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Alan Lewis, Editor

Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life

July 18, 2009
Issue 2009:336
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When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, July 18 - When anything goes wrong at the last minute, we are
very poorly equipped to deal with it. It is now 1:30 on Saturday afternoon, and
I am hopelessly behind. This would be the right situation for hurrying like
crazy.

Let's.
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We were saddened and shocked to learn of the departure of WBCN-FM from Boston's
airwaves. In, say, 1975, who would have imagined that Keith Richards would have
outlived WBCN. Who would have ever imagined that our own operation would still
be around after WBCN stopped broadcasting.

Times change.

Not always for the better.

Our Yahoo Groups account is named in tribute to WBCN. In 1968, when this
classical music FM radio station started playing rock 'n' roll part of each day,
a motto for the rock programming was "Ugly Radio Is Dead." In the username part
of our Yahoo Groups address, "Ugly Radio Is Dead" is what the "URID" part stands
for. The "FM" stands for "FM," as you could no doubt guess. "URID," as a
complete username, was already taken. Thus, we went with URIDFM.

URID = WBCN
(To us, it does.)

FM = FM

URIDFM = WBCN-FM

THAT is how we got our username for this little publication.

Unfortunately, ugly radio has been reborn.

But...

JoEllen received a mailing which said that "Boston Emissions" will continue at
WZLX, starting in August. The broadcast is on hiatus until then.

http://www.bostonemissions.com/

There is no overemphasizing how important WBCN has been.

If you have a brief reminiscence about WBCN, we would be happy to post it here.
Please e-mail it to us by way of

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send us a memory of WBCN for posting, please do us the favor of including your
first and last name at least; and please, if you can, refrain from use of strong
language, no matter how much the situation may seem to warrant it. We do make a
very great effort to keep this a family-friendly publication.

I have a couple short WBCN memories, myself, which I will hold onto for now,
against the possibility others may send reminiscences. If they do, I will add
one of mine.
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READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU, scroll right past whatever doesn't.
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YAHOO NEWS HEADLINE
Friday-Saturday Overnight

Legendary CBS anchor Walter Cronkite dies at 92 (AP)

<> For many, many years, Walter Cronkite was commonly called "the most trusted
man in America," and I have no recollection of anyone ever disputing the point.
What an extraordinary tribute to an extraordinary man.

RiP Walter Cronkite
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NAACP AT AGE 100

Happy Birthday to the NAACP!

Over the years, I have tried to track a certain nineteenth-century circle of
friends that included Abby Hutchinson Patton: "Sister Abby" of the Hutchinson
Family group of antislavery singers. Today the member of this circle of friends
whose name might be most recognizable to members of the general public (as
distinct from, say, musicologists) would be Helen Villard (1844-1928). Years
later, Helen was one of the main influences behind the creation of the NAACP.
No question about it. Helen's husband was the editor and proprietor of a very
well-known publication, The Nation. And even if we never knew any of this, we
still might make note of Helen's birth surname, Garrison. Her father was almost
certainly the most famous American antislavery agitator, William Lloyd Garrison.

So we here at NEMS have a little extra interest in the birth of the NAACP, and
we do wish the organization the happiest of one-hundredth birthdays.
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, July 14th

BEASTIE BOYS - Ill Communication (Remastered)-$12.88
BLEU - A Watched Pot - $8.99
BOWIE, DAVID - Vh-1 Storytellers - $17.99
BROWN, GREG - Dream City: Essential Vol. 2 - $14.99

CARE BEARS ON FIRE - Get Over It - $7.99
<> Really?

CELTIC THUNDER - Take Me Home - $12.88

CLUTCH - Strange Cousins From The West - $9.99
<> Clutch, said to have a heavy jamband style, has been highly recommended to
us.

DANDY WARHOLS - Dandy Warhols Are Sound - $11.88

DAUGHTRY - Leave This Town - $12.88
<> Though we do not know first-hand, we understand Chris Daughtry is an American
Idol winner.

DEAD WEATHER - Horehound - $12.88
<> Dead Weather is the new Jack White project.

IGGY & THE STOOGES - More Power - $9.99
JACKSONS - Jacksons - $7.99
JACKSONS - Goin' Places - $7.99
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - 30 Seconds Over Winterland - $13.99

LA COKA NOSTRA - Brand You Can Trust - $11.88
<> La Coka Nostra is Everlast's (House of Pain) new project.

LOGGINS, CROSBY - Time To Move - $9.99
<> David Crosby and Kenny Loggins, it would seem.

PROJECT 86 - Picket Fence Cartel - $12.99
ROLLING STONES - Dirty Work (Reissue) - $9.99
ROLLING STONES - Steel Wheels (Reissue) - $9.99
ROLLING STONES - Voodoo Lounge (Reissue) - $9.99
ROLLING STONES - Bridges To Babyo (Reissue) - $9.99
ROLLING STONES - Bigger Bang (Reissue) - $9.99
SOUNDTRACK - HARRY POTTER - And The Half-Blood Prince - $14.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS - RIVERSIDE JAZZ: 1953-1964 - $3.99
YOUNG, NEIL - Neil Young (Remastered) - $9.99
YOUNG, NEIL - Everybody Knows (Remastered) - $9.99
YOUNG, NEIL - After The Gold (Remastered) - $9.99
<> After the Goldrush?

YOUNG, NEIL - Harvest (Remastered) - $9.99

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featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, July 14th

071309_TheState_3DThe State
The Complete Series
$59.99 5-DVD set

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "July 13 Newbury Comics Coupons and New Releases," July
13, 2009.

Bleu
"A Watched Pot" (CD, 2009)

:: david bowie, greg brown; iggy and the stooges, jackson 5, jackson five ::
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PRESS RELEASES THIS WEEK
(Make That "Press Release," Singular)

<> Rock Band downloadable content for next week, plus an announcement.

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BASTILLE DAY A-GO-GO
Precinct
Somerville, Massachusetts
Saturday, July 18, 2009

I must have somehow missed the name of this organization in the thank-you list
at end of the following announcement:

This Saturday!
Wolf's 16th Annual (Four Days After) Bastille Day A-Go-Go
Saturday, July 18, 2009: 9:30 - 2.
Precinct, 70 Union Square, Somerville, MA (Note: has good food)

Description: A night of New Orleans rhythm & blues. Featuring the Vudu Krewe
All-Star Mardi Gras Band* with special guest singers Jen D'Angora, JJ Rassler,
John Powhida, Jordan Valentine, Asa Brebner, Mick Mondo, and Al Janik. Just
added: celebrating the release of his long-awaited CD "A Watered Pot", it's:
Bleu!

<> For the sixteenth year running, Wolf's Annual (four days after) Bastille Day
A-Go-Go turns a Boston area club into a New Orleans house party. Napoleon
Bonaparte leads a sprawling band -- the Vudu Krewe All-Star Mardi Gras Band --
through a night of New Orleans rhythm & blues music. Special guest singers Jen
D'Angora (Jenny Dee & the Deliquents), JJ Rassler (DMZ, The Queers, Downbeat 5),
John Powhida (Rudds, International Airport), Jordan Valentine (Sunday Saints),
Bleu, Asa Brebner, Mick Mondo, and Al Janik (Plastic Cheese, Polka show) round
out the eve.

What does it have to do with France's Independence Day? Fair enough, not a whole
lot, but after sixteen years, does anyone really care?

*On tap: Shaun Wolf Wortis, guitar; Ken Schopf, drums; Ducky Carlisle, drums;
Chandler Travis, guitar; Marc Hickox, bass; Paul Ahlstrand, sax; Mark Caughill
sax; Mark Sanchez, trumpet; Joe Stewart, bone; Phil Clements, piano. More Info
on the show

Links n' stuff:

Artist sites: Jen D'Angora, JJ Rassler, John Powhida, Jordan Valentine, Bleu,
Asa Brebner, Mick Mondo , Al Janik, Chandler Travis, Joe Stewart, Paul
Ahlstrand, Ken Schopf

Thanks to the following for plugging the show: Phoenix (who ran a bit last week
and a "Top-Five Songs for Bastille Day" bit today), The Noise, and Globe (later
this week I believe), JustBill.net, WickedLocal.com, Campbell American Guitars
and to Going.com selecting it as an Editors' Pick! (No it won't be a mobbed
sell-out. It's a lazy summer weekend and this is a new club for us. Don't be
scared. Just come. (Please!) (Merci beaucoup.))

SOURCE: Shaun Wolf Wortis, "Wolf's Bastille Day A-Go-Go, This Saturday, July 18,
2009 (Music Event)," July 14, 2009.

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MR. CURT ENSEMBLE
"Leaving the Farm"

CD-Release Event
Perk's Coffeehouse
Norwood Center, Massachusetts
Saturday, July 18, 2009

<> For the past few years, I have spent quite an amount of time working with a
wide variety of musicians, learning to help express their vision while
influencing mine. It was an extreme pleasure to work with Sgt. Maxwell's Peace
Chorus, Lance Hatch & The Flying Cowboys, and my dearly beloved Pastiche
reunion. All the while performing within two groups, Urban Caravan and Mr. C.
Ensemble.

Most importantly, I am so proud to announce the release of my new album,
"Leaving the Farm" [lbcd66], created by a band, learning it's own identity and
vocabulary through many months of rehearsals and studio work. We recorded a
selection of tunes, dropped a few, wrote a few more, changed parts and
arrangements - always shaping & shifting & satisfying our Muse. I have so much
devotion, respect, and trust for Clara, Michael, and Marty, who picked up the
mantle of ability and desire and helped me move into the present. Their energy
and enthusiasm turned the new album into a deeply rich experience.

In celebration, we have decided to convene for one night only at our
favorite-coffeehouse-in-the-world, PERKS, on Saturday night, July 18 @ 8pm. We
will be playing selections from the disc, as well as some ole faves you may have
come to know and love. Stop by to say hello and wish us luck. Hope to see some
of you. (We will also be stopping by Glenn William's TV show, "It's All About
Arts" - BNN-TV/Channel 9 on Monday night, July 13 @ 6pm. Tune in!!!) Thanks
always: Curt

CD RELEASE PARTY
Saturday, July 18 - 8pm
PERKS COFFEEHOUSE
685 Washington St. - Norwood Ctr.
781-762-5565

SOURCE: MrCurtMusic At Yahoo Dot Com, "Mr. Curt Ensemble: CD Release and Show,"
July 13, 2009.

Mr. Curt Ensemble
"Leaving the Farm" (CD, LowBudget Records LBCD66, 2009)

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SCHEMERS
At the Blackstone
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Saturday, July 18, 2009

<> "[T]he Schemers will be appearing at the Blackstone on Main St in Pawtucket,
Rhode Island this Saturday July 18th. We're going on around 10:00 PM and ending
at 12:00 midnight. Hopefully that's early enough for you early birds and late
enough for you night owls.

"If you're in the RI area this weekend, please come and pay us a visit. It's our
next to last show of the year and we'll miss you if you don't come. We're
sounding real good and it would be a shame for you to miss all this goodness.
(Just saying...)"

http://www.mcutler.com/

SOURCE: Mark Cutler, "The Schemers Next to Last Show of the Year This Saturday
at the Blackstone," July 16, 2009.

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STOMPERS
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Market Days and Summer Music Festival
Concord, New Hampshire

The STOMPERS Live!!

Saturday July 18 – 8:00 PM
Market Days and Summer Music Festival
Concord, New Hampshire

http://www.mainstreetconcord.com/

FREE SHOW!!!

Sal, Steve, Dave & Lenny

with the Tornado Alley Horns!

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STOMPILATION!

An 18 track collection of Stompers classics set for release July 18!

http://www.thestompers.com/

SOURCE: The Stompers - Info, "The Stompers This Weekend," July 14, 2009.
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WILLIE ALEXANDER
The Fish Eye Kid

<> A recent database search turned up that Willie "Loco" Alexander, as he is
fondly called, has issued a new album which I had not previously heard about.
It is:

Willie Alexander
"Vincent Ferrini's Greatest Hits
Interpreted by William Spence Alexander"
(CD, Fisheye Records, 2009)

Blowfish, of PunkBlowfish.com, checked the official Willie Alexander website and
found that WA has since released another record. It seems to me this would the
duo album, with Jim Doherty,

Fish Eye Brothers
"When the Swan was on the Boulevard"
(CD, Fish Eye Records, 2009)

It is great to see Boston rock pioneer Willie Alexander getting new music out to
his many fans.
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MIRIAM
The New Band

We did not know about the show, that the following item announced, far enough
ahead of time to give it any advance press. But it does seem to me that there
will be reader interest in the new band that this item also announced. So, here
it is, straight from Carla Ryder.

<> "This Saturday July 11th I'll be playing a show at the new Milky Way/Bella
Luna in JP. It's an exciting show because it's a whole new deal with some mega-
talented peeps. The band is called Miriam and playing along with me are Amy
Fairchild (guitarist, singist, songstress supreme), Andy Santospago (plays
everything with strings esp ones that end in "o": dobro, banjo, mando), and Matt
Tweist (my other favorite bass player). It's an acousticy, country, folky,
bluegrassy type thang featuring some Carla Ryder tunes, Amy Fairchild tunes,
lots of ecclectic covers, delicious harmonies, and lead vocal swappin'. Imagine
anything from Matthew Sweet to Michael Jackson with a Nashville swagger...

"Why Miriam, you ask? Stay tuned for the poster and you'll see."

SOURCE: Carla Ryder, "Playin' Brunch at the New Milky Way July 11," July 7,
2009.
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SOULS
"Cry the Beloved Country"

<> We received a query for the song, "Cry the Beloved Country" by the Boston
band, The Souls.

Apparently this piece is normally available online as an MP3 at

http://www.adamsherman.net/music.html

When JoEllen lately visited this Adam Sherman site, the Music page was not
available. Perhaps if you visit AdamSherman.net, by that time the Music page
may be reposted.
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SUPER TIME PILOT

Way off at the end of a recent Three Day Threshold message, Kier Byrnes of that
band asked,

<> "What do you think of the new project I am helping with? Our label mates are
the dudes from Boston (Ernie Boch's band and Extreme).

http://www.myspace.com/supertimepilot

I PASSED THIS LINK ALONG . . to one of our regular correspondents, he visited
the Super Time Pilot MySpace page, and enjoyed the experience.

Care to give it a try? - Ed.
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EILEN JEWELL
Sinking Her Teeth Into
"Shaking All Over"

<> "Eilen's cover of 'Shakin' All Over' will be featured in HBO's vampire show,
True Blood, on Sunday, July 26th!"

SOURCE: WebMaster At EilenJewell Dot Com, "Eilen and Sacred Shakers at Plough,
Green River Fest..." July 15, 2009.
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MEG HUTCHINSON
On "Mountain Stage"

"Mountain Stage Podcast

<> "Great news! Meg's performance on Mountain Stage is now available as part
of the Mountain Stage podcast. Here's the link:

http://www.mountainstage.org/mtnstagepodcast.aspx
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DAVID MALLETT
"Alright Now" CD

Here is the actual text of the David Mallett item I referenced in our last
newsletter issue:

<> "Listen to a medley of clips from David's soon-to-be-released CD, 'Alright
Now,' on

http://www.myspace.com/davidmallettmusic
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FOOLS
"Psycho Chicken" Found on Disc

<> To answer my own question ... Yes, indeed, "Psycho Chicken" by The Fools has
been issued on compact disc.

Fools
"Psycho Chicken"
on Various Artists, "It's a Goof!
The Greatest Novelty Songs of All Time"
(CD, Beloved Entertainment Group BEG21011-2, 1998)

A novelty song enthusiast has also covered this piece on CD.
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BIG DIPPER

<> It seems to me that I made reference to the Big Dipper box set, when passing
along that this Boston band was well represented in recent Rock Band
downloadable content. But I only added the Big Dipper collection to our record
catalog this morning. So, belatedly, here are details of the set:

Big Dipper
"Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology"
(3 CDs, Merge Records MRG303, 2008)
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ODDS AND ENDS

<> Rubblebucket has a new eponymous album set for release on October 1, 2009.

<> Birdsongs of the Mesozoic has launched, or is soon to launch, the band's
Triassic Tour, with the collaboration and assistance of Roger Miller of Mission
of Burma. Birdsongs of Burma? There is a connection between these two groups,
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic and Mission of Burma, in an earlier Boston rock band,
The Moving Parts.

With luck, more on these two items later.
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RY CAVANAUGH

<> The latest mailing of Session Americana made mention that band member Ry
Cavanaugh will be spending most of next year in Europe. We will definitely miss
him. There is an appealing facetiousness in Cavanaugh's writings in the Session
Americana newsletter. He has one of the most important things for writers of
any sort: his own unique point of view.
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PARANORMALISTS AMONG US

<> Do we have anyone out there, in addition to my mother, who is interested in
the paranormal?

If you do have such an interest, you may want to know that there is a new
production company, based in New Hampshire, called Pathways Media.

This must be REALLY new. My Google search produced hits at the

http://www.DragonCon.org/

website ONLY. If you should learn or already know the name of the New Hampshire
television person who is involved with the Pathways Media operation, would you
drop us an e-mail about it?
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YAHOO NEWS HEARLINE
Friday Afternoon

Canada set to try again on new copyright law
Reuters – Fri Jul 17, 4:41 pm ET

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government, struggling to stay ahead of
fast-moving technological developments, will launch consultations next week to
help it craft new copyright legislation.
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YAHOO NEWS HEADLINE
Thursday Morning

Pixies planning Hollywood-themed new album
Yahoo! Music – Thu Jun 25, 9:00 am ET

Pixies frontman Black Francis has revealed that he is planning to record the
band's first new album since 1991's Trompe Le Monde with a Hollywood film
director.

THERE HAS BEEN NO TIME . . to give this a look, so I don't know whether it
includes a significant update.
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YAHOO NEWS HEADLINE
This (Saturday) Morning

McCartney plays first concert ever at Citi Field
AP – 1 hr 36 mins ago
Musician Sir Paul McCartney performs at Citi Field Friday, July...

NEW YORK - Sir Paul McCartney knighted another New York Mets ballpark Friday
night, playing the first concert ever at Citi Field.
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ROCK BAND
Next Week's Downloadable Content
- Plus -
An Announcement

Kings of Leon "Crawl"
Kings of Leon "Molly's Chambers"
Kings of Leon "Sex on Fire"
Rancid "Last One to Die"
Rancid "Ruby Soho"
Rancid "Time Bomb"
Rise Against "Prayer of the Refugee"
Rise Against "Re-Education (Through Labor)"
Rise Against "Savior"
Lush "Sweetness & Light"

From Destructoid:

<> Hey musicians, are you sitting down?

MTV has announced a new initiative that will allow musicians to author and
upload their own content to Rock Band, in a service called the Rock Band Network
that launches later this year. Currently in a closed beta trial, the service
will allow bands, studios, and record labels to create and sell playable game
content from their very own master recordings, using the same in-house tools
currently being used by Harmonix developers.

Once submitted, the songs go through a a review process that checks for
playability, offensive lyrical content, and things like copyright infringement..
Approved tracks are put into the Rock Band Network store (separate from the
current store), with creators setting their own prices, which can range from 50
cents to $3 per song. Creators will then receive 30% of any sales.

Billboard has a ton of details on the service, which will launch first for Xbox
360 (as it relies on Microsoft's XNA platform), with tracks being made available
for PlayStation 3 and Wii in the future.

Harmonix has also launched the Rock Band Network site, which features videos and
details on how creators (that could be you... or Nickelback, theoretically) can
start working to get their music in the game.
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readers are based outside the six New England states. The great majority of
show listings would be of no interest at all to the great majority of our
readers.

We make exceptions when show listings are part of an item of more general
interest. CD-release events are great examples. For us, the main point of an
item of this sort is that an act has a new record. The show being announced is
of secondary interest to us - if that - as far as the contents of our newsletter
goes.

In the very few, truly exceptional instances where we post show listings...
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