness that made me resist asking what the deal is with all the tree killing.

  • Battlestar Galactica writer/creator Ron Moore is blogging about the strike here. And as you'll discover there, Joss wasn't wearing a Red Sox cap just to suck up to us locals.

  • For more information on what you can do to support, or at least stay informed about, the WGA Strike, check out the Fans4Writers and United Hollywood sites.
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