Phil Haynen
Rest in Peace

-

Phil Haynen was a Boston rocker we knew best from his days playing guitar and
singing lead for easily one of my favorite early 1980s bands, The Dawgs.

On record, The Dawgs had what I think of as slightly thin,
lightly-amplified-seeming sonics that put the focus on the musicians own rock
'n' roll energy rather than on a wave of artificial sound that was more the work
of big amplification and big speakers.

These Dawgs were the real thing.

Phil Haynen was the real thing.

New England popular music documentarian Artie Freedman sent sad word of the
death of Phil Haynen from throat cancer.  His message ended, saying,

"Please visit the Death Notice for Philip G. Hahnen/haynen"

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=philip-g-hahnenhayn\
en&pid=136250999

Please do.

And if you can get your hands on them, please give a listen to some Dawgs
records.

The early 1980s was a fantastic time for New England rock 'n' roll and for all
kinds of music in this region.  Phil Haynen and The Dawgs did more than their
share to make it so.

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Sorry if you got two copies of our latest newsletter issue.  The original
mailing arrived in our FredRemainsLost Yahoo Mail account immediately AFTER I
sent my Second Try copy.  The Second Try STILL has not arrived there, ten and a
half hours later.  The Yahoo e-mail account attached to this Group eventually
received both copies ... each in its Spam folder.

Clearly there was a technical storm of some sort along the information
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Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life

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: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
: : : Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, November 21 - The region's music news runs a broad range this
week, time-wise, from screening of a film, which echoes back to the early days
of the Newport Folk Festival, to a brand new music club in Connecticut.
.


Happy Thanksgiving!
.


READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU, scroll briskly past whatever doesn't.
.


RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, November 17th

50 CENT - Before I Self-Destruct (CD/DVD) - $11.88
BEAK> (GEOFF BARROW/ PORTISHEAD) - Beak> - $11.88
BOWIE, DAVID - Space Oddity: 40th Anniversary Edition (2 CD) - $16.99
DOORS - Live In New York (6 CD) - $69.99
JACKSON, JANET - #1's (2 CD) - $16.99
JONES, NORAH - Fall - $11.88
KID SISTER - Ultraviolet - $7.99
MAYER, JOHN - Battle Studies - $10.88
MCCARTNEY, PAUL - Good Evening NYC (2 CD/DVD) - $17.99
MORRISSEY - Swords (2 CD Deluxe Edition) - $18.99
MORSE, STEVE - Out Standing In Their Field - $8.99
MOTLEY CRUE - Greatest Hits - $9.99
PARTON, DOLLY - Live From London - $16.99
PERRY, KATY - MTV Unplugged (CD/DVD) - $9.99.
ROBILLARD, DUKE/ CROWNOVER, SUNNY - Tales From The Tiki Lounge - $15.99
RUSH - Working Men - $11.88
TOWNSEND, DEVIN - Addicted - $11.88
U2 - 1977-1984 (6 CDs + Poster)- $59.99
WILLIAMS, ROBBIE - Reality Killed The Video Star - $12.88
-
featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, November 17th

090808_EvntHrizon Star Trek
(2009)
$21.99 2-DVD set

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "November 16 Newbury Comics Coupon and New Releases,"
November 16, 2009.

Duke Robillard and Sunny Crownover
"Tales From the Tiki Lounge" (CD, 2009)

::  david bowie, janet jackson number ones, norah jones, john mayer, paul
mccartney, steve morse, dolly parton, katy perry, devin townsend, robbie
williams; 1977 to 1984  ::
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If you may be interested in getting in on the tail end of our New England
Essential Record Releases survey, be thinking about it or dash off an e-mail to
us.

Things have gotten so busy and so wacky around here that I totally lost track of
the need to finish this thing off.

Several superstar acts still are not represented, nor, if I remember right, is
the entire state of New Hampshire.

Country music fans, be warned: one reader is working on a country Top 5, that
would go along somewhat with those Five Favorite Boston Songs lists.  Evidently
it is a work in progress, but the country list appears to be teetering toward
the offbeat.  Maybe.  Time will tell.

I am writing this as a hurried last-minute note, and I couldn't say just yet
quite when we will close out this question.  The holiday season is the worst
time for these things, but what are we going to do.  It seems likely we will
finalize our list in the next few weeks.

If you want to see an updated copy of the latest version of our list, drop us an
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INTERNATIONAL POP OVERTHROW: BOSTON
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Another Great Night for Overthrowing International Pop
At Church: Boston

Carlene Barous, whose band names are lengthening at an alarming rate - "Din" to
"The Carlene Barous Band" - what next - kindly sent the following affirmation
that this year's "International Pop Overthrow: Boston" is not a one-great-night
wonder.

Judging by the act names we recognize, tonight ought to be pretty spectacular.

<> "The Carlene Barous Band is playing Boston's International Pop Overthrow,
Saturday November 21st at 8:30p at Church.

: : : John Sullivan, drums, percussion, attitude
: : : Matt Boynton, bass, vox, attitude
: : : Carlene Barous, keys, bass, vox, no attitude

"Eight bands in 3.5 hours. Get your fix quickly.

: : : 8:00 Cliff Hills
: : : 8:30 Carlene Barous
: : : 9:00 Popfilter
: : : 9:30 Golden Bloom
: : : 10:00 The Motion Sick
: : : 10:30 The Montgomerys
: : : 11:00 Topheavy
: : : 11:30 The Lights Out

http://www.internationalpopoverthrow.com
http://www.churchofboston.com

SOURCE: Carlene Barous, "Carlene Barous Band at Church November 21," November
14, 2009.

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DOCUMENT 183
LYS GUILLORN WITH BAND
AMY SPEACE
Saturday, November 21, 2009
At Cafe Nine
New Haven, Connecticut

We received the following show announcement from Connecticut singer-songwriter
and cowgirl Lys Guillorn:

<> "[W]e've got a show coming up this Saturday, November 21.  Hope to see you
out and about...

Sat. Nov 21

: : : Document 183
: : : Lys Guillorn with band
: : : Amy Speace

Cafe Nine
250 State St.
New Haven, Connecticut
21+ / $8 / 10 pm

http://www.cafenine.com
http://www.amyspeace.com
http://www.document183.com
http://www.lysguillorn.com

SOURCE: Lysbeth Guillorn, "Lys Guillorn (With Band) Saturday, November 21 at
Cafe Nine in New Haven," November 15, 2009.

Whoopee ti yi yo get alone little do-ggies
It's your misfortune, ain't none of my own
Whoopee ti yi yo get along little do-ggies
You know Fairfield County will be your new home.

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A SOOL SATURDAY NIGHT IN BOSTON
SOOL
Saturday, November 21, 2009
At Sally O'Brien's Pub
Somerville, Massachusetts

<> "This Saturday night, SOOL makes a rare 'rock band'-type appearance at Sally
O'Briens in Somerville.  It's been over a year since we've played a full set in
Boston.  Wow, Sooltime® flies!  We've got the incredible John Clarke on drums
and will be breaking out a few new songs as well as some SOOL faves from
yesteryear.  Sharing the night with Drew Townson's excellent new band Twang Em
High - very exciting.  TEH goes on first, say, around 9:30pm, followed by SOOL
at circa 10:30pm."

http://www.sallyobriensbar.com/
http://www.myspace.com/twangemhigh
http://www.soolmusic.com/

SOURCE: Pete Weiss, "Rare SOOL Show This Saturday," November 19, 2009.

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"Festival!" With Murray Lerner
Brattle Theatre
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Steve Nelson of the Music Museum of New England sent this item, which we are
posting in whole right down to its "filed under" line.

Part of this film importantly covers the Newport Folk Festival of 1965, a
complex event which generated hearsay that took on a life of its own. 
"Festival!" has the great advantage, then, of coming from someone who was there.

Festival!, with Murray Lerner

Brattle Theatre
Sunday, 11/22/09

<> There are moments when pop-music history takes a profound turn, and one such
was at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, when Bob Dylan plugged in an electric
guitar and played with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Murray Lerner was there
to record the moment for his classic 1967 concert documentary Festival! (which
covers the event from '63 to '66), and he'll be present tonight when the film
screens at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St, Cambridge | 7 pm | $15
617.876.6837
- or -
http://www.brattlefilm.org/

Filed under: FILM http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Picks/Picks.aspx?cat=film

::  mm one, mmone  ::

ONE OF MY OWN CURRENT EFFORTS . . has a Newport Folk Festival tie-in.

Writing for the old Vermont Guardian statewide weekly newspaper was a wonderful
opportunity.  In a great many of my interviews with musicians, I asked whether
they were influenced or inspired by the mid-1960s Harvard Square-connected duo
act, Mimi and Richard Farina.  I am totally aghast that not one person every
said "Yes."  Everyone or very nearly everyone told me he/she/they had never so
much as heard of the group.  A good number of my interviewees said the nature of
my question made them curious, and they would give the Farinas a listen.  Here's
hoping they did.

Meanwhile, one e-mail correspondent at a time, I have been trying to stimulate
some interest in Mimi and Richard Farina.  Though this was undeniably a folk
act, the Farinas were important forerunners of much alternative music that came
later.  If one were to listen to two or three cuts, one would not likely get it.
But if one could hear all of both original albums or all of one of the extensive
compilations, it seems to me most listeners would hear diverse talent that was
well ahead of its time.  The Farinas had a rather noisy rocker of a protest song
- right now the title isn't coming to me.  But from that cut to the sweet
instrumental, "Celebration for a Grey Day," to my own personal favorite, "Reno
Nevada," and lots more, Mimi and Richard Farina covered a lot of artistic ground
and in an engaging way.

Mimi Farina, Joan Baez's younger sister, was a solid guitarist; and along with
Richard Farina, she gave this group a good variety of vocal sounds.  Richard,
like so many of the much later college rock/alternative rock artists, came with
a background in one of the other arts.  He was a magazine writer, and evidently
a very good one.  His novel, "Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me," drew a
great deal of reader interest.  Subsequently, there was a film.

Richard Farina died in a motorcycle accident at the time his book was published.
There is much tragic romance to the question of what might have been, had an
artist not died young.  Buddy Holly is an excellent example.  What direction
would he have gone in?  What would have been the quality of his later work?

As in the case of the great songwriter, Dave Carter, it seems to me that people
in the know must have had not just belief but faith that Richard Farina's best
writing was ahead of him and that the best music of Mimi and Richard Farina also
lay ahead.  This was a gifted duo.

Do give these two a long listen if you get a chance.  They are well worth
knowing about even for people who might not necessarily like their music.

There are more twists and turns than time permits us to go into today.  Mimi and
Richard Farina went electric in the recording studio before Bob Dylan.  But
Dylan's electric album was released first.  And the Farinas were to have played
an electric set at Newport before Dylan, with none other than our hero, Barry
Tashian, on lead guitar.  This was forbidden by festival management, who had far
less option when it came to turning down Bob Dylan and band.  They could pretty
much take or leave Dylan, with not much room for negotiation in between.

Check me on this, but I believe the Chambers Brothers played amplified
instruments at the Newport Folk Festival ahead of Bob Dylan.

The Newport Folk Festival and the Harvard Square folk community of the early and
middle 1960s are great and fun topics. - Ed.

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RAY MASON BAND
THE SIGHS
Friday, November 27, 2009
Pearl Street Ballroom
Northampton, Massachusetts

<> "Friday November 27 - The Sighs, Ray Mason Band at Pearl St. (Ballroom), 10
Pearl St., Northampton, MA (413) 586-8686.

http://wwwiheg.com/

"What year is this anyway?  Ray, Frank, Stephen, and Tom opening for The Sighs. 
Just like old times!  9 p.m."

SOURCE: RayMasonBand At Hotmail Dot Com, "The Sighs, Ray Mason Band, November
27, 2009," November 19, 2009.

What year is this indeed.

We've got Sighs vinyl and a CD, and we really liked this outfit in its
late-1980s/early-1990s heyday.  If I remember right, this crew went out to San
Francisco for a time, came back to western Massachusetts, and then stepped down
from Sighs-hood to pursue other interests, opportunities, and life-supporting
schemes.  It would be great to hear what band members are up to these days.

Mason's latest release is the best of those solo and Ray Mason Band discs we
have heard, and it seems likely to translate into a fine set at Pearl Street.

Ray Mason
"Like Bugs Chewing on Paper"
(CD, Captivating Music CM-9163, 2009)

Forget nostalgia: this ought to be a terrific night of pop-oriented rock 'n'
roll. - Ed.

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MEN OF GREAT COURAGE
Saturday, November 21, 2009
The Penalty Box
Providence, Rhode Island

Says Mark Cutler:

<> "On Saturday night, November 21, 2009, my large band, 'The Men of Great
Courage,' play at the Penalty Box in the shadow of the ghost of the Rhode Island
Auditorium on North Main Street from 10:00 til 2:00 AM.  We'll play all sorts of
covers and originals for you.  You will love the songs or learn to love them by
the end of the night.  I promise!"

http://www.mcutler.com/

SOURCE: Mark Cutler, "Mark Cutler Gigs This Week," November 16, 2009.

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THE FOOLS
At Chargogagogmanchugagogchabunagungamaug
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Point Breeze on the Lake
Webster, Massachusetts

Autumn Night <> Crescent Moon
The Band Will Try to Play in Tune

The Fools
Saturday, November 21

Point Breeze on the Lake

114 Point Breeze Road
Webster, Massachusetts 01570

508-943-0404

SOURCE: The Fools, "Next Show," November 20, 2009.

Heavy Mental at Point Breeze.

As usual, our copy of the announcement did not include the time the festivities
start.

But the announcement we received conveniently did include a telephone number,
which appears above.

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FOREVER YOUNG
At Chan's
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Friday, December 4, 2009

Rhode Island's Becky Chace says:

<> "I'll be joining the boys of Forever Young playing the entire 'After the
Goldrush' album at Chan's on December 4th."

SOURCE: BeckyChace At Cox Dot Net, "Giveaways and Big News for Long-Time Fans,"
November 17, 2009.

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DROPKICK MURPHYS
Giving Us All Lots of Band News
All at Once

Starting, of course, with advance word about the Murphys' official holiday, St.
Patrick's Day.

<> "We are very happy and excited to let you all know that we have our act
together early this year and would like to announce the dates for our Boston St
Patrick's Day shows for 2010.  We will be playing from Friday March 12th through
to Wednesday March 17th at the Boston House Of Blues.  Tickets for these shows
will go on sale next Friday November 27th.  More details will be sent out over
the next week.

"The South Boston St Patrick's Day Parade will take place on Sunday March 14th
and there will be tons of other great stuff happening all week at McGreevys and
around town. So come help us turn Boston into another giant DKM convention for
the week of St. Pats!

"Oh and while we are at it here's some more good news.  We are just finishing up
putting together our Live On St Patrick's Day 2009 album release that will come
out in time for next year's shows, ready to get you in a festive mood ready for
the 2010 debacle.  The album will feature a completely different track listing
from our first live CD that came out back in 2002.  There will also be a bonus
DVD version so we're going to give you your moneys worth.  We made sure there
was no double dipping on the songs here!"

SOURCE: Dropkick Murphys, "Boston St. Patrick's Day Shows Announced!" November
19, 2009.

Dropkick Murphys
"Live on St. Patrick's Day 2009" (CD/DVD, coming in 2020)

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THIRSTY FROG
Willimantic, Connecticut

Accidental Groove played a new club Friday evening.  It is The Thirsty Frog in
Willimantic, Connecticut.

<> "This is a brand NEW club that opened last weekend to GREAT reviews!"

SOURCE: Accidental Groove, "Accidental Groove Rocks The Thirsty Frog This Friday
Nite, November 20," November 19, 2009.

Worth knowing.

Accidental Groove
"Simple Games" (CD, 2003)
:: Featuring "Don't Owe You"
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BITS AND PIECES

<> Amy Fairchild, according to her latest mailing, is writing songs with Adam
Steinberg, who she says will produce her next album.  It is anticipated that
recording will begin in late January or early February.

<> What do these folks have in common?  Ernie and the Automatics, Jada, the
people of the Nutcracker ballet, Santa, and Wally the Green Monster.  Give up? 
They were all scheduled to appear this (Saturday) afternoon at Boston's Faneuil
Hall Tree Lighting Ceremony. (Calls to mind a pretty but improbable Faneuil Hall
scene in an old Burt Reynolds movie.)  There is no telling which New England act
has had the most unusual booking.  But for the greatest total number of unusual
bookings, any bet I would place would be in favor of the Boston vocal group,
Jada.  These gals are enjoying a unique career.

<> Eli "Paperboy" Reed and Sarah Borges have been added to the December 13 Music
Museum of New England benefit lineup.  Tickets are on sale via the Regent
Theatre in Arlington, Massachusetts.  MM/ONE folks expect this show will sell
out soon.  Funny, that's also what I think.  Plan on getting your tickets soon
or don't plan on getting tickets, would be our thought.

<> Session Americana, whose travels often zag from Cambridge to Montpelier, are
soon to zig down to Nashville.  Yes, it is a genuine SA tour, says Session
Americana member - and one of my favorite band newsletter writers - Ry
Cavanaugh.  This Boston-to-Nashville concert trip, which is currently being
booked, is to run from March 4 to March 14, 2010.

<> The Stone Coyotes, easily among New England's best rock bands, in the group's
latest mailing, said, "We're working on a new album due out next spring."  I am
totally taken by one of the Stone Coyotes latest albums, which is simply titled
"VIII."  It is very focused, excellent quality, and real rock 'n' roll.

<> WUMB, a very important Boston-area folk radio FM station, has included among
its TOP Artists of 2009, according to a recent Ralph Jaccodine e-mail, Bob Dylan
and Ellis Paul in the Number One and Number Two spots, respectively, with Antje
Duvekot holding down a strong Number Eight.

http://wumb.org/music/Top100-2009-master.php

We are duly impressed.  Ralph Jaccodine - who, by example, actually helped us
work out a little problem with this newsletter - manages two of these three
acts.  Maybe Dylan will come around later.

::  mm one, mmone, odds and ends, wumb top artists of 2009  ::
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GUITAR HERO

Here is a Guitar Hero article, which would mostly be for our more
technically-oriented readers.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_221/6577-Anyone-Can-P\
lay-Guitar
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Evening

Sting's "Winter's Night" inspired by magical tales
Reuters – Fri Nov 20, 6:49 pm ET

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Sting's "If on a Winter's Night..." may feature
holiday-inspired songs, but don't call it a Christmas album. "The whole season
is much broader than that," he says. "Winter is about inspiration and
imagination."
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We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
: : : Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, November 21 - The region's music news runs a broad range this
week, time-wise, from screening of a film, which echoes back to the early days
of the Newport Folk Festival, to a brand new music club in Connecticut.
.


Happy Thanksgiving!
.


READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU, scroll briskly past whatever doesn't.
.


RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, November 17th

50 CENT - Before I Self-Destruct (CD/DVD) - $11.88
BEAK> (GEOFF BARROW/ PORTISHEAD) - Beak> - $11.88
BOWIE, DAVID - Space Oddity: 40th Anniversary Edition (2 CD) - $16.99
DOORS - Live In New York (6 CD) - $69.99
JACKSON, JANET - #1's (2 CD) - $16.99
JONES, NORAH - Fall - $11.88
KID SISTER - Ultraviolet - $7.99
MAYER, JOHN - Battle Studies - $10.88
MCCARTNEY, PAUL - Good Evening NYC (2 CD/DVD) - $17.99
MORRISSEY - Swords (2 CD Deluxe Edition) - $18.99
MORSE, STEVE - Out Standing In Their Field - $8.99
MOTLEY CRUE - Greatest Hits - $9.99
PARTON, DOLLY - Live From London - $16.99
PERRY, KATY - MTV Unplugged (CD/DVD) - $9.99.
ROBILLARD, DUKE/ CROWNOVER, SUNNY - Tales From The Tiki Lounge - $15.99
RUSH - Working Men - $11.88
TOWNSEND, DEVIN - Addicted - $11.88
U2 - 1977-1984 (6 CDs + Poster)- $59.99
WILLIAMS, ROBBIE - Reality Killed The Video Star - $12.88
-
featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, November 17th

090808_EvntHrizon Star Trek
(2009)
$21.99 2-DVD set

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "November 16 Newbury Comics Coupon and New Releases,"
November 16, 2009.

Duke Robillard and Sunny Crownover
"Tales From the Tiki Lounge" (CD, 2009)

::  david bowie, janet jackson number ones, norah jones, john mayer, paul
mccartney, steve morse, dolly parton, katy perry, devin townsend, robbie
williams; 1977 to 1984  ::
.


NEW ENGLAND ESSENTIAL RECORD RELEASES

If you may be interested in getting in on the tail end of our New England
Essential Record Releases survey, be thinking about it or dash off an e-mail to
us.

Things have gotten so busy and so wacky around here that I totally lost track of
the need to finish this thing off.

Several superstar acts still are not represented, nor, if I remember right, is
the entire state of New Hampshire.

Country music fans, be warned: one reader is working on a country Top 5, that
would go along somewhat with those Five Favorite Boston Songs lists.  Evidently
it is a work in progress, but the country list appears to be teetering toward
the offbeat.  Maybe.  Time will tell.

I am writing this as a hurried last-minute note, and I couldn't say just yet
quite when we will close out this question.  The holiday season is the worst
time for these things, but what are we going to do.  It seems likely we will
finalize our list in the next few weeks.

If you want to see an updated copy of the latest version of our list, drop us an
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INTERNATIONAL POP OVERTHROW: BOSTON
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Another Great Night for Overthrowing International Pop
At Church: Boston

Carlene Barous, whose band names are lengthening at an alarming rate - "Din" to
"The Carlene Barous Band" - what next - kindly sent the following affirmation
that this year's "International Pop Overthrow: Boston" is not a one-great-night
wonder.

Judging by the act names we recognize, tonight ought to be pretty spectacular.

<> "The Carlene Barous Band is playing Boston's International Pop Overthrow,
Saturday November 21st at 8:30p at Church.

: : : John Sullivan, drums, percussion, attitude
: : : Matt Boynton, bass, vox, attitude
: : : Carlene Barous, keys, bass, vox, no attitude

"Eight bands in 3.5 hours. Get your fix quickly.

: : : 8:00 Cliff Hills
: : : 8:30 Carlene Barous
: : : 9:00 Popfilter
: : : 9:30 Golden Bloom
: : : 10:00 The Motion Sick
: : : 10:30 The Montgomerys
: : : 11:00 Topheavy
: : : 11:30 The Lights Out

http://www.internationalpopoverthrow.com
http://www.churchofboston.com

SOURCE: Carlene Barous, "Carlene Barous Band at Church November 21," November
14, 2009.

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DOCUMENT 183
LYS GUILLORN WITH BAND
AMY SPEACE
Saturday, November 21, 2009
At Cafe Nine
New Haven, Connecticut

We received the following show announcement from Connecticut singer-songwriter
and cowgirl Lys Guillorn:

<> "[W]e've got a show coming up this Saturday, November 21.  Hope to see you
out and about...

Sat. Nov 21

: : : Document 183
: : : Lys Guillorn with band
: : : Amy Speace

Cafe Nine
250 State St.
New Haven, Connecticut
21+ / $8 / 10 pm

http://www.cafenine.com
http://www.amyspeace.com
http://www.document183.com
http://www.lysguillorn.com

SOURCE: Lysbeth Guillorn, "Lys Guillorn (With Band) Saturday, November 21 at
Cafe Nine in New Haven," November 15, 2009.

Whoopee ti yi yo get alone little do-ggies
It's your misfortune, ain't none of my own
Whoopee ti yi yo get along little do-ggies
You know Fairfield County will be your new home.

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A SOOL SATURDAY NIGHT IN BOSTON
SOOL
Saturday, November 21, 2009
At Sally O'Brien's Pub
Somerville, Massachusetts

<> "This Saturday night, SOOL makes a rare 'rock band'-type appearance at Sally
O'Briens in Somerville.  It's been over a year since we've played a full set in
Boston.  Wow, Sooltime® flies!  We've got the incredible John Clarke on drums
and will be breaking out a few new songs as well as some SOOL faves from
yesteryear.  Sharing the night with Drew Townson's excellent new band Twang Em
High - very exciting.  TEH goes on first, say, around 9:30pm, followed by SOOL
at circa 10:30pm."

http://www.sallyobriensbar.com/
http://www.myspace.com/twangemhigh
http://www.soolmusic.com/

SOURCE: Pete Weiss, "Rare SOOL Show This Saturday," November 19, 2009.

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"Festival!" With Murray Lerner
Brattle Theatre
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Steve Nelson of the Music Museum of New England sent this item, which we are
posting in whole right down to its "filed under" line.

Part of this film importantly covers the Newport Folk Festival of 1965, a
complex event which generated hearsay that took on a life of its own. 
"Festival!" has the great advantage, then, of coming from someone who was there.

Festival!, with Murray Lerner

Brattle Theatre
Sunday, 11/22/09

<> There are moments when pop-music history takes a profound turn, and one such
was at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, when Bob Dylan plugged in an electric
guitar and played with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Murray Lerner was there
to record the moment for his classic 1967 concert documentary Festival! (which
covers the event from '63 to '66), and he'll be present tonight when the film
screens at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St, Cambridge | 7 pm | $15
617.876.6837
- or -
http://www.brattlefilm.org/

Filed under: FILM http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Picks/Picks.aspx?cat=film

::  mm one, mmone  ::

ONE OF MY OWN CURRENT EFFORTS . . has a Newport Folk Festival tie-in.

Writing for the old Vermont Guardian statewide weekly newspaper was a wonderful
opportunity.  In a great many of my interviews with musicians, I asked whether
they were influenced or inspired by the mid-1960s Harvard Square-connected duo
act, Mimi and Richard Farina.  I am totally aghast that not one person every
said "Yes."  Everyone or very nearly everyone told me he/she/they had never so
much as heard of the group.  A good number of my interviewees said the nature of
my question made them curious, and they would give the Farinas a listen.  Here's
hoping they did.

Meanwhile, one e-mail correspondent at a time, I have been trying to stimulate
some interest in Mimi and Richard Farina.  Though this was undeniably a folk
act, the Farinas were important forerunners of much alternative music that came
later.  If one were to listen to two or three cuts, one would not likely get it.
But if one could hear all of both original albums or all of one of the extensive
compilations, it seems to me most listeners would hear diverse talent that was
well ahead of its time.  The Farinas had a rather noisy rocker of a protest song
- right now the title isn't coming to me.  But from that cut to the sweet
instrumental, "Celebration for a Grey Day," to my own personal favorite, "Reno
Nevada," and lots more, Mimi and Richard Farina covered a lot of artistic ground
and in an engaging way.

Mimi Farina, Joan Baez's younger sister, was a solid guitarist; and along with
Richard Farina, she gave this group a good variety of vocal sounds.  Richard,
like so many of the much later college rock/alternative rock artists, came with
a background in one of the other arts.  He was a magazine writer, and evidently
a very good one.  His novel, "Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me," drew a
great deal of reader interest.  Subsequently, there was a film.

Richard Farina died in a motorcycle accident at the time his book was published.
There is much tragic romance to the question of what might have been, had an
artist not died young.  Buddy Holly is an excellent example.  What direction
would he have gone in?  What would have been the quality of his later work?

As in the case of the great songwriter, Dave Carter, it seems to me that people
in the know must have had not just belief but faith that Richard Farina's best
writing was ahead of him and that the best music of Mimi and Richard Farina also
lay ahead.  This was a gifted duo.

Do give these two a long listen if you get a chance.  They are well worth
knowing about even for people who might not necessarily like their music.

There are more twists and turns than time permits us to go into today.  Mimi and
Richard Farina went electric in the recording studio before Bob Dylan.  But
Dylan's electric album was released first.  And the Farinas were to have played
an electric set at Newport before Dylan, with none other than our hero, Barry
Tashian, on lead guitar.  This was forbidden by festival management, who had far
less option when it came to turning down Bob Dylan and band.  They could pretty
much take or leave Dylan, with not much room for negotiation in between.

Check me on this, but I believe the Chambers Brothers played amplified
instruments at the Newport Folk Festival ahead of Bob Dylan.

The Newport Folk Festival and the Harvard Square folk community of the early and
middle 1960s are great and fun topics. - Ed.

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RAY MASON BAND
THE SIGHS
Friday, November 27, 2009
Pearl Street Ballroom
Northampton, Massachusetts

<> "Friday November 27 - The Sighs, Ray Mason Band at Pearl St. (Ballroom), 10
Pearl St., Northampton, MA (413) 586-8686.

http://wwwiheg.com/

"What year is this anyway?  Ray, Frank, Stephen, and Tom opening for The Sighs. 
Just like old times!  9 p.m."

SOURCE: RayMasonBand At Hotmail Dot Com, "The Sighs, Ray Mason Band, November
27, 2009," November 19, 2009.

What year is this indeed.

We've got Sighs vinyl and a CD, and we really liked this outfit in its
late-1980s/early-1990s heyday.  If I remember right, this crew went out to San
Francisco for a time, came back to western Massachusetts, and then stepped down
from Sighs-hood to pursue other interests, opportunities, and life-supporting
schemes.  It would be great to hear what band members are up to these days.

Mason's latest release is the best of those solo and Ray Mason Band discs we
have heard, and it seems likely to translate into a fine set at Pearl Street.

Ray Mason
"Like Bugs Chewing on Paper"
(CD, Captivating Music CM-9163, 2009)

Forget nostalgia: this ought to be a terrific night of pop-oriented rock 'n'
roll. - Ed.

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MEN OF GREAT COURAGE
Saturday, November 21, 2009
The Penalty Box
Providence, Rhode Island

Says Mark Cutler:

<> "On Saturday night, November 21, 2009, my large band, 'The Men of Great
Courage,' play at the Penalty Box in the shadow of the ghost of the Rhode Island
Auditorium on North Main Street from 10:00 til 2:00 AM.  We'll play all sorts of
covers and originals for you.  You will love the songs or learn to love them by
the end of the night.  I promise!"

http://www.mcutler.com/

SOURCE: Mark Cutler, "Mark Cutler Gigs This Week," November 16, 2009.

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THE FOOLS
At Chargogagogmanchugagogchabunagungamaug
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Point Breeze on the Lake
Webster, Massachusetts

Autumn Night <> Crescent Moon
The Band Will Try to Play in Tune

The Fools
Saturday, November 21

Point Breeze on the Lake

114 Point Breeze Road
Webster, Massachusetts 01570

508-943-0404

SOURCE: The Fools, "Next Show," November 20, 2009.

Heavy Mental at Point Breeze.

As usual, our copy of the announcement did not include the time the festivities
start.

But the announcement we received conveniently did include a telephone number,
which appears above.

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FOREVER YOUNG
At Chan's
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Friday, December 4, 2009

Rhode Island's Becky Chace says:

<> "I'll be joining the boys of Forever Young playing the entire 'After the
Goldrush' album at Chan's on December 4th."

SOURCE: BeckyChace At Cox Dot Net, "Giveaways and Big News for Long-Time Fans,"
November 17, 2009.

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DROPKICK MURPHYS
Giving Us All Lots of Band News
All at Once

Starting, of course, with advance word about the Murphys' official holiday, St.
Patrick's Day.

<> "We are very happy and excited to let you all know that we have our act
together early this year and would like to announce the dates for our Boston St
Patrick's Day shows for 2010.  We will be playing from Friday March 12th through
to Wednesday March 17th at the Boston House Of Blues.  Tickets for these shows
will go on sale next Friday November 27th.  More details will be sent out over
the next week.

"The South Boston St Patrick's Day Parade will take place on Sunday March 14th
and there will be tons of other great stuff happening all week at McGreevys and
around town. So come help us turn Boston into another giant DKM convention for
the week of St. Pats!

"Oh and while we are at it here's some more good news.  We are just finishing up
putting together our Live On St Patrick's Day 2009 album release that will come
out in time for next year's shows, ready to get you in a festive mood ready for
the 2010 debacle.  The album will feature a completely different track listing
from our first live CD that came out back in 2002.  There will also be a bonus
DVD version so we're going to give you your moneys worth.  We made sure there
was no double dipping on the songs here!"

SOURCE: Dropkick Murphys, "Boston St. Patrick's Day Shows Announced!" November
19, 2009.

Dropkick Murphys
"Live on St. Patrick's Day 2009" (CD/DVD, coming in 2020)

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THIRSTY FROG
Willimantic, Connecticut

Accidental Groove played a new club Friday evening.  It is The Thirsty Frog in
Willimantic, Connecticut.

<> "This is a brand NEW club that opened last weekend to GREAT reviews!"

SOURCE: Accidental Groove, "Accidental Groove Rocks The Thirsty Frog This Friday
Nite, November 20," November 19, 2009.

Worth knowing.

Accidental Groove
"Simple Games" (CD, 2003)
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BITS AND PIECES

<> Amy Fairchild, according to her latest mailing, is writing songs with Adam
Steinberg, who she says will produce her next album.  It is anticipated that
recording will begin in late January or early February.

<> What do these folks have in common?  Ernie and the Automatics, Jada, the
people of the Nutcracker ballet, Santa, and Wally the Green Monster.  Give up? 
They were all scheduled to appear this (Saturday) afternoon at Boston's Faneuil
Hall Tree Lighting Ceremony. (Calls to mind a pretty but improbable Faneuil Hall
scene in an old Burt Reynolds movie.)  There is no telling which New England act
has had the most unusual booking.  But for the greatest total number of unusual
bookings, any bet I would place would be in favor of the Boston vocal group,
Jada.  These gals are enjoying a unique career.

<> Eli "Paperboy" Reed and Sarah Borges have been added to the December 13 Music
Museum of New England benefit lineup.  Tickets are on sale via the Regent
Theatre in Arlington, Massachusetts.  MM/ONE folks expect this show will sell
out soon.  Funny, that's also what I think.  Plan on getting your tickets soon
or don't plan on getting tickets, would be our thought.

<> Session Americana, whose travels often zag from Cambridge to Montpelier, are
soon to zig down to Nashville.  Yes, it is a genuine SA tour, says Session
Americana member - and one of my favorite band newsletter writers - Ry
Cavanaugh.  This Boston-to-Nashville concert trip, which is currently being
booked, is to run from March 4 to March 14, 2010.

<> The Stone Coyotes, easily among New England's best rock bands, in the group's
latest mailing, said, "We're working on a new album due out next spring."  I am
totally taken by one of the Stone Coyotes latest albums, which is simply titled
"VIII."  It is very focused, excellent quality, and real rock 'n' roll.

<> WUMB, a very important Boston-area folk radio FM station, has included among
its TOP Artists of 2009, according to a recent Ralph Jaccodine e-mail, Bob Dylan
and Ellis Paul in the Number One and Number Two spots, respectively, with Antje
Duvekot holding down a strong Number Eight.

http://wumb.org/music/Top100-2009-master.php

We are duly impressed.  Ralph Jaccodine - who, by example, actually helped us
work out a little problem with this newsletter - manages two of these three
acts.  Maybe Dylan will come around later.

::  mm one, mmone, odds and ends, wumb top artists of 2009  ::
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GUITAR HERO

Here is a Guitar Hero article, which would mostly be for our more
technically-oriented readers.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_221/6577-Anyone-Can-P\
lay-Guitar
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Evening

Sting's "Winter's Night" inspired by magical tales
Reuters – Fri Nov 20, 6:49 pm ET

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Sting's "If on a Winter's Night..." may feature
holiday-inspired songs, but don't call it a Christmas album. "The whole season
is much broader than that," he says. "Winter is about inspiration and
imagination."
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We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, November 14 - We did not receive a great many news items this
week.  But there is an interesting mix here, including a couple big stories.  It
would be hard NOT to lead off with the Aerosmith split, so here goes...
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Monday Morning

Aerosmith's Joe Perry: 'Steven Tyler has quit'
Yahoo! Music – Mon Nov 9, 4:00 am ET

Courtesy of NME.com - Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has said that singer Steven
Tyler has quit the band "as far as I can tell."

STEVEN TYLER HAS QUIT AEROSMITH . . as far as Joe Perry can tell.  Uh huh. 
Fortunately, there's not much at stake here.  Except, of course, that members of
one of the most profitable bands in all rock 'n' roll history might be joining
the ranks of the unemployed.  But aside from that...

Evidently Steven has been understood to say that he plans to concentrate on
"brand Tyler."

The latest thing we have heard is that Aerosmith has let Tyler go, and the other
band members are recruiting a replacement singer.  Best of luck.

We don't have much occasion to deal on the superstar level, and you may know
lots more about this than we do.  But we suspect that there is a great deal of
posturing going on here, and the truth will follow along when it is good and
ready.  It could be a while before a lot of light is shed on this topic.

A tremendous part of Aerosmith's reputation and image is embodied in Steven
Tyler.  He established himself as a powerhouse frontman decades ago.  His place
would be powerfully tough to fill.  He, on the other hand, has an amazingly
successful gig with Aerosmith.  We hope everyone involved forgets this week's
news and starts work on a new album or makes plans for a mended head and
shoulder tour.
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THE MOON IS WET

Do you recall when Mr. Spock asked Captain Kirk what is the most valuable thing
in the universe, to which Kirk responded, as though he was having a moment of
revelation,

"Water."

If we are ever to have a base for launching deeper space exploration, this
development - buckets of water found on the moon - could be of vast importance.

An interesting observer named Richard C. Hoagland says that data released by
NASA, including pictures, revealed much more.  So this news story may be
evolving and may be with us for a while.

I am personally not much on conspiracy theories; but this same R.C. Hoagland is
the guy who says he can prove, and soon will prove, that the President Kennedy
assassination was a conspiracy.  We shall see.
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, November 10th

AC/DC - Backtracks (Standard Box) - $29.99
AMOS, TORI - Midwinter Graces (Deluxe Edition) - $13.88
ANTHRAX - Caught In A Mosh: BBC Live - $14.99
ANTHRAX - Among The Living (CD/DVD) - $25.99
BEACH BOYS - Christmas Harmonies - $13.99

BIG KENNY - Quiet Time Of A Rock And Roll Farm Boy - $11.88
<> Through much of my high school and college years, I lived on what had been a
blueberry farm. So I can imagine life as a rock 'n' roll farm boy. - Ed.

BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB - Live (CD/2 DVD) - $14.99
<> This group's name always brings to mind an earlier BRMC band, the Boston
Rockabilly Music Conspiracy. Those guys made some really fine records. Do you
know what became of the Boston Rockabilly Music Conspiracy?

BON JOVI - Circle (W/DVD) - $12.88
COALESCE - Ox EP - $7.99
CORSTEN, FERRY - Twice In A Blue Moon Remixed - $12.88
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL - Alter The Ending (Deluxe Edition) - $15.99
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL - Alter The Ending - $9.99

DAVIES, RAY - Kinks Choral Collection - $12.88
<> The letter, "V," does not exist in the Welsh language. So how "Davies" gets
spelled the way it does is beyond me. Nonetheless, it is the same name as
"Davis" and is pronounced the same way:

: : : DAY - viss.

Ask Ray.  There is no letter "K" in the Welsh language, either; but Davies still
has been a key member of the Kinks. And this record ought to be quite good.

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Fountain - $8.99
GARCIA, JERRY - Collection Vol. 2: Let It Rock - $12.88
JACKSON 5 - I Want You Back! (Unreleased Masters) - $9.99
KING CRIMSON - In The Court Of The Crimson King - $19.99
NIRVANA 2002 - Recordings 89-91 - $9.99
ROLLING STONES - Love You Live (Remaster) - $17.99

SOUNDTRACK - A CHRISTMAS STORY - $13.88
<> I can never get enough of Ralphy and Randy and their family, friends, and
foes in my all-time favorite Christmas film, "A Christmas Story." - Ed.

SPEARS, BRITNEY - Singles Collection - $14.99
WU-TANG CLAN - Enter The Dubstep: Wu-Tang - $12.88

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featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, November 10th

090808_EvntHrizon Disney's Up
$19.99 DVD

::  ac/dc, ac dc, tori amos, ferry corsten, ray davies, echo and the bunnymen,
jerry garcia, the jackson 5, the jackson five, britney spears, the wu-tang clan,
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MUSIC MUSEUM OF NEW ENGLAND
Partying This Holiday Season

For a great many of our readers, the Music Museum of New England (MM/ONE) is
planning what may be THE party of the upcoming holiday season, as a fundraiser
for their worthy organization.  Look through the list of featured acts, consider
that the great Barrence Whitfield is this event's music director, and you may
very well agree.  It is not often at all that a bill such as this comes
together.

We were really pleased to receive the MM oNE announcement.  Here it is:

<> The Music Museum Of New England is excited to announce a very special holiday
event.  Please join us to celebrate the season with a great night of music.  Of
course, if you can help support the event through additional ticket sales or by
spreading the word, we'd be grateful.  We hope to see you at the Regent Theatre
on December 13th!

The MM/ONE Board of Directors
    Steve Nelson, President
    Michael Fondo, Treasurer
    Harry Sandler
    Gary Sohmers

ROCK `N SOUL HOLIDAY CONCERT
Celebrating the season and for the benefit of
The Music Museum Of New England

Many noted New England musicians will join together in the first annual Rock `n
Soul Holiday Concert as a benefit for MM/ONE, the Music Museum Of New England. 
The event will be at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA on Sunday evening,
December 13th at 8:00 p.m.

Barrence Whitfield, infamous for his dynamic live performances, will serve as
Musical Director, and will be accompanied by a super group of local talent, The
Rock `n Soul Holiday All Stars led by Jim Haggerty, with Charles Hansen, Andy
Plaisted, Allan Scheinfeld, Mario Perrett and Paul Ahlstrand supporting the
talented stars gracing the stage.  For more about Barrence, go to his website
www.barrencewhitfield.com and read his bio on our website at
www.mmone.org/content.php?nav=band&bid=110.  The event is being produced by Gary
Sohmers of MM/ONE and Leland Stein of the Regent.

Performers at the show will sing a song, play a tune and share two hours of
seasonal good cheer with their fellow musicians and the audience, including
sing-alongs of holiday music.  The diverse lineup will include:

* punk legend Willie Alexander  www.williealexander.com

* blues great James Montgomery  www.jamesmontgomery.com

* singer-songwriter Charlie Farren  www.charliefarren.com

* blues-rockers Ernie & The Automatics featuring Sib Hassian and Barry Goudreau
(original members of the band Boston)  www.ernieandtheautomatics.com

* `60s-style "girl group" Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents 
www.myspace.com/jennydeemusic

* singer-songwriter John Powhida  www.johnpowhida.com

* R&B/soul/garage-rockers The Andrea Gillis Band  www.andreagillis.com

* singer-songwriter Ramona Silver  www.ramonasilver.com

* guitar stylist Mike Gent  www.myspace.com/themikegent

* pop musician Brian Charles  www.myspace.com/briancharlesmusic

Plus other surprise guests are expected to drop by and join in the revelry.

The price of admission to the event at the intimate 500-seat venue will be
$18.00 with preferred center orchestra seating available for $28.00, including a
$3 facility fee (an additional $3 service fee will be applied to advance online
and telephone orders, but not to tickets purchased at the box office).  Tickets
are available through the Regent Theatre at 781-646-4849 or
www.regenttheatre.com.

SOURCE: Steve Nelson, "Special MM/ONE Holiday Event," November 12, 2009.

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DANIEL EPSTEIN
GOLI
ERIK LINDGREN

Erik Lindgren is one of the major resources of New England popular music, and we
think of him often; but for some reason, his name actually has come up seldom in
this newsletter.  Don't ask me why.  So it is with extra pleasure that we post
this listing for a show featuring a collaboration of the Goli gals, Daniel
Epstein, and Erik Lindgren.

Lindgren was in a seminal Boston ensemble called The Moving Parts, before he
moved on to Birdsongs of the Mesozoic.  After Moving Parts, members Clint Conley
and Roger Miller formed a little outfit a few of you may have heard of, Mission
of Burma.  And boy, it seemed at one time as though the Moving Parts' Boby Bear
played in just about every other Boston band.  That guy got around.

Here is that show listing:

GOLI GETS THEIR DANCE ON!
<> This weekend (Sat. Nov. 14th and Sun. Nov. 15th,) Goli will team up
with composer/pianist Erik Lindgren (Birdsongs of the Mesozoic) and
flutist Daniel Epstein for a live music/dance collaboration for the
Dance Complex's 18th Birthday Faculty Concert. Choreographers/dancers
include Daniel McCusker, Diane Noya & Tommy Neblett, Margot Parsons,
Rozann Kraus, Danny Swain and Hips on Fire duet, Christina Pujol and
Seemore Johnson.  Original music by Lindgren and Goli.

THE DETAILS:
Nov. 14th (8pm) & Nov. 15th (7pm)-
Julie Ince Thompson Theatre @ the Dance Complex
http://www.dancecomplex.org/
356 Mass. Ave.  Central Sq.
Cambridge, MA
This is an all ages venue.  Tickets are $18 and reservations are
highly recommended as this show often sells out.  For reservations
call 617.547.9363.

SOURCE: Goli, "Goli on the Radio and Upcoming Shows," November 9, 2009.

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SETH GLIER
"The Trouble With People" CD-Release Show
Club Passim
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

"Club Passim - November 25

"CD RELEASE PARTY AT CLUB PASSIM NOVEMBER 25

<> "For five decades, Club Passim has been known as a premier national venue
presenting new and established traditional, folk, and acoustic music performers.
In 1958 the Club had earned a reputation for great music, coffee, and company. 
A friend of a then-unknown, 17-year-old Joan Baez rented the ... club just to
get Joan on stage one night.  Baez quickly built a worshipful following and
became a regular feature.  Here, she introduced crowds to Bob Dylan, who backed
artists on harmonica and played his original songs between acts.

"On Wednesday, November 25th, Seth will step on the stage to celebrate his CD
release for his first co-headlining show in this historic venue.  Seth will be
sharing the stage with NYC singer/songwriter, and label-mate, Rachael Sage.

WHEN:
Wednesday, November 25th
Showtime at 8:00 PM
with Rachael Sage

WHERE:
Club Passim
47 Palmer Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tickets $12

>> Reserve Your Seats NOW

SOURCE: SethGlier Dot Com, "Call Me 'Brother,'" November 8, 2009.

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The Narrows Center for the Arts
Welcomes Back
SARAH BORGES AND THE BROKEN SINGLES

Sarah Borges and company of Boston sent the following homecoming show listing in
the band's latest mailing:

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH, 2009
Fall River, MA - Narrows Center for the Arts
Annual Post-Thanksgiving Homecoming Show, Hoots and Hellmouth Opening!
8pm - Price: $15 adv/$17 door

SOURCE: Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles, "Sarah Borges and the Broken
Singles November East Coast Tour," November 10, 2009.

Welcome back!

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GRETA GERTLER
Biggest Show of the Year
The Living Room
New York City
Monday, December 7, 2009

Brooklynian Greta Gertler was so excited that she risked Friday the 13th to let
us all know about her...

BIGGEST SHOW OF THE YEAR!!!

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7: 9-11pm
THE LIVING ROOM, NYC
154 Ludlow Street
http://www.livingroomny.com/

GRETA GERTLER & THE UNIVERSAL THUMP:
FINAL FUNDRAISING SHOW FOR NEW ALBUM
With full band, featuring Adam D Gold (drums), Byron Isaacs (bass), Pete Galub
(guitar), Jon Dryden (organ), Noe Venable (backing vocals), Alice Bierhorst
(backing vocals) and more special guests.  Byron Isaacs will open the show.

SOURCE: Greta, "Big Show and Updating Contacts," November 13, 2009.

AND THIS MUST BE . . her biggest show of the year.  It came with three
exclamation marks, when she might have gotten away with two.

(!)

Greta Gertler is presenting this fundraiser concert and is making other efforts
to put together money needed for an ambitious orchestral pop album.  No doubt
she would very much appreciate the attendance of those who can make it to The
Living Room in New York City Monday, December 7. - Ed.
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SARAH LEE GUTHRIE AND JOHNNY IRION
Recordings for All Ages

It has been a while since we have had anything to pass along from Sarah Lee,
Johnny, and band.  It appears they may have been saving it up, since here is
news of three new albums:

<> "'Folksong,' a live CD/DVD, is out and we've been slowly getting it to folk
radio DJs who have been loving 'When the Lilacs are in Bloom.'  We made our
first studio album in four years with Thom Monohan and Andy Cabic and members of
Vetiver; also Radoslav Lorkovic, Charlie Rose, Gary Louris and Neal Casal all
contributed their talents to help us make our best album to date!  We hope to
get that out next fall.  The working title of the album is 'Bright Examples.' 
More on that later.

"On Oct 27, Smithsonian Folkways released the new Sarah Lee Guthrie and family
record, 'Go Waggaloo,' which has been winning awards we never knew existed. 
It's been great to hear the reaction of so many different families and friends
that have enjoyed the record.  So, thank you!"

SOURCE: Sarah Lee and Johnny, "Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion News and Music
Letter," November 11, 2009.

Was it Bob Dylan who wrote,

: : : Johnny I. and Sarah Lee
: : : They were the best of friends...

Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion
"Folksong" (CD/DVD, 2009)

Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion
"Bright Examples" (CD, Forthcoming)

Sarah Lee Guthrie and Family
"Go Waggaloo" (CD, 2009)

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THE MOTION SICK
Rock Band and More

Last (Friday) evening, the band, The Motion Sick, put on its 150th show.  One
hundred fifty?!  No wonder these people are sick of motion.  But they'll
probably do more shows anyway and keep on a-movin'.  Meanwhile, they are making
news of the Rock Band kind.

<> "We've just gotten hold of an awesome preview video of '30 Lives' for Rock
Band.  This isn't quite the final version, but it's almost there and soon,
you'll be able to buy songs by The Motion Sick in the Rock Band store
video:

http://bit.ly/30LivesRockBand

Members of The Motion Sick are also working on a split seven-inch vinyl record
with the band, Golden Bloom.  "The limited-edition vinyl will feature The Motion
Sick's cover of the Golden Bloom song, 'Doomsday Devices,' backed with the
Golden Bloom cover of The Motion Sick's song, '30 Lives.'  More details soon!"

SOURCE: The Motion Sick, "The Motion Sick's 150th Show November 13 Middle East!
- Video Preview of '30 Lives' in Rock Band!" November 12, 2009.

FOR SOME REASON, . . the Motion Sick/Golden Bloom record, which is in the works,
brings to mind vintage vinyl split between Boston's Boys Life and The Outlets,
1981-ish. - Ed.
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MICHAEL AND RUTH MERENDA
Live Music and Video

<> "[W]e've posted some live recordings from the Shakori Hills Festival at

http://www.MikeAnd Ruthy.com/

and a bunch of new video footage from Magnolia Fest and 'Music Under the Moss'
at our MySpace page."

SOURCE: Mike and Ruthy, "November 2009 Tour Dates," November 9, 2009.

THE GOOD FOLKS OF CLAN MERENDA . . did not actually write out their MySpace
address, but we are guessing their MySpace page is linked from MikeAndRuth.com.
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CARLA RYDER BAND
"Time Has Come" To Go

<> "Carla Ryder Band's latest greatest and final album 'Time Has Come' is
available for sale now.  There are only 200 copies of this limited edition album
so order now and don't miss out.  It's a rock album, it's raw and real and
alive.  Get a copy for yourself today, heck order a copy for a friend or ten -
the holidays are coming!"

SOURCE: Carla Ryder, "New CD Available Now!" November 12, 2009.

Carla Ryder Band
"Time Has Come" (CD, 2009)

::  the carla ryder band  ::
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DWIGHT RITCHER BAND
CD/DVD

<> "It has been a privilege to have spent the last year up here with all of you
in Boston, but as is life ... change is coming.  I'd like to thank Milt Reder
for being such a wonderful producer and friend.  I've learned so much.  Thank
you Dwight Ritcher Band fans for making the three month Atwoods residency the
best I could imagine.  I promise you there are DRB tracks in various stages of
record as well as video footage being collated from twelve of those shows.  The
plan is to get a new DRB record/DVD out by the end of next year.  A SPACE FUNK
POP PUNK RECORD!"

This sounds like Dwight Ritcher Meets The Jonzun Crew. - Ed.

"The next two months will find us meeting with managers, labels, and a variety
of business folks, but we will be back in Boston for the Dwight and Nicole
'Signs' CD Release Show ... February 5th at the SOMERVILLE THEATRE.  It will be
a magical night with a very special opening act.  Get your tickets as soon as
you can."

SOURCE: DwightRitcher At Yahoo Dot Com, "Dwight Ritcher and Nicole Nelson
Farewell Residency and Somerville Theatre News!" November 8, 2009.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Evening

New Kids' Joey McIntyre strikes out solo again
Reuters – Fri Nov 13, 8:35 pm ET

DETROIT (Billboard) - After spending the past year with the New Kids on the
Block reunion, Joey McIntyre is striking while the iron is hot and resuming his
solo career.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Afternoon

Wynonna, Naomi to reunite as the Judds in 2010
Reuters – Fri Nov 13, 4:44 pm ET

DETROIT (Billboard) - Country singer Wynonna says that she and her mother, Naomi
Judd, are up for "everything" in 2010, including working together again in some
capacity as the Judds.

I guess they're feelin' lucky. - Ed.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Thursday Afternoon

Officials to restore birthplace of Robert Johnson
AP – Thu Nov 12, 5:39 pm ET
This is a late 1950's photograph provided by the Copiah County... AP

JACKSON, Miss. - The mystery surrounding bluesman Robert Johnson's life and
death feeds the lingering fascination with his work.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Afternoon

Taylor Swift adds international award to CMA haul
Reuters – Fri Nov 13, 3:08 pm ET

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Teenage singing star Taylor Swift, who swept
the top Country Music Association awards this week, also garnered the CMA's
International Artist Achievement Award during a rehearsal for Wednesday's show.
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: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
: : : Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, November 7 - Copying material from our old website before the
GeoCities shutdown put us way behind, time-wise; and we remain behind.  There
may not be record-setting amounts of news this week; but still, there is more
news than we can handle.  So let's get right into it.
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

It is worth repeating, as we sometimes do, that their weekly list of record
releases is a wonderful service provided by staff at Newbury Comics.  There is
nothing anywhere saying this is a thing they have to do.

<> New CD Releases Available Tuesday, November 3rd

BEE GEES - Ultimate Bee Gees (2 CD) - $14.99
BEE GEES - Ultimate Bee Gees (2 CD/DVD) - $19.99
BOCELLI, ANDREA - My Christmas - $12.88
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER - Singles Collection (CD/DVD) - $19.99
DEVO - Are We Not Men? (Deluxe Edition) - $12.88
DEVO - Freedom Of Choice (Deluxe Edition) - $12.88
FOO FIGHTERS - Greatest Hits - $9.99
FOO FIGHTERS - Greatest Hits (CD/DVD) - $13.88
FRANK, AD - Your Secrets Are Mine Now - $5.99

GIFT OF GAB - Escape 2 Mars - $11.88
<> "Escape to Mars," following soon after Foo Fighters' entries, could be a
start toward turning this into our first UFO issue.

HALFORD - Halford III: Winter Songs - $12.88
JONES, RICKIE LEE - Balm In Gilead - $12.88
MORRISSEY - Swords - $9.99
NIRVANA - Live At Reading - $9.99
NIRVANA - Live At Reading (Deluxe Edition) - $23.99
NIRVANA - Bleach (Deluxe Edtition/2 CD) - $8.99

PERKINS, ELVIS - In Dearland/Doomsday EP - $17.99
<> To tell the truth, I have forgotten what little I once knew about Elvis
Perkins; but this is an interesting name, so what the heck...

ROLLING STONES - Get Yer Ya-Ya's (40th Anniversary) - $39.99
<> As you may notice, this week's list looks a little like last week's records
releases.

SAY ANYTHING - Say Anything - $9.99
SOUNDTRACK - DREAM'S ON ME - Johnny Mercer - $11.88
SINATRA, FRANK - Sinatra: New York (4 CD/1 DVD) - $69.99
TEN YEARS AFTER - Roadworks (2 CD) - $13.88
UNDERWOOD, CARRIE - Play On - $11.88
VARIOUS ARTISTS - CLASSICAL BEATLES - $9.99
WEEZER - Raditude - $9.99
WEEZER - Raditude (2 CD) - $15.99

WILLIAMS, HANK - Revealed (Unreleased) - $34.99
<> "Such a beautiful dream/ I hate to think it's all over/ I lost my heart it
seems..."

ZAC BROWN BAND - Live From Bonnaroo - $3.99

<>

featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, November 3rd

gijoe G. I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra
$18.99 DVD

I wonder whether "The Rise of COBRA" means GI Joe was laid off.  Just a thought.

Ad Frank and the Fast Easy Women
"Your Secrets Are Mine Now" (CD, 2009)

::  andrea bocelli, the zack brown band, rickie lee jones, frank sinatra, carrie
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HIGH RANGE
Tenth Anniversary Show Tonight!
Stone Mountain Arts Center
Brownfield, Maine
Saturday, November 7, 2009

New Hampshire's High Range, anchored by Todd Jones on vocals and stringed
instruments, is a bluegrass and old-timey stringband with a difference.  These
folks have been at it for ten years, and they are shouting about it tonight
(Saturday) at Carol Noonan's Stone Mountain Arts Center in Maine.

Those who read all the way down to the information source citation will notice
that, in their e-mail's subject line, High Range gave November 8 as the
anniversary concert's date.  Anyone who is situated close enough to consider
attending this show would be well advised to check either the band's or the
venue's official website for the date and other details.

Here is the word from the High Range rangers:

BIG DEAL for HIGH RANGE In November!

We hope you can join us.

: : : 10th Anniversary Show
: : : Saturday, November 7, 8:00
: : : Stone Mountain Arts Center
: : : Brownfield, Maine

<> High Range has the rare opportunity to perform at THE BEST (we're not
kidding) entertainment facility in New England - the Stone Mountain Arts Center
in Brownfield, Maine.  Carol Noonan has brought in some of the finest acts to
her superb facility (like Marty Stewart, Kathy Mattea, Bela Fleck, Mary Chapin
Carpenter, Mavis Staples) and NOW High Range.

We feel VERY HONORED to be asked to do a show at this enchanting facility and
hope you will join us and many more of our friends and family for what will be a
very special event.

This will be our 10th Anniversary Celebration. (That's a long time in band
language.)  Put it on your calendar - Saturday, November 7, 8:00.

We would LOVE for all of our friends to come experience this wonderful place. 
We know it's up there (but not too bad).  It is WELL worth it.  Contact me -
[Ellen At HighRangeBand Dot Com] - if you want to car pool, as many people are
arranging rides together.  The food is awesome, the atmosphere is the best ever.
It's a beautiful ride.

Prizes will also be awarded to some of our audience members.  Former band
members and folks who played on our albums will be joining us.  Check out the
SMAC web site - there are also nice places to stay over there.

This will be a FUN, FUN, FUN night!

http://www.highrangeband.com/

SOURCE: High Range Band, "November 8 Anniversary Show," November 1, 2009.

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SCHEMERS
Last Show of 2009

<> "Just a reminder that the Schemers play our last show of the year tonight,
November 7, 2009 at the Blackstone (Main St., Pawtucket, Rhode Island).

"It's an early show (9:30) and we play until 11:30.  Hope you can make this
'Gateway to the Holiday Season' gig.  It'll be great to see all of you.

"We will surely have moments of brilliance.  Please make it more brilliant by
showing up."

http://www.mcutler.com/

SOURCE: Mark Cutler, "Schemers Last Show of the Year Tonight," November 7, 2009.

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SONGWRITER SESSIONS
- November 2009 -

IT IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA . . to call ahead or check details against a current
official Web source.  It may be more so than usual in this instance, as this
message broke up in a strange sort of way.  The first thing I would check is the
date.

Thu Nov 12, 2009
7:00pm
$5

Songwriter Sessions
Lisa Martin/ Guy-Michael Grand/ Vic and Sticks/ Curtis Brand
The Vanilla Bean Cafe
450 Deerfield Road
Pomfret, Connecticut

Monthly series dedicated to the craft of songwriting.  Performances are in the
round.  Fun series.  Audience chooses the songwriting themes.  This month's
theme is 'cloud heavy skies.'  Hosted by Lisa Martin."

SOURCE: RedLionRecords At AOL Dot Com, "Lisa Martin Music News November 2009,"
November 2, 2009.

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NEW COLLISIONS
"Invisible Embraces" EP

If we were to try to take one or more excerpts from the following New Collisions
mailing, with the practically no time available, we would probably butcher it. 
So, here is pretty nearly the whole thing.  Please take into account that the
show, which it mentions, happened last (Friday) night.

The New Collisions . . .

<> On Friday, November 13, The New Collisions will be celebrating the national
release of their extended debut EP, Invisible Embraces, with special live guest
GREG HAWKES, at The Middle East Downstairs in Cambridge.

Invisible Embraces features two new singles (Afterglow and I'm Losing),
production by the great Anthony Resta (Duran Duran, Blondie), synth by The Cars'
Greg Hawkes, and a cover of The Motels' 1978 gem, Total Control.

Equally exciting is the bill on this intense occasion--the best of 2009's Boston
scene:

Rumble-winners THE LUXURY (www.myspace.com/theluxury)
THICK AS THIEVES (www.myspace.com/musicforthieves)
GENE DANTE AND THE FUTURE STARLETS (www.genedante.com)
and THE FUTURE EVERYBODY (www.myspace.com/thefutureeverybody)

If you're on facebook, hop over to the event page and jump on board:

http://tiny.cc/8sQZ9

In the midst of a national tour to promote the release, we'll be coming back to
town to join some of our favorite acts and decimate a very large room.

The first new singles will be going up this week, so stay tuned!  Invisible
Embraces will be available live at the show, then on itunes, amazon.com and
every other online outlet on November 17.

In other news, New York Magazine and This Week in New York just chose us as one
of top ten bands at CMJ - exciting times!

The Middle East Downstairs is 472 Mass Ave in Cambridge.  $10, 18+, 8pm doors.

SOURCE: The New Collisions, "Invisible Embraces EP Release With Greg Hawkes,"
November 1, 2009.

New Collisions
"Invisible Embraces" (EP CD, 2009)

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"ON AND OFF MASS. AVE."
Cambridge and Somerville Musical Chronicle

Singer-songwriter Rose Polenzani - who performs tonight (Saturday) at the Regent
Theatre in Arlington, Massachusetts, as part of the Catie Curtis and Friends
show - sent the following item, which looks to me to be of broad eastern
Massachusetts interest as well as of Polenzanian interest:

New beautiful live footage

<> My friend Nicole is involved in a long-term chronicle project that has all
sorts of long-term potentials... - It's called "on and off mass ave" and she
takes video or collects video of local Cambridge/Somerville musicians doing
their thing.  She's just released a bunch of new footage from a benefit we did
for her project a couple of years ago, and it's so beautiful and in the moment -
took me right back.  So I thought I would share these links with you - these are
just my songs from that night, but there are a lot more and they are all
amazing.

"Highest Hopes" with Anne Heaton, Jennifer Kimball, and Brian Webb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwsvjqY84kY

"7 Swans" with Anne Heaton and Anne Heaton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJAmHPR8vJI

"Like a Miracle" with Anne Heaton, Jennifer Kimball, Duke Levine, Brian Webb and
Dinty Child
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xza4bpfZtZ0

SOURCE: Rose Polenzani, "Show This Saturday With Catie Curtis and Lindsay Mac,
New and Beautiful Live Footage on YouTube," November 1, 2009.

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THE STOMPERS
32 Stompin' Good Years

This just arrived in our FredRemainsLost inbox.  It is seldom that we can give
an item such quick turnaround, so here, without further ado, is the latest word
from The Stompers of Boston:

To all our friends and fans...

Today, November 7th, is the 32nd anniversary of our very first gig.  We would
like to thank each and every one of you for all of your support throughout the
years.  We couldn't have done it without you!!

To those of you who will be attending our anniversary show at Tupelo Music Hall
on November 28 ... thank you very much for selling out the venue.  It is a
tribute to both us and you.  We are looking forward to a great night.

Also, don't forget we'll be doing a short set of rare Stompers gems at Boston's
International Pop Overthrow on Friday November 20.  Also on the bill are The
Bittersweets, Fox Pass and many other great bands from Boston.

Info regarding both shows can be found on our website.

http://www.thestompers.com/

SOURCE: The Stompers, "Message From The Stompers," November 7, 2009.

HAVE WE BEEN DROPPED . . unceremoniously from the International Pop Overthrow
mailing list?  Are they a bit tardy in sending this year's announcements?  So
far, the night mentioned in the Stompers mailing is the ONLY night for which we
have details. (This is a REALLY strong lineup.)  The following came from the
rockin' folk in the Boston band, Fox Pass:

<> FOX PASS is pleased to appear at the IPO Festival on Friday Nov. 20 at

THE CHURCH OF BOSTON. 69 Kilmarnock Street  Boston 617.236.7600

http://churchofboston.com/

This is a big pop festival.  Look at this group of bands!!

8:00 Bittersweets

8:30 Pastiche
9:00 FOX PASS
9:30 Fireking
10:00 1.4.5.
10:30 Big City Rockers featuring Tom Hauck and Fred Pineau of The Atlantics
11:00 The Stompers
11:30 The Varmints (Billy B from the original Real Kids)

For those who do not know, The Bittersweets is the 90s hitmakers act with Jon
Macey, Sal Baglio, Lenny Shea, and Steve Gilligan.

This is the first appearance by them since 1995.

The festival is four nights, Nov. 19-22.

SOURCE: Fox Pass, "International Pop Overthrow November 20," November 2, 2009.

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MAURA KENNEDY OF THE KENNEDYS
"Parade of Echoes" CD

"'Parade of Echoes' is here!

"It's been nearly two years in the making, but Maura's debut solo CD, 'Parade of
Echoes,' is finally here.  It won't be available to the general public until
January 2010, but you can get a copy exclusively from me, either by picking one
up at an upcoming show, or by ordering one on my website:

http://www.MauraKennedy.com/

"Visit my site to hear songs from the new CD, see upcoming solo show listings,
follow links to my other social networks, and sign my guestbook.

"And thanks, everyone, for your patience and encouragement!

"Maura"

SOURCE: The Kennedys, "The Kennedys Newsletter November 2009," November 3, 2009.

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FIDDLERS OF NOTE, IN TRAINING
Please Note...

<> "There is . . . a new instructional video up, on how to sing and accompany
yourself on the fiddle, recorded for Childsplay's website.  If you want to check
that out you can find it at

http://www.childsplay.org/

or at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaNuxmM8ras

SOURCE: LissaFiddle At GMail Dot Com, "New England Shows in November," November
2, 2009.
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NAOMI SOMMERS
En Route to YouTube

<> "I am going to start recording videos, in my living room, of new songs and
cover-songs to post on YouTube.  I have some very nice-sounding recording
equipment for the audio and I hope this might be a way to market myself to new
people (and to entertain myself and hopefully others)!  I hope to post the first
video in December."

SOURCE: Naomi Sommers, "November Greetings and Gigs," November 5, 2009.
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CROOKED STILL
On a Straight Path
to the Recording Studio

<> "In December we [members of Crooked Still] will go back into the recording
studio with Grammy winning producer and engineer, Gary Paczosa to begin work on
our fourth studio album, which is slated to come out in May 2010!"

SOURCE: Info At CrookedStill Dot Com, "November Tour!" November 3, 2009.
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THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND

It was our initial understanding that the music game, "The Beatles: Rock Band,"
sold well but less well than expected.  We take the following to be an update:

<> "The Beatles: Rock Band evidently sold pretty damn well.  Harmonix is hyping
it as the number 1 music game of September, which I think is burying the lead. 
The Beatles: Rock Band took the #5, 10 and 20 spots on the NPD top sales, for
the Xbox 360, Wii, and Playstation 3 respectively.  The 360 version sold 254,000
units.  Guitar Hero 5, by contrast, sold 210.8K.  Far as I can tell, that's a
respectable sales number, too.  Guitar Hero 5 is probably the best Guitar Hero
since 2, except with an inferior soundtrack.  Both were utterly killed by HALO,
ODST, the newest installment in the HALO series, with 1.5 MILLION units sold. 
Not surprising.  Anyway, for non-holiday sales, The Beatles: Rock Band's sales
seems to have sold quite well.  Most months only have a couple of titles above
300,000 units."

SOURCE: Stephen Lewis, E-Mail Message, November 6, 2009.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Evening
RiP

NYC's Village Gate club owner, Art D'Lugoff, dies
AP – Fri Nov 6, 9:23 pm ET

NEW YORK - Art D'Lugoff (Duh-LOO'-guhf), who owned the famed Village Gate
nightclub in New York City, has died. He was 85.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Night

No holding back for Alicia Keys on "Freedom"
Reuters – Fri Nov 6, 10:25 pm ET

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - An unseasonal gust of wind greets Alicia Keys as she
steps out of a doorway behind a Beverly Hills hotel on a late October afternoon.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Evening

Roots rock sideman Rawlings steps into spotlight
Reuters – Fri Nov 6, 6:58 pm ET

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Singer/guitarist Dave Rawlings has spent the past decade
establishing himself as one of the most prominent sidemen in roots music,
working in the studio and on the road with the likes of Old Crow Medicine Show,
Bright Eyes and his longtime partner Gillian Welch. But this month Rawlings
makes a move toward center stage with the release of "A Friend of a Friend," the
debut album by the Dave Rawlings Machine.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday-Saturday Overnight
Saturday Side of the Divide

Honolulu Symphony cancels remaining 2009 concerts
AP – Sat Nov 7, 12:12 am ET

HONOLULU - The Honolulu Symphony said Friday it's canceling concerts for the
rest of the year and filing for bankruptcy, citing a big drop in donations.

Eleanor Fish, who was included in a recent thank-you list in this newsletter,
says opera companies, across the country, are in very serious financial trouble
because of big drops in both corporate donations and individual donations.  A
number of seasons have been halted mid-way.  It would have been a safe guess
that the same would be true for symphony orchestras, and this cancelation is
quite suggestive and worrisome.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Morning

Court orders Beatles songs to be taken off website
Reuters – Fri Nov 6, 11:22 am ET

LONDON (Reuters) - London-based record label EMI has won an injunction against
music website BlueBeat.com which it said was selling Beatles songs without its
permission.
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When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
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When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, October 31 - Points of transition, where one thing stops and
another begins, for us are full of mystery and magic.  Back in history, among
many peoples, November 1st was considered to be the start of a new year; and
October 31st, marking an ending, was a date when all kinds of spirits were set
loose in the world.  My people, the Brythonic Celts, or Welsh, gave planet earth
one of its worst holidays, April Fool's Day, which came from a story of the
Welsh pagan god, Gwyddion.  I am not, personally, entirely sure what April 1
marks the beginning of, but it would make March 31st an ending, somewhat like
Halloween.  It may not be mere coincidence, then, that on March 31, 1848, the
Fox Sisters, two farm girls near Rochester, New York, heard the rapping or
knocking of spirits of the dead.  These resourceful lasses quickly worked out a
code, allowing for communication with the spirits.  This was the birth of Modern
Spiritualism, and it was a totally real and highly influential event.  But ...
many years later, these sisters declared quite publicly that their March 31,
1848 and subsequent mediumistic exploits were a fraud.  Later still, Kate Fox,
the younger of the Fox Sisters, took back this taking back, recanted her
recantation, and was once again in communication with those in the afterlife.

Many people who might be intrigued by Dr. Taylor's Improved Movement Cure
Institute because of its use of, and promotion of, exercise therapy, Swedish
massage, and vibratory massage, instead are interested in Dr. Taylor's Movement
Cure because of the periodic residence there of Katie Fox, Epochmaking Medium. 
Kate Fox Jencken, as she was then known, held seances at the Taylor Movement
Cure Institute, and performed something called automatic writing, in which those
in spirit life communicated through her and she "automatically" transcribed
their words, interestingly writing backwards.

In his years of retirement, Dr. George H. Taylor held these writings up to a
mirror and read them to his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Langworthy Taylor of the
Connecticut Langworthys, who published this Fox-Taylor Record, after her
husband's death.

Sometime back in the 1840s - and I'm thinking 1844 - Andrew Jackson Davis
predicted that communication would soon open up between earth life and spirit
life.  Edgar Allan Poe, in 1845, produced "The Raven," about the departed Lenore
who would return "Nevermore."  Yet, someone or something - some unseen agency -
knocked on his door.  And in 1848, Davis' prediction came true, by way of Katie
and her older sister, Maggie Fox, and their "Rochester Rappings."  Leah Fox
Fish, an older sister, if anything, became even more famous as one who pierced
the vail to the otherworld.

Modern Spiritualism is a strange part of our history; but no doubt the
widespread belief it encouraged, in the ability to communicate with those in the
afterlife, contributed mightily to our appreciation of the holiday at hand.

Happy Halloween!
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Have you ever seen a ghost?

I never have.  Once a small crowd of people on Swans Island, Maine all
witnessed, across the water, well-known spirit headlights from the car of lovers
who died in a crash many, many years before.  Everyone there saw the ghost
lights ... everyone except for me.  It was my best opportunity to get hip to
communication with departed spirits, and I missed it.

With any luck, you have done better.
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We received surprisingly little regional music news this week.
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OLD NEMS WEBSITE
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<> Our old NEMS website is gone, oh so totally gone.  Let the record show that
the subject of the very last e-mail sent to us, in connection with that site,
was the Boston all-female 1960s rock band, The Pandoras.

We had our work cut out for us, copying material and backing it up before the
shutdown.  In the meantime, it seems as though everyone I know has had a medical
emergency or has been in a car crash.  It has been one mad scramble for weeks,
and I haven't had occasion to turn on my stereo or otherwise experience music,
except on the radio, for over a month.  Let's hope this doesn't last.
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Thanks to Blowfish, Eleanor Fish, Newbury Comics, and Steven Pofcher.
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READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU, scroll right past whatever doesn't.
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics and Excerpted by Us

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, October 27th

A DAY TO REMEMBER - Homesick (+2 Reissue) - $9.99
A DAY TO REMEMBER - Homesick(CD/DVD Reissue) - $16.99
ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR - Fruit - $8.99
ATREYU - Congregation Of The Damne - $9.99
<> I, personally, have not even the slightest idea who Atreyu is; but this
appears to be the same as a name given in a fine film of yore, "The Neverending
Story."

AUTUMN, EMILIE - Opheliac (Deluxe Edition) - $11.88
BANHART, DEVENDRA - What Will We Be (Limited Edition) - $12.88
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME - Great Misdirect - $9.99
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME - Great Misdirect (CD/DVD) - $17.99
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA - Duets - $15.99
ETHERIDGE, MELISSA - New Thought For Christmas - $13.88
GOV'T MULE - By A Thread - $9.99
HUDSON MOHAWKE - Butter - $9.99
JACKSON, MICHAEL - This Is It  (2 CD) - $12.88
JOHNSON, JACK - En Concert - $9.99
JOHNSON, JACK - En Concert (CD/DVD) - $23.99
KING CRIMSON - Lizard - $23.99
KING, B.B./ FOUR KINGS - Four Kings Of Blues Guitar - $11.88
LOS LOBOS - Goes Disney - $12.88
LOVE - Love Lost - $16.99
MARLEY, STEPHEN - Mind Control (Acoustic) - $11.88

NOLAN, JOHN - Height - $13.99
<> Would this be Jon Nolan, formerly of the New Hampshire band, Say Zuzu?

PELICAN - What We All Come To Need - $9.99
PELICAN - What We All Come To Need (2 CD) - $14.99
PROPHET, CHUCK - Let Freedom Ring - $11.88
RED CHORD - Fed Through The Teeth Machine - $9.99
REM - Live At The Olympia (2 CD) - $15.99
REM - Live At Olympia (2 CD/DVD) - $23.99
REM - Live At Olympia Box (Limited Edition 2 CD/DVD/4 LP) - $89.99
SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS - Lost At Sea (Live) - $9.99

STING - If On A Winter's Night - $11.88
STING - If On A Winter'S (CD/DVD) - $19.99
<> Since Irish and fusion fiddler Eileen Ivers performed in what appeared to be
release concerts with Sting, it would be a guess but an educated one that she
plays on these recordings.

SWELL SEASON - Strict Joy - $8.99
SWELL SEASON - Strict Joy (2 CD/1 DVD) - $23.99
SWIFT, TAYLOR - Fearless (Platinum CD/DVD) - $15.99
TEGAN AND SARA - Sainthood - $10.88
U2 - Unforgettable Fire (2 CD Remaster) - $24.99
U2 - Unforgettable Fire (2 CD/DVD Remaster/Limited Edition) - $54.99
U2 - Unforgettable Fire (Remaster) - $9.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS - FIRE IN MY BONES - $17.99
WINGER - Karma - $16.99
WOLFMOTHER - Cosmic Egg - $9.99
WOLFMOTHER - Cosmic Egg (Deluxe Edition) - $17.99

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featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, October 27th

Jack Johnson DVD Jack Johnson
En Concert
$13.88 DVD

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "October 26 Newbury Comics: Day of the Dead Pint Glass,
Coupons and More," October 26, 2009.

::  emilie autumn, emily autumn, devendra banhart, melissa etheridge, gov't
mule, government mule, hudson mohawke, hudson mohawk, michael jackson, b b king,
bb king, stephen marley, chuck prophet, taylor swift  ::
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PRESS RELEASES

<> Dwight Ritcher and Nicole Nelson end a very long Boston stand and mosey on
back to Brooklyn.

<> Each year, we receive, from a publicist at Brookes Company, an announcement
about CD box sets, seasonal music, and holiday gift ideas.  This year's list
appears, a bit belatedly, below Brief Items, right after the Dwight and Nicole
release.  I, personally, took greatest interest in the Hank Williams box.
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A NANCY NEON HALLOWEEN
The Cantab
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Saturday, October 31, 2009

HEY CAVE TEENS!

<> NANCY NEON HERE.  HERE'S HOPING THAT YOU WILL MAKE IT TO MY NEON NITE MONSTER
MASH BASH AT THE CANTAB, 738 MASS AVE, CENTRAL SQUARE IN CAMBRIDGE ON SAT,
10/31.  DOORS OPEN AT 8PM.  LIVE MUSIC STARTS AT 9PM SHARP.

FIRST UP AT 9 IS THE VARMINTS PLAYING THEIR NO FRILLS, KICK ASS ROCK 'N' ROLL. 
NEXT UP AT 10 IS THE COFFIN LIDS, MIXING UP A LETHAL CONCOCTION OF GARAGE PUNK
AND PSYCHOBILLY.  AT 11, SPITZZ BREAK OUT THEIR OUIJA BOARD AND BRING THE CRAMPS
BACK-TO-LIFE.  WATCH OUT!  THEY'RE GONNA TURN YOUR BRAINS TO GOO GOO MUCK!

GOTTA SAY THANKS TO GIRL ON TOP GROUP WHO HITS THE STAGE AT THE BEWITCHING HOUR
OF TWELVE O'CLOCK.  KAREN, DAVE, MJ QUIRK, AND RAYBOY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO SHARE
WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY THEIR BILL WITH ALL OF US (GREEN) FUZZ BRAINS.  ALSO THANKS
TO MICKEY BLISS WHO HOSTS CLUB BOHEMIA, DOWNSTAIRS AT THE CANTAB.  FREE RAFFLE. 
NEON NITE COVER $8, 21+.

SOURCE: Nancy Neon, "Nancy Neon's Halloween Monster Mash Bash at the Cantab,
Saturday, October 31, 2009," October 26, 2009

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ELLIS PAUL
Celebrating Twenty Years
of Playing Club Passim

Here are the remaining celebratory Club Passim-releated events, from the latest
Ellis Paul mailing, followed by text.

Saturday, October 31st 7:00 PM
Club Passim
Cambridge MA 02138
Call (617) 492-7679 for more details

November 2009
Sunday, November 1st 1:00-3:00 PM
Songwriting Master Class
Passim Folk Music and Cultural Center
Cambridge MA 02138
Call 617-491-2382 for more details

Sunday, November 1st 6:00 PM
WERS Live Music Week - The Playground
WERS 88.9 FM

Ellis Paul
Celebrating 20 years of performing at Passim (this is not a joke)

<> Over the weekend I had a chance to drive from Boston across Massachusetts,
New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virgina then home to Charlottesville, Va.
I chased a band of orange and gold trees across the northeast to the Mason Dixon
line.  I tried to soak in how beautiful it was.  Normally the drives between
shows aren't my favorite part of my job.  But this drive was one of the
prettiest I had in years.  Happy Halloween!  I hope you have pumpkin seeds and
caramel apples that stick to the roof of your mouth!

I look forward to spending yet another New England style weekend (this weekend)
as I make my way back to Harvard Square in Cambridge for three shows at my home
venue Club Passim.  It is true that 20 years ago from this past September I took
the stage at Passim for the first time opening for John Gorka, and 20 years ago
October 23rd, I stepped on the Passim stage for my first headlining gig (and
first paid gig at Passim).  I hope you will join me to celebrate my new CD, "The
Day After Everything Changed," (and my 20 year anniversary! yikes).

You can currently purchase the CD only from my shows and website until the
national release January 12th.  If you order the CD by October 29th, (3 more
days) I will personally sign the CD!

SOURCE: Ellis Paul, "Celebrating 20 Years of Performing at Passim (This Is Not a
Joke)," October 27, 2009.

Ellis Paul
"The Day After Everything Changed" (CD, 2009)

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G O L I
"Engine" MP3

+++Oct. MP3 Giveaway+++

<> During our October shows, we invited our audiences to vote for their favorite
cover song.  After careful calculations and a few recounts we are excited to
announce that the winner of the competition was "Engine" by Neutral Milk Hotel. 
We'd like to thank "Music Box" by Regina Spektor, "Leave Your Hat On" by Randy
Newman, and "Calico Skies" by Paul McCartney for their formidable run.  The
people have spoken and they clearly want more melodica and strummy cello!

We've recorded our humble little version of "Engine" with the help of Molly
Zenobia and are putting the finishing touches on it, so those of you who filled
out the ballots will find your free mp3 of "Engine" in your inbox very soon.

For those of you who didn't fill out a ballot but still want to get your hands
on our "Engine" (keep it clean buddy!) just reply to this email with I WANT
ENGINE! in the subject line of your email and we'll send you your mp3 as well.

SOURCE: Goli, "Warm Salutations From Goli-Land," October 29, 2009.

Goli
"Engine" (MP3, 2009)

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<> Peter Akroyd (I'm doing his given name from memory - let's hope I'm getting
it right) was on the overnight radio broadcast, Coast to Coast AM, early this
week, promoting his new book about the history of ghosts.  I believe the actual
title may be "The History of Ghosts."  His son, Dan, joined him on-air.  Dan
Akroyd repeated a thing he has been saying in recent months, that chances look
good for a Ghostbusters III.  He said a team of writers is working on a script
right now.  Dan Akroyd seems to have command of an impressive array of topics;
and, among much else, he enthusiastically recommended an old film, "Blithe
Spirit" (1945) starring Rex Harrison.  Akroyd can still do an astonishingly
close imitation of Richard Nixon.
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<> We make occasional note of new books, such as the one just above by Dan
Akroyd's father, as well as some books that are not so new.  A couple issues
back we made reference to a new book by our friend Susan Green on a very popular
topic.

Randee Dawn and Susan Green. Law and Order, Special Victim Unit: The Unofficial
Companion. Dallas, TX: BenBella Books. 2009.

"Law and Order," of course, is a highly successful television series, while
Susan is well known as a film columnist and critic.

Somewhat along similar lines, for anyone interested in the history of the
American dramatic stage, are recent books about Joseph Jefferson, one of the
nineteenth-century's biggest star actors.  These include "Joseph Jefferson: Dean
of the American Theatre" by Arthur W. Bloom, "The Man Who Was Rip Van Winkle:
Joseph Jefferson and Nineteenth-Century American Theatre" by Benjamin McArthur,
and "The Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson," which I take it has been reissued. 
Jefferson has come up in my own research in connection with New York City's
Episcopal "Little Church Around the Corner," with its important theatrical
connections, and the play, "Our American Cousin," in which he famously played
the part of a fictional Vermonter.

Interesting character, important topic, and these books ought to make terrific
reading.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Monday Morning

Smokey Robinson to give SXSW 2010 keynote speech
Yahoo! Music – Mon Oct 26, 6:00 am ET

Courtesy of NME.com - Motown sound singer to follow in footsteps of Lou Reed at
Austin event

IF SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST . . wasn't worth attending already, this would be more
than enough to put it over the top. - Ed.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Night

U2's Rose Bowl show breaks U.S. attendance record
Reuters – Fri Oct 30, 11:15 pm ET
Performer will.i.am (R) performs with Bono and U2 during the... Reuters

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - It took 22 years, but U2 has broken its own attendance
record for the best-attended single concert performance at a U.S. venue by one
headliner.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Saturday Morning Wee Hours

More jamming for rock 'n' roll royalty at Garden
AP – Sat Oct 31, 2:47 am ET
U2's Bono, right, and Bruce Springsteen perform at the 25th Anniversary... AP

NEW YORK - U2 brought three generations of chart-toppers — Mick Jagger, Bruce
Springsteen and the Black Eyed Peas — with them onstage Friday at another night
of mix and match magic at Madison Square Garden.

IF THIS NEWS STORY . . is of interest, you may want to scroll down the Yahoo
Music News table of contents page to find the Reuters News Service article on
the same subject. - Ed.
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WORLD'S BIGGEST CRUISE SHIP

<> The launch of what is said to be the world's largest cruise ship is very
interesting.  I have had occasion to look through a good many nineteenth-century
published Trans-Atlantic passenger lists, and they kept getting longer and
longer as the decades passed by, suggesting that the ocean-going vessels were
getting bigger and bigger.  Belle Durgin Moore, a member of the Alleghanians,
sailed for Europe right about at the end of World War I, so I once had occasion
to research her ship, the Adriatic.  I thought the ships of that era were huge,
and evidently this new one is even bigger.

Searching the New York Times online archive on adriatic, which is also the name
of a geographic region and a sea, brought a lot of hits having to do with the
then-current military and political events of the day.  It was a surprisingly
busy time.  I must say that members of the Woodrow Wilson administration had
their hands full.
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For Immediate Release
Media Contact for Dwight & Nicole:
Mary Curtin, 617-241-9664, 617-470-5867 (cell), marycurtin@...
October, 2009
Music: soul/country/blues/rock/gospel
[high rez digital images available;
sound bytes at www.dwightandnicole.com, www.myspace.com/DwightandNicole]

Dwight & Nicole


Mondays in November
11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, & 11/30;
all 10 pm shows
at Atwood's Tavern

"Dwight Ritcher and gorgeous dusky-voiced
Nicole Nelson lay down sultry soulful music"
Boston Globe

( Cambridge , MA )  Dwight & Nicole: taking leave of Boston , with a series of
Monday shows in November: Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30; all at 10 pm. No cover.
Atwood's Tavern, 877 Cambridge St. , Cambridge . For information: 617-864-2792,
www.atwoodstavern.com.

<> After a thrilling year in Boston, Dwight & Nicole are moving out of their
home-away-from-home base — the Rear Window Recording Studio
(www.rearwindowstudio.com) — and heading back to NYC on December 1st. Grateful
to their many local fans who have literally supported them with unprecedented
album pre-orders and donations, Dwight & Nicole want to express their deep
appreciation of the local community of clubs and talented musicians, including
everyone at Rear Window Studio, for helping make this past year such a thrill.

Before they go, they are giving back to the fans by presenting a series of five
free Monday night shows in November at Atwood's. Each night will feature new
songs off their upcoming album "Signs", as well as fan favorites, their own
favorites, and special guests who are the cream of the crop of local and
emerging Boston talent.

In the course of the Atwood's series, they will be giving away a three song
sample CD of the soon to be released "Signs" and will also be filming video.
Dwight and Nicole will be back in the area for their official CD release party,
to be held at the Somerville Theater on February 5th. Anyone interested in
pre-ordering the album or listening to their music for free can do so at
www.dwightandnicole.com and www.myspace.com/DwightandNicole.

Dwight Richter and Nicole Nelson crossed musical paths in Boston in 2000 and
both moved to Brooklyn at about the same time in 2004. But each was intent on
developing their own solo career, performing their individual music which
harkened back to a time when art equaled passion and embodied a sense of urgency
and longing. Their solo shows were at such NYC hot spots as the Living Room and
the Knitting Factory. And as fate would have it, they soon began to share the
same bill, finding themselves inviting each other up on stage. The resulting
sound became so powerful, sultry, and inviting, that New York fans immediately
became eager to attend shows where they both performed together.

And so the Dwight & Nicole duo was born. With a uniquely original mix of soul,
country, blues, rock, and gospel, Dwight Ritcher and Nicole Nelson transcend the
old and new with a timeless sound that belies their years. Featuring their warm
voices in tight harmony — all under a stripped down beat of guitar, tambourine,
hand claps, and hollers — Dwight and Nicole deliver American music for the ages.
For a listen, go to www.myspace.com/DwightandNicole and www.DwightandNicole.com

SOURCE: Mary Curtin, "Dwight and Nicole: Taking Leave of Boston Show," October
27, 2009.

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BOX SETS

*Hank Williams: "Revealed: Unreleased Recordings" (Time Life) – This 3-CD set
features recordings made during his 1951 Mother's Best radio show and includes
candid and rare between-song banter as well as the first recorded version of
"Cold, Cold Heart."

*Thee Midniters "Thee Complete Midniters: Songs of Love, Rhythm & Psychedelia!"
(Micro Werks) – Considered one of the greatest (and first) Chicano rock bands,
the `60s-era group is commemorated with a 4-CD set that includes all albums they
recorded as well as rare singles that have never appeared in CD format before.

*Kenny Rogers "The First 50 Years" (Time Life) – Rogers is the only artist to
have charted each decade for the past fifty years and this box set is a
testament to his enduring popularity.  Thematically designed to represent
different types of songs he has mastered like no other, the set comes with
Duets, Story Songs and Love Songs discs as well as a brand new single with his
longtime duet partner, Dolly Parton and two additional previously unreleased
tracks.

*Various Artists "Let Freedom Sing" (Time Life) – Powerful 3-disc set that is
the audio companion to the critically-acclaimed documentary, it includes songs
that were drawn upon during and were influenced by the Civil Rights Movement
with an introduction written by Chuck D.

GIFTS

*Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live (DVD) – For the first time ever, performances,
speeches and behind the scenes footage from the infamous Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame induction ceremonies will be available on DVD.  There are two versions so
that fans with different budgets can enjoy it – a 9 DVD set available
exclusively at www.timelife.com or www.rockhalldvds.com and a 3 DVD set that is
available through all retailers (online and physical).

*"Thrilla in Manila" (DVD) – The HBO documentary of the epic and often ugly
battle (both in and out of the ring) between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, told
for the first time from Frazier's point of view.

*"Let Freedom Sing" (DVD) – Originally aired on PBS and TVOne, the documentary
explores the importance of music during the Civil Rights era and how it
continues to bring a voice to the need for change.

*Inara George "Accidental Experimental" (digital only) – The follow up to her
delicate and whimsical 2008 "An Invitation" with Van Dyke Parks, George
re-imagines several songs off "Invitation" and other personal favorites from her
past.

*Blind Boys of Alabama "Duets" (CD) – Five time Grammy winners compiled the
recordings they've made throughout the years with artists including Bonnie
Raitt, Ben Harper, Lou Reed, John Hammond, Solomon Burke, Travis Tritt and more.

*Tanya Tucker "My Turn" (CD) – Tough-as-nails country singer Tanya Tucker turns
the tables on country classics originally sung by men, re-interpreting and
empowering them.

HOLIDAY GOODIES

*"Radio City Christmas Spectacular" (DVD) – The iconic holiday tradition is
finally available on DVD, with select retailers carrying special versions
including one with a 3-D Santa and another with a collectible ornament.

*"A Hollywood Christmas" (CD) – Songs from favorite holiday films, both past and
present, including Judy Garland's "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," Ray
Charles singing "That Spirit of Christmas," The Jackson 5's "Santa Claus is
Coming To Town" and songs by Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne and – of course – Burl
Ives.

*"Voices: A Gospel Choir Christmas" (CD) – Featuring songs by Kirk Franklin and
The Family, Patti LaBelle, Hezekiah Walker and more.

*"Time Life's Treasury of Christmas: Traditions" (CD) – The Treasury of
Christmas series has sold a boggling 8 million units.  The newest disc to be
released, Traditions, is a 2-CD set of holiday songs performed by the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra and is well priced at only $9.98.

SOURCE: Jolyn at Brookes Company, "Box Sets, Holiday Music, Gift Guide
Suggestions," October 23, 2009.
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When the big beat hits ya
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: : : Like the T at full speed
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, October 24 - This is the very last weekend of our New England
Music Scrapbook website, and things have gotten much busier than I anticipated. 
On Monday, GeoCities, always our host, will go out of the Web hosting business. 
Copying pages from our several Web sites, including those having to do with the
nineteenth century, is taking lots longer than I would ever have imagined.  So
it is going to be necessary to do only a quick job on this newsletter issue and
divert the rest of the usual time to the process of copying from the Web.
[Actually it didn't turn out this way, but I am leaving this passage intact so
you can get into the spirit of this whirlwind week at NEMS Headquarters.]  To
make matters worse, we have thunderstorms in our local weather forecast for this
(Saturday) afternoon and this evening, potentially cutting further into our
already scarce time.
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But I think we may survive all this.
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Thanks to Sal Baglio (bet he doesn't know what for, but we do) and Maria
McLaughlin.

Extra special thanks to Blowfish!
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READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU, scroll right past whatever doesn't.
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

<> New CD Releases Available Tuesday, October 20th

BAUHAUS - Mask: Omnibus Edition (3 CD) - $19.99
BAUHAUS - In The Flat Field: Omnibus - $16.99
BLACK UHURU - Black Sounds Of Freedom - $14.99
BUSH, SAM - Circles Around Me - $9.99
COHEN, LEONARD - Live @ Isle Of Wight (CD/DVD) - $19.99
CONVERGE - Axe To Fall - $8.99

DAVIS, BETTY - Is It Love Or Desire - $14.99
DAVIS, BETTY - Nasty Gal - $14.99
<> Actually, I have no idea who this is; but I am guessing this act is named
after Boston's contribution to film superstardom, Bette Davis.

DRUMMER (BLACK KEYS) - Feel Good Together - $12.99
FARRAR, JAY/ B.GIBBARD - One Fast Move Or I'm Gone - $12.88
FARRAR, JAY/ B.GIBBARD - One Fast Move Or I'm Gone (CD/DVD) - $23.99
FLO & EDDIE - New York Times - $11.88
FLO & EDDIE - Illegal, Immoral And Fattening - $11.88
HAY, COLIN - Peaks & Valleys - $11.88
JACKSON, MICHAEL - Remix Suites - $9.99
KING CRIMSON - Red (Deluxe Edition CD/DVD) - $19.99
LOVETT, LYLE - Natural Forces - $9.99

MAPS - Turning The Mind - $11.88
<> I have no particular reason to think this band is the same as The Maps out of
Boston circa 1980. But a few years ago, we understood that Judy Grunwald of that
group and also of Salem 66, was involved in a recording project with David
Minehan, so we cannot yet totally rule out this disc as a Judy Grunwald/ Maps
release.

MCGRAW, TIM - Southern Voice - $16.99
MCKENNITT, LOREENA - A Mediterranean Odyssey (2 CD) - $23.99
MONTOYA, COCO - Essential Coco Montoya - $9.99
REED, LOU - New Sensations - $11.99
REED, LOU - Legendary Hearts - $11.99
SOUNDTRACK - NEW MOON (Twilight Saga) - $16.99
SOUNDTRACK - YO GABBA GABBA - Music Is Awesome! - $8.99
TEN YEARS AFTER - Evolution - $11.88
TURNER, TINA - Tina Live - $13.88
VARIOUS ARTISTS - BIGGEST RAGGA - Dancehall Anthems 2009 - $9.99

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featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, October 20th

090808_EvntHrizon Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
$23.99 2-DVD set

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "October 19 Newbury Comics Coupons and New Releases,"
October 19, 2009.

Converge
"Axe To Fall" (CD, 2009)

Jen Crowell
"Cold Front" (CD, 2009)

Carly Simon
"Never Been Gone" (CD, 2009)

::  sam bush, leonard cohen, betty davis, bette davis, jay farrar and b.gibbard,
jay farrar and b gibbard, flo and eddie, colin hay, michael jackson, lyle
lovett, tim mcgraw, loreena mckennitt, coco montoya, lou reed, tina turner; ax
to fall, axe to fall, biggest ragga, biggest raga, live at isle of wight, live
at the isle of wight, peaks and valleys, peaks and vallies  ::
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VALERIE CROCKETT
Obituary

Maria McLaughlin passed along the following link to a Boston Globe obituary of
much-admired Worcester musician Valerie Crockett.

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/10/10/valerie_crocket\
t_folk_musician_advocate_for_disabled_53/

Valerie Crockett was a diverse and important popular music artist, and this
piece would be well worth reading.

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AD FRANK AND THE FAST EASY WOMEN

Here are a few interesting excerpts from the latest Ad Frank mailing:

Record release show

Ad Frank and the Fast Easy Women
Saturday, October 24
Great Scott
1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston
www.greatscottboston.com
$9
21+ (sorry)

We go on at 11:30, preceded by the very excellent M. G. Lederman and the return
of the very cuddly Stereo Soul Future.  After we play, we are going to cut a
rug, trip the light fantastic, hoof and shimmy to the sounds and sights of Last
Chance and VideoDrome.  Fast Easy Women drummer Charles Edward "Ned" Gallacher
will be giving Hustle lessons on the catwalk at 1am.

This is our first full-band show in 18 months.  We are excited.  We hope you
come.

New record

Our new record, "Your Secrets Are Mine Now", is officially available on November
3rd at record stores (these are places where you go to buy ... uh, nevermind)
and all the usual and unusual digital sites.  Available now at www.adfrank.com,
and at the show.

New keyboard player

The amazing Chris Mascara has managed to free time from his own fabulous band,
Mascara, to round out the Fast Easy Women's lush, sensual sound.  We love
playing with him and have contracted to have his drummer's arms broken so Chris
can spend more time with us.

SOURCE: Ad Frank, "Ad and the Fast Easy Women Record Release This Saturday,"
October 21, 2009.

Ad Frank and the Fast Easy Women
"Your Secrets Are Mine Now" (CD, 2009)

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THE MOTION SICK

And, staying true to our beloved alphabetical order system, here are a few
interesting excerpts from the latest Motion Sick mailing:

<> "We are extremely excited to let you know that our songs are currently being
prepared for inclusion in the Rock Band downloadable content store. We expect
that you'll be able to play along with us in a matter of months! We've got about
4 or 5 songs slated so far and we're scrambling to make as many of your
favorites as possible available for play.

[They're so excited
They just can't hide it]

"Tomorrow, 10/24, we have a very exciting show at The Middle East Downstairs
playing with some great bands:

Wheat
Jukebox the Ghost
The Needy Visions
18+ and we go on 2nd.

"We've also been getting tons of attention lately for our new music video for
'Aquaman's Lament.'"

http://bit.ly/Aquaman

SOURCE: The Motion Sick, "The Motion Sick Soon To Be Available for Rock Band
and, Even Sooner, Rocks The Middle East Downstairs," October 23, 2009.

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SAL BAGLIO
Creativity Workshop
The Cellar Studio
Salem, Massachusetts
Sunday, October 25, 2009

"Creativity Workshop with Sal Baglio

<> "The workshop will focus on melody, lyrics and song creation without borders.

"Just creativity.

: : : Sunday October 25th, 2009 Noon to 2PM
: : : The Cellar Studio
: : : Salem, Massachusetts

"For more info:

: : : Dougherty_Julie At Hotmail Dot Com

SOURCE: The Stompers Info, "Sal Baglio Creativity Workshop This Sunday," October
19, 2009.

DOES ANYONE OUT THERE . . know whether this is Julie Dougherty, a highly
regarded veteran New England (Massachusetts, if I remember right) singer
songwriter?

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PRESSURE COOKER
Sunday, October 25, 2009
At Church of Boston
Boston, Massachusetts

<> "Get yourself to Church this Sunday night!  Pressure Cooker rocks Beantown to
rev up your weekend!

"Sunday, October 25, 2009

: : : Church, Boston
: : : 69 Kilmarnock Street
: : : Boston, Massachusetts
: : : 617.236.7600
: : : Show 9:00 PM

"FREE PARKING BEHIND CHURCH ON NON-HOME GAME NIGHTS!!!
$10, 21+"

SOURCE: Pressure Cooker Music, "Pressure Cooker Rocks Downtown," October 20,
2009.

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JEN CROWELL AND GREGORY DOUGLASS
Friday, October 30, 2009
Hooker-Dunham Theater
Main Street
Brattleboro, Vermont

While my own personal memory is hardly the final word on this, strange to say I
actually don't recall Vermont veteran singer-songwriter Gregory Douglass ever
playing Brattleboro before.  Could this be his Hooker-Dunham Theater and
Brattleboro-area debut?  It doesn't seem likely, but who knows...

"Friday, October 30 at 8:00 pm
Jen Crowell and Gregory Douglass
Tickets: $12 General / $10 Students and Seniors
Ticket reservations and info: 802-254-9276

<> "Twilight Music presents a Vermont singer/songwriter twin bill with former
Grace Potter and The Nocturnals member, Jen Crowell, and multiple award-winner,
Gregory Douglass.

"Developing her skills originally as a jazz vocalist, Jen Crowell graduated into
performing original work several years ago.  Her new CD, Cold Front, showcases
her broad musical range, and has been compared stylistically to work by Natalie
Merchant and The Cowboy Junkies, with the same, soulful pull.  Her songs leave a
haunting sense of emotion sure to move even the most jaded of souls. Combining
acoustic guitar with her wide vocal range creates an ethereal experience, while
her lyrics and music mix roots of bluegrass and folk with haunting phrasing and
modern melodies to create more than the sum of the parts."

SOURCE: HDTAndG At Sover Dot Net, "Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gallery Newsletter,
October 22, 2009.

Jen Crowell
"Cold Front" (CD, 2009)

::  hooker dunham theater, hooker dunham theatre  ::

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LOVE DOGS
Friday, October 30, 2009
At Home Sweet Home Benefit
Hyatt Regency
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Fri 10/30
Home Sweet Home Benefit for the
Cambridge Housing Assistance Fund
@ The Hyatt Regency - Cambridge, MA
info/tix: 617 354-5678

http://www.chafund.org/

<> "A truly unique event that will feature dessert and port tasting, as well as
music by us!  TV Diner's Bill Costa will emcee and celebrity chefs will be
competing for the best dessert of the evening.  Proceeds go to help the
homeless."

This Love Dogs band was set to give its debut performance last (Friday) evening
at The Amazing Things Arts Center in Framingham, Massachusetts.

http://www.amazingthings.org/

Wonder how the night turned out.

SOURCE: The Love Dogs, "Love Dogs Late October and November," October 22, 2009.

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LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER AND BETHANY WAICKMAN
WITH ARI AND MIA FRIEDMAN
Friday, November 6, 2009
Unity Church of God
Somerville, Massachusetts

<> Sorry to say I am not familiar with most of these performers, but I am well
acquainted with the music of Lissa Schneckenburger.  Lissa is known to many as a
folk dance fiddler, and we have heard dancers and concert goers speak very well
of her fiddling. (It is reasonably certain "fantastic" is the latest adjective
we have heard used in relation to Lissa's bowing and fretlessing.)  But - no big
surprise - her singing is the star on "Song," her latest CD.  "Song" is, quite
simply, one of the best traditional folksong albums we have heard out of New
England in the past several years.  If there is justice in this world, "Song"
ought to earn Lissa Schneckenburger a great many new fans.

Friday, November 06, 2009, 8 pm
Unity Church of God

Lissa Schneckenburger (fiddle and vocals) and Bethany Waickman (guitar)

Ari and Mia Friedman open
http://www.ariandmiafriedman.com/

6 Williams Street
Somerville, Massachusetts

For reservations and more information please contact
notlobreservations@... or 617.623.1212

SOURCE: Bethany Waickman, Press Release, October 19, 2009.

Lissa Schneckenburger
"Song" (CD, Footprint Records FR2008, 2008)

NOT LONG BEFORE MY BREAK, . . which is about to end, a young woman out jogging
waved at me as I ran by.  Now, I am wearing glasses that definitely do not
improve my vision when they are on but, rather, are remedial in nature.  My
vision is noticeably better these days, but only when these glasses are OFF.  So
anyway, I did not get a good look at this gal.  But now it is very much my
belief that the waving woman was none other than Lissa Schneckenburger, who I
have since learned runs the same time of day as me. (In Brattleboro, Vermont, we
are not at all numerous.)  I'm keeping an eye out for her from here on. - Ed.

::  ari friedman, mia friedman  ::

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BITS AND PIECES

This effort is totally out of time, and I've got to speed things up.  Here are
some quicker than quick items:

<> The Boston vocal group Jada has had some out-of-the-ordinary bookings.  The
women of Jada are at Boston Common, Sunday, October 25, 2009, according to a
Bristol Studios mailing this week, for "Divas Unleashed" (cute event name), the
South End's annual Halloween pet parade.

<> Dwight Ritcher and Nicole Nelson have an upcoming string of free shows,
according to the duo's latest mailing, including every Monday in November at
Atwood's in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

<> The Stompers gala anniversary concert, Saturday, November 28, 2009, at the
Tupelo Music Hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire, is selling out fast, according
to the latest Stompers Info mailing.  Get tickets in a major hurry or eat your
hearts out on November 28th.  Expect a subsequent benefit show for the Tupelo
Music Hall, because the Stompers and friends are likely to blow the roof off.

<> My apologies to the folks at Red Car Records.  They sent an announcement of a
new single release.  JoEllen responded, when I forwarded the announcement to
her, as if she received it, which I imagine she did; but my own copy of my
e-mail to JE is missing the announcement, so I cannot pass it along now.  Maybe
next time.  It seems to me the act with the new single has the unusual name,
"8BITches."  Something like that, I think.

<> Each year we receive a press release about many of the box sets that are in
the running for your holiday-season shopping dollars.  We are out of time today
but will try to include this release next week.  Several of the sets look really
attractive to this music fan.

- Ed.

::  dwight and nicole; atwood's, atwoods, bristol studio; boston's south end  ::
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ROCK BAND
In the Thick of the
Music Game Battle

iPhone music-game wars explode

Rock Band emerges as a competitor of wildly popular Tap Tap Revenge 3. Is big
price difference worth paying?

SOURCE: Yahoo Home Page Lead News Item, accessed October 24, 2009.

TO TELL THE TRUTH, . . I have little idea what this means, unless Rock Band is
available somehow as an iPhone game.  But since Rock Band is a popular music
game and it originates from Boston, their news is our news. - Ed.
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YAHOO NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Night

Stephen Stills mining archives "in pieces"
Reuters – Fri Oct 23, 11:07 pm ET

DETROIT (Billboard) - For rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Stephen Stills,
this fall's pair of archival releases are part of a master plan that will lead
to a full-scale boxed set of potentially mammoth proportions.

AH, WELL DO I REMEMBER . . reading, years after the fact, an item in a 1960s
Sing Out! magazine, suggesting that Stephen Stills was a guitarist well worth
following.  His highly successful career has certainly proven that he has been
an artist very much worth following.  Probably nearly everyone reading that
issue of Sing Out! was seeing Stephen Stills' name for the very first time. 
This is a thing I really admire about the alternative press.  Boston Rock,
through most of the 1980s and well into the 1990s, wrote up many music acts
months and sometimes even years before mainstream publications. - Ed.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Night

Beyonce, Maxwell, Keri Hilson lead Soul Train noms
Reuters – Fri Oct 23, 10:43 pm ET

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - With four nominations each, Beyonce, Keri Hilson and
Maxwell head the list of nominees for the Soul Train Awards.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Night

Carly Simon has "good time" revisiting old songs
Reuters – Fri Oct 23, 10:04 pm ET

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Carly Simon recorded her new album, "Never Been Gone,"
at her Martha's Vineyard compound, and she delivers intriguing twists on her
hits ("You're So Vain," "Anticipation") and other songs from past albums, as
well as two new tunes.

Carly Simon
"Never Been Gone" (CD, 2009)
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Evening

U2 and Bono adapt to changing times
AP – Fri Oct 23, 8:17 pm ET
FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2009 file photo, from left, Larry Mullen... AP

Even while maintaining its status as one of the few musical acts that can still
fill stadiums, U2 is struck by how quickly its world is changing — musically and
politically.
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SOUPY SALES
RiP

<> The term, "unexpected results," hardly touches what I witnessed when trying
to copy the Yahoo Music News photo caption about the death of comic Soupy Sales.
But this seems to be as good an opportunity as any to acknowledge his passing. 
Sales made a re-emergence of some sort in the 1960s; and though I knew nothing
of him at the time, he was presented as a big name and an innovator.  May he
rest in peace.
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item of this sort is that an act has a new record.  The show being announced is
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Issue 2009:349
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: : : What more do you need?
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"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
: : : Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, October 17 - If you should care to print copies of articles
from our old NEMS website, it would be my recommendation to do it real quick. 
Our original Web host, Yahoo Geocities, is swiftly going out of the Web hosting
business; and the weekend after this one marks our old site's last days of
existence.  It has been super-busy around here, and I have not yet done a thing
about our old pages.  The coming week is going to be well beyond super-busy.

The past few weeks have featured many comings and goings and re-emergences along
the New England popular music circuit.  The present newsletter issue has
information about some of them.  We were sorry to learn that what one might call
the second series of the Weekly Band E-Mail is ceasing publication.  Brian
Anastasi has put in unimaginable hours on this project and deserves the grateful
appreciation of New England live-music fans.

The saddest of the departures is news that I, personally, did not see until late
in the day on Friday: the passing of Worcester's Valerie Crockett.  She
certainly inspired our efforts.  Don White's account of her memorial service
appears below.  It seems to me very important to respect the rights of authors
to a great deal of control over their work, and normally I would have asked
White's permission before posting such an extensive piece.  But this item simply
did not come to my attention in time, and I believe it is even more important to
get this information out to our readers and to Valerie Crockett's many fans who
might come across this newsletter issue.
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Thank you to Jennifer Werse.  Likely a lot of our readers will recognize her
last name.

Special thanks to Therese Marcy who, some time ago, connected me with a copy of
the 1937 Grove dictionary of music.  No closer match of this vintage set to an
enthusiastic reader would have been possible.  I will be going over the 1937
Grove dictionary, in minute detail, for years to come.
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READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU, scroll right past whatever doesn't.
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RECORD RELEASES
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

We are not certain that all of these Christmas albums are necessarily a great
idea, but

Tis the season for great folly
Fa la la la la
La-la la la

So I guess anything goes.

The big news here has got to be the Neats' compilation.  Arguably the greatest
record of any sort in my collection is an album by Aretha Franklin, who is
represented here by a Christmas set.  I love Aretha, but I'm tilting toward the
Neats this week.

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, October 13th

ALLMAN, GREGG - Solo Years 1973-1997: One More Silver Dollar - $21.99
BAEZ, JOAN - How Sweet The Sound - $15.99
BAEZ, JOAN - How Sweet The Sound (Deluxe Edition) - $25.99
BARONESS - Blue Record (Deluxe Edition) - $11.88
BARONESS - Blue Record - $9.99
DIAMOND, NEIL - A Very Merry Cherry Cherry Christmas - $11.88
DYLAN, BOB - Christmas In The Heart (Deluxe Edition) - $19.99
DYLAN, BOB - Christmas In The Heart - $9.99
FLAMING LIPS - Embyronic (2 CD/1 DVD) - $27.99
FLAMING LIPS - Embyronic - $9.99
FRANKLIN, ARETHA - This Christmas Aretha - $9.99
GORKA, JOHN - So Dark You See - $11.88
HALL & OATES - Do What You Want, Be What You Are (4 CD) - $39.99
IRISH TENORS - Irish Tenors Christmas - $13.99
JACKSON 5 - Ultimate Christmas Collection - $13.99
KANSAS - There's No Place Like Home - $12.88
LOS LONELY BOYS - 1969 - $5.99
MADONNA - Celebration (Maxi Single) - $7.99
MANILOW, BARRY - In The Swing Of Christmas - $13.99
MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER - Christmas 25th Anniversary Collection - $11.88
MCKAY, NELLIE - Normal As Blueberry Pie - $9.99
MCKEOWN, ERIN - Hundreds Of Lions - $9.99
MCMURTRY, JAMES - Live In Europe (CD/DVD) - $11.88
NEATS - Neats: Ace Of Hearts Years - $11.99
PHILLIPS, GRANT LEE - Little Moon - $10.88
SETZER, BRIAN - Songs From Lonely Avenue - $10.88
TROWER, ROBIN/BRUCE, JACK - Seven Moons Live - $9.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS - MONSTER METAL HITS & MONSTER METAL POWER BALLADS - $9.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS - ULTIMATE MOTOWN - Christmas Collection - $19.99
WAKEMAN, RICK - Six Wives Of Henry VIII - $9.99

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featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, October 13th

101209_LandofLost  Land Of The Lost
$19.99 DVD

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "October 12 Newbury Comics Coupons and New Releases,"
October 12, 2009.

::  gregg allman, joan baez, neil diamond, bob dylan, aretha franklin, john
gorka, hall and oates, jackson five, barry manilow, erin mckeown, nellie mckay,
james mcmurtry, the neats, grant lee phillips, brian setzer, robin trower and
jack bruce, rick wakeman  ::

Neats
"Neats: Ace of Hearts Years" (CD, 2009)
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PRESS RELEASES THIS WEEK

We received several relevant press releases this week and last.  Time will tell
whether we are able to fit others in here [Sorry, we didn't make it]; but this
one, from Charlie Gaylord, is a high priority, being a release on one of New
England's most important local music record labels.

<> Joyce Rossi-Gammon, "A Tater Farm in Maine," on Cornmeal Records.
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VALERIE CROCKETT
Rest in Peace

We post the following item, copied from the newsletter of singer-songwriter Don
White, with apologies to the author.  Normally I would ask permission first. 
Unfortunately in this instance I stopped reading White's mailing after finding a
much shorter item that I wanted to include here, and it was not until late in
the day that I read farther down his page and found this, which I consider to be
very important.

My early days of zeroing in on regional music and musicians, in the 1970s,
involved occasional day trips to Worcester, Massachusetts, to a couple record
stores there: one of mainly new product and the other specializing in used
vinyl.  One and possibly both of those stores proudly displayed singles and, if
I remember right, EPs by a local star band, Crockett.  One of Crockett's
greatest strengths was its diversity of sounds.  Crockett had more than a few
surprises for its listeners.  This group, with teen guitarist Duke Devine, left
a highly favorable impression.  Every time these folks have come up for mention
in these cyberpages, it has brought back wonderful memories of a time when
serious kick was being put back into rock, country, and jazz.  And classical
music.  We mustn't forget our classical friends.

Crockett was a big part in my immersion in the local music of the New England
region.

I had not heard of Valerie Crockett's death before Friday, and reading the
following Don White piece was a very sad and even shocking experience.  But this
item is well worth looking through, and I hope many of our readers will find
time for it.  Here it is:

Valerie's Amazing Memorial.

<> Valerie Crocket's Memorial Service was the most amazing thing of its kind I
have ever attended.  I've been to many of these over the years and I expect to
attend many more until such time as I am the posthumous guest of honor at my
own.  Let me start by saying that for two decades I have been having a love
affair with the town of Worcester, Mass.  I never feel entirely at ease in most
places.  Suburbs aggravate me, ghettos depress me, and rural communities scare
me.  But I have always felt like I was born and raised in Worcester with its
working class attitude, lack of pretense and love of home grown music.

Valerie and her beloved husband, Sir Walter Crocket, are music royalty in
Worcester.  And her death a week ago drew a rag tag collection of musicians and
friends from miles away to the chapel at the Congregational Church.  What a
sight they were.  Even a cursory glance would have noted a disproportionate
amount of mullets, gray ponytails and leather jackets in this crowd.  To my
taste it just might have been the most beautiful gathering of which I have ever
been a part.

I am always deeply affected when working class people talk about how much they
love and miss someone.  There is an honesty in it that just kills me. When
people, who in the course of their regular lives never have occasion to speak in
public, do so on behalf of someone they love who has passed, it seems to me as
if their chest tears open and the words pour into the chapel directly from the
cracks in their broken hearts.  I don't hear it.  I feel it.  It tears me to
pieces in a way that almost nothing else can.

Fortunately, the other quality in abundance with this particular group was the
irreverent humor which was sprinkled in strategically throughout the three and a
half hour memorial marathon.  For example, Paul Della Valle prefaced several
paragraphs in his wonderful eulogy with the words: "I mean no disrespect to my
current or previous wives but..."  and then he would profess his love for
Valerie.  It was simultaneously brilliant and beautiful.

So, I guess that my description thus far would qualify as interesting but would
probably fall short of the word amazing.  That's because I haven't got to the
truly amazing part yet.

Valerie Crocket's memorial service was a concert.  A concert that featured
somewhere in the vicinity of eight to ten bands and several solo performances. 
It seemed like everyone who spoke sang a song at the end of their speech.  This
included her two brothers.  Bluegrass, country, folk and original music filled
the room all afternoon.  And then, perhaps three quarters of the way through the
event a group of four women began dancing in a slow swaying style in the aisle
to my right.  They each wore the same warm and distant smile as they swayed back
and forth to the music.  It said, "Valerie was a dancer.  Let's dance."

The next song was an upbeat bluegrass number that turned the Chapel of the
Worcester Congregational Church into a giant dance party.  People jumped up and
rushed the stage.  I mean the altar.  And for the next 20 minutes the friends
and family of Valerie Crocket celebrated her life in dance and song.  How proud
she would have been, I think, to see her son, daughter, husband and friends
boogieing in the church at her memorial service.  I will never forget it as long
as I live.  It was so beautiful to me that it made my knees weak.

AND THEN every musician in Worcester (or so it seemed) brought their instruments
to the altar, which was not nearly big enough to hold them all. And Valerie
Crocket's Impromptu Memorial Marching Band, sang her home with the most
magnificent version of "Will The Circle be Unbroken" that I ever expect to hear
in my life.

No, I'm not done yet.

During this song the Minister of the church started a dancing chain.  You know,
where everyone holds hands and dances around the building until enough people
join in and are holding hands and dancing that the last person in line connects
with the first person and a dancing, hand-holding circle of people is created
and then proceeds to dance around the perimeter of the church.

Walter Crocket took a verse during this song and sang "Undertaker, undertaker
please drive slow. For that lady that your haulin' Lord I hate to see her go.

Tragic.  Beautiful.  Excruciating.  Glorious.

I felt like I was witnessing the impossible.

Don White

SOURCE: Don White, "Newsletter," October 14, 2009.

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JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN
First She Takes Berlin, Then She Takes Manhattan?

"PEOPLE!!!

"What can we say, the UK shows were INCREDIBLE!  Thanks you all so much for
coming out and supporting [us] in such a huge way.  Tonight we rock Dublin and
then it's off to the EU.  We're having a blast, and it occurred to us that... 
We HAVE to play this Interpretation Domination set in NYC! [This seemingly
refers to live performances of Joan as Police Woman, "Cover" (CD, 2009).]  So be
it:

: : : Oct 24 - Knitting Factory
: : : 361 Metropolitan Ave
: : : Brooklyn, New York
: : : Doors at 7:00 PM/ Cost: $15

"Get your tickets now!"

http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/997

SOURCE: Joan As Police Woman, "Joan As Police Woman in NYC!" October 13, 2009.

Events listings we have seen for Joan As Police Woman have generally been for
Europe, so we are very please to pass along this New York City show
announcement.

If the group, Joan As Police Woman, should give a tour of the northeast United
States, would the mode of transportation be Band Van As Police Wagon?  Just a
thought.

Apologies to Leonard Cohen. - Ed.

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AIMEE MANN
Goes Digital-Download in Grand Style

A lot of Aimee Mann fans ought to be good and happy to see this announcement. 
It could bring new meaning to the term, Smiler.

Watch Out Steve Jobs
AimeeMann.com Digital Store Launches!

Download CD Quality b-sides and Rarities!

<> We love iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon, and most of the other digital music stores,
but some fans have never bought any of Aimee's songs digitally. They want full
CD quality that you don't get with MP3s, and they want tracks that aren't
available digitally, (like b-sides and "album-only" tracks).

So we are launching the Aimee Mann Digital Store where you can now purchase
Aimee's digital songs directly on aimeemann.com!

All songs are available as MP3s and lossless FLAC files! (We've even included a
lower quality 128kb MP3 option for a discounted price!)

Most of Aimee's catalog is available, including b-sides, and previously
album-only tracks! Included here are the b-sides and acoustic sessions from The
Forgotten Arm and Smilers, and the tracks from disc 2 Lost in Space Special
Edition.

And for a limited time, you can download for FREE, a live version of Aimee
singing "The Engine Driver" with members of the Decemberists backing her up.

We will be adding live tracks and other rarities so check back regularly.

http://store.aimeemann.com/

SOURCE: AimeeMann.com, "Aimee Mann Newsletter," October 15, 2009.

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GARY SHANE AND THE DETOUR
Downloadin' to a Computer Near You

Ron Erickson of Gary Shane and the Detour sent information about digital online
availability of that band's music.  These guys are not about to be outdone by
Aimee Mann 'til at least Tuesday.

If then.

Here is what he had to say:

<> "Gary posted a large amount of the Gary Shane and the Detour catalog on
Gimmesound.com.

"All downloads are free to visitors!

"The Original Detour is featured on the LP, 'Forever on Your Way,' as well as a
live set called 'Live at Jonathon's,' and finally the 'Ronno and Colin With
Detour' sessions, which the majority were recorded by the late, great Chris
Bigge of Sunset Ridge Studios in New Hampshire.  The catalog's tracks start
circa 1981 and include various sessions that we held over the decades to 2005,
which was highlighted by the song, 'Sun Rises Always,' in a session produced by
David Minehan.

"Other Detour incarnations are featured as well on the same site."

SOURCE: Ron Erickson, "Gary Shane and the Detour on Gimmesound," October 13,
2009.

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BANG CAMARO
No Joke

As I apologized to Don White, so I apologize to Bryn Bennett of Bang Camaro.  I
simply did not see this item in time to ask permission to include it here. 
Reposting material from artist newsletters is fair game from many points of
view.  This material is, after all, normally promotional in nature; and we aid
the cause of career promotion by sending these things along to our readers. 
Still, we here are well aware that many musicians like to know where their
writings are going and how they are being used.  So we plan few exceptions to
our usual practice of first asking permission to reprint longer items, of course
not counting formal press releases and similar announcements.

Here is a very interesting look at the true meaning of Bang Camaro from the
perspective of Bryn Bennett.

The Pain of Google Alerts

For some reason, I have "Bang Camaro" as one of my google alerts.  (The others
include "Monkeys with hats" and "Quantum Leap", for obvious reasons.)  I'm not
sure why I do this, since the internet is usually not a good place to go for a
quick ego pick-me-up, but I guess that I like to know when someone hates my
guitar playing, or thinks that Nick is just too damn tall.

I just came across a message board that was discussing if "Bang Camaro was a
Joke Band."  First of all, I guess it's cool that I'm in a band that people
bother discussing at all.  Second of all, lots of people said really cool things
about us and Nick's monstrous height, so thanks for that!  I also thought that I
would briefly weight in on the subject, from my point of view.

Bang Camaro is not a joke band.  We started this band as a celebration of all
things epic and "over the top" that had all but disappeared from the music scene
when we started the band.  (Don't forget we've been doing this for over 4 years
now.)  At the time, there was no Dragonforce or Airbourne.  There was a lot of
Death Cab for Cutie, Sigur Ros, and Modest Mouse.  Don't get me wrong, I love
those bands, but they just didn't seem to have enough pyro at their shows.  We
wanted to change all that, even if only in Boston for a few months.

We thought people would HATE us.  And we were right, in many ways.  But we also
didn't think that there would be as many people around the world who would
embrace what we did.  So, we were lucky enough to spend the next few years
driving around the US and Canada, seeing a few hundred thousand faces, and
rocking most of them.

Some detractors say that we are horribly un-creative.  I can see their point. 
Our music at times sounds like a mix of most of the most hated genre of 20 years
ago.  So, it's fair.  But before spewing all the hate, I would ask these people
to see us live first.  That is where BC lives and breathes.  We were not made to
change the world with our lyrics, or be the voice of our generation.  In fact,
if we were, I think our generation would probably all need some major therapy.

BC was simply made to remember that not everything powerful has to be deep.
-Bryn

About Us

Bang Camaro is a 20+ member hard rock band from Boston, MA.  We've done
everything from playing Conan O'Brien to getting kicked off a Lynyrd Skynyrd
cruise.  What more can I really say?

-Bryn
Guitar Player to the stars.

SOURCE: Bryn Bennett, "Bang Camaro Stuff," October 13, 2009.

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ROBIN LANE
"A Woman's Voice"
Film by Tim Jackson

Thanks to Maria McLaughlin for forwarding this item which was originally posted
by Carol Luddecke.  Carol and I are not acquainted, but it seems likely to me
she is a family connection of Larry Luddecke, who Mickey O'Halloran loved to say
has been a member of every band.

<> "A friend of ours, Tim Jackson, is directing a film about another friend,
singer/songwriter Robin Lane - including her early days on the rock scenes in
L.A. and Boston, as well as what she's up to now, namely 'A Woman's Voice,' a
project she started in western Massachusetts to help women who have been abused
find their voices through singing and songwriting.

"They're at the point now where they're looking for funding to produce
the film and have set up a way to donate via their website.  Of
course, they'd like to find a Daddy Warbucks to finance the whole
thing, in the meantime, they're asking for individual donations, large
and small.  If enough people donate even $5, it will help them on
their way.

"Since Robin was pretty well known in the local music scene 'back in
the day,' it occurred to me that there might be some folks on this
list who remember her and who might be interested in what she's up to
now - and in helping her get her film made.  Check out the website

http://awomansvoicefilm.com/
and/or join the Facebook group, 'A Woman's Voice: The Robin Lane Story.'

"And please spread the word to anyone else you think might be interested.  Robin
would appreciate it."

SOURCE: Carol Luddecke, "A Woman's Voice/ Robin Lane Story, October 14, 2009.

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BRIEF ITEMS

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DAVID JOHNSTON & CO.
A Year of Tuesdays

Say, wouldn't a year of Tuesdays be seven years?  Then again, David Johnston, I
am given to understand, does not look seven years older, so this must be a
miscalculation on my part.

<> Please join the NEMS crew in congratulating David Johnston and his bandmates
for a calendrical year, featuring Tuesday bookings at McCabe's.

SOURCE (of news of this anniversary): David Johnston, "One Year of Tuesdays,"
October 13, 2009.
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SUSAN GREEN
on Law and Order

<> Burlington, Vermont film critic Susan Green was one of two authors of a very
popular book about the Law and Order television series.  How popular was it? 
Enough that there was serious publisher interest in more books along similar
lines.  Well, Susan now has a new Law and Order book ready for a receptive
audience.

Randee Dawn and Susan Green. Law and Order, Special Victim Unit: The Unofficial
Companion. Dallas, TX: BenBella Books. 2009.

If you are not fortunate enough to know Susan's current work, you still may
remember her from her days as a Boston-area music journalist or from her
connection with an important Boston rock band (originally from Vermont), The
Lost.
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ODDS AND ENDS

<> The Boston vocal group, Jada, performed at Keene, New Hampshire, a little
after noon today (Saturday), dangerously close to NEMS headquarters. Didn't
anyone warn them?  Information about this appearance is according to a Jada show
announcement.  The folks of Keene - an excellent New England small city - take
their Jack O'Lantern carving very seriously, and their community long held the
record for the most carved pumpkins in any one place at any one time.  Boston,
drawing on a populous metropolitan area, has since seized the record from
Keene's grasp.  Today's event, I believe, was to the point of Keene taking back
its cherished distinction.  We wonder whether Boston's Jada gals felt a conflict
of interest.  But such competition between communities is healthy and great fun.

<> The latest Erin McKeown mailing announced plans for a fall tour with Jill
Sobule.

<> The Private Lightning promotional material I mentioned last issue turned out
to be from 1980.  While that piece is of genuine interest, as news, it is
somewhat dated.  We do, though, thank the Private Lightning fan in the
Netherlands for sending us the item.

<> The noble Rubblebucketeers, according to their news e-mail this week, are in
possession of the new Rubblebucket Orchestra album.  Downloads are available at
online stores including iTunes.  Hardcopy copies are in certain stores and may
be purchased by way of the band's webstore.

<> The Regent Theatre of Arlington, Massachusetts, according to its latest
events mailing, is joining Slip Kid: A Tribute to The Who in a celebration of
the 40th anniversary of the Who's now-historic rock opera, "Tommy."  The
Regent's announcement made note of the involvement of Gary Cherone in Slip Kid. 
Cherone is well known to many if not all of our readers for his membership in
The Dream/ Extreme, his performances in Boston Rock Opera productions, and a
controversial tour of duty in the band, Van Halen, which may have seemed like an
extreme dream in itself.

::  holland, pumpkinpalooza  ::
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GUSTER
The Early Guster
Not Gone Forever After All

"Remember Pasty?

<> "Back in 1999 when 'Lost and Gone Forever' came out, our tour manager was a
former Guster bootlegger (he made 'tapes') named Pasty.  Well, Pasty's all grown
up and just had a (10 pound) baby named Max.  He's turned over his vast bootleg
vaults to us, and we're releasing them on our slightly redesigned website, a new
one every month or two, free to download or stream.  Right now, he's got one
from April 2000 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire up there.  If you're into that sort
of thing, enjoy."

SOURCE: Guster, "Pasty Pages," October 15, 2009.
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MUSIC AND THE MOVEMENT CURE

<> Exercise therapy, as pioneered in a form of medical treatment known as the
movement cure, is very important in my view; and it is by no means totally off
our subject.  Here is a fairly recent example of the ties between the movement
cure and the world of music:

Maura Jasper and Hilken Mancini. Punk Rock Aerobics: 75 Killer Moves, 50 Punk
Classics, and 25 Reasons To Get Off Your Ass and Exercise. 1st Da Capo Press ed.
Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press. 2004.

Dr. George H. Taylor's nineteenth-century ideal of vigorous exercise to raise
our heartbeats and get our lungs pumping was not at all far removed from modern
aerobics.  He may not have expressed it quite the same way as Ms. Jasper and Ms.
Mancini, but the basic idea was quite similar.

What brings this to mind is that one of my own area's most important local
musicians, Derrik Jordan, is leading a hula hoop class.  Beyond all doubt, Dr.
Taylor would have heartily approved.  He really wanted our torsos twisting, and
he was a big advocate of an exercise that we know today as The Windmill.  This
involves taking something like a broomstick, running it behind one's neck and
across one's shoulders, with hands off somewhat to the sides and grasping the
stick or rod.  Then with feet roughly at shoulder width, one twists one's
midsection alternately clockwise and counterclockwise.  This can be an excellent
range of motion stretching exercise, and it can contribute to a person's health
in a variety of ways.

Best of luck to hula hoop promoter Derrik Jordan and a tip of the hat to Punk
Rock Aerobics authors Maura Jasper and Hilken Mancini.

::  swedish movement cure  ::
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS ITEM
Friday Evening

Jay Farrar explores Kerouac's "Big Sur"
Reuters – Fri Oct 16, 9:24 pm ET

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Best known for leading the alt-country rock bands Uncle
Tupelo and Son Volt, Jay Farrar teamed with Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard
for his latest project, an album with lyrics based on the prose from Jack
Kerouac's 1962 novel "Big Sur."
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS
Monday Morning

Liam Gallagher: 'I'm gutted about Oasis' split'
Yahoo! Music – Mon Oct 12, 7:00 am ET

Courtesy of NME.com - He also takes a swipe at Noel Gallagher for dressing 'like
Liz Hurley's son'
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS ITEM
Friday Evening

Actually, I copied this hitlist entry by mistake.  But, what the heck...

Putin on the Ritz: Russian PM floats song contest
AP – Fri Oct 16, 9:08 pm ET
FILE -In this Saturday, May 9, 2009 file photo, Executive Supervisor... AP

MOSCOW - From the Cold War to a Battle of the Bands.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Night

Rod Stewart interprets soul classics on new album
Reuters – Fri Oct 16, 10:06 pm ET

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Rod Stewart brings a splash of color to the staid
surroundings of the Beverly Hills Hotel. He's wearing a blue striped shirt, a
white business suit jacket with thick red trim and blue Converse slip-ons -- a
look that combines nautical and vaudeville, which seems perfectly fitting for
Stewart, the perpetual showman.
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For Immediate Release
JOYCE ROSSI-GAMMON "A TATER FARM IN MAINE"
on Cornmeal Records
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
From Charlie Gaylord

Cornmeal Records proudly announces the Oct. 16 release of "A Tater Farm In
Maine" by Joyce Rossi-Gammon and her band, The Kennebunk River Boys. The
all-original country-rock eight song CD will be available at Bull Moose stores
throughout Maine and online, through bullmoose.com and her website,
joycerossigammon.com.

Rossi-Gammon was born in 1929 at Bridgewater, Maine, in Aroostook County. Like
all kids in "The County," she picked potatoes to earn money. Her humble
beginnings inspired the title track "A Tater Farm In Maine", which has garnered
favorable reviews since its debut on Charlie Gaylord's popular radio show,
"Greetings from Area Code 207," which airs weekly on Portland's classic-rock
radio station 102.9 WBLM-FM. It's hardly the place you'd expect to hear a
country song from a sweet and kindly great-grandmother from Dixfield, Maine, but
Gaylord liked what he heard in 2008 when he first got the cassette she sent him.
He arranged for her music to be professionally produced by Jack Murray at The
Tidewater recording studio in Kennebunk. Gaylord (formerly of Diesel Doug and
The Long Haul Truckers) also provided the guitar work, and he brought in famed
Maine mandolin player Alan "Mac" McHale (from The Radio Gang) who appears on the
track "You
Still Look Good To Me." Murray, whose recent credits include CDs by Dominic And
The Lucid, Kevin Roper and Ruin, provided bass, drums and keyboards. "I knew
when I first heard the cassette tape Joyce sent me that we could make a terrific
CD", said Gaylord "and I'm really proud of the way it came out".

Her 2008 decision to seek an audience beyond her small circle of friends and
family members reflects the same kind of positive attitude and down-home values
that characterize every track of her eight-song CD. It also doesn't hurt that
her tunes are catchy, too. With a solid country-rock twang, Rossi-Gammon sings
from her real-life experiences and of the people she loves, resonating strongly
with listeners. Folks in "The County" are sure to love "A Tater Farm In Maine"
as just about every able-bodied school-aged child who grew up in her era pitched
in to pick "taters" when schools closed each fall. It's a dirty, back-breaking,
sweaty tradition that today has all but disappeared — yet the culture it shaped
in Maine's largest farming region still runs deep and Rossi-Gammon's "A Tater
Farm In Maine" captures the memory completely. Many Aroostook County folks cite
those childhood weeks of bending over seemingly endless rows of potatoes —
filling barrel after barrel — as their single most important character-shaping
experience. Rossi-Gammon grew up with her sister and five brothers surrounded by
music and love and the traditional values of rural America. Now, seven decades,
two marriages, four children, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren
later, she's giving it all back.

All she asks is that you give a listen. "I feel young. I'm having fun being a
kid, so I'm not going to grow up!" Joyce said. "Here I am at 80 years old, doing
my first CD and I hope people will like my songs." Rossi-Gammon was featured on
the Dave and Michelle morning show on Portland's 99.9 FM "The Wolf" in early
September and was spotlighted in a front-page story that same week by the
Lewiston Sun Journal. (http:www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVdXJ7GEEQA)

About Cornmeal Records: Since it was established in 2000, Cornmeal Records,
based in Kennebunk Maine, has pressed more than 36,000 CDs. The Portland Phoenix
opined in November 2004 that "Cornmeal must be declared as the preeminent local
label".

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We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
: : : Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, October 10 - Plenty of our kinds of news items came our way
this week.  Now we face the difficult task of making time to compile as much of
it as possible.  Before we do, though, here is hoping that a good many of you
got to hear John Fogerty, late of the San Francisco band Creedence Clearwater
Revival, in the Friday-Saturday overnight on Coast to Coast AM.  Interest in
unexplained phenomena and space exploration evidently has been life-long for
Fogerty, making him an ideal guest for this phenomena-exploring and
warp-drive-ready broadcast.  I, personally, know practically nothing about
Fogerty's new album; but one excellent cut played: his interpretation of Rick
Nelson's "Garden Party."  Based on that one limited listening experience, if I
had a chance to spin the latest John Fogerty album in the comfort of my living
room, I would eagerly take it.  His retrospective collection released a few
years back, "The Long Road Home," is essential.

Thanks to Jeanne Walsh.
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

Staff of Newbury Comics provide a wonderful service with their weekly new
releases newsletter.  My only big disappointment is that it seldom includes many
regional releases.  Well, there is no room for disappointment this week.

The reason or reasons for repeat items from recent Newbury Comics newsletter
issues, as usual, is unknown to us.

<> New CD Releases Available Tuesday, October 6th

AIR - Love 2 - $8.99
APATHY - Wanna Snuggle? - $9.99
<> Apathetic about snuggling. This must be a guy group.

BACKSTREET BOYS - This Is Us - $11.88
BARLOW, LOU - Goodnight Unknown - $9.99

BOSTON SPACESHIPS - Zero To 99 - $9.99
<> It is my guess, based on this group's name alone, that it is a Boston band.

CALIFONE - All My Friends Are Funeral Singers - $8.99
<> I used to work with a guy who would be positively unable to do anything, in
reaction to this act's name, other than say, "Trak what?"

CARLILE, BRANDI - Give Up The Ghost - $9.99
CASH, ROSANNE - List - $9.99
CERVENKA, EXENE - Somewhere Gone - $9.99
CHARLES, RAY - Spirit Of Christmas - $11.99
CHESNUTT, VIC - Skitter On Take-Off - $11.88
COCKER, JOE - Live At Woodstock - $11.88

DEAR LEADER - Stay Epic - $7.99
<> I take this to be the Aaron Perrino band named Dear Leader.

DURAN DURAN - Rio: Limited Edition - $21.99 (2 CD)
DURAN DURAN - Live At Hammersmith: Limited Edition - $21.99
EVERCLEAR - In A Different Light - $9.99
FORD, LITA - Wicked Wonderland - $11.88

HOCKEY - Mind Chaos - $9.99
<> This name, "Hockey," would be ideal for a Dropkick Murphys tribute band. 
Dropkick Bruins?

JESUS LIZARD - Goat (Remaster) - $12.88
JESUS LIZARD - Liar (Remaster) - $12.88
JESUS LIZARD - Down (Remaster) - $12.88
JESUS LIZARD - Head/ Pure (Remaster) - $12.88
JOPLIN, JANIS - 18 Essential Songs - $9.99
JOYFUL NOISE - Handel's Messiah Rocks - $11.88
KEITH, TOBY - American Ride - $9.99
KLEIN, JESS - Bound To Love - $11.88
KRAFTWERK - Trans Europe Express (Remaster) - $13.88
KRAFTWERK - Man Machine (Remaster) - $13.88
KRAFTWERK - Autobahn (Remaster) - $13.88
KRAFTWERK - Radio-Activity (Remaster) - $13.88
KRAFTWERK - Tour De France (Remaster) - $13.88

MISSION OF BURMA - Sound The Speed The Light - $6.99
<> Our offer to send readers Boston's Mission of Burma Day proclamation drew a
good response. MoB is a very popular band.

MORPHINE - At Your Service - $19.99
MORSE, STEVE - Prime Cuts 2 - $12.88

MULDAUR, MARIA - Garden Of Joy - $11.88
<> "Garden of Joy" is the title of a 1967 album by Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band.
We are not sure what connection, if any, this Maria Muldaur release has to do
with the old Kweskin jug band LP, though she was a member of that august
ensemble.

NDEGEOCELLO, ME'SHELL - Devil's Halo - $9.99

PERRY, JOE - Have Guitar, Will Travel - $11.88
<> Really? Do you know about this?

POWERMAN 5000 - Somewhere On The Other Side - $9.99
RASCAL FLATTS - Greatest Hits: Limited Edition - $11.88 (2 CD)
RAVEONETTES - In And Out Of Control - $7.99
SINATRA, FRANK - Christmas With Sinatra and Friends- $12.99
SPARKLEHORSE/ FENNESZ - In The Fishtank 15 - $8.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS - DEF JAM - 25th Anniversary Box Set (5CD) - $49.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS - MINISTRY OF SOUND - Annual 2010 - $13.88

VILE, KURT - Childish Prodigy - $7.99
<> Cute.

WIDESPREAD PANIC - Montreal 1997 - $21.99 (3 CD)

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featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, October 6th

090808_EvntHrizonAnvil: The Story of Anvil
$19.99 DVD

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "October 5 Newbury Comics Coupons and New Releases,"
October 5, 2009.

THIS IS BY FAR . . the most New England product I have ever noticed on a Newbury
Comics new releases list. Keep up the good work, NC gang! - Ed.

Lou Barlow
"Goodnight Unknown" (CD, 2009)

Boston Spaceships
"Zero To 99" (CD, 2009)

Dear Leader
"Stay Epic" (CD, 2009)

Jess Klein
"Bound To Love" (CD, 2009)

Mission of Burma
"The Sound The Speed The Light" (CD, 2009)

Morphine
"At Your Service" (CD, 2009)

Maria Muldaur
"Garden of Joy" (CD, 2009) august ensemble.

Joe Perry
"Have Guitar, Will Travel" (CD, 2009)

Powerman 5000
"Somewhere on the Other Side" (CD, 2009)

::  brandi carlile, rosanne cash, exene cervenka, ray charles, vic chesnutt, joe
cocker, lita ford, janis joplin, toby keith, steve morse, me'shell ndegecello,
frank sinatra; the messiah rocks, skitter on take-off, skitter on takeoff,
skitter on take off, zero to 99, zero to ninety-nine, zero to ninety nine  ::
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BARACK OBAMA
Nobel Laureate

<> Congratulations to President Barack Obama for bringing home the Nobel Prize
for Peace.  I was up and listening to the radio news when this was a breaking
story, and it was presented as a surprise decision.  By now, "controversial"
seems to be more the word.  The most successful criticism of this award may be
that it came too soon: however much President Obama may have the potential for
deserving this honor, he has not yet earned it.  So goes a favorable phrasing of
that line of thinking.  This is a battle I see no point in fighting, either way.
Those who have gone further in criticizing this selection, it seems to me, are
hurting their own cause by presenting themselves as petty.

President Obama's Nobel prize is a great international honor.  One of my own
personal favorite United States presidents, Theodore Roosevelt, was similarly
honored while in office.  TR, a Republican, was the 1906 Nobel peace prize
winner.  Democrat Jimmy Carter's Nobel peace prize, it seems to me, came after
he left office.

Were there other United States presidents who won the Nobel Prize for Peace? 
These are the only ones who are coming to mind for me right now.
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THE FOOLS
With the Sean Coleman Band
At the Boathouse
Dracut, Massachusetts
Saturday, October 10, 2009

<> The Fools Go Back...

Back to the Boathouse

Please join
The Fools

and special guests
The Sean Coleman Band

music begins at 9:00pm
Saturday, October 10

294 Tyngsboro Road
Dracut, Massachusetts

978&#8729;957&#8729;7251

Boathouse Online

The Fools

SOURCE: The Fools, "Go Here," October 8, 2009.

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SETH GLIER
"The Trouble With People" CD

"RACHAEL'S MPRESS-MATE SETH GLIER UNVEILS NEW ALBUM ON iTUNES, OCTOBER 6

<> "Seth Glier, who signed to MPress earlier this year, will be releasing his
album, 'The Trouble With People,' digitally on iTunes this week. Remixed by
Kevin Killen (Elvis Costello, Tori Amos) and John Shyloski (Johnny Winter,
Stephen Kellogg), the album was produced by Glier and his guitarist, Ryan
Hommel.  At only 19 years old, Glier caught Rachael's attention at a show last
fall in New Hampshire, where Glier's prodigious songwriting, piano chops and
overall charisma led Sage to 'want to sign him on the spot!'  Learn more about
Seth and hear soundclips at

http://www.sethglier.com/

SOURCE: MPress Records, "Rachael Sage: Fame, UK, CMJ, and Social Exposure!"
October 6, 2009.

Seth Glier
"The Trouble With People" (CD, MPress Records, 2009)

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AD FRANK AND THE FAST EASY WOMEN
"Your Secrets Are Mine Now" CD Release

<> "Ad Frank and the Fast Easy Women will be celebrating the release of their
new record, 'Your Secrets Are Mine Now,' on Saturday, October 24, at Great Scott
in Allston, Massachusetts.  We will be joined by Stereo Soul Futere and M.G.
Lederman, with DJ sets by Last Chance and VideoDrome.

"This is our first full band show in almost two years.  We will be joined by our
new keyboard player ... Chris Mascara!!!! (Can you believe it?)

"The album will be officially out on November 3rd, but we will have them at the
show and are sending out pre-ordered copies this week."

SOURCE: Ad Frank, "Ad Frank and F.E.W. CD Release," October 5, 2009.

Ad Frank and the Fast Easy Women
"Your Secrets Are Mine Now" (CD, 2009)

::  m g lederman  ::

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INTERNATIONAL POP OVERTHROW BOSTON
COOL POPS NIGHT
At Church of Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
Friday, November 20, 2009
According to The Stompers

INTERNATIONAL POP OVERTHROW
BOSTON 2009
Church
November 19 thru 22
8:00 PM

- Friday November 20 -
"Cool Pops Night"

Originally scheduled at 11:30, The Stompers will now play at 11:00.  They are
still the headlining act of the night.

The new schedule:

8:00 - The Bittersweets
8:30 - Pastiche
9:00 - Fox Pass
9:30 - Fireking
10:00 - 1.4.5.
10:30 - Big City Rockers
(featuring Tom Hauck and Fred Pineau of The Atlantics)
11:00 - The Stompers

["Big City Rock" was the title of the Atlantics' major label vinyl LP. I would
think that this band, Big City Rockers, would be a good step toward an
approximation of an Atlantics reunion. In our essential records survey, to date,
"Lonelyhearts" by The Atlantics would be our top vote-getter, if we counted
multiple suggestions for the same record.  Many, many people, myself included,
expressed love for this Boston rock classic. There's just no beating
"Lonelyhearts" (so to speak). - Ed.]

The Bittersweets: Sal Baglio, Jon Macey, Steve Gilligan, and Lenny Shea
Fox Pass features Jon Macey and Steve Gilligan
The Stompers: Sal Baglio, Steve Gilligan, Lenny Shea, and Jeremy Brown

*The Stompers will be playing a set of rare pop gems culled from over their 32
year career*

SOURCE: The Stompers Info, "I.P.O Info and Revised Schedule," October 4, 2009.

http://www.thestompers.com/

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MARK ERELLI'S GUITAR
A Capsule Biography, Lovingly Told

Musicians can take a serious interest in, and even bond with, their instruments.
Singer/ songwriter/ multi-instrumentalist Mark Erelli, in his latest newsletter,
wrote a fine account of his guitar.  This instrument could be of extra interest
to many of our readers because it was born in Massachusetts.  With his
permission, we reprint here the tale of his six-string acquisition.

<> "The only thing that felt odd on this trip [UK tour with Josh Ritter and Ray
Lamontagne] was traveling sans acoustic guitar, as opposed to the other
ninety-nine percent of the tours I do, or as I refer to them, 'Me And My Guitar
Against The World Tour.'  Time in the trenches quickly forges an intense
brotherhood, and while we don't have actual conversations, my guitar is often my
only company and by far my most prized material possession.  So many of you have
emailed or sauntered up to the stage after a show to ask me about my guitar, I
thought I would dedicate a newsletter to singing its praises.

"My instrument was built by renowned luthier TJ Thompson from West Concord,
Massachusetts.  He was recommended to me as the guy who could help my 1947 0-17,
originally conceived by Martin as a no-frills student model, keep pace with the
rigors of the road.  After a couple years of this dance, TJ suggested both our
lives might be easier if he just built me a new guitar.  I jumped at this rare
offer, and he began by asking me what I liked about my 0-17 and taking
measurements.  Then he let me play a variety of pre-war Martins and Gibsons, and
more measurements followed.

"A year and a half later, the guitar was finished - sort of like a Martin 0-28
but with many variations on that theme.  The back and sides are koa, tonally
similar to my mahogany 0-17 but slightly stiffer and more resistant to
variations in temperature and humidity.  The top is Adirondack spruce, made from
wood that had been lying around the Martin factory attic since the 1940's.  It
has bear claw figuring and a sunburst finish that I am not ashamed to say made
me tear up a bit when I saw it for the first time.  There are lots of other cool
details too, like the fretboard dots modeled after the stars in [the] book, 'The
Little Prince,' or the banjo tuners that extend behind instead of from the side
of the headstock.

"Of course, the ultimate measure of a guitar is how it sounds.  With all the
articulate highs of my former 0-17, a fuller bottom end, and a touch of Gibson
mid-range honk thrown in for good measure, my Thompson is THE guitar of my
dreams.  I guess an even better measure of a guitar is how often other musicians
ask if I'd like to sell it [to] them.  By that metric, my guitar is as good as
gold."

SOURCE: Mark Erelli, "October 2009 Newsletter," October 3, 2009.

http://www.markerelli.com/

::  t j thompson  ::

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GREGORY DOUGLASS AND MONIQUE CITRO
Together on Tour

<> "For the first time ever, I [Gregory Douglass] will be touring as a duo
featuring Monique Citro (Yo-Yo Mo) on cello this fall!  There's nothing like the
strings of a deep, moody cello to enhance my music so don't miss this
configuration if you can help it.  I suppose if you don't live in the Northeast,
you're excused.  As for the rest of you, it's sure to be an emotional musical
experience!"

SOURCE:  Gregory Douglass, "Upcoming Shows," October 4, 2009.

::  yo-yo mo, yo yo mo  ::
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WINTERBLOOM ALBUM AND TOUR
November and December
Featuring Antje Duvekot, Anne Heaton,
Meg Hutchinson, and Natalia Zukerman

<> "In the next [Meg Hutchinson] newsletter you will hear about the
'Winterbloom' winter holiday album and release tour.  From November to December,
Meg will hit the road with fellow songwriters Antje Duvekot, Anne Heaton and
Natalia Zukerman and bring winter songs to a listening room near you.  Something
to look forward in the bleak midwinter."

SOURCE: Meg Hutchinson News, "Nutmeg, iHutch App, Upcoming Shows," October 3,
2009.

::  winterbloom, winter bloom  ::
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ODDS AND ENDS

I find myself running late even worse than expected and must work quickly.  Here
goes a fast run through a lot of news.

<> The venue, The Black Moon, of Belchertown, Massachusetts is celebrating its
first anniversary, according to a unit7 mailing this week.  2008-2009 was not
the easiest year for even a long-running live music establishment, so we figure
the Black Moon crew has done very well, indeed, to make it to the one year
marker.

<> Cornmeal Records, a fine New England label, has a new release titled
something like "Tater Farm in Maine."  We received two Cornmeal mailings about
this, each of which came with a file size that was much too big for our little
dialup setup.  With luck, we will be able to add details in an upcoming issue. 
Cornmeal Records has been a real asset to this region.

<> Robin Lane of Robin Lane and the Chartbusters has pulled together several of
her efforts into a single not-for-profit organization, Songbird Sings.  This
includes Giving Youth a Voice, A Woman's Voice, etc.  We got this information
from the latest Robin Lane announcement.

http://www.SongBirdSings.org/

<> We received a surprise mailing from the Liberty Elm Diner of Providence,
Rhode Island.  Before this, we actually were not sure the diner was still a
going concern.  Welcome back to the Liberty Elm or just welcome!

<> Amanda Palmer, according to her current newsletter, is set to entertain New
Year's Eve at Boston's Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops.

<> We received promotional material having to do with the excellent 1980s Boston
band, Private Lightning.  Unfortunately, this promo mailing was sent to our
subscription address and not to FredRemainsLost, our newsletter address.  So, we
did not see this mailing until much too late for consideration this week.  At
the moment, next issue is looking good.

<> Jimmy Ryan and Hayride, with Christian McNeill, are now partway into a
month-long residency at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  The
band, in addition to mandolin ace Ryan, includes Billy Beard, Duke Levine, and
Andrew Mazzone.  All of this is according to the Lizard Lounge October events
calendar.

<> Rachael Sage, whose clothing and hair are normally painted up to perfection,
has her song, "Too Many Women," off her "Public Record" album, in the film,
"Fame," and on the soundtrack disc.  This is according to her latest mailing.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Afternoon

Alicia Keys reveals "Freedom" details
Reuters – Fri Oct 9, 5:04 pm ET

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Alicia Keys will release her fourth studio album, "The
Element of Freedom," on December 1.

THE NAME, ALICIA KEYS, . . had not registered on me until publicity matter on
the Boston vocal group, Jada, named Keys as an artist of reference.  But the
very first person I asked about her called Keys "awesome;" and her music, that I
have since heard on the radio, goes far toward bearing him out.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday-Saturday Overnight

Bluesman who recorded as Freddy Robinson dies
AP – Sat Oct 10, 1:33 am ET

LANCASTER, Calif. - Bluesman Abu Talib, who recorded and toured with Ray Charles
and Little Walter under his given name, Freddy Robinson, has died. He was 70.
.


YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE

Musician Moby turns spotlight on domestic violence
Reuters – Fri Oct 9, 11:06 pm ET

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Electronic music artist Moby understands better than
most the importance of domestic violence shelters for women in need, having
grown up with a mother who was involved in several abusive relationships.

I ALWAYS SAY . . that Moby is from Connecticut, but then I never get around to
looking it up.  It seems to me, though, it's true.  Please correct me if I'm
wrong. - Ed.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLING
Friday Night

Skaggs' tribute to his father tops bluegrass chart
Reuters – Fri Oct 9, 11:05 pm ET

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Who knew that 50-plus years after he began singing and
playing music, Ricky Skaggs would be celebrating his fifth straight No. 1 debut
on Billboard's Top Bluegrass Albums chart? Perhaps his father.
.


YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Afternoon

After The Police, Stewart Copeland feels lovely
Reuters – Fri Oct 9, 12:58 pm ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Stewart Copeland, drummer for The Police, has always had
a few choice, four-letter words for his bandmate Sting. And while that is not
news for fans of the 1980's megagroup, his new word may be. It is "love."
.


YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLING
Friday Night

First clown in space hosts show to save Earth's water
Reuters – Fri Oct 9, 10:43 pm ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wearing a red clown nose, the Canadian founder of Cirque
du Soleil hosted an out-of-this-world performance event on Friday, saying he
wanted to use his trip as a space tourist to highlight the scarcity of water on
Earth.

SHOULD THIS HEADLINE READ . . "First PROFESSIONAL Clown in Space..."?  Just a
thought. - Ed.
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<> As a rule, we do not post SHOW LISTINGS.  The reason is quite simple.  Though
our name is the NEW ENGLAND Music Scrapbook, probably an easy majority of our
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
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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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Copyright © 2009 by the New England Music Scrapbook.  All rights reserved.

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Hi.

After mailing the latest newsletter issue, I rounded up the .JPG image MoB sent
of the Mission of Burma Day proclamation.

Strange to say, though, as I recall and as near as I can tell right now, Yahoo
Groups does not appear to allow attaching files to our newsletter mailings.  I
swear attaching files was once a Yahoo Groups option, but it seems not to be an
option now.

So if you want us to send you a copy of the Mission of Burma Day proclamation,
write us by way of

: : : FredRemainsLost At Yahoo Dot Com

and we would be pleased to oblige.

Happy Mission of Burma Day!

Alan

New England Music Scrapbook Newsletter
Alan Lewis, Editor

Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life

October 3, 2009
Issue 2009:347
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We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
: : : Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, October 3 - We continue getting buried in news e-mails that,
for the most part, are made up entirely of show listings.  This is all I have to
go on, so I can only guess that a lot of music acts are getting concert business
on a level they haven't seen in a year or two if not longer.  Also, while I
don't, personally, know how many of the venues are new, many of the club names
are totally unfamiliar to me.  An upswing in the business of live music may have
gotten underway.  The volume of mail we received this week is so great I stand
no chance whatsoever of looking through it all.  It is easy to imagine worse
problems to have.
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IT'S HAPPY HOUR

Happy fiftieth anniversary to The Twilight Zone!  The actual milestone was
reached last (Friday) night.  One of my all-time favorite songs is "Stickball
Kids" by the Boston and Northampton new wave band, The Elevators; and one of my
all-time favorite lines comes from that song.

: : : It's Happy Hour
: : : In the Twilight Zone again...

Well, happy Happy Hour to you all, and happy anniversary to both the living and
departed Twilight Zone crew.

The Twilight Zone was, of course, an anthology series, with different actors
from week to shining week; so the principal star of the show was its host and
most prolific writer, Rod Serling.  Science fiction giant Ray Bradbury, a
fascinating character, was not only one of the Twilight Zone writers, he also
was a huge background force.

Bill Mumy (MOO-mee), one of the child stars of the Twilight Zone, was a guest on
Coast to Coast AM in the Friday-Saturday overnight.  Mumy is easily among Coast
to Coast's best guests.  Odds are you know Mumy's name; but even if you don't,
you must know his face.  He played Will Robinson in the old television series,
Lost in Space.  Many things from popular entertainment are highly memorable, and
some of those are also quite useful.  If you say such things as

: : : Warning, Will Robinson, warning!
: : : Danger, danger!

most people will get your meaning.

Bill Mumy is also a musician and, as far as my own experience goes hearing him,
a very good one.  He has a new album which I believe has only been out a couple
weeks.

http://www.billmumy.com/

I haven't seen the Twilight Zone since its original run, and I am not read up on
the topic; but I have fantastic memories of the show, including some of my
creepiest-ever viewing experiences.  Fifty years later, it's happy hour in the
Twilight Zone again...
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Thanks to Christopher Lewis, Stephen Lewis, and to JoEllen.

Welcome back to Brian Anastasi.

Congratulations to Rio de Janeiro for being chosen to host the 2016 Summer
Olympic Games.
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WEIRD

<> Toward the end of the Twilight Zone's run, we had a local Bangor, Maine
television series called "Weird."  "Weird" was hosted by a genius of dumb humor,
Eddie Driscoll.  Driscoll's art had its ups and downs; but trust me, he achieved
his greatest peak with "Weird."  This was a midnight Saturday series of B-grade
science fiction and science fantasy movies, with the real action being between
sections of the films, in the Bangor TV studio, with Eddie Driscoll playing the
part of a mad scientist who lived and worked in a cave and dressed in a way that
we would understand as depicting a prehistoric caveman.  Think about it.  Was
the scientist's name Crandall?  That's what I'm thinking.  Stephen King, in a
public tribute, once said to Eddie Driscoll words to the effect of, "You're the
man who warped my childhood."  As powerful statements go, this one would be
tough to top.  Memory is an imperfect thing, to say the least, but it seems to
me "Weird" came on the air right after the national broadcast, "The Outer
Limits."

"Weird" was Bangor's bizarre foster child of "The Twilight Zone."

After the run of "Weird" was over, it was followed by a variety program that I'd
bet more people will remember: "The Frankenstein Show."  This actually was not
named for the famed fictional character but, rather, for a Maine institution,
the Frankenstein shopping center.  It is my understanding that this program
played on one or more television sets at the LL Bean store, and a lot of
out-of-staters were astonished at this mighty strange glimpse at Maine culture,
while doing late-night shopping at Bean's.
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

In addition to the items noted below, the latest Mission of Burma album comes
out Tuesday, October 6, though we understand Newbury Comics is already stocked
with copies to sell on Sunday, Boston's official Mission of Burma Day.

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, September 29th

A.F.I. - Crash Love - $9.99
A.F.I. - Crash Love (Deluxe Edition) - $17.99
ALICE IN CHAINS - Black Gives Way To Blue - $8.99

BELL, JOSHUA - At Home With Friends - $15.99
<> I take this Joshua Bell to be the classical music box office star of that
name.

BREAKING BENJAMIN - Dear Agony - $12.88
BUCKCHERRY - Live & Loud 2009 - $7.99
CAREY, MARIAH - Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel (Deluxe Edition) - $12.88
COSTELLO, ELVIS - Costello Show - $9.99
DETHKLOK - Dethalbum II - $9.99
DETHKLOK - Dethalbum II (Deluxe Edition) - $13.88

GENESIS - Live 1973-2007 (8 CD/3 DVD) - $99.99
<> Evidently the bottomed-out economy hasn't hurt this band's prospects any.

JARREAU, AL - Very Best Of: An Excellent Adventure - $11.88
KRISTOFFERSON, KRIS - Closer To The Bone - $12.88
KRISTOFFERSON, KRIS - Closer To The Bone (Deluxe Edition) - $19.99
LAMBERT, MIRANDA - Revolution - $9.99
LOVELESS, PATTY - Mountain Soul II - $15.99
LYNYRD SKYNYRD - God & Guns - $12.88
LYNYRD SKYNYRD - God & Guns (2 CD/ Special Edition) - $17.99
MADONNA - Celebration - $12.88
MADONNA - Celebration (2 CD) - $17.99
MCDONALD, MICHAEL - This Christmas - $9.99
PARAMORE - Brand New Eyes - $11.88
SMITHER, CHRIS - Time Stands Still - $9.99
STEWART, ROD - Sessions 1971-1998 (4 CD) - $59.99
STREISAND, BARBRA - Love Is The Answer (Deluxe Edition) - $21.99
STREISAND, BARBRA - Love Is The Answer - $11.88
VAI, STEVE - Where The Wild Things Are - $9.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS - TRIB. TO M. MULCAHY - Ciao My Shining Star - $9.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS - WARP20 (CHOSEN) - (2 CD) - $16.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS - WARP20 (RECREATED) - (2CD) - $21.99

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featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, September 29th

090808_EvntHrizonMonsters Vs. Aliens
$19.99 DVD

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "September 28 Newbury Comics Coupons and New Releases,"
September 28, 2009.

Chris Smither
"Time Stands Still" (CD, 2009)

Various Artists
"Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy" (CD, 2009)

::  joshua bell, mariah carey, elvis costello, al jarreau, kris kristofferson,
miranda lambert, patty loveless, michael mcdonald, rod stewart, barbra
streisand, steve vai; god and guns, live and loud  ::

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MISSION OF BURMA DAY
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Boston

We received an announcement this (Saturday) morning, with a .JPG attachment
showing the proclamation of Mission of Burma Day by the City of Boston. 
Unfortunately, probably because of a bandwidth problem with the system we were
using, the proclamation looked like a gravestone and the words were too dark to
read easily.  Because of the tombstone appearance of the proclamation, it
probably should have read, "Forget Mission of Burma."  But it didn't.

Fortunately, a MoB fan surnamed Lewis copied and sent the following from the
official Mission of Burma website:

<> "10.02 Mission of Burma Day declared in Boston and FREE show!

"It's official.  The City of Boston has declared this Sunday, October 4th, to be
Mission of Burma Day.  The proclamation coincides with their FREE show at MIT's
East Campus Courtyard on the same day.  Important show information direct from
the Matablog below:

"The lineup for the show is:

: : : Mission Of Burma

: : : Big Bear

: : : Eula

"Other important details:

- This is a free, all ages show.

- The show is on the East Campus Courtyard, 3 Ames Street. ....

- Please note that there is NO on-site parking.  If you have to drive there,
you're on your own parking the car.  Obviously, we strongly encourage the use of
mass transit.

- Show is rain or shine.

- Eula starts the show at 2:30.

- There is NO ALCOHOL ALLOWED at this show.

- Backpacks and coolers are likewise NOT ALLOWED so please don't bring them.

- The fine folks at Newbury Comics will be at the show to sell the new Mission
Of Burma album, 'The Sound The Speed The Light,' two days before you can buy it
in stores.  You can also pre-order the record here if that's more your style.

"If you're in the area, this is a can't-miss show.  See you there."

Mission of Burma
"The Sound The Speed The Light" (CD, 2009)

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ROSE POLENZANI AND SESSION AMERICANA
With Nicole Reynolds
Me & Thee Coffeehouse
Unitarian Universalist Church
Marblehead, Massachusetts
October 23, 2009

The latest mailing from the Me & Thee Coffeehouse includes this show listing:

"Oct. 23 Rose Polenzani and Session Americana/ Nicole Reynolds opens"

SOURCE: Info At MeAndThee Dot Org, "Ari Hest and Emily Elbert At the Me & Thee
Coffeehouse October 2," September 28, 2009.

WE ARE NOT FAMILIAR . . with the music or even the name of Nicole Reynolds, but
we believe Rose P and Session Americana will be in high gear for this special
concert. - Ed.

::  me and thee coffeehouse  ::

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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
WBCN 1968 to 1975

<> We received an interesting news e-mail about "the launch of the website for
'The American Revolution,' the documentary film about WBCN-FM, between 1968 and
1975, which is currently in production.

"The new web site is

http://www.WBCNthefilm.com/

"The band new Facebook page, filled with audio, photos, etc., is at

http://www.Facebook.com/theamericanrevolution

"We are looking for tapes/ photos/ graphics, etc. (i.e. archives) of WBCN or
that era.  People can upload them at either the WBCNthefilm.com site or the
Facebook page.   We are also asking people to support the film; it's non-profit
and tax-deductible, and there are links to make a donation at
www.WBCNthefilm.com"

SOURCE: Bill Lichtenstein, E-Mail Message, September 28, 2009.

::  wbcn fm  ::

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NEWBURY COMICS
Company Business Web Posting

<> Mike Dreese, one of the founders and owners of Newbury Comics, has lately
made a posting about company business on the NC Facebook page.  Evidently
Newbury Comics sales fell sharply in late September 2008 and are only recently
showing encouraging signs.  Newbury Comics, of course, is really important to
New England's popular music community; so it seems to me that some of our
readers - and maybe a lot of them - will want to check out this posting.

http://www.newbury.com/newsletter/email_mikesmessage100209.html
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ME & THEE TV

<> "And be sure to tune in to Me&TheeTV

: : : http://www.youtube.com/metheeTV

on YouTube!"

SOURCE: Info At MeAndThee Dot Org, "Ari Hest and Emily Elbert At the Me & Thee
Coffeehouse October 2," September 28, 2009.
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BITS AND PIECES

We are severely out of time.  I cannot overemphasize how time-consuming going
through all the news e-mails was this week.  The following I am writing up from
memory, in hopes of working a little more news into this newsletter issue.

<> The Phoenix this week has a feature about Dinosaur Jr, according to that
paper's Thursday morning weekly message.

<> Patty Larkin is soon to record a new CD, apparently made up of twenty-five
love songs: one for each of the years since her debut album.  She will be doing
phenomenally well if she can match the success of her latest record, "Watch the
Sky" (CD, Vanguard Records 79851-2, 2008), which is one of the best albums out
of New England this decade.

<> Drop us an e-mail, would you, if you have any tales about Bacon banjos.
FredRemainsLost At Yahoo Dot Com. This is a topic of much current interest
hereabouts. Frederick J. Bacon was born in Holyoke MA, operated his company in
Groton CT, and resided, both earlier and later, in Vermont.  He was a banjo
virtuoso.

::  nems query, nemsquery  ::
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LORRE WYATT
A Query

<> Back in the 1970s or the early 1980s at the latest, Lorre Wyatt was based in
Greenfield, Massachusetts and had posters here in Brattleboro, Vermont,
advertising that he was teaching guitar lessons.  Quite possibly everyone
reading this newsletter knows a thing about Wyatt, even if some or many cannot
place his name.

Back in time before the rise of the "Paul Is Dead" Beatles conspiracy theory,
there was a story afloat that a New Jersey teenager actually wrote "Blowin' in
the Wind" and Bob Dylan either bought or stole it from him, depending on the
teller's view of Dylan's financial resources or business ethics.  Many years
later, Wyatt took apart this tale in Sing Out! magazine in an article which, as
I recall, was titled "Lorre Wyatt Unravels a Snowball."

If you know what became of Lorre Wyatt and are willing to share your
information, please e-mail us at

: : : FredRemainsLost At Yahoo Dot Com

only convert this into an all-lowercase conventional e-mail address.

This guy has come up very often in conversation lately.

Lorre Wyatt used to tell a very funny story about being in the audience of a big
Don McLean concert - at the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus, I think
- when McLean performed one of Wyatt's original songs.  Lorre Wyatt's rehearsed
rendition of the story was lots better than my hurried version here.  But
basically it was that McLean had learned the song, unwittingly, before it was
truly finished.  So McLean was doing what amounted to a rough draft, while Wyatt
was singing along with the final version of the words.  McLean's and Wyatt's
lyrics, of course, did not match.  A guy sitting nearby turned and said, in
reference to Wyatt's own composition, "If you don't know the words, just don't
sing!"

That's the way I remember the story anyway, and Lorre Wyatt told it quite
charmingly and in fine humor.

If you know what became of Wyatt, please let us know.  Otherwise, I guess we
will just have to imagine that the answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind.

::  nems query, nemsquery  ::
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WBCN
Ex-FM

<> We received a fair number of news e-mails about WBCN this week; but today
(Saturday) we have had several reversals, work-schedule-wise, and we simply are
not going to have time to sort through those messages for posting here.  Sorry. 
It seems likely, though, that Brian Anastasi's write-up of WBCN could be
accessed by way of a Web search on Weekly Band E-Mail. Or on Brian Anastasi.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Afternoon

WE GO WAY THE HECK BACK . . with Steve Martin.  Long, long ago, I thought,
seeing this standup comic on stage holding a banjo, that the instrument must be
mostly a prop.  I was wrong.  Steve Martin is a serious banjo talent.  This,
too, is what banjo virtuoso and innovator Tony Trischka says; and, of course, it
means a lot more coming from him. - Ed.

Steve Martin hits road with banjos, and some jokes
Reuters – Fri Oct 2, 3:06 pm ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Steve Martin may be one of the funniest guys on the
planet. But when it comes to talking about the banjo, he is deadly serious.
Eerily so.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS
Friday Morning

Tyminski wins top bluegrass awards
AP – Fri Oct 2, 7:06 am ET
Dan Tyminski accepts the male vocalist of the year award at the... AP

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Dan Tyminski won two top awards at the 20th annual
International Bluegrass Music Awards, including male vocalist of the year for
the fourth time.

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Winners at International Bluegrass Music Awards
AP – Thu Oct 1, 11:59 pm ET

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Major winners Thursday night at the 20th annual International
Bluegrass Music Awards.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Tuesday [Midnight?]

IT IS A SMALL POINT . . but still one of many signs that news reporting has
fallen into shaky hands.  There is no such time as "12:00 pm," as used in the
headline below.  The journalistic standard, set out in the Associated press
style guide, calls for use of "noon" or "midnight," which is much clearer. - Ed.

Radiohead's Thom Yorke forms new band and announces live dates
Yahoo! Music – Tue Sep 29, 12:00 pm ET

Courtesy of NME.com -- Frontman to play two shows with members of Red Hot Chili
Peppers and REM
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE

JUDGE FOR YOURSELF . . but to my experience and in my personal opinion, the
original live Rolling Stones albums were mixed blessings at best.  This ought to
be a big improvement.  Maybe our children and grandchildren can benefit from
what we missed when we were their age. - Ed.

Expanded Rolling Stones album revisits '60s heyday
Reuters – Thu Oct 1, 2:43 pm ET
The reissue packaging of The Rolling Stone's live album "Get... Reuters

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The label that controls the rights to the 1960s
recordings by the Rolling Stones has cracked open its extensive vaults to
reissue a live album that captured the band during its youthful glory.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Morning

NEWS ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON . . is so widely reported that I include this here
mostly for emphasis.  Michael Jackson, according to this, was mostly healthy
except that he was dead.  The headline writer appears to have gotten it right. -
Ed.

Jackson autopsy could pose problems for his doctor
AP – Fri Oct 2, 7:53 am ET
TIME Magazine's special commemorative issue on pop star Michael... Reuters

LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's autopsy report was surprising as much for what
it didn't contain as for what it did: The singer was in relatively good health
for a man his age and no illegal drugs were detected in his system.
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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
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: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
: : : Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, September 26 - It is a mystery, to me at least; but for
whatever reason, we continue to get lots of news e-mails, though very few of
them include the sorts of information we normally post here.  This is common
enough during our annual summer lull, but the slowdown usually ends during the
second half of July or sometime in August.  Why in 2009 this is continuing into
the month of October anyway is, at present, unknown.

It seems at least possible this situation may be a good thing.  During the
recent recession, many acts seem to have found bookings hard to come by; and
many attractive productions were said to have drawn disappointingly.  So, recent
e-mails being loaded with show listings may be a sign that business is picking
up again in the region's clubs.
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NEON NITE

<> One of the main items we are running this week, below, is a megamessage from
Nancy Neon about tonite's Neon Nite festivities.  One of the principal things
that interests me about NN's mailings, beyond the fact that they come from a
legendary Boston scenester and tambourine virtuoso, is that her more extensive
e-mails often contain a rich mixture of names of artists and bands I haven't
seen in a really long time with names of acts I do not recall ever seeing.
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

<> New CD Releases Available Tuesday, September 22nd

BEASTIE BOYS - Hello Nasty (Remastered) - $16.99
BLACK TAPE FOR A BLUE GIRL - 10 Neurotics - $11.88
BROTHER ALI - Us - $9.99
CAVE, NICK/ ELLIS, W. - White Lunar (2 CD) - $13.88
CLARK, GUY - Somedays The Song Writes You - $11.88
CONNICK JR., HARRY - Your Songs - $12.88
COSTELLO, ELVIS - Spike (Reissue) - $8.99
COSTELLO, ELVIS - Extreme Honey: The Very Best Of - $9.99
COSTELLO, ELVIS - Mighty Like A Rose (Reissue) - $8.99
CULT - Love: Omnibus (4 CD Box) - $19.99
FORTE, JOHN - Stylefree The EP - $6.99
GERMANO, LISA - Magic Neighbor - $9.99

GIRLS - Album - $7.99
<> I am including this item on the outside chance that this album is by the
1980s New England rock band, The Girls.

GRAY, DAVID - Draw The Line - $9.99
GRAY, DAVID - Draw The Line (Deluxe Edition) - $13.88
GRIMES, RACHEL - Book Of Leaves - $10.88
KRALL, DIANA - Quiet Nights (Deluxe Edition) - $18.99
MANASSAS - Manassas Pieces - $9.99
NUMAN, GARY - Pleasure Principal: 30th Anniversary - $11.88
ONO, YOKO - Between My Head & The Sky - $9.99
RASCAL FLATTS - Greatest Hits Vol. 1 - $14.99
RUN DMC - Greatest Hits (Slider) - $9.99
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - Here Comes Science (Deluxe Edition) - $12.88
U2 - I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight - $8.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS - L.A. NUGGETS - Where The Action Is - $49.99
VERTICAL HORIZON - Burning The Days - $9.99
WAINWRIGHT, RUFUS - Milwaukee At Last!!! - $9.99
WAINWRIGHT, RUFUS - Milwaukee At Last!!! (Deluxe Edition) - $19.99

<>

featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, September 22nd

090808_EvntHrizonObserve and Report
$19.99 DVD

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "September 21 Newbury Comics Coupon, Film Fest, and New
Releases," September 21, 2009.

Vertical Horizon
"Burning the Days" (CD, 2009)

::  nick cave, guy clark, harry connick jr., elvis costello, the cult, w. ellis,
w ellis, john forte, lisa germano, david gray, rachel grimes, gary numan, yoko
ono, rufus wainwright; between my head and the sky  ::
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NEON NITE TONITE
Saturday, September 26, 2009
At The Cantab
Central Square
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Featuring Fox Pass, My Own Worst Enemy, The Varmints, and All the Way From
Boston Massachusetts by Way of Asbury Park New Jersey, We Are Pleased To Say,
Joe Harvard and His Joe Harvard Band

Here is the unfiltered Neon light:

<> SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2009 AT THE CANTAB, 739 MASS AVE. IN CAMBRIDGE'S
CENTRAL SQUARE ... ANOTHER NANCY NEON NITE WITH THE VARMINTS(9), FOX PASS(10),
MY OWN WORST ENEMY(11), AND THE JOE HARVARD BAND(12) ROUND OUT THIS VARIED
POP-TASTIC BILL.  WE THANK MC MICKEY BLISS OF CLUB BOHEMIA FOR THE GIG.  WE ARE
HOPING TO HAVE JOEY BOY OF RED INVASION PLAY SOME FIERCE TUNAGE BETWEEN SETS. 
$8 COVER CHARGE, 21+.

HEY STOMPERS AND STOMPETTES!  IT IS TIME TO DUST OFF YOUR DANCIN' SHOES AND GET
READY TO SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER AT ANOTHER NEON NITE!  BILLY BORGIOLI, FORMERLY OF
THE REAL KIDS AND CLASSIC RUINS, HAS PUT TOGETHER A NEW LINE UP OF RACKIN'
FRACKIN' VARMINTS.  BILLY BORGIOLI AND FRED EVICCI ARE A GREAT PAIR, LEADING A
TWIN GUITAR ATTACK THAT THE RHYTHM SECTION OF JOSH BLOOMER (BLOOD VESSELS) AND
DAN MCCARTHY (FORMERLY DOWNBEAT FIVE, RADIO KNIVES) COMPLEMENTS PERFECTLY.

COME SEE MCCARTHY PULVERIZE HIS DRUM KIT!  AND BLOOMER IS AT THE TOP OF HIS
GAME, KEEPING THE TORCH OF '76 PUNK BLAZING.  HE ALSO PROVIDES UNDERSTATED
BACKGROUND VOCALS THAT SOMETIMES GIVE THE SONGS A WHO/JAM VIBE.  EVICCI GETS THE
CROWD GOING WITH THE GOOD TIME ANTHEM, "WANNA GO." (HEY, WE NEED SOME COMEDIC
RELIEF AN APOCALYPTIC SONG LIKE "NO PROMISE, NO GUARANTEE"!)

FOX PASS GOES ON AT TEN AND HAS A VERY SPECIAL SURPRISE FOR THE CROWD.  MANY OF
YOU KNOW THAT JON MACEY AND MIKE ROY OF FOX PASS LEFT BOSTON CIRCA 1979 TO JOIN
TOM DICKIE AND THE DESIRES IN NYC.  THEY WERE MANAGED BY TOMMY MOTTOLA AND HAD A
CONTRACT WITH POLYGRAM.  A COMPOSITION COWRITTEN BY TOM DICKIE AND JON MACEY,
"DOWNTOWN TALK," WAS THEIR BIGGEST HIT.  WELL, TOM DICKIE IS COMING INTO THE
BOSTON AREA FROM HIS HOME IN SAN FRANCISCO.  AND YES, DICKIE IS GOING TO JOIN
FOX PASS ONSTAGE TO SING "DOWNTOWN TALK."  AND TO QUOTE THOSE LADS 'CROSS THE
POUND - THIS COULD BE THE LAST TIME!

MY OWN WORST ENEMY, OR MOWE TO THEIR FRIENDS, GO ON AT ELEVEN.  THESE NOISE
COVER STARS, MOWE ARE A THREE PIECE WITH STEVE (GUITAR, VOCALS), SUE (GUITAR,
VOCALS), AND A.J. (DRUMS,VOCALS).  WHEN I FIRST HEARD THEM, THEY SOUNDED SO
FRESH AND NONDERIVATIVE THAT I FELT I NEEDED A NEW VOCABULARY TO DO THEM
JUSTICE. [And this coming, as it does, from a gal who, in this announcement, has
already used the words, "pop-tastic" and "Stompettes." - Ed.]  THEIR SHIMMERING
FOLK POP IS ENHANCED BY THE FACT STEVE AND SUE ARE BOTH STRONG LEAD VOCALISTS. 
STEVE HAS DEVELOPED A SPECIAL SET-UP FOR HIS GUITAR, AND MOWE IS GOING TO TREAT
YOU TO VOCAL AND GUITAR TEXTURES LIKE YOU'VE NEVER HEARD.  SONGS LIKE
"SNOWFLAKE" IMMEDIATELY IMPRINT THEMSELVES ON YOUR MEMORY; THEY'RE HITS IN AN
ALTERNATE UNIVERSE.  THE BAND HAS SOME COOL CROWD PLEASERS UP THEIR COLLECTIVE
SLEEVES WITH "REDONDO BEACH" (PATTI SMITH) AND "DO THE BOOB"(THE REAL KIDS).

LAST UP AT THE MIDNIGHT HOUR IS THE JOE HARVARD BAND, TRAVELING ALL HE WAY FROM
ASHBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY.  IF YOU ARE ASKING, "IS THIS THEE JOE HARVARD!" YES,
IT IS, KIDDIEWINKS.  IT IS THE JOE HARVARD WHO OWNED FORT APACHE RECORDING
STUDIOS AND DID ENGINEERING AND PRODUCTION THERE.  IT IS ALSO THE JOE HARVARD OF
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND COVER BAND, VELVEETA.  HE HAS ALSO WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT
THE VELVETS.  WELL, HARVARD HAS PAID HIS DUES AND HE'S GOT THE RIGHT INFLUENCES.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS SET AND MAYBE EVEN HEARING SOME WAR STORIES ABOUT
BOSTON ROCK BACK IN THE DAY.

FOR MORE INFO ON THE BANDS AND TO CHECK OUT THEIR SOUNDS:

WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THEVARMINTSBOSTON

WWW.MYSPACE.COM/FOXPASS

WWW.MYSPACE.COM/MOWE

WWW.MYSPACE.COM/JOEHARVARD

FOR MORE INFO ON YOURS TRULY, MISS NANCY NEON

WWW.MYSPACE.COM/MISSNANCYNEON

AND YES,I FINALLY MADE THE LEAP TO FACEBOOK AND NOW I'M HOOKED BIG TIME!

NANCY NEON/FACEBOOK

UPCOMING CANTAB SHOWS:

SAT, NOVEMBER 21: VARMINTS/ THE ODDS/ RED INVASION/ HIGHLAND MOJO (KENNE'S 60
BAND WITH THE BROOKLYNS AND JODY URBATI MOORE ... LINE UP YET TO BE CONFIRMED

SAT, DECEMBER 12: SIMON RITT(8) VARMINTS/ GREG ALLEN GROUP/ JJ RASSLER AND MIKE
YOCCO'S NEW GROUP/HIGHLAND MOORE

WORKING ON A WORLD CLASS SHOW WITH DJ MATTHEW GRIFFIN AT RALPH'S, WORCESTER,
SAT, DECEMBER 5:

THE VARMINTS/ RED INVASION/ THE ODDS/ UNNATURAL AXE/ CHEETAH CHROME/ REAL KIDS
WITH SPECIAL GUEST BILLY BORGIOLI ON "REGGAE REGGAE" ... LINE UP TO BE CONFIRMED

SOURCE: NancyNeon At AOL Dot Com, "Nancy's Neon Nite With the Varmints, Fox
Pass, MOWE, Joe Harvard Band at Cantab," September 25, 2009.

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LOVE DOGS
Chan's in Woonsocket, Rhode Island Tonight
: : Plus
Hartford Swing Dance, West Hartford, Connecticut,
Friday, October 2, 2009

<> The Love Dogs are digging in for two fast-approaching shows, including one
appearance this (Saturday) evening.

This Sat 9/26
Chan's - Woonsocket, RI (8 PM)
401 765-1900
www.chanseggrollsandjazz.com/jazz.htm
<> If you've never been to Chan's you're really missing somerthing special. 
John Chan has been hosting the best national and regional blues and jazz for
over 25 years.  The unique vibe at Chan's makes it one of our favorite places to
play, and we always pull out all the stops!  Reservations suggested. [I have
really missed something, then. My only connection to Chan's is a live album
recorded there long, long ago by the much admired Boston jazz vocalist, Rebecca
Parris. But if Chan's is good enough for RP and The Love Dogs, it ought to be
pretty good. - Ed.]

Fri 10/2
Hartford Swing Dance - W. Hartford, CT
info: 860-649-0482
http://www.havetodance.com/hartfordswing/
<> One of the classiest dances in New England.  Easy to find and plenty of
parking at the W. Hartford Town Hall.

SOURCE: The Love Dogs, "Early Fall Shows," September 24, 2009.

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STEVE GILLETTE AND CINDY MANGSEN
Saturday, October 3, 2009
At The Sounding Board
West Hartford, Connecticut

<> The careers of Vermonters Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen can seem quiet for
a few months, then suddenly these two are off on tour.  Some of their tours are
very long.

Gillette and Mangsen have one New England show booked, so far, toward the start
of their fall trip.

Sat   Oct 3   The Sounding Board, W. Hartford, CT
(203) 272-8404
http://www.folknotes.org/

They plan to be back in Vermont in time to play First Night Burlington.

http://www.firstnightburlington.com/

http://www.compassrosemusic.com/

SOURCE: Cindy Mangsen, "Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen Fall Schedule,"
September 19, 2009.

THE STEVE GILLETTE AND CINDY MANGSEN . . website has an interesting page about
various covers and interpretations of songs written by Steve Gillette.  Though
he has not always made the loudest noise, Gillette clearly has had serious
success as a songwriter.  It is odd, then, that he seems forever remembered for
the very first released cover of one of his songs, "Darcy Farrow" by my own
heroes, Ian and Sylvia.

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DIANE AND ROBERT KORDAS
At the Milford Pumpkin Festival
[Milford, New Hampshire, I think]
Saturday, October 10, 2009

<> Diane and Robert Kordas of the New Hampshire band, Late Night Radio, with
percussionist Jennifer Spaziani, have an appearance set for Saturday, October
10, 2009, at the Milford Pumpkin Festival.  This performance of music for
families will include songs from the new Diane Kordas album, "Spinning Around
the Sun."

SOURCE: Robert Kordas, "Upcoming Events This Weekend and More," September 24,
2009.

Diane Kordas
"Spinning Around the Sun" (CD, 2009)

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DAR WILLIAMS
Fall 2009 Tour To Include Northeast Swing

<> Dar Williams' people sent details of these upcoming appearances in, and
nearby to, New England:

10/15    NYC - City Winery
10/16    Northampton, MA - Iron Horse
10/17    Natick, MA - Center for the Arts
10/18    Londonderry, NH - Tupelo Music Hall
10/24    Albany, NY - The Egg

SOURCE: Patty Romanoff, "Dar WIlliams Street Team and Updates," September 23,
2009.

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CARLA RYDER BAND
For the Last Time
The Lizard Lounge
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Friday, October 16, 2009
: : Plus
News About Miriam

[How long will it take before people start calling this new group The Miriam? -
Ed.]

<> "The times they are a-changin' again.   After eight great years, the Carla
Ryder Band is playing it's last show and releasing it's final album
appropriately entitled 'Time Has Come.'  All instrumentation for this album was
recorded live in our rehearsal space over the course of two days.  It's a rock
album, it's raw, and it's real.  It completely captures the spirit of the band
in its final configuration.  The CD release party is going to be just that.  A
celebration of the album, the band, the music, and the fans that have been so
loyal for all these years.

"Joining the fun that night are lots of local luminaries who will add their
talent and sound, making this a very special show.  Guests appearing so far
include:

Russell Chudnofsky
Ramona Silver
Andy Santospago
Jeff St. Pierre
Chris Roussin
Amy Fairchild

"Introducing MIRIAM:

"While the B is dissolving, CR will go on in a new venture called Miriam.  
Miriam is Carla Ryder and singer/songstress supreme Amy Fairchild with a host of
special guests who rotate in and out of the band with each show.   It's an
acousticy, country, folksy, bluegrassy type thang featuring some Carla Ryder
originals, Amy Fairchild originals, lots of ecclectic covers, delicious
harmonies, and lead vocal swappin'.   Imagine anything from Matthew Sweet to
Michael Jackson with a Nashville swagger...

"Miriam's special guests have included/will include:

Andy Santospago
Matt Tweist
Adam Steinberg
Chris Roussin
Ian MacMillan
Dinty Child
Jeff St. Pierre

"Miriam will play the second set at the CD release party that night.

: : : What:  CD Release Party/ Farewell CRB/ Introducing Miriam
: : : When:  Friday Oct 16
: : : Where:  Lizard Lounge, Mass Ave Cambridge
: : : Time:  9:00 pm

"* Receive a complimentary CD with admission."

SOURCE: Carla Ryder, "Big Show: CD Release, Farewell CRB," September 22, 2009.

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NEW ENGLAND (THE BAND)

<> An e-mail correspondent just mentioned that the New England band actually
named New England made it to compact disc.  Does anyone out there have the CD or
CDs by this group?  If you do, please e-mail us at

: : : FredRemainsLost At Yahoo Dot Com

only convert this into an all-lowercase conventional e-mail address.

Searching my favored database on "new england" would be totally pointless.  I'd
like to connect with someone I could ask for details - the complete catalog
number could be an example - that I could use to refine my search.
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EILEEN ROSE AND THE HOLY WRECK
"Luna Turista" CD

<> "The new Eileen Rose and the Holy Wreck album - 'Luna Turista' - will be
released in Europe on 5 October through Floating World Records!

"There is a FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD of one of the tracks, 'Sad Ride Home', available
on the band's ReverbNation page for the next two weeks.  The album is available
to pre-order now from amazon.co.uk."

SOURCE: Eileen Rose, "Free MP3 Download Plus New Album Info," September 20,
2009.

WE MAY RUN THE ENTIRE . . announcement next issue. - Ed.

Eileen Rose and the Holy Wreck
"Luna Turista" (CD, Floating World Records, 2009)
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ERIN McKEOWN
"Hundreds of Lions" CD

<> "Erin's newest album, 'Hundreds of Lions,' arrives 13th October 2009 in North
America from Righteous Babe Records.  It's her first album of original songs in
four years and the advance reviews are already ecstatic."

SOURCE: Erin McKeown News, "Pre-Order Lions Now and Win a Copy or Free Tickets,"
September 22, 2009.

ECSTACY IN MUSIC CRITICISM . . is a thing to be cherished. - Ed.

Erin McKeown
"Hundreds of Lions" (CD, Righteous Babe Records, 2009)
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STOMPERS ALBUMS

<> It occurred to me late last Saturday, Stompers and Stompettes, that I have
not been including details, from our record catalog, about two Stompers CDs that
are currently very, very popular here at NEMS HQ.  These, then, are our catalog
entries for a couple excellent Stompers records:

Stompers
"Live Scrapbook 1979-1983"
(CD, Vinyl Frontier Record Company VFRC03, 2001)

Stompers
"Stompilation!"
(CD, Vinyl Frontier Record Company VFRC32, 2009)
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IT WILL NOT DO ANYONE ANY HARM, . . no doubt; but I will still confess to have
forgotten to check Yahoo Music News this morning, and now I am out of time.
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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
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Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life

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We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
: : : Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, September 19 - Last week we received a great many news e-mails
but only a relatively few included the sorts of information that we normally
run.  This week was about the same except we received lots fewer e-mails.  Yahoo
Music News is heavily skewed this week toward celebrity items, and it would be
hard to say they did any better than us.  I, personally, have no idea how to
account for the 2009 summer slowdown outlasting those of past years, unless, in
the words of one of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers, Cole Porter,
it was just one of those crazy things.  Still, we have some interesting
information; and here it is.  Everything we received is included here, except
for one lone item that can comfortably wait until next issue.
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READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU, . . scroll on by whatever doesn't.
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MARY TRAVERS
Of Peter Paul and Mary

<> We were terribly sorry to hear of the death of Mary Travers of Peter Paul and
Mary.  We had thought from the last news we had heard that, while her condition
was not good, her situation was hopeful.

Was it "The Purloined Letter" that had at its heart the notion that the best
place to hide a thing is in plain sight?  Something along these lines may have
been at work with Peter Paul and Mary.  Everyone in the country had an idea who
these three were; but probably for many, they became "Puff the Magic Dragon," "I
Dig Rock and Roll Music," "Weave Me the Sunshine," and other original and
interpreted articles of 1960s cheer.  Far less in the public mind, I think, are
the gothic and just plain dark songs such as "Long Chain On," "There's Anger in
the Land," and "Three Ravens."  How many who are reading this right now remember
Peter Yarrow shouting his way through Dylan's "I Shall Be Released"?  But when
it came to putting Bob Dylan's off-center songs on the radio and putting fans in
seats at Dylan concerts, Peter Paul and Mary stood at the head of the line. 
When word got out that "the times, they are a-changin'," most Americans heard
this proclamation first from Peter Paul and Mary.

Mary Travers, as far as I am aware, never took on the role of a spokeswoman for
this trio.  She was always her own person, and she contributed to the group in
highly personal ways.  It was a standard feature of PP&M concerts for each group
member to have his or her solo moment toward the middle of the show, Noel Paul
Stookey often doing a standup comedy bit.  When I heard Peter Paul and Mary in
1970 at a little New York City coffeehouse called Carnegie Hall, Peter Yarrow
sang a worn topical song of the old left, "I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister." 
This was a parody of the folk song, "Greenback Dollar."  But "Greenback Dollar"
was sung to two quite different and well known tunes, and Yarrow sang "I Don't
Want Your Millions, Mister" to the - OTHER - tune which is rich in minor chords.
Noel Paul Stookey, the "Paul" of the group, sang a medley, featuring his
original, "The Good Times We Had."  Ironic title for a tear jerker. (I wonder if
he is related to the Everly Brothers.)  The other song in the medley is very
short and may not have a title.  If the piece does have a name, it is probably
something basic like "Parable."  We'll just call it "Paul's Parable."  "Oh, the
mountain streams run free and clear and I wish to my soul I could always be
here."  Like the Peter Yarrow spot that night, Paul's was a brilliant success.

I don't have even the slightest memory of Mary Travers' solo feature.  Whatever
it was, it was much more a part of the general thread of the concert rather than
her individual moment to shine alone at center stage.  What I do remember
vividly is her terse indulgences, sprinkled throughout the show, of her dry
sense of humor.  Mary could be very funny in the most subtle sorts of ways. 
Years later on national television, as a representative of the counterculture of
the 1960s, she said, "My drug of choice is butter."  It might not be funny
coming from me or maybe you, but there was humor aplenty coming from her.  Parts
of her style are easy enough to get.  Mary would artfully put in the least
little pause, slyly lower her voice for effect, or purr out certain words.  But
the main ingredient in her delivery was magic.  Maybe she picked it up from
Puff.

Mary had a reedy alto, while Peter Yarrow has a silky baritone/tenor, so it is
surprising how well the group's voices blended together.  I suspect these three
fell back on that most base of concert-singer tricks.

Practice.

Even at the beginning, Peter Paul and Mary are said to have rehearsed for months
before their first trio concert.

Those things that first come to mind do not necessarily capture the essence of
this band of three.  It could be many years before we work past "Leaving on a
Jet Plane" and "I'm in Love With a Big Blue Frog" to get at a fuller view of
Peter Paul and Mary tunefully winging in and out of a period of national crisis;
but our look back at Mary Travers starts now.  She will be sadly missed.
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, September 15th

ALICE IN CHAINS-Nothing Safe-$9.99
APOCRYPHA - Forgotten Scroll - $12.88
<> Curious combination of band name and album title.

BIG D & THE KIDS TABLE - Rude Remix Revolution - $11.99
BIG STAR - Keep An Eye On The Sky - $49.99
FREHLEY, ACE - Anomaly - $9.99
FURTADO, NELLY - Mi Plan - $9.99
HALL & OATES - Essential (3 CD) - $18.99
HORNSBY, BRUCE & NOISEMAKERS - Levitate - $9.99
ISLEY, JASPER, ISLEY - Isley, Jasper, Isley - $11.99
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - Playlist: Very Best Of Jefferson Airplane - $8.99
JENNINGS, MASON - Blood Of Man - $9.99
KEYS, ALICIA - As I Am (CD/DVD) - $13.99
KNOPFLER, MARK - Get Lucky - $12.88
LIVING COLOUR - Chair In The Doorway - $9.99
MARSHALL TUCKER BAND - Essential (3 CD) - $24.99
MAYALL, JOHN - Tough - $9.99
MINISTRY - Last Dubber - $11.88
OSBOURNE, OZZY - Essential (3 CD) - $24.99
POISON - Best Of: 20 Years Of Rock - $11.99
RUSSELL, TOM - Blood And Candle Smoke - $15.99
SHADOWS FALL - Retribution (Deluxe Edition CD/DVD) - $12.88
SHADOWS FALL - Retribution - $9.99
STREISAND, BARBRA - Guilty Pleasures - $7.99
TRIBE CALLED QUEST - Anthology - $9.99
UNCLE KRACKER - Happy Hour - $11.88
VARIOUS ARTISTS - TRIBUTE TO CY COLEMAN - Best Is Yet To Come - $12.88
VAUGHAN, STEVIE RAY - Essential (3 CD) - $18.99
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION (NICKLECREEK) - WPA - $11.88
YORN, PETE / JOHANSSON, SCARLETT - Break Up - $9.99

<>

featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, September 15th

090808_EvntHrizonX-Men Origins: Wolverine
$24.99 2-DVD set

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "September 14 Newbury Comics Coupon and New Releases,"
September 14, 2009.

Big D and the Kids Table
"Rude Remix Revolution" (CD, 2009)

Shadows Fall
"Retribution" (CD, 2009)
:: The deluxe edition is a CD and a DVD.

::  big d and the kid's table, ace frehley, nelly furtado, hall and oates, bruce
hornsby and the noisemakers, mason jennings, scarlett johansson, alicia keys,
mark knopfler, uncle kracker, uncle cracker, john mayall, ozzy osbourne, tom
russell, barbra streisand, stevie ray vaughan, pete yorn  ::
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MARK MULCAHY
CD-Release Show and Benefit for
Mark Mulcahy of Miracle Legion and Polaris

The ever cheerful Cranky of the western Massachusetts rock band, Winterpills,
sent the following important item about a benefit concert his group will be
playing on Sunday:

<> "A benefit show for our friend Mark Mulcahy on Sept. 20th in Brooklyn, at the
Music Hall of Williamsburg.  The likes of Frank Black, Vic Chesnutt, Spouse and
many others will play.  This is actually a CD release show for the commemorative
CD, 'Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy,' which just came out on
iTunes (CD soon), and the deluxe edition includes a cover we did of Miracle
Legion's 'And Then...?'  We'll be playing that at the show.  Mark lost his wife
last fall and is raising his little ones by himself, so he needs some friends."

SOURCE: Winterpills, "Winterpills Autumn Activities," September 15, 2009.

IT SEEMS TO ME . . that Mark Mulcahy may also have been in a band with Mike
Viola or the two of them have played periodic shows together.  In my mind I am
connecting these two. - Ed.

::  the music hall of williamsburgh  ::

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SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS BENEFIT
"A Day of Music to Save Art and Culture"
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Salem Waterfront Hotel Grand Ballroom
Salem, Massachusetts

The Stompers sent this announcement of a benefit show tomorrow (Sunday) at
Salem, Massachusetts.

Sal Baglio will be performng at a benefit this Sunday Sept. 20, 2009.

"A Day of Music to Save Art and Culture"

Sunday, Sept 20, Noon to 10pm
Salem Waterfront Hotel
Grand Ballroom
225 Derby St, Salem, MA

A Day Packed With Music!
From crooners to the godfather of Boston punk!
Produced by Julie Dougherty

Tickets $20 at the door, $15 Advance Sale -
Advance sale tickets available at CinemaSalem - 1 East India Square, Salem
and Experimental Art Gallery - Salem Artist's Row (between Front and Derby
Streets)

TO BUY TIX ONLINE: Click here

http://www.salemcommunityartscenter.org/churchaplaoozatix.html

The Lineup:
12noon Radio Scotvoid (Electronica & DJ)

1:00pm Squeezebox Stompers Trio (Cajun)

2:00pm Brian Corcoran (standards, 40's)

3:00pm Julie Dougherty Band (originals, acoustic covers)

4:00pm Marty Rowen Band (jazz, originals)

5:00pm Willie Alexander (original rock, punk, blues)

****6:00pm Sal Baglio originals grease and roll****

7:00pm Erinn Brown Band (originals, R&B, covers)

8:00pm Lisa Marie and the Derby St. Band (blues)

SOURCE: The Stompers Info, "The Stompers Harbor Cruise ... Tonight!" September
18, 2009.

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THREE DAY THRESHOLD
Sunday Afternoon, September 20, 2009
Allston Village Street Fair
Intersection of Harvard Avenue and Brighton Avenue

<> Three Day Threshold, a middle of the road stringband (well, they say they
will be performing in the middle of the road), sent this announcement:

SUNDAY:

ALLSTON VILLAGE STREET FAIR – Right in the middle of the road at the
intersection of Harvard Ave and Brighton Ave, (free, outdoors, all welcome)

Three Day Threshold at 2pm

SOURCE: Kier Byrnes, "The Best Gig of Kier's Career Plus This Weekend's Awesome
Events," September 18, 2009.

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PETER MULVEY
Singer-Songwriter-Cyclist

<> We received these Peter Mulvey listings some time ago, and the details would
be well worth confirming before heading out for a show.  This is a New England
leg of Mulvey's bicycling tour.

Sun, Sept 20:  Caffe Lena  47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY
7:00 PM ~ $14 mbr/$16ga ~ 800-838-3006 ~ All Ages

Thu, Sept 24:  Lizard Lounge  1667 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA
8:00 PM ~ $15adv/$18dr ~ 617-547-0759 ~ 21+

Fri, Sept 25:  Club Passim  47 Palmer St., Cambridge, MA
2 SHOWS: 7:00 & 10:00 PM ~ $18mbr/$20ga ~ 617-492-7679 ~ All Ages

Sat, Sept 26:  Iron Horse Music Hall 20 Center St., Northampton, MA
7:00 PM ~ $14adv/$17dr ~ 413-586-8686 ~ All Ages

SOURCE: Michaela O'Brien, "Peter Mulvey 1,100 Mile Long Haul Bike Tour Begins
Today," September 9, 2009.

Mulvey has a brand new album, though his bicycle may be the same. - Ed.

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THE LIGHTS OUT
Light Up Over the New
"Color Machine" CD

<> "Oh my stars, we finally got here.  After much wrangling, maneuvering,
arguing, imbibing, laughter, and especially ROCKING, we are as delighted and
proud as we could be to invite you to our CD release party at TT the Bear's
Place in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Saturday, September 25.  If ever there
were a time to mark the calendar for a band you've been meaning to see, I think
a CD release qualifies as that time.

"The record is called Color Machine, and it represents three years of sweating
it out in our perennially sweltering and moist jam space, cranking out one idea
after another, and then throwing them on the slab to be sewn onto other ideas,
pushed and pulled into shape, given a haircut, and finally shot through with a
bolt of lightning to charge our little Frankensteins with life.  LIIIIIIIIIFE! 
We feel so good
about it that we're not even afraid to share the bill with the nimble
and bludgeoning Roman Traffic (Formerly Gravehaven www.myspace.com/romantraffic
[1]), the always astonishing Reverse (www.reverse3.com [2]), and mighty, mighty
Township (www.myspace.com/thefamilytownship [3]), all worth the price of
admission by themselves.  Tickets are available online at

http://www.ttthebears.com/public/calendar/.php [4]

[Notice the word, calendar, followed by a forward slash which is followed by a
dot and an extension. It seems probable that this part of the direct Web
address, as supplied to us, contains an error, the slash being the leading
suspect in our view. - Ed.]

for ten bucks, and we think this one might just sell out, so don't be caught
looking through the window while we play, Oliver Twist style.  It only looks in
on the other side of the bar, and you won't hear much besides the bass.  As good
as Matt is, even he wants you to hear his sweet stylings in the context of the
rest of us, you know?  It's going to be a great night, come down and share it
with us!"

SOURCE: The Lights Out, "TLO Release 'Color Machine' at TT's September 25,"
September 16, 2009.

THERE ARE BUZZ BANDS . . out there, and we are advised that The Lights Out is
one of them. - Ed.

Lights Out
"Color Machine" (CD, 2009)

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J A D A
"Breakup Song" Single

<> The Boston vocal group, Jada, is set to debut that outfit's new single, the
"Breakup Song," this (Saturday) afternoon at the annual South Boston Street
Festival.  We were not specifically told, but it seems likely this record has
been released on the Motown/Universal label.

SOURCE: Info At BristolStudios Dot Com, "Come See Jada Live," September 18,
2009.

WE HAVE SEEN . . more romantically encouraging song titles, but we hope this
single brings encouraging professional results for the women of Jada. - Ed.

Jada
"Breakup Song" (Single, 2009)
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LINQ
"Rx and the Side Effects"

<> Speaking of new releases bringing success, western Massachusetts
singer-songwriter Linq has a new song, "Rx and the Side Effects," which is doing
okay.  She told us, "The add date for radio was August 24th, and it broke the
Roots Music Report Top 50 Folk the first week out.  It's currently #28.  It's
also doing really well in the Massachusetts chart:

http://www.rootsmusicreport.com/index.php?page=statechart&state=MA

SOURCE: Linq, E-Mail Message, September 15, 2009.

TO QUOTE FROM "THE MUSIC MAN" . . "we've got terrible, terrible trouble" and we
haven't had a chance to listen to this record yet; but it seems likely its
success so far speaks for itself.
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MOTION SICK
Two New Videos

<> "Before you even think about doing anything else, go check out our fabulous
new cut-up video for 'Aquaman's Lament,' the first in a series of re-releases of
our Ash Wednesday Theme Songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueeySSBI1J0

"This video is already responsible for making seven people laugh.  You could be
number eight!!!"

<> "We're so excited about this show [Boston Band Crush University Presents
'What's Your Major?'] that The Motion Sick's Mike Epstein and rock legend
Brendan Boogie set off recently on a quest to break the world college busking
record.  You can witness the whole ordeal."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tfZuWMi1fM

SOURCE: The Motion Sick, "Two Videos and One Rock Show That You Cannot Miss,"
September 16, 2009.

EXERCISING OUR SKILLS . . at cutting and pasting, we came up with these details
of tonight's show at the Church of Boston alluded to in the second Motion Sick
item just above:

"Saturday September 19 features Aloud, Brendan Boogie and the Best Intentions,
The Blizzard of '78, VulGarrity (RI), and The Grownup Noise ... [and] featuring
the comedy of Tim McIntire, Sean Sullivan, Ken Reid, Nate Johnson, Duncan Wilder
Johnson, and Maria Ciampa."

It would likely be a good idea to check details at

http://www.themotionsick.com/
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PETER PAUL AND MARY
New England Ties

<> The trio, Peter Paul and Mary, is an excellent example of how entwined New
York and New England are.  PP&M was decidedly a New York group.  But member Noel
Paul Stookey, last I knew, was living most of the year across the line in
Massachusetts but not at all far from this town, Brattleboro, Vermont.  The
place he calls home is along the Maine coast near Bar Harbor.

Peter Paul and Mary's Music Director, Robert Decormier, has long been heavily
involved in the choral singing of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.
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STOMPERS
"Stompilation" and "Live Scrapbook" CDs

<> The "Stompilation" and "Live Scrapbook" collections by The Stompers out of
Boston are positive hits among our visitors, family, and friends, some of whom
are the same people.

I am not anywhere close, as it turns out, to being the only fan who has not
heard the "Stompilation" recordings in a great many years.  So for a lot of us,
"Stompilation" is a great listening experience and it is a fun trip down Memory
Boulevard.
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35TH PARALLEL
"Macedonian Martini" in Digital

If you speak fluently in the several MediterrAsian tongues, you've got it made. 
If not, you may want to jump on 35th Parallel's September download.  Their song
titles are often in exotic languages or are made up of exotic names.  But
probably all of us can master "Macedonian Martini" as a title, if not
necessarily as a beverage.  Here is the 35thP announcement:

<> "[I]f you haven't yet tuned in, our free Download of the Month is ready and
waiting at our website:  'Macedonian Martini' recorded last month in Rockport,
Massachusetts."

http://www.35thparallel.com/

SOURCE: 35th Parallel, "Brighton, Massachusetts and Download of the Month,"
September 16, 2009.

35th Parallel
"Macedonian Martini"
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BROOKS WILLIAMS
To Record New CD in Old England

<> " ... I'm off to Bristol, England to record my new CD.  Over the past half
year or so I've been writing and uncovering new songs, and with Andy Bell at the
engineering helm, David Goodier on bass, Keith Warmington on harmonica, PJ
Wright on pedal steel and lap slide, and Karen Tweed on accordion, we're gonna
make a little racket and see what happens.  As I've said before: this is the
right time and this is the right place!"

SOURCE: Brooks Williams, "Red Guitar Blue Music Newsletter," September 17, 2009.
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BRIAN JONES OF THE ROLLING STONES

<> That Coast to Coast AM second part of a discussion of the death of Brian
Jones never happened.  The planned guest's lawyer, we are told, recommended
effectively against a national radio appearance just yet.  Too bad.  This is a
real curiosity to me.  Many people I know never considered that Jones' death was
anything other than a murder.  So it is surprising that this thought seems to be
big news now.  I wonder why.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Evening

Patty Loveless scales second roots-music "Mountain"
Reuters – Fri Sep 18, 8:53 pm ET

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Patty Loveless' 2001 bluegrass album, "Mountain Soul,"
holds a special place in her heart. Influenced by the music she grew up with in
rural Kentucky, the album resonated strongly with the country singer's fans even
as it broadened her audience.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLING
Friday Evening

Alice in Chains back in "Black" after 14 years
Reuters – Fri Sep 18, 8:37 pm ET

NEW YORK (Billboard) - In the midst of its first reunion tour in the summer of
2006, veteran hard rock act Alice in Chains played to a crowd of 30,000 at
Portugal's Super Bock Super Rock festival. As the band performed a set of its
classic cuts, a handful of fans unfurled a 25-foot-long sign that read, "Alice
in Chains Get Born Again."
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, September 12 - Every week is different.  This week our
FredRemainsLost inbox was full of news e-mails, but surprisingly few of them
carried the sort of information we usually post here.  We might have thought
this was another slow news week all around except that things appear to have
been quite busy at Yahoo Music News.  So we eventually drifted into "Go Figure"
mode.
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Special thanks to Therese at Brooks Memorial Library here in Brattleboro,
Vermont.  She lined me up with the 1937 edition of "Grove's Dictionary of Music
and Musicians."  The American volume, which I am reading now, appears to have
been seriously out of date even in 1937.  Many of the articles were copied from
the 1920 set, while other 1920 entries were revised to varying degrees for
publication.  Such antique information would be totally useless to a lot of
people, but it is right up my line.

I proudly beat most retro types by over a century.

The Grove banjo article makes for wild reading, while the piece about Native
American music is totally amazing.
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

Please be prepared for a huge slab of Fab (Four).

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, September 8th

A FINE FRENZY - Bomb In A Birdcage - $12.88
BEATLES - Magical Mystery Tour / Remaster - $11.88 (out 9/9/09)
BEATLES - Mono Box Set (Limited) - $299.99 (out 9/9/09)
BEATLES - Past Masters 1 & 2 / Remaster - $17.99 (out 9/9/09)
BEATLES - With The Beatles / Remaster - $11.88 (out 9/9/09)
BEATLES - Sgt. Pepper's / Remaster - $11.88 (out 9/9/09)
BEATLES - Rubber Soul / Remaster - $11.88 (out 9/9/09)
BEATLES - Please Please Me / Remaster - $11.88 (out 9/9/09)
BEATLES - Stereo Box Set - $199.99 (out 9/9/09)
BEATLES - Let It Be/Remaster - $11.88 (out 9/9/09)
BEATLES - Help! / Remaster - $11.88 (out 9/9/09)
BEATLES - A Hard Day's Night / Remaster - $11.88 (out 9/9/09)
BEATLES - White Album / Remaster - $17.99 (out 9/9/09)
BEATLES - Beatles For Sale / Remaster - $11.88 (out 9/9/09)
BEATLES - Abbey Road / Remaster - $11.88 (out 9/9/09)
BEATLES - Revolver / Remaster - $11.88 (out 9/9/09)
BROOKS AND DUNN - #1's ... And Then Some - $15.99
BUCKCHERRY - Black Butterfly (+ Bonus) - $11.88
DAY, HOWIE - Sound The Alarm - $9.99
FEELIES - Good Earth - $11.88
FEELIES - Crazy Rhythms - $11.88
FEINSTEIN, MICHAEL - With A Song In My Heart - $3.99
GUY, BUDDY - Playlist: Very Best Of Buddy Guy - $8.99
JAY-Z - Blueprint 3 - $12.88
KELLOGG, STEPHEN & 6ERS - Bear - $15.99
PHISH - Joy - $9.99
PRETENDERS - Pretenders (Gold Disc) - $24.99
RADIOHEAD - Kid A (2 CD/DVD Limited Edition) - $25.99
RADIOHEAD - Amnesiac (2 CD/DVD Limited Edition) - $25.99
RADIOHEAD - Hail To The Thief (2 CD/DVD) - $25.99
SLIPKNOT - Slipknot: 10th Anniversary (CD/DVD) - $15.99
STONE ROSES - Stone Roses (Deluxe Edition/3 Discs) - $21.99
STONE ROSES - Stone Roses (Special Edition) - $9.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS - GUITARIST - Composer Sampler - $3.99
WU-TANG CLAN - Playlist: Very Best Of Wu-Tang Clan - $8.99
YO LA TENGO - Popular Songs - $6.99

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featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, September 8th

090808_EvntHrizonThe Office
The Complete Fifth Season
$39.99 5-DVD set

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "September 7 Newbury Comics: Coupon, Beatles Remasters,
and New Releases," September 7, 2009.

Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers
"Bear" (CD, 2009)

Phish
"Joy" (CD, 2009)

::  howie day, michael feinstein, buddy guy, jayz, jay z, wu tang clan; the fab
four, sargent pepper, sgt pepper, sargent pepper's  ::
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TOM HAMBRIDGE AND THE RATTLESNAKES
Mal's Blues and Jazz Lounge
Haverhill, Massachusetts
Saturday, September 12, 2009

SAL BAGLIO OF THE STOMPERS . . sent a terrific announcement about a Tom
Hambridge show in Haverhill, Massachusetts this (Saturday) evening.  Some will
remember Hambridge best from his days as the "TH" in the band, TH and the
Wreckage.  Others will know him mostly from his work with blueswoman Susan
Tedeschi.  With luck, some of our readers will know Tom Hambridge and the
Rattlesnakes, though this group is new to me.  The band name, Tom Hambridge and
the Rattlesnakes, previously did not appear in our computer files.

The following, which was sent by Sal Baglio, includes a great deal of
information and is well worth reading:

TOM HAMBRIDGE & THE RATTLESNAKES LIVE AT:

Mal's Blues & Jazz Lounge
77 WASHINGTON STREET
HAVERHILL MA 01832
978-374-5150
(Located on the 3rd  floor of GEORGE'S RESTAURANT)

Saturday September 12, 2009 at 9PM
Tickets $15.00
Advanced tickets available!
Call 978-374-5150

<> Tom Hambridge with his band The Rattlesnakes, featuring Sal Baglio of The
Stompers and Jim Scoppa of TH & The Wreckage, will be performing at Mal's Lounge
on Saturday September 12th.  This will be Tom's only area performance.

Tom led his own Boston based band TH & The Wreckage which recorded several
albums and garnered much area success, including winning many Boston Music
Awards.

Tom resides in Nashville, Tennessee.  He is a 3-time Grammy nominee and has
worked with BB King, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, Susan Tedeschi, Chuck Berry and
Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Tom recently produced Buddy Guy's Award Winning SKIN DEEP album.  Tom wrote and
played drums on Delbert McClinton's latest album ACQUIRED TASTE, and his
currently working on new records for ZZ Top, George Thorogood and Meatloaf,

Tom is on tour promoting his 4th solo CD, "Boogieman." CDs and other merchandise
will be available at the show.  Buy your tickets in advance for Tom's only are
show in New England!  This promises to be a rockin' night!

"Tom is a wonderfully talented musician who has an amazing gift for writing Hit
Songs" - SUSAN TEDESCHI

"This is pure, no gimmicks, rock and roll that hasn't been sung with this much
passion since the early days of Springsteen" USA TODAY

"Tom Hambridge is a modern day Willie Dixon" BUDDY GUY

SOURCE: The Stompers Info, "Sal With Tom Hambridge This Saturday!" September 10,
2009.

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Tom Hambridge
"Boogieman" (CD, 2009)

Here is an early Tom Hambridge entry from our own catalog of record releases by
New England-connected acts:

T.H. and the Wreckage
"Keep It Burning"
(CD, Fast Track Records FT 9005, 1990)

::  bb king, b b king, delbert mcclinton; t h and the wreckage, th and the
wreckage, tom hambridge and the rattlesnakes, tom hambridge and the rattle
snakes  ::

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STONE COYOTES
Open a New Room
Tonight

Saturday, September 12, 2009
Burrito Rojo
Turners Falls, Massachusetts

The Stone Coyotes, a personal favorite band, out of Greenfield, Massachusetts,
sent this show listing:

SEPT 12 - BURRITO ROJO, Turners Falls, MA

Grand Opening

SOURCE: The Stone Coyotes, "September Shows, News," September 1, 2009.

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DINO CLUB
Close Out 2009 ... Almost
At The Blackstone
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Saturday, September 12, 2009

<> "The Dino Club will be playing at the Blackstone club on Main St in
Pawtucket, Rhode Island tomorrow night starting around 9:45 after which the Kris
Hansen Kollective will close out the night.  We're going on early because we
want our friends who don't want to stay out late to come and see us.  We can be
very accomodating.

"Hope to see you tomorrow night.  We have one more Dino Club show and that's it
for the year so please help us say hello to Autumn."

http://www.mcutler.com/

SOURCE: Mark Cutler, "The Dino Club at the Blackstone, Saturday, September 12,
2009," September 11, 2009.

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HOT PROTESTANTS
THE LUXURY
THE NEW COLLISIONS
Downstairs at The Middle East Restaurant
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Thursday, September 24, 2009

<> "We [members of The New Collisions] wanted to inform all you gorgeous fans
out there of a major event coming your way in a few weeks.

"On Thirsty Thursday, September 24, we are throwing a huge BACK2SCHOOL Blowout
with our pop music soulmates THE LUXURY at the Middle East Downstairs.

"$7 with a student I.D., 18+, and yes, you have to [partial expletive used
exhaustively for emphasis] DANCE!

"If you don't know THE LUXURY, they just won the 2009 WBCN Rumble, headlined The
Paradise, and basically took over the Northeast with their new album.  Not an
act to be missed, and this show will be a massive, unironical throwdown of epic
pop music and early autumn intensity. Oh hell yeah.

"After a truly insane summer, touring with The B-52s and opening for Blondie, it
is great to be back in Boston, gearing up for a show of this caliber, clout, and
catharsis.  No one ever has a better time than us, but we encourage you to come
and try!

"So do yourself a favor, leave your books behind, stomp on your i-pod and come
out for the best night of local music this fall.  We'll have our usual explosion
of lights, projection, and pop, and there are few live bands better than The
Luxury.

"Also on the bill are the ridiculously talented Hot Protestants (if you've never
heard their song 'Sad About an Ice Age' do yourself a favor and track these guys
down online) and the wonderful Muy Cansado.

"The Middle East Downstairs is 472 Mass Ave in Cambridge, MA, right off the Red
Line.

"Bring ye yer party shoes."

SOURCE: The New Collisions, "Back2School Blowout With The Luxury! Middle East
Down, September 24," September 10, 2009.

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RIVER GODS
Knickerbocker Cafe
Westerly, Rhode Island
Friday, September 25, 2009

SOURCE: Ellen Giurleo, "Coming Up at the Knickerbocker Cafe in September,"
September 1, 2009.

<> The River Gods is a group name that I have not seen in a very long while.  I
even went looking a few months ago.  Since we are not on a River Gods mailing
list, we do not know whether these folks are back, like their fellow Nutmegger
Kate Callahan, or we have just been missing their news and events all this time.
Either way, it is great to see that they will be doing what River Gods do at the
Knickerbocker Cafe, which sounds to us like an interesting spot.

::  the river gods, the rivergods  ::

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G O L I
On the Cover of The Noise

The gals of Goli - the Goli gals - would have us know that

<> "Goli is the front cover of this month's The Noise!!!

"The Noise magazine is one of Boston's esteemed publications of all music
a-rockin' in the local scene.  You can pick up The Noise at many local
establishments of rock (think music stores, live music venues, and coffeeshops.)
For a complete list of places to check, go to

http://www.thenoise-boston.com/content/view/14/22/

Inside, you will find an interview with us by Michael Bloom, a wee bit of a live
review and great pics by Amandacera Hannon and Karen Clunes.  Also, check out
the retrospective cover from 5 years ago...  You might recognize some faces. 
Goli would like to thank The Noise's founder TMax for being such an amazing
supporter of the local rock scene.  TMax is the best!

"If you can't find The Noise in your area or would like some reading material
for work, you can find it online at

http://www.thenoise-boston.com/

SOURCE: Valerie and Vessela, "Go Go Goli!!!! (Sept. Edition)," September 11,
2009.

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DON WHITE
Compilation CD
"Decade and a Half"?

"The Don White Retrospective CD

<> "I have been recording my own music for 18 years. (Well, actually, 25 years
if you want to include the three pre-CD cassette releases that still
occasionally turn up and shed a very bright light of how far I have come as an
artist.  Which is a diplomatic way of saying 'how bad I was in the beginning.'

"Anyway, I have assembled what a more accomplished artist might call 'A Greatest
Hits Album.'  For reasons that are screamingly obvious I shan't be calling it
that.  Greatest Misses or Nice Tries perhaps.

"Actually, it's been fun to listen again to these recordings and cherry pick the
songs that have stood the test of time and are still requested with some
regularity at my shows.

"So if you are one of the hard core inner sanctum repeat offenders who own all
the cds going back to 1992, you already have all these songs (with the exception
of one yet-to-be-determined previously unrecorded bonus track.) For you this CD
might only be of use as a tool by which to draw in and trap the uninitiated if
it is cleverly disguised as an innocent holiday gift. These are the songs that
made the cut.  I expect this to be available in October.

I Know What Love Is - Acoustic Alliance Vol 1 (1993)
Rascal - Live in Michigan (2002)
Be 16 With Me - Live in Michigan (2002)
Psycho Mom and Dad - Live at the Somerville Theatre (1995)
Brown Eyes Shine - Family Man DVD (2008)
Little More Love - Little Niche (2000)
MTV Love Song - Brown Eyes Shine (1999)
Ordinary Women and Men Two Vagabonds in Disguise (1992)
Lijah - Live at the Somerville Theatre (1995)
The Second Chance Crew - Brown Eyes Shine (1999)
Angel in Pieces - Brown Eyes Shine (1999)
Great Day - Rascal (1996)
I'm From Lynn, What Can I Say - Live at the Somerville Theatre (1995)

Bonus Track - Xmas Memories or maybe an acoustic version of something new - not
sure yet - open to suggestions.

SOURCE: Don White, "September News," September 9, 2009.

::  be sixteen with me, christmas memories  ::

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BRIAN VIGLIONE
New World/Inferno Album Recorded

<> "We just finished up the new WORLD/INFERNO album in June with the great
recording team that brought you the 'Yes' and 'No, Virginia...' albums, and
she's a beauty.  We are aiming for a spring 2010 release.  Had a great time
touring the US, Canada, and Europe this year, and enjoyed seeing you all and
doing a few impromptu drum lessons with some of you after the shows! 
Spontaneity is the spice of life ... keep it coming.  It's always good to hang
with you folks on tour."

SOURCE: Brian Viglione, "Viggie's Got a Brand New Bag," September 10, 2009.
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JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN
New Song-Posting at MySpace,
Fall Tour To Start Soon

<> "Our fall tour begins in two weeks!!!!  We're rocking over here in the
rehearsal space and can't wait to take it to the stage, we will leave
no one standing!

"You will all be reduced to a puddle of strawberries and cream if it's
up to me!

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"We just posted a new song on Myspace from the COVER album.  'Overprotected'
(Britney Spears) is now available for your listening
pleasure.  Check it out.  COVER will only be available at shows this
Fall.  We'll post another song in a week or so.  Let us know what you
think."

SOURCE: Joan - THE Joan - of Joan As Police Woman, "New Song, Fall Tour,"
September 11, 2009.
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THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND

<> We have been hearing raves about the rock 'n' roll computer game, The
Beatles: Rock Band.  Evidently the sound quality of the Beatles recordings is
superb.  Negative criticism has been relatively minor.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Evening

Museum for bluesman B.B. King has strong 1st year
AP – Fri Sep 11, 6:08 pm ET
FILE - This is a Sept. 11, 2008 file photograph taken of the... AP

JACKSON, Miss. - The thrill is gone at many attractions across the country as
recession-mired tourists stay home, but in Indianola, Miss., a favorite son is
packing 'em in at the B.B. King Museum.
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BRIAN JONES
Death of a Rolling Stone

<> Last weekend I heard nearly all of the Coast to Coast AM radio broadcast that
had a discussion about the death of Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, but I
still missed this item.  It may have been part of the "Crypto News" feature,
which is on even before I get up most nights.  There must have been listener
interest, though.  The resurrection of this as a news story is credited to one
individual, and that person will be on Coast to Coast with host Ian Punnett this
weekend: in the Saturday-Sunday overnight, if I understood the schedule
correctly.  If this is of interest, you could check for yourself at the Coast to
Coast AM official website, which I am fairly sure is at

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/
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AMANDA PALMER
DVD Now Available

<> "The WHO KILLED AMANDA PALMER DVD is for sale on my site NOW for just $7!"

SOURCE: Amanda Palmer, "The DVD!!!/ Secret London and Berlin Shows/ Heaps More,"
September 9, 2009.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Night

Herbie Hancock dares to "Imagine" beyond borders
Reuters – Fri Sep 11, 11:00 pm ET

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - After Herbie Hancock won the 2008 album of the year
Grammy Award for "River: The Joni Letters," he did what anyone would do
following a tremendous professional accomplishment: He sat down to watch TV.
.


YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Night

Pierre Cossette "father of Grammys" dies at 85
Reuters – Fri Sep 11, 9:52 pm ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Grammy Awards and TV producer Pierre Cossette, who was
known as the "father of the Grammy Awards," died on Friday in Canada at the age
of 85, his spokesman said.
.


YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Night

Black Keys reveal details of hip-hop collaboration
Reuters – Fri Sep 11, 9:14 pm ET

NEW YORK (Billboard) - An album featuring the Black Keys and some of the biggest
names in hip-hop will be released November 27 (the so-called "Black Friday"
after Thanksgiving) under the name Blakroc, Billboard.com has learned.
.


YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Evening

Disney to remake Beatles "Yellow Submarine" movie
Reuters – Fri Sep 11, 7:58 pm ET

ANAHEIM, Calif (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co is to remake the zany 1960s Beatles
movie "Yellow Submarine" in 3-D in a deal with the band's company Apple Corps.
.


YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Evening

Elvis Costello opens archives for live releases
Reuters – Fri Sep 11, 7:30 pm ET

NEW YORK (Billboard) - There's just no slowing down Elvis Costello.
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: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, September 5 - After a dip in scene activity of several weeks
duration, we have been hit by a tidal wave of news e-mails.  Being a small
operation, we are ill equipped to deal with such dramatic shifts.  It took me
until bedtime Friday night just to look through everything we received this
week, leaving very little time to compile what we've got into this newsletter
issue.  The good news, though, is that things seem to have picked up
tremendously.  The items that follow, though far from complete, represent a good
portion of what is going on.  A lot of fantastic music is out there.
.


READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU, scroll right past whatever doesn't.
.


RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

New CD Releases Available Monday, August 31st

APPLES IN STEREO - #1 Hits Explosion - $13.99
BLACK CROWES - Before The Frost/ Until The Freeze - $15.99
DR DRE - Chronic Re-Lit & From The Vault - $17.99
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS - Fine Print (Oddities & Rarities) - $17.99
FOGERTY, JOHN - Blue Ridge Rangers Rides - $13.99
FOGERTY, JOHN - Blue Ridge Range (Deluxe) - $17.99
HOUSTON, WHITNEY - I Look To You - $15.99
LADYHAWKE - Ladyhawke (Special Edition) - $13.99
LEWIS, JULIETTE - Terra Incognita - $9.99
SHEARER, BRANDI - Love Don't Make You Julie - $12.99

SUPER TIME PILOT - Did We Happen (Roadsteamer) - $7.99
<> It seems likely that if "Roadsteamer" here is intended to indicate Boston's
Robby Roadsteamer, this entry would say so. Still, I don't know for a fact that
this Roadsteamer is not Robby; so, I am including "Super Time Pilot" here to
play it safe.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - DEFINITIVE JUX - Presents IV - $12.99
VANILLA FUDGE - Out Through The In Door - $14.99
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND - Show - $14.99

<>

featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, September 1st

090808_EvntHrizonSupernatural
The Complete Fourth Season
$49.99 4-DVD set

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "August 31 Newbury Comics Coupons and New Releases,"
August 31, 2009.

::  doctor dre, drive by truckers, driveby truckers, john fogerty, whitney
houston, ladyhawk, lady hawk, ladyhawke, lady hawke, juliette lewis, robbie
roadsteamer, robby roadsteamer, brandi shearer  ::
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MARGARET GLASPY, SYLVIE LEWIS, ROSE POLENZANI,
AND NOAM WEINSTEIN
Saturday, September 5, 2009
At Club Passim's Labor Day
Cutting Edge of the Campfire Festival
47 Palmer Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts

<> "(Cambridge, MA) This Saturday, September 5th, 9:30pm
[Noam Weinstein] with Rose Polenzani, Sylvie Lewis, and Margaret Glaspy
at Club Passim's Labor Day Festival, 47 Palmer Street.

"(Music all weekend, including Jess Tardy Sept 7 at 8pm)

http://www.clubpassim.org/Page.asp?n=20289

SOURCE: Noam Weinstein, "September and October Shows (Boston and NYC),"
September 1, 2009.

IF YOU HAVE A KNACK . . for searching YouTube, you may want to check out a new
music video featuring a cast of several including Rose Polenzani.  If I can get
back to our FredRemainsLost e-mail account in time, I'll get the video's title.
[Sorry, didn't make it.]  The following, as far as we know, is Rose P's latest
physical product record release:

Rose Polenzani With Session Americana
"When the River Meets the Sea" (CD, 2008)

We have not yet heard it; but Rose Polenzani is an ace, and Session Americana
includes some first-rate pickers.  So this ought to be a really good album.

Much to my surprise, we do not yet have Noam Weinstein's newest disc catalogued.
We will have to correct that.  It is titled "We're All Going There" and it is,
quite simply, his best.

We have no background with Margaret Glaspy and Sylvie Lewis, but the company
they are keeping - Ms. Polenzani and Mr. Weinstein - is highly encouraging.

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KATE CALLAHAN
AND THE KELVINS
Saturday, September 5, 2009
At Sully's Pub
Hartford, Connecticut

Some really great concerts are coming up; but I would have to say that among the
most special of them all is the re-emergence of singer, songwriter, and
percussion enthusiast Kate Callahan at Sully's Pub in Hartford, Connecticut
tonight.

<> "I'll be playing a show with backing band The Kelvins on Saturday Sept. 5th.
9:30pm at Sully's Pub in Hartford, CT.

What: Kate Callahan and The Kelvins
When: Saturday, September 5th, 2009
Where: Sully's Pub http://www.sullyspub.com/

"I'm happy to be playing again!!!"

SOURCE: Kate Callahan, "Kate Plays Sully's Labor Day Weekend," September 1,
2009.

THIS KATE CALLAHAN BOOKING . . has taken me totally by surprise, and I am having
a really tough time trying to remember a certain detail of her career.  As a
performer, Callahan has a specialty that is kind of a novelty, if not the same
as, at least vaguely along similar lines to playing musical glasses or juggling
saucers or something.  If you have any idea what I am talking about (clearly I
don't), please remind me by e-mail via

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If I remember right, Kate Callahan was named for Hartford's own Katharine
Hepburn, one of my all-time favorite actresses.  So now I've got "Bogey and
Kate," an Elmer Hawkes classic song, running through my head.

You forget about Tracy
And I'll tell Lauren I'm late
'Cause tonight I'm gonna be Bogey
And tonight you're gonna be Kate.

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RAY MASON
Celebrating His Birthday by
Opening for Chad and Jeremy

<> "Tuesday September 15 - Chad and Jeremy, Ray Mason at the Iron Horse Music
Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA (413) 586-8686.

http://www.iheg.com/

Ray opening (on his 59th birthday) for legendary British invasion duo Chad and
Jeremy!  7 p.m."

SOURCE: Ray Mason, "Chad and Jeremy and Ray," August 31, 2009.

I DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH . . Chad and Jeremy records.  But those I do have have aged
very well.  "A Summer Song" remains a favorite, and I actually like the earlier
hit, "Yesterday's Gone," even better.

Chad Stuart of Chad and Jeremy, as I recall, is the first person I ever saw play
a double-neck electric guitar; and the way I remember it, he was quite good.

This show is something of a dress rehearsal for Ray Mason, it falling on his
birthday.  Next year his age rolls over into one of those grand numbers that
ends in a zero.

Meanwhile, his latest release is the best Ray Mason album I have heard.

Ray Mason
"Like Bugs Chewing on Paper"
(CD, Captivating Music CM-9163, 2009)

And the cut, "Ceiling," remains my personal favorite.

This ought to be a great night at the Iron Horse.

= = =
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THE STOMPERS
"Stompilation" Compilation

<> The Boston band, The Stompers, has issued two must-have compilation CDs.  The
main title is "Stompilation."  We repeat the following from our July 25, 2009
Issue 337:

"BUY STOMPILATION! NOW
and for a limited time also receive
The Stompers Live Scrapbook CD
** FREE **

"Visit

http://www.thestompers.com/

to get yours today!!"

SOURCE: The Stompers, "'Stompilation' Now Available!" July 22, 2009.

I only refreshed my memory on this quoted passage this (Saturday) morning - late
for followup questions by e-mail - and I am not totally clear on whether the
"Live Scrapbook" disc is of limited availability: limited, say, by time period
or by number of CDs pressed.  But if you want a copy, sooner could prove to be
lots better than later.

The Stompers records, expecially the "Live Scrapbook," show very effectively
that a band can produce high energy, big beat rock 'n' roll music without
getting all ragged.  In this regard, these guys are squarely in the tradition of
our 1960s Boston heroes, The Remains.  "Live Scrapbook" is rough in spots only
in the sense that, at times, great rock concerts can be that way.  But this was
one tuneful, together group that could and did put on a finished show.

Boston was THE place to rock and roll in the early 1980s, and the Boston sound
of those days was really quite diverse.  Alternative rock - I still prefer the
old term, "college rock" - is probably more what we think of first.  But this
band, The Stompers, was a huge part of a simply wonderful place and time in
music.

"Stompilation" and "Live Scrapbook" are essential recordings.

It is a little tricky talking about compilations of such vintage material.  We
fall into the past tense and pretty much hang there.  But The Stompers, like The
Fools, are a band with a present and a future.  As far as I can tell - and I
believe this is true - both bands find it harder to make time for gigs than to
get bookings.  Both are in demand.  For instance, they are splitting a Bay State
Summer Music Cruise on Friday, September 18, 2009.

: : : "Deja vu aboard the Provincetown 2"

and The Stompers will be recording a live show on November 28 at the Tupelo
Music Hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire.  "No opening act - all Stompers, all
night long!"

So even though The Fools have us jumping with a single-CD reissue of the band's
first two albums, while The Stompers have us rocking and rolling to the nifty
tunes on "Stompilation" and "Live Scrapbook," we need to dust off the present
tense and future tense for these bands that keep up the tom-FOOL-ery and can't
stop stompin'.
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<> "We have a big fall ahead of us: we're releasing an EP nationally, playing
several shows at the biggest clubs in Boston, and going on a national tour from
mid-October to mid-November.  We'll be in NYC a bunch, and have two CMJ
showcases as well."

SOURCE: The New Collisions, "Back From B-52s/Blondie Tour, Thanks to Everyone!"
August 31, 2009.

THIS IS AFTER . . a tour with the B52s and Blondie.  Twenty Oh Nine is looking
like a really great year for these New Collisions.

Luanne, one of the legends of Boston rock (Boston Rock and Roll Museum Chat
Misstress, along with much more), is a Blondie fan.  I wonder whether she caught
one of these shows.
.


BITS AND PIECES

<> Ad Frank and the Fast Easy Women have a new record set to be released on
November 3.  We are pleased that he did not do anything overtly commercial such
as telling us the record's title.

<> The Invisible Rays and The Weisstronauts each are playing a CD-release set,
Thursday, September 10, 2009, at Cambridge's TT the Bear's Place.  The
Weisstro-Gang sent these details:

Thursday September 10, 2009
TT the Bears, Cambridge
9pm The Weisstronauts
10pm Invisible Rays
11pm Axemunkee
(all times approximate)

We have never heard The Invisible Rays, nor Axemunkee for that matter, but The
Weisstronauts is a favorite band around here.

The Invisible Rays
"Salute the American Popular Song" CD

The Weisstronauts
"The Weisstronauts in Memphis" CD

<> Erin McKeown reports that she has a new album coming and a new record label,
Righteous Babe.  McKeown and Righteous Babe Records should be a really good fit.

<> We are giving a first listen to a borrowed copy of "Letters From a Flying
Machine" by Peter Mulvey.  The album, to this listener, seems to be a little
heavy on filler.  Nonetheless, I really liked "Kids in the Square" and
"Windshield," while "Mailman" and "On a Wing and a Prayer" are also quite good. 
Mulvey's best albums set a very high standard, and it would be hard to say, from
the first time through, that his new release entirely reaches that level.  But
the strongest cuts on "Letters From a Flying Machine" likely make this record
well worth owning for most Peter Mulvey fans.

<> Naomi Sommers, who appears to reside just slightly to one side or the other
of the border between Connecticut and Germany, is soon to embark on a big United
Kingdom tour, according to her latest mailing, stretching from September 30 to
October 23.  Her most recent release, "Gentle As the Sun," ought to be a career
album; so perhaps this tour will set off Naomi-Mania in the old UK.  It ought
to.

<> Alan Williams, formerly of Maine's Knots and Crosses, has a new Brooklyn NY
band, Birdsong at Morning, and a new CD, "Heavens."  We haven't played it yet;
but we have always enjoyed Williams' music, and we are expecting good things on
a grand scale regardless of the number of musicians involved.  As a composer and
performer, Alan Williams tends to think big.

<> Singer-songwriter Dar Williams, who is playing the 2009 Boston Folk Festival,
sent this contact link

http://www.bostonfolkfestival.org

along with the following details of her part in the fest:

Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Boston Folk Festival
UMass Boston Campus
Boston, Massachusetts

<> Disney is buying Marvel Comics.  Good news?  Bad news?  Time will tell.
.


DOGMATICS, THE DOGS, DOGZILLA
A Query

<> Through a strange coincidence, in our record cataloguing project, Boston's
The Dogmatics and Dogzilla and Bangor, Maine's The Dogs all came up at once - or
at least very close together.  We haven't had anything for playing Dogmatics and
Dogs vinyl in over twenty years, and we have never heard Dogzilla live or on
record.  If you closely followed any of these acts and would be willing to give
us your thoughts on what any of them sounded like, please e-mail us at

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WHILE THE ANOUNT OF NEWS . . we received is way up this week, the same may not
be true for Yahoo Music News.  Pickings there remain very, very slim.
.


BRIAN JONES
Late of The Rolling Stones

<> Missing from the front page of the Yahoo Music News table of contents early
this morning was anything having to do with new talk that Brian Jones of the
Rolling Stones was murdered.  This, though, is scheduled to be among the topics
discussed in the Saturday-Sunday overnight on the radio broadcast, "Coast to
Coast AM," hosted by my favorite, Ian Punnett.
.


YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Saturday-Sunday Midnight

Motown turns 50, but the party's far from over
AP – Sat Sep 5, 12:00 am ET
FILE - In this June 15, 1981 file photo, Smokey Robinson, left,... AP

DETROIT - On Jan. 12, 1959, Elvis Presley was in the Army. The Beatles were a
little-known group called The Quarrymen casting about for gigs in Liverpool. The
nascent rock 'n' roll world was a few weeks away from "the day the music died" —
when a single-engine plane crash claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big
Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Evening

Beatles playing for keeps with "Rock Band" game
Reuters – Fri Sep 4, 11:50 pm ET
Members of The Beatles tribute band Sgt Pepper's Only Dart... Reuters

DENVER (Billboard) - Paul DeGooyer is tired -- for good reason. It's about two
weeks before the September 9 release of MTV's "The Beatles: Rock Band," and
DeGooyer, senior vice president of electronic games and music for MTV Networks
Music Group, has been traveling to New York, Boston, Los Angeles and London
since 2007 to work on the project.
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show listings would be of no interest at all to the great majority of our
readers.

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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.

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Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life

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Issue 2009:342
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: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
: : : Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, August 29 - This has been one really, really slow week.  It
seems likely the upcoming Labor Day weekend has something to do with it.  Still,
we do have some news.  Here it is...
.


SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY

<> A very large percentage of our readership is made up of current and former
Massachusetts residents.  So I imagine the great majority of our readers know
far more about Senator Kennedy than I do.  I will just add that the legislative
team made up of himself and Orrin Hatch is among the most amazing things I have
ever known of in American politics: one very liberal, one quite conservative,
and each the loving friend of the other.  A terrific amount of legislation was
routed through those two.  In the early going, when this Kennedy-Hatch
phenomenon was not yet particularly well known, one political observer said that
if Hatch and Kennedy both approved of a bill, you knew one or the other had not
read it.  This, of course, was not so; but it certainly must have seemed to be
at the time.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy worked very hard for what he thought was right.  May
he rest in peace.
.


READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU, scroll right past whatever doesn't.
.


What is heaven?  At this very minute, it is listening to the collection,
"Stompilation," by The Stompers out of Boston.  It is a delight, and we give it
a first look below.

All we really want is some American fun...
.


RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, August 25th

ARCTIC MONKEYS - Humbug - $6.99
BENSON, GEORGE - Songs And Stories - $11.88
BERNHARD, SANDRA - Whatever It Takes - $11.88
BUCKLEY, TIM - Live At The Folklore Center NYC - $11.88
CARTER, JAMES/ MEDESKI - Heaven On Earth - $11.88
CHEAP TRICK - Sgt. Pepper Live - $9.99
COLLECTIVE SOUL - Collective Soul (Rabbit Cover) - $12.88
FLECK, BELA/HUSSAIN, ZAKIR/MAYER, EDGAR - Melody Of Rhythm: Triple Concerto -
$11.88
GALLAGHER, RORY - Crest Of A Wave - $11.88
JACKSON, MICHAEL - Definitive Collection - $13.99
NELSON, WILLIE - American Classic - $9.99

OPETH - Candlelight Years - $15.99
<> Prior to this release and possibly independent of it, we received some very
favorable comments about Opeth.

QUEEN LATIFAH - Persona - $9.99
RADIOHEAD - Kid A (2 CD) - $17.99
RADIOHEAD - Amnesiac (2 CD) - $17.99
RADIOHEAD - Hail To The Thief (2 CD) - $17.99
ROBINSON, SMOKEY - Time Flies When You're Ha - $9.99
SOUNDTRACK - FAME (2009) - $12.88
SUBDUDES - Flower Petals - $9.99
TYNER, MCCOY - Solo: Live From San Francisco - $11.88
VARIOUS ARTISTS - ISLAND 50 REGGAE - $9.99

<>

featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, August 25th

090808_EvntHrizonAdventureland
Unrated Edition
$19.99 DVD

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "August 24 Newbury Comics New Releases and More," August
24, 2009.

::  george benson, sandra bernhard, tim buckley, james carter, bela fleck, rory
gallagher, zakir hussain, michael jackson, edgar mayer, mccoy tyner, willie
nelson, smokey robinson; sargent pepper live, [time flies when you're having
fun?]  ::
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PRESS RELEASES THIS WEEK

We don't have any actual relevant press releases this week.  I wrote an item
about an American exercise therapy tradition which has historic connections to
Williston VT, the University of Vermont, Harvard University, and Swedish
massage.  This is in honor of an anniversary which takes place today.  We also
have a longer item, which is something like a press release, about...

<> The Vermont Symphony Orchestra's world premiere of "Odzihozo and the Lake,"
composed by one of our Brattleboro VT local musicians, Derrik Jordan.
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ONE NIGHT BAND
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Middle East Restaurant, Downstairs
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Boston's Ad Frank sent this highly interesting show listing.

<> "On Saturday, I am participating in a truly interesting project.

"One Night Band.

"Saturday morning, forty musicians are going to meet at the Middle East, where
we will be assigned to eight bands, spend the day writing three original songs
and learning one cover.  That night, all eight bands will each perform their
four songs.

"Could be amazing.  Could be jaw-droppingly dreadful.  Definitely worth coming
by to have a look.

"My fellow participants include members of Mascara, Self Employed Assassins, Me
and Joan Collins, Logan 5 and the Runners, Black Fortress of Opium, the New
Collisions, the Brendan Boogie Band, Double Dong, the Luxury, Aloud, Static of
the Gods, Count Zero, John Powhida International Airport, and the Lights Out,
just to name a handful.  Looky:

One Night Band
Saturday, August 29
The Middle East Downstairs
Cambridge, MA
$12 at door, $10 in advance
8pm—2pm
18+

"Proceeds to benefit Zumix, a youth music organization located in East Boston.

"Come!"

http://www.onenightbandboston.com/

http://www.adfrank.com/

http://www.zumix.org/

SOURCE: Ad Frank, "One Night Band This Saturday," August 24, 2009.

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THE STOMPERS
"Stompilation" CD

<> It has been our great pleasure this week to give a first spin to an instant
favorite CD, the "Stompilation" collection by The Stompers.  I have these
recordings on old LPs and 45s and am very familiar with them; but I haven't had
anything for playing vinyl since about 1987, so I have not actually heard a lot
of these recordings in close to a quarter of a century.  They have lived long in
memory.

What I can hear now by way of this gem of a compilation comes close to what I
remember, but it is not an exact match.  For instance, the Stompers best
recordings were generally those that involved the least number of other people. 
Put the Stompers in a recording studio and let them go is what worked best.  Yet
some of the more produced cuts here compare well to the lower budget recordings.
And selections from the "Unfinished Business" CD, which is dated 1990, fit very
well alongside cuts made a decade earlier.

The Stompers had a remarkable career, having come along at a time of
high-energy, big beat punk rock and new wave.  On a straight line graph, with
timeless rock 'n' roll on one end and trendier music on the other, the Stompers
should be represented far over on the timeless end.  These folks had great
melodies, traditional rock spirit, and an independent edge.  They got good
Boston-area airplay, won a big early 1980s band contest called The Challenge,
made it to the major labels, and played the larger rock clubs and all kinds of
college gigs which we understand often paid quite well.  One track, though I am
drawing a blank on which one, was placed in a feature film soundtrack; but it is
of far greater interest I think that the Stompers' "Coast to Coast" was the
first song heard in the background in a particularly important independent film,
"The Return of the Secaucus Seven."

With any luck my next recollections won't prove to be too far off.  But it seems
to me the plug was pulled once on a Stompers show, maybe outdoors at Boston
University, because the music was judged to be too loud, setting off a nifty
little street riot.  The one image that comes down to the present clearest in
memory is a news photo of drummer "Cooch" being arrested.  Whether or not I've
got this right, it is worth saying that the 1960s was not the only wild time to
be in a rock band; and these Stompers, I believe, had their share of wild times.

The Stompers have given us a lot of great times and made a lot of terrific
memories.  High points had to be that first time they heard a Stompers song on
WBCN or WCOZ and those big nights at Boston's cavernous Channel rock club.  One
of my own personal favorite memories of the 1980s was a warm-ish late winter
weekend day at a time when a Lewis toddler needed really badly to get out and
get some excercise.  It was still light out and warm for winter, and he and I
went chugging up a hill singing, at the top of our lungs, the Stompers' "Shut
Down."

These eighteen or so cuts are lots more than just memories.  The songs really
are timeless rock 'n' roll, and "Stompilation" is a party or a dance waiting to
happen.  It used to be written on early CD reissues that they revealed
limitations of the original source recordings, and some analog limits may be
detected here.  This is actually an advantage - and a pretty big one - giving
these cuts a grittier sound than I remember on the original releases.

My favorite Stompers songs all come in the first half of "Stompilation,"
including my all-time top pick, "First Kiss."  But the well-selected cuts from
the 1990 release show clearly enough that I have neglected "Unfinished Business"
and need to dust it off and give it a few listens.

"Stompilation" is one of the most welcome record releases of 2009, and it's only
August.

It may not be too early to start leaning on Sal Baglio and company for a
"Stompilation II."

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It is just a thought ... but someone in the Stompers crowd might want to
consider sending "Coast to Coast" to the producer of the overnight radio
broadcast, "Coast to Coast AM" for consideration as bumper music.  It is claimed
to be the number one overnight talk show in the world, and I have no reason to
doubt it.  Some of the bumper music has no more relevance, that I can see, to
any individual show's content than to make reference to the nighttime.  "Ain't
them cats the most, Rockin' from coast to coast" is a heck of a lot closer fit,
and it's a great record.

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ROCK BAND
Downloadable Content for the Coming Week

Hey all,

<> Awesome week a' comin'. Especially if you are as big a fan of the Talking
Heads as me (I own every release they ever put out in just about every region on
vinyl... just a little obsessed). In addition we're kicking some new flavor in
your ear holes with Avenged Sevenfold, The Jam, Oasis, and Rage Against the
Machine. The Wii is getting Tom Petty, Judas priest and more in a epic week as
well. And we have not forgotten the PSP - Guns 'N Roses and Franz Ferdinand.
Believe it.

Tracks available on Xbox 360 (Sept. 1) and PLAYSTATION 3 system (Sept. 3):
• Avenged Sevenfold – "Bat Country"
• The Jam – "A Town Called Malice"
• The Jam – "Going Underground"
• Oasis – "Supersonic" (Live)
• Rage Against the Machine – "Guerilla Radio"
• Talking Heads – "And She Was"
• Talking Heads – "Crosseyed & Painless"
• Talking Heads – "Girlfriend is Better"
• Talking Heads – "Once in a Lifetime"
• Talking Heads – "Take Me to the River"
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(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as Talking Heads Pack 01 and as
individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system.

Price:
$1.99 USD, Ł.99 UK , €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
$8.49 USD, Ł5.25 UK , €6.59 EU (680 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for Talking
Heads Pack 01

Wii:

• Billy Idol – "Mony Mony"
• Billy Idol – "Rebel Yell"
• Fleetwood Mac – "Don't Stop"
• Fleetwood Mac – "World Turning"
• Jet – "She's a Genius"
• Tom Petty – "I Won't Back Down"
• Tom Petty – "Runnin' Down a Dream"
• Bare Naked Ladies – "Hanukkah Blessings" *
• Billy Squier – "Christmas is the Time" *
• Judas Priest – "(Take These) Chains"
• Judas Priest – "Bloodstone"
• Judas Priest – "Devil's Child"
• Judas Priest – "Fever"
• Judas Priest – "Pain & Pleasure"
• Judas Priest – "Riding on the Wind"
• Judas Priest – "Screaming for Vengeance"
• Judas Priest – "The Hellion/Electric Eye"
• Judas Priest – "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"
• Nikko – "Break My Heart" *
• Nikko – "Don't Tell Me" *
• Pretenders – "Blue Christmas" *
• Pretenders – "Precious"

Price:
$2.00 USD (200 Wii Points) per track
*Denotes $1.00 (100 Wii Points) per track

Rock Band Unplugged Tracks for PSP®System
Rock Band Unplugged fans will enjoy the addition of Franz Ferdinand's "Lucid
Dreams" and Guns N' Roses' "Riad N' The Bedouins" to the 35 tracks already
available via the Rock Band Unplugged in-game music store for the PSP system.
Tracks available for Rock Band Unplugged (Sept. 3):
• Franz Ferdinand – "Lucid Dreams"
• Guns N' Roses – "Riad N' The Bedouins"

Price:
$1.99, Ł.99 UK , €1.49 EU per track on the PSP system
** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **

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NEW ENGLAND ESSENTIAL RECORDINGS
Additions to Our List

<> Sunday was among our best-ever days for suggestions of additions to our
essential record release list.

Music acts added, that were not previously represented on the list, are

Aerosmith
Dennis Brennan
City Thrills
Orbits
November Group
Phish
Salem 66
Shane Champagne

For me, these records range from the Aerosmith album, which I played just a
couple days ago, to The Orbits, whose vinyl I haven't heard in over twenty
years, to Phish, whose CD I have never heard.  But in general, it seems to me
these are excellent choices.

Dennis Brennan has earned diehard fans and was not to be denied.  "City Thrills"
was a later name for a band probably lots better known as Thrills.  November
Group had a number of great records, including one very big Boston local hit. 
We get a small but quite steady number of admiring e-mails about Salem 66.  That
band's fans are not letting go anytime soon.  And Shane Champagne was another
group that turned out a very big Boston local hit.
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BECKY CHACE
"Some Time" DVD

<> "Just a quick note to you all that our first ever DVD, 'Some Time, a Film by
Rachel Ferro,' is now for sale at all shows.  The DVD is $20.  It's an hour and
half and features the music video for 'Some Time,' a live performance from 2007
in Ithaca, NY, interviews, and extremely candid footage of us on our 2007 tour."

SOURCE: BeckyChace At Cox Dot Net, "DVD Is Out, Chans Show Coming Up," August
25, 2009.
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CONTOURS
"Do You Love Me"

<> Can anyone out there name any big Contours songs in addition to the Top 20
hit, "Do You Love Me"?

If you can and you care to share your information, please e-mail us by way of

FredRemainsLost At Yahoo Dot Com

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COAST TO COAST AM
Return of the Founder

<> If the announced plan holds, Art Bell, one of the all-time greats of talk
radio, will return for a night as host of his old late-night program, "Coast to
Coast AM."

Art Bell is a real character, totally amazing, and not to be missed.

The current week-night host, George Noory, said Bell would be at the microphone
Sunday night, which I take to mean the Sunday-Monday overnight.  The latest I
have heard did not say what subjects were planned for discussion nor who would
be Art Bell's guests.  Not that it matters.  Bell is fantastic all by himself on
countless topics.
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MANNY GREENHILL
And His Son Mitch

<> My proofreading skills aren't too bad.  But I am getting treated for an eye
condition.  It causes me to see rather poorly for about eight hours every day. 
Like right now.  This may be why, in our last issue, I didn't notice that I
named Manny Greenhill, a super-important 1950s and 1960s Boston folk concert
producer and promoter, when I meant to name his son, Mitch Greenhill, who was
the main subject of that particular newsletter item.

Thought it might not be a bad idea to make note here of my error.
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MICHAEL JACKSON
Death Ruled a Homicide

<> It would be my guess everyone already knows that Michael Jackson's death has
been ruled a homicide.  The first radio news I heard on the topic, based on
Friday's revelations, gave a more extensive and detailed account of the drugs
found in Jackson's system than did later news broadcasts.  Hearing that list,
along with the shorter list of the drugs thought to have contributed to his
death, was a truly jarring experience.  This homicide ruling is the subject of
several - probably many - current news stories.
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OASIS
Departure of Noel Gallagher

<> Another topic of multiple music news articles has to do with the departure of
Noel Gallagher from the band, Oasis, reportedly following an altercation.
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YAHOO NEWS HEADLINE
Monday Morning

[But this (Saturday) morning is the first I have seen or heard of it.]

Grammy winning Elvis Presley collaborator dies
Yahoo! Music – Mon Aug 24, 11:00 am ET

Courtesy of NME.com -- Larry Knechtel worked with The Byrds and The Mamas and
the Papas
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Evening

Hendrix masters align with new "Axis" in Sony deal
Reuters – Fri Aug 28, 7:44 pm ET

NEW YORK (Billboard) - The Jimi Hendrix catalog is moving over and letting
another major take over.
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Ted Kennedy was not always the most articulate member of his clan.  Once, in a
Doonesbury comic strip, a press conference was depicted.  In it, after an
opening statement, a reporter asked Kennedy, "Senator, can you give us a verb?"
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ABBY HUTCHINSON PATTON
And the Movement Cure

<> For years I have practiced, exclusively on myself, a form of healthcare once
called the Movement Cure or Swedish Movement Cure.  This old medical specialty
first came to my attention from two published letters of Abby Hutchinson Patton,
"Sister Abby" of the mid-nineteenth-century Hutchinson Family concert troupe. 
The variety of Movement Cure that most interests me may be thought to combine
exercise therapy with massage therapy.  However, Dr. George H. Taylor, whose
approach I follow, considered massage to be a form of passive exercise, in that
it involves blood circulation and the health benefits derived from setting
bodily fluids in motion.  The Movement Cure comes to mind for a variety of
reasons, not least of which is that today, Saturday, August 29, 2009, is the
180th anniversary of the birth of Abby Hutchinson Patton, whose published
letters were my first source of information on this subject.

I will just add in passing that another inspiration, for my looking into the
Movement Cure, was print and broadcast discussions of injuries to a Red Sox
slugger who many likely will remember, center fielder Tony Armas.  Years later,
I heard a Red Sox trainer speak of injury prevention through focused
conditioning.  Anyway...

Before becoming a physician, George H. Taylor was, according to biographical
materials, the first superintendent of schools of Williston, Vermont.  His New
York City medical school went out of business in 1864 and is largely forgotten,
so today we would connect him more with his prior studies at the Medical
Department of Harvard College: now the Harvard Medical School.  Harvard's
Countway Medical Library has what may be the biggest and finest collection of
materials related to Dr. George H. Taylor.

In the early 1850s, the University of Vermont opened its own Medical Department,
and physicians there encouraged Dr. Taylor's younger brother, Charles Fayette
Taylor, to join the student body.

I can about guarantee you that some of our readers just thought to themselves -
hmmmmm, Charles Fayette Taylor, there's something familiar about that name. 
Charles Fayette Taylor - Faye Taylor - was a grandson of Dr. Charles Fayette
Taylor.  He taught aviation engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology for many, many years.  He died in 1996.  Early in life, Faye Taylor
worked for famed aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright; and I am assured that if one
were to trace back the science of preparing an airplane for takeoff to a time
when only one person knew how to do it, that person was Faye Taylor.  Later, he
was the lead developer of the engine used in the historic Spirit of St. Louis
airplane which Charles Lindbergh flew nonstop across the Atlantic.

After graduating from the University of Vermont Medical Department in the 1850s,
the earlier Dr. Charles F. Taylor traveled to London, probably dispatched there
by his older brother George.  In London, he learned Swedish massage from Dr.
Mathias Roth, and Dr. Charles F. Taylor became the earliest-known person to
bring Swedish massage to the United States.  Swedish massage is the number one
form of massage used in the United States today.

Exercise therapy reaches into such diverse fields as physical therapy (the
modern movement cure), sports medicine, and geriatric healthcare.  Many
physicians who were concerned with the Movement Cure were orthopedic surgeons
who were members of the nineteenth-century physical education association.  Good
old-fashioned Movement Cure treatment is very much still with us and has in many
ways been restored to new-fashioned status.  We (except for me) just don't call
it "Movement Cure" anymore: we speak of exercise therapy and massage therapy as
though they were two separate forms
  of treatment.

My severe, chronic right elbow pain is now totally gone.  I never experience it
anymore and haven't for years, though it used to be with me all the time.  My
hip pain is a little tougher, on account of an osteocondroma.  But I seldom feel
what was once severe, chronic hip pain.  Same for sharp, everlasting right knee
pain.  That, too, is pretty much gone.

A "disadvantage" of the Movement Cure is that it requires real understanding and
effort on the part of the patient.  A longing for easier, faster, cheaper
treatment by way of drugs helped put an end to the Movement Cure as a recognized
medical specialty.  Or so I believe.  But a real advantage of the Movement Cure
is that it works.  Nowadays, I think it is often easier, cheaper, and faster
than modern medical science.  Health maintenance has a lot of advantages over
disease care and injury care.

This item is placed at the end of our newsletter because it is largely off our
subject.  But I know from e-mail correspondence that many of our readers use
exercise as a preventive, health-maintaining measure; while for others, exercise
is integrated into medical treatment.  To me, this is a very important and
timely topic.  And it seems to me that at least some of our readers would have
special interest in knowing of the Williston VT, UVM, Harvard, and Swedish
massage roots of an important American variant of the Swedish Movement Cure.

Thanks and Happy Birthday! to Abby Hutchinson Patton.  And thanks and best
wishes to Tony Armas who, when he was in the game, always played with a full
head of steam.

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VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
World Premiere of "Odzihozo and the Lake"
Composed by Derrik Jordan
Bellows Falls Opera House
Bellows Falls, Vermont
Thursday, October 1, 2009

<> "It gives me great pleasure to announce that tickets are now on sale for The
Vermont Symphony Orchestra's performance at the Bellows Falls Opera House on
Thursday October 1 at 7:30 pm. They will be playing the world premiere
commission of my piece, 'Odzihozo And The Lake.'  Also on the program are pieces
by Mozart, Bizet and Haydn.  Anthony Princiotti will be conducting.

My piece is based on the ancient Abenaki legend of Odzihozo, a supernatural
being who created himself from the leftover dust that fell from the Creator's
hands. He was pretty clever at making himself but somehow he forgot to make
himself legs. So he dragged himself over the land, pushing up mountains and
gouging out rivers and eventually made Lake Champlain, which he considered to be
his masterpiece. In fact, he liked it so much that he decided that he would stay
there and watch over it forever, so he turned himself into a rock island that
sits in the Burlington Bay. The piece tells this story in music.

"The piece will be performed in nine locations around the state of Vermont in
late September 2009 and early October as part of their Made In Vermont Fall
Festival Tour. It is written for a chamber orchestra of twenty-eight musicians,
which includes a flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two French horns, violins,
violas, cellos, bass and a percussionist who plays vibraphone, timpani, bass
drum and cymbal. I have worked two Abenaki themes (a greeting song and fragments
of friendship song) into the piece to honor the Abenaki people and their
connection to the lake and to Ndakinna, which is their name for Vermont.

"Tickets can be purchased at Brattleboro Books and in Bellows Falls at Village
Square Booksellers or online at www.brattleborotix.com. The Opera House is one
of the smaller venues the VSO plays and usually sells out quickly so get your
tickets early!

"I'm looking forward to seeing you there for the world premiere of "Odzihozo And
The Lake.'"

SOURCE: Derrik Jordan, "Vermont Symphony Orchestra in Bellows Falls, Vermont,
Thursday, October 1," August 25, 2009.
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show listings would be of no interest at all to the great majority of our
readers.

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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
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Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life

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We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
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When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
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When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, August 22 - Our work on this newsletter issue was badly delayed
by lightning storms that kept starting and stopping, from shortly after I got
home around noon Friday until I went to bed later that day.  So I'm not sure
right now whether I am working on a quick finish to this issue, a quick start,
or both.  Whichever it is, here goes...
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READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU, scroll on past whatever doesn't.
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MARY TRAVERS
Of Peter Paul and Mary

<> An item on radio news early in the week said that Peter and Paul would no
longer be touring with Mary.  Evidently her leukemia causes a lung issue that
makes concert work and concert tours dangerous to her health.  This is according
to my understanding of an excerpt from a CBS radio news taped interview with
Peter Yarrow of Peter Paul and Mary.

Following her original leukemia diagnosis, Mary's condition put a real scare
into group members as well as the PP&M faithful.  I remember an excerpt from a
taped radio interview with her, maybe a couple years ago, in which she said that
she no longer minded growing old as she had gotten a close look at the
alternative.

We send our best wishes for wellness to Mary Travers.

It is an interesting coincidence that a mid-twentieth-century big star of
French-Canadian music, La Balduc, was actually named Mary Travers.

We have some connection with Noel Paul Stookey, the "Paul" in Peter Paul and
Mary.  Last I knew, he was living most of the year across the stateline in
Massachusetts but really quite near this town, Brattleboro, Vermont.  Otherwise,
my old home state, Maine, is the place Stookey calls home.
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, August 18th

ALPERT, HERB/ HALL, LANI - Anything Goes - $11.88
BETTS, DICKEY - Offical Bootleg (2 CD) - $14.99

CULT - Love (Deluxe Edition/2 CD) - $9.99
<> Evidently this is one of two reissues of the famed "Love" album by The Cult
set for a 2009 release. The other set apparently is a beyond-deluxe 4-CD
edition. Mercy!

GOV'T MULE - Deep End Vol. 1 & 2 (2 CD) - $14.99
HAY, COLIN - American Sunshine - $12.88
MCCLINTON, DELBERT - Acquired Taste (CD/DVD) - $19.99
MCCLINTON, DELBERT - Acquired Taste - $12.88

MCENTIRE, REBA - Keep On Loving You - $11.88
<> We have not heard this record; but in general, Reba McEntire is tough to
beat.

MUTE MATH - Armistice - $9.99
<> Mute Math may be a neo-shoegazer ensemble. If you hear "Armistice" or
otherwise experience this band's music, please let us know that you think.

OTEP - Smash The Control Machine - $7.99
OTEP - Smash The Control (Deluxe Edition) - $13.88
ROLLING STONES - Jump Back: The Best Of Rolling Stones - $9.99

THIRD EYE BLIND - Ursa Major - $9.99 (Out today, 8/17)
<> "Ursa Major" was released a day early, possibly in honor of the birthday of
Davy Crockett who killed him a b'ar when he was only three. Third Eye Blind was
roaring along at one time, but it is amazing how long it has been since this
band has released an album of new recordings and, one would imagine, new songs.
It has been six years. Those six years must have been a real bear for this
group's fans. Third Eye Blind has been touring. We have not heard whether recent
in-concert performances have included "Ursa Major" material.

THOMPSON, RICHARD - Walking On A Wire: '68-'09 - $45.99
<> For many, this Richard Thompson box set is likely to be the big news among
this week's record releases. The interpretation of the title song, by Maine's
Knots and Crosses in the early 1990s, was wonderfully ponderous.

TROWER, ROBIN - Rt@... (2 CD)-$14.99
UMPHREY'S MCGEE - Mantis (2 CD) - $14.99

<>

featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, August 18th

090808_EvntHrizonThe Simpsons
The Twelfth Season
$35.99 4-DVD set

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "August 17 Newbury Comics Coupon and New Releases,"
August 17, 2009.

LAST NEWSLETTER ISSUE . . we made special note of a Mitch Greenhill title,
"Shepherd of the City Blues."  We have an earlier twofer compact disc of the
same title, which reissues the music of these vinyl LPs:

Mitch Greenhill
"Pickin' the City Blues"
(LP, Prestige Folklore Records FL 14026, 1964)

Mitch Greenhill and His Friends
"Shepherd of the Highways"
(LP, Prestige Records PR 7438, 1966)

It would be my guess, though I don't know this for a fact, that the disc listed
last week by Newbury Comics may be a new release of the CD we've got.

Around 1960, Rolf Cahn taught many of Boston's prime folk performers the fine
art of guitar playing.  Cahn's approach became THE Boston folk guitar style, and
I have never heard a more characteristic example than Manny Greenhill's picking.
It seems to me, in fact, that Greenhill calls Cahn his mentor or at least his
guitar mentor.  So not only is "Shepherd of the City" good listening, it is also
an important disc for anyone who wants to experience the going Boston sound of
those days.  Bosstown Folk: The Early Years.

I really like the Eric von Schmidt artwork on the cover of the "Shepherd of the
Highways" LP.  He was a very talented man.

:: herb alpert, dickey betts, the cult, government mule, jeff gutcheon, lani
hall, colin hay, delbert mcclinton, reba mcentire, geoff muldaur, fritz
richmond, the rolling stones, third eye blind, 3rd eye blind, robin trower  ::
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NEW ENGLAND ESSENTIAL RECORDINGS
The State of Our List to Date

<> Since I got off to an extremely late start on account of extremely
uncooperative, ill-timed weather, it may be a stroke of luck that we received
very few news e-mails this week.  It is probably not mere coincidence that
material of interest was also quite scarce in Yahoo Music News.  It seems
generally to have been a slow week.  This, though, makes now a really good time
to post the latest version of our list of essential recordings by New
England-connected acts, which is followed by instructions to those who are
considering suggesting a record.

Our latest essential recordings list appears below, right after the Brief Items
section.

To my way of thinking, this gets easier as it goes along.  The major holes are
now a lot less numerous, and it seems to me it is far less difficult to judge
for one's self which hole is in greatest need of being filled.  Why not take a
look and then e-mail us as to what you think would make a great addition.

I have been soliciting suggestions from our latest correspondents and a few
others.  This involves writing individual e-mails; and since the return rate is,
typically enough, less than terrific, I am not certain, either way, as to
whether this is a thing I will continue.

Here is hoping this posting of our essential recordings list inspires more
reader suggestions.
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THE FOOLS
At Gloucester, Massachusetts
Saturday, August 22, 2009

<> The Fools
Party Surfside at
Madfish Grille
This Saturday, August 22

77 Rocky Neck Avenue
Gloucester, Massachusetts

978&#8729;281&#8729;4554
Madfish Online

SOURCE: The Fools, "Two Shows," August 18, 2009.

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RUBBLEBUCKET ORCHESTRA
At the Liberate Music and Arts Festival
Sheldon, Vermont
Saturday, August 22, 2009

<> "So happy to be coming back to Vermont y'all and playing the beautiful
festival which calls itself LIBERATE!  We'll have new songs and a slamming 90
minute set right before the New Deal around 8PM on Saturday.  Two days of great
music, camping, partying yoga-ing and more that you shouldn't miss!

- - - - -

Saturday, August 22nd
Liberate Music and Arts Festival
Sheldon, Vermont

SOURCE: Rubblebucket Orchestra, "Rubblebucket Show Reminder," August 19, 2009.

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STOMPERS
"Stompilation" CD

<> We are in receipt of the "Stompilation," uh, compilation by The Stompers.  I
haven't had a chance to give it a listen just yet: this area has been under a
severe thunderstorm watch much of the time I have been home, since the record
arrived; and I have needed quiet so as to listen for rumblings from the sky. 
However, I am quite familiar with many of the recordings included in this set;
and it looks promising to say the least.

Meanwhile, The Stompers and The Fools are teaming up for a Boston Harbor cruise
on Friday, September 18, 2009.

<> Cruise on Boston Harbor aboard the Provincetown II

The Stompers
- and -
The Fools

Friday September 18 at 7:00 pm

Tickets and Information
http://www.baystatecruisecompany.com/summer_music.html

SOURCE: The Stompers Info, "Stompers News," August 22, 2009.

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GORDON STONE
"Night Shade" CD

Gordon Stone sent the following excerpt from a Jambands.com review of his new
"Night Shade" album:

<> "'Stone has always pushed the limits of his main musical weapons, taking the
pedal steel and banjo to places no mere humans normally tread.  On Night Shade,
however, he pushes things further than ever, lashing world rhythms and
out-of-this-world melodic ideas together.'

"Read Brian Robbins' whole review here:

http://www.jambands.com/CDReviews/content_2009_08_17.04.phtml

SOURCE: Gordon Stone, "'Night Shade' CD Review on Jambands.com and Upcoming
Gigs," August 18, 2009.

STONE'S EARLIER WORK . . has been plenty adventurous; so if it is true that on
"Night Shade" he "pushes things further than ever," watch out.

Gordon Stone
"Night Shade" (CD, 2009)
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ROBIN LANE
The Motion Picture

<> "[A] film is being made by Tim Jackson [of Robin Lane and the Chartbusters]
about Robin Lane's life and her 'A Woman's Voice' program.  A web site for the
film has been created ... at

http://www.awomansvoicefilm.com/

SOURCE: Roy Rubinstein, "The Robin Lane Mailing List," August 20, 2009.
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GLASS SET
Query Regarding the Second Album

<> We received a highly favorable e-mail regarding the Glass Set's second album,
which missive, unfortunately, does not give the album's title.  We do not have
this disc, but we would like to add it to our catalog of New England record
releases.  If you have the Glass Set's second album and would be willing to
share details, please e-mail us by way of

: : : FredRemainsLost At Yahoo Dot Com

only convert this into an all-lowercase conventional e-mail address, and we will
e-mail you back as to the details we need.  The short version, though, is that
we follow the form used by Mickey O'Halloran of the old Boston Rock and Roll
Museum, only we add the catalog number when we can get it.

Name of Act
"Record Title" (Format, Label, Catalog Number, Year of Issue)

For instance,

Jake Brennan and the Confidence Men
"Love and Bombs" (CD, Yep Roc Records YEP 2074, 2004)

It is ever our fond hope that details given on the actual disc's label agrees
with data on the jewel box's or other packaging's spine (and elsewhere, for that
matter).  When data in one spot does not really agree with data from another
spot, it is always good to know about it.
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DWIGHT RITCHER AND NICOLE NELSON
Three-Song Digital Teaser EP
(As far as I know, anyway, this EP is digital-only.)

<> "[G]rab your headphones or speakers, and go to the brand new

http://www.dwightandnicole.com/

Have a listen to the three song teaser of our upcoming album ('Signs,' Fall
2009)  They Sound GREAT."

SOURCE: Dwight and Nicole, "News! Oh, Boy," August 16, 2009.
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KIDS IN THE HALL
"Death Comes to Town" Series

<> We have not seen the actual thing, but we understand the theater publication,
Variety, is reporting work on a new Kids in the Hall eight-part murder-mystery
series, "Death Comes to Town," which is already being shot in Ontario, Canada. 
This is said to be the idea of one of the Kids, Bruce McCulloch.

The Kids in the Hall comedy team, in addition to McCulloch, is made up of Dave
Foley, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson (whose occasional
portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II was, and probably still is, hilarious).
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Wednesday Morning

Songs for 'The Beatles: Rock Band' game announced
Yahoo! Music – Wed Aug 19, 11:00 am ET

Courtesy of NME.com
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NEW ENGLAND ESSENTIAL RECORD RELEASES
Our 2009 List So Far

Beacon Street Union
"The Eyes of the Beacon Street Union"

Beacon Street Union
"The Clown Died in Marvin Gardens"

Blackjacks
"That's Why I Always Dress in Black"

Boston
"Boston"

Boston: Favorite Songs
Original List

1. Loretta, Nervous Eaters
2. Lonelyhearts, The Atlantics
3. All Kindsa Girls, The Real Kids
4. Knock Me Down, The Outlets
5. What Does Sex Mean to Me, Human Sexual Response

Boston: Favorite Songs
Second List

<> Better Off Dead, La Peste
<> Prettiest Girl - The Neighborhoods
<> She Pays the Rent, The Lyres
<> Tessie, Dropkick Murphys
<> When You're Young, The Atlantics

Boston: Favorite Songs
Third List

<> Coast to Coast, The Stompers
<> It's a Night for Beautiful Girls, The Fools
<> Lock It Up, Pastiche
<> Third Generation, The Rings
<> What a Girl Can't Do, Lyres

Boston: Favorite Songs
Fourth List

<> Jackie Onassis, Human Sexual Response
<> Judy, The Dark
<> Just What I Needed, The Cars
[A live recording by The Cars at The Rat, the old punk-rock club in Boston's
Kenmore Square, which played on the old WBCN-FM, was noted.]
<> What Gives, The Streets [with Johnny A.]
<> When Things Go Wrong, Robin Lane and the Chartbusters

Willie "Loco" Alexander
"Mass. Ave."

Asa Brebner
"I Walk the Streets"

John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
"On the Dark Side"

Freddy Cannon
"Palisades Park"

Cars
"The Cars"
A live recording of "Just What I Needed" by The Cars is in the fourth "Boston:
Favorite Songs" list above.

Cars
"You Might Think" [video]

Bill Chinnock
"Badlands"
[North Country? Atlantic? Version not specified.]

Dropkick Murphys
"I'm Shipping Up to Boston" [track on "The Warrior Code"]
"Tessie" by the Dropkick Murphys is in the second "Boston: Favorite Songs" list
above.

Elevators
"Friends" album track [and single?]

5 Satins
"In the Still of the Nite (I'll Remember)" [single]

J. Geils Band
"Monkey Island"

J. Geils Band
"Freeze Frame" [the album]

Kimon Kirk
"Eye on You" EP [brand new]

Spider John Koerner
"Running, Jumping, Standing Still"

Jim Kweskin and the Jugband
"Richland Woman" [featuring Maria Muldaur]

Tom Lehrer
"That Was the Year That Was"

Aimee Mann
"Lost in Space"
[Attention was called to this album's Special Edition.]

Erin McKeown
"Distillation"

Mission of Burma
"Academy Fight Song"

Modern Lovers
"The Modern Lovers"

Morphine
"Good" [album]

Morphine
"Buena" [single]

Peter Mulvey
"The Trouble With Poets"

Ric Ocasek
"Nexterday"

Orpheus
"Orpheus"

Robert Ellis Orrall
"Fixation"

Pastiche
"Wicked Intense" EP
["Boston Lullaby," "Talk Show," "Terminal Barbershop"]
"Lock It Up" by Pastiche is in the third "Boston: Favorite Songs" list above.

Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers
"The Monster Mash"

Gene Pitney
"(I Wanna) Love My Life Away" [single]

Pixies
"Surfer Rosa"

Raindogs
"Lost Souls"

Ramrods
"Bright Lit Blue Skies" [single]

Reddy Teddy
"Reddy Teddy"

Remains
"Barry and the Remains"
[This 1991 CD has been replaced by "The Remains," Epic Legacy, 2007.]

Josh Ritter
"Golden Age of Radio"

Gary Shane and the Detour
"Johnny's Coaltrain" [single]

Sidewinders
"The Sidewinders"

Stone Coyotes
"Ride Away From the World"

Donna Summer
"Bad Girls" [the album]

Swinging Steaks
"Southside of the Sky"

Tribe
"Abort" [the album]

Wildweeds
"No Good To Cry" [single]

Dar Williams
"End of the Summer"

Peter Wolf
"Sleepless"

Various Artists
"Boston Gets Stoned" [Rolling Stones songs by Boston acts]

Various Artists
"Mass. Ave.: The Boston Scene (1975-83)"

Various Artists
"A Wicked Good Time"

We at the New England Music Scrapbook Newsletter are seeking suggestions for a
list of New England music record releases that may be judged to be essential
listening matter: records of great beauty, artistic expression, skilled
performance, emotional power, historic significance, or just plain must-hear
music for whatever reason.

With luck, the suggestions we receive will not concentrate really heavily on the
best known and most obvious recordings.  A record only needs to be truly
essential in your view.  It does not need to be the MOST essential, nor does it
necessarily need to be a crowd favorite.  We certainly do not need dozens of
people all recommending the same titles by the same acts.

Recordings need not necessarily be really old, and the acts that issued them
need not be all veterans.  An essential recording could have been issued by an
emerging artist or could have come out this year or even this month.

To make a suggestion, e-mail it to us at

: : : fredremainslost@...

Please make just one suggestion, name the record and artist you favor, and use
Essential Record for your subject line.  If your recommendation is something
other than an album, please explain what it is.  An EP?  Soundtrack cut? 
Concert videocassette?  We may not necessarily know.

We value your knowledge and crave your thoughts.  Please send us an essential
record release suggestion.
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<> As a rule, we do not post SHOW LISTINGS.  The reason is quite simple.  Though
our name is the NEW ENGLAND Music Scrapbook, probably an easy majority of our
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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... Shows can be canceled, sold out, or even moved to another date or location. 
We recommend checking the Web, calling ahead or otherwise confirming details.
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Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life

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We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
: : : Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, August 15 - The word, "genius," is used with enthusiastic
excess in the field of popular music; but it might be an understatement in the
case of Les Paul.  As a pioneer of the electric guitar, an inventor of
solid-body electrics, and an innovator in the field of multitrack recording, Les
Paul did as much as anyone to give us the music of our lives.  I have seen - and
you may have seen this, too - a music video Les Paul shot by the mid-1950s. 
This guy was not years ahead of his times.  He was DECADES ahead.  "The World Is
Still Waiting for the Sunrise" by Les Paul and Mary Ford is one of the greatest
recordings of any sort ever made.  Les Paul did it all.

There was a time when I was working hard to replace my vinyl records with CDs
and was concentrating as much as possible on New England artists.  Money was
scarce.  Yet one day in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, I sunk everything I had into
a Les Paul box set.  This is how much I loved the guy's music.  No doubt plenty
of other popular music fans, like me, HAD TO HAVE that Les Paul set.

We sure are going to miss him.  Yet his influence was so vast that he will
always be with us.

Les Paul, RiP
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, August 11th

ARCH ENEMY-Stigmata (Deluxe)-$11.88
ARCH ENEMY-Burning Bridges (Deluxe)-$11.88
BOTTLEROCKETS-Lean Forward-$8.99
CRAY, ROBERT-This Time-$9.99
DANIELS, CHARLIE-Super Hits-$3.99
DARK TRANQUILLITY-Haven (Deluxe/Reissue)-$11.88
DARK TRANQUILLITY-Projector (Deluxe/Reissue)-$11.88
DARK TRANQUILLITY-Yesterworlds-$11.88
EARTH WIND & FIRE-Super Hits-$3.99

GREENHILL, MITCH - Shepherd Of The City - $5.99
<> Manny Greenhill was a Boston promoter of folk concerts, going back to the
mid-1950s if not earlier. So his son, Mitch Greenhill, was basically born into
the Boston-Cambridge folk community. Around 1960, Rolf Cahn taught a heck of a
lot of Boston's prime folk performers the finer points of guitar playing. Cahn's
style became THE Boston folk guitar style, and I have never heard a more
characteristic example than Manny Greenhill's picking. So not only is "Shepherd
of the City" good listening, it is also an important album for anyone who wants
to know what was going on musically in Boston in those days. Greenhill is
probably far better known for managing his father's old company, Folklore
Productions. But in between times, he managed the considerable distinction of
playing on one of the most legendary folk albums of the entire 1970s, "Traveling
Lady" by Rosalie Sorrels.

JACKSON, ALAN - Lot About Livin' - $3.99
JACKSON, MICHAEL - Collection (5 CD) - $44.99
JONES, GEORGE - Super Hits - $3.99
MULVEY, PETER - Songs From A Flying Machine - $11.88
NELSON, WILLIE - Lost Highway - $9.99
PASS, JOE - Blues For Fred - $5.99
PETERSON, OSCAR - Skol (Hybrid) - $5.99
PRIDE, CHARLEY - There's A Little Bit Of Hank In Me - $3.99
RUSH - Grace Under Pressure: Live - $11.88
SMITH, MINDY - Stupid Love - $9.99
SPYRO GYRA - Deep End - $5.99
VANDELLAS/MARVELETTE - Winning Combinations - $3.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Prestige Jazz - $3.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Woodstock: 40 Years - Back To Yasgur's Farm - $59.99
WILLIAMS, HANK - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - $5.99

<>

featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, August 11th

081009_loveyoumanI Love You, Man
$18.99 DVD

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "August 10 Newbury Comics New Releases and More," August
10, 2009.

Peter Mulvey
"Letters From a Flying Machine" (CD, [Signature Sounds?], 2009)

::  robert cray, charlie daniels, charley daniels, earth wind and fire, alan
jackson, michael jackson, george jones, willie nelson, joe pass, oscar peterson,
charley pride, charlie pride, mindy smith, martha and the vandellas, the
marvelettes, hank williams  ::
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PRESS RELEASES THIS WEEK

The big news about press releases this week is that we actually have some.

<> The Vermont Ski Museum has an "Austrian Celebration" fund-raiser contest,
which is not as far off our usual subject as it may at first seem. The grand
prize winner gets a trip to Salzburg, Austria, and the tour guide at Salzburg is
to be Vermonter Elisabeth von Trapp of the immensely famous von Trapp family of
singers. You may have seen a little Julie Andrews music video titled "The Sound
of Music." The main good-guy characters in this phenomenal musical play were
based on Elisabeth von Trapp's ancestors. It seems to me if I could pick anybody
on the planet to show me the high points of Salzburg, there's a pretty good
chance she'd be my first choice. We have posted most of Ms. von Trapp's contest
announcement below in this newsletter issue. This Salzburg trip ought to be more
than just a great sight-seeing VISUAL experience for the winner. After all,
wherever you are, there's the Sound of Music...

(Heh heh)

<> Rhythm and Roots Festival, Ninigret Park, Charlestown, Rhode Island,
September 4 - September 6, 2009.

<> Johnny Cash, a playable character in Guitar Hero 5, and other Guitar Hero 5
news.

<> The Beatles: Rock Band, the on-disc track list.

<> International Songwriting Competition announcement of contest judges, also
October 7 deadline for submissions. This is a long one: you may want to allow
yourself extra time.
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MUSIC MUSEUM OF NEW ENGLAND
Lands a Big One

As WBCN transforms into an FM all-sports station - the "Jock of Boston" - and
the music programming takes to the Internet underground, the good folks at WBCN
have done a massive favor for all of us who are interested in the history of New
England music.  They have donated the station's vinyl collection to the good
folks at the Music Museum of New England.  Speaking of his scheduled appearance
on 'BCN this past Tuesday, MM/ONE President Steve Nelson said,

<> "I'll be talking with Cha-Chi Loprete about the early days at WBCN and its
connection to the Boston Tea Party.  And here's an advance heads-up about the
announcement he'll be making on air: the station is donating its historic
library of LPs (in storage since they switched over entirely to CDs 15 years
ago) to the Music Museum Of New England.  This will be the foundation on which
we can start building a collection and then opening a bricks-and-mortar public
visitors space, which will feature a major display on WBCN."

SOURCE: Steve Nelson, "WBCN Makes Major Donation to MM/ONE" [I'll say - Ed.],
August 10, 2009.

http://www.mmone.org/

THIS WBCN DONATION . . amounts to one heck of a foundation for the Music Museum
of New England to build on.

Congratulations to everyone involved! - Ed.

::  cha-chi loprete, cha chi loprete; mmone, mm one  ::

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LYS GUILLORN
Solo Artist This Summer

<> "So's you know, I'm focusing on solo work for a while, and then will revive
the band in the fall while we record."

Her latest mailing included these show listings:

Sat 8/15 9 (ish) pm
@ 33 A Chester Center
Chris Listorti
w/ Lys Guillorn / Joseph LeMay / My Last Flight / Oh, My Leaves! One TBA
33 A Main Street (residence above the Pattaconck Pub)
Chester, CT 06412
Donation - all ages - doors @ 9, music at 9:30 or 10.

Tues 8/18 9 (ish) pm
Cafe Nine
Supporting Cain & Annabelle
250 State St.
New Haven, CT
site says 9, but it's usually a little later - 21+ - free
http://www.myspace.com/cainandannabelle
http://www.cafenine.com

http://www.lysguillorn.com

SOURCE: Lys Guillorn, E-Mail Message, August 13, 2009.

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LYDIA WARREN
She Never Felt More Like Teachin' the Blues

"Blues Jam/Class This Fall!

<> "This fall I will be teaching a class called Play and Appreciate the Blues in
Newton, Massachusetts.  Musicians and singers of any skill level are welcome! 
You can get info and register at

http://www.NewtonCommunityEd.org/

The Lydia Warren Band's latest mailing also included this announcement of a show
later today:

"Aug 15 9:00 PM Dante's at Firefly's Marlboro, MA"

http://www.LydiaWarren.com/

SOURCE: Info At LydiaWarren Dot Com, "Marlboro, Cape, Festivals, Blues Class and
More!" August 11, 2009.

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NOAM WEINSTEIN
August Mini-Tour

Singer-songwriter-guitarist Noam Weinstein has plans for a three-city August
mini-tour.

<> "I'll be playing a few shows in August with some of my very favorite artists,
whose music can be heard at the websites below.

(Somerville, MA)
A week from today - [Tuesday] August 18th at 8pm
Opening for Jess Tardy & her band
http://www.sallyobriensbar.com

(New York, NY)
A week from Friday - August 21st at 8pm
with Dan Bryk and Chris Warren
http://www.livingroomny.com

(Pittsfield, MA)
A week from Saturday - August 22nd at 8pm
Word by Word w/ Mieka Pauley & Dean Fields
http://www.wordxwordfestival.com

SOURCE: Noam Weinstein, "August Shows (Boston, New York, Western
Massachusetts)," August 11, 2009.

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ROCK BAND
This Coming Week's Downloadable Content
- Including -
[From our point of view, FEATURING]
The Dropkick Murphys

Hey gang,

Here's the DLC coming your way next week! A nice assortment of singles ranging
from 90's alternative, bouncy Brit pop, bagpipe infused fun, and more! Dig in!

Tracks available on Xbox 360 (Aug. 18) and PLAYSTATION 3 system (Aug. 20):

Blind Melon - No Rain
Blur - There's No Other Way
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up to Boston
Eve 6 - Inside Out
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot
Foo Fighters - All My Life
Foo Fighters - I'll Stick Around
Foo Fighters - Lonely as You

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as part of the "Foo Fighters Pack
02" or as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 systems.

Price:
$1.99 USD, Ł.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track.
$5.49, Ł2.49 UK, €3.99 EU (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for "Foo Fighters
Pack 02"

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ALL-HARMONIX CONCERT
At the Middle East Restaurant Downstairs
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Thursday, August 20, 2009

Harmonix, a Boston-area music gaming software company, has done tremendous work
to bring the music of Boston-area rock acts before a broader audience,
originally through the Guitar Hero series of games and now by way of Rock Band. 
Apropos to the importance of Harmonix and its Rock Band games, the members of
Bang Camaro sent this:

<> "We are teaming up with a bunch of our friends to bring you an ALL HARMONIX
SHOW.  All the bands playing have been featured in one of the ROCK BAND games. 
This is on August 20 at the Middle East Downstairs in Cambridge.  The show is
18+ and $13.00 if you buy tickets early."

SOURCE: Bryn Bennett, "Hot Bang Camaro News!" August 13, 2009.

EVIDENTLY THESE GAMES . . are referred to generically as "rhythm games."  The
Harmonix game soundtracks and downloadable content (DLC) have presented a great
deal of music by New England rock bands.  This coming week's downloadable
content, for instance, includes "I'm Shipping Up to Boston," arguably the most
popular and famous cut by the Dropkick Murphys.  This is one of the principal
reasons we copy as many news items as we do about these popular rhythm games. -
Ed.

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NANCY NEON
Ever Youthful, But Risking a Birthday Anyway

<> "After my year-plus hiatus of sorts, I hope you'll help me celebrate my Neon
Nite B'Day Bash with some of my favorite rockin' combos and friends at the
Cantab in Cambridge's Central Square on Saturday, August 22, starting at 8PM -
cost, 8 dollars."

SOURCE: Nancy Neon, "Nancy Neon B'Day Bash at Cantab, Saturday, August 22,
RSVP," August 9, 2009.

JUST BELOW THE PASSAGE . . we have quoted here, Nancy made reference to The
Pandemics as "formerly The Radio Knives," which switch may interest many of our
readers. - Ed.
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DEADLY GENTLEMEN
"The Bastard Masterpiece" CD

<> Here is a recent record release we have not previously noted in these
cyberpages:

Deadly Gentlemen
"The Bastard Masterpiece" (CD, 2009)

The Deadly Gentlemen is a Greg Liszt banjo-rap and instrumental group.  Banjoist
Liszt is probably best known for being a member of Crooked Still and of Bruce
Springsteen's Seeger Sessions band.
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NEON NITE
Returns to The Cantab in Cambridge, Massachusetts

<> "Saturday, September 26, Neon Nite will return to The Cantab with New
Frustrations/ Fox Pass/ My Own Worst Enemy/ The Varmints."

SOURCE: Nancy Neon, "Nancy Neon B'Day Bash at Cantab, Saturday, August 22,
RSVP," August 9, 2009.
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KATE TAYLOR: 1971

<> Here is yet another CD reissue, of an historic New England-connected
recording, that we did not learn about at the time of its release and only
discovered because of our cataloguing project.

Kate Taylor
"Sister Kate"
(CD, Wounded Bird Records WOU 9045, 2008;
original LP Cotillion Records, 1971)

Kate Taylor is a member of the Taylor clan of Martha's Vineyard in
Massachusetts.

For many of our readers who, like us, did not know about this reissue, it seems
likely this will be seen as an interesting development.
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ELISABETH VON TRAPP
"Love Never Ends" CD

<> We have a substantial Elisabeth von Trapp item in our press releases section.
In addition to being a member of an extremely famous musical family ("The Sound
of Music" was based on experiences of her ancestors), she has a remarkable
career of her own in music.

Those who administer the estate of the great American poet, Robert Frost, are
unenthusiastic, to say the least, about Frost's verses being set to music.  Yet
they authorized Elisabeth von Trapp to record and release an entire album of
Frost poems set to music.  The result is her acclaimed 2004 CD, "Poetic
License."

Here is our catalog entry for her latest disc:

Elisabeth von Trapp
"Love Never Ends: Sacred Sounds"
(CD, Church Publishing, 2005)
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINES
Friday Evening

Arrest warrant issued in Mass. for Bobby Brown
AP – Fri Aug 14, 6:03 pm ET
FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2008 file photo, singer Bobby Brown... AP

CANTON, Mass. - An arrest warrant has been issued for Bobby Brown after he
failed to appear in a Massachusetts court on a contempt complaint.

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Arrest warrant issued for Bobby Brown
Reuters – Fri Aug 14, 8:06 pm ET

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts judge has issued an arrest warrant for Grammy
Award-winning R&B singer Bobby Brown for failure to pay child support, local
media reported on Friday.

IT IS THEORETICALLY . . possible that Bobby Brown could one day make news
headlines for something positive. - Ed.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday-Saturday Overnight

40 years later, Woodstock a thriving business
Reuters – Sat Aug 15, 3:07 am ET
T-shirts on sale are displayed near the site of the original... Reuters

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Back in 1969, Woodstock organizers billed their
three-day festival as "An Aquarian Exposition." But although the concert became
free when an expected crowd of 200,000 grew "half a million strong," it was
conceived as a business proposition.

NO DOUBT ABOUT . . that headline. - Ed.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Night

You're Bob Dylan? NJ police want to see some ID
AP – Fri Aug 14, 11:57 pm ET
FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2006 file photo, Bob Dylan performs as... AP

Rock legend Bob Dylan was treated like a complete unknown by police in a New
Jersey shore community when a resident called to report someone wandering around
the neighborhood.

DYLAN LOOKS . . remarkably good in the photo, of reasonably recent vintage, that
accompanied the Yahoo Music News headline and lead-in.  I wonder if this picture
may be evidence of part of the problem.  The New Jersey police may have believed
that there is no way the REAL Bob Dylan could look this good...
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Thursday Morning

Yoko Ono 'gave 'The Beatles: Rock Band' designers hell'
Yahoo! Music – Thu Aug 13, 7:00 am ET

Courtesy of NME.com

Hmmmmm... - Ed.
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For some reason - and this one is really hard to figure - news of the death of
Les Paul did not appear on the first page of the Yahoo Music News table of
contents when I visited it. - Ed.
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ELISABETH VON TRAPP
She Could Be Your Salzburg, Austria Tour Guide

The Vermont Ski Museum is running a contest with a most uncommon grand prize.

Now, backing up a bit, vocalist Elisabeth von Trapp is a member of the legendary
von Trapp family, the far-famed musical play "The Sound of Music" having been
based on actual experiences of her ancestors.

The Vermont Ski Museum contest's grand prize is a trip to Salzburg, Austria,
where Elisabeth von Trapp will personally serve as the winner's tour guide.  I
don't mind saying I would Climb Every Mountain to win that prize!

Ms. von Trapp says, "Let me show you some of My Favorite Things..."  Is she into
the spirit of this contest or what!

Here are key parts of the announcement of this Vermont Ski Museum "Austrian
Celebration" contest, as sent quite recently by Elisabeth von Trapp.

Greetings,

Meet me in Salzburg!

<> I am so excited to be a part of the Vermont Ski Museum's Austrian
Celebration. Purchase a chance to win this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to
join me in the beautiful city of Salzburg. The Austrian Celebration supports the
Vermont Ski Museum and its mission- to collect, preserve, and celebrate
Vermont's skiing history.

Let me show you some of My Favorite Things such as Baroque cathedrals and
palaces with their ornamental gardens, hedge mazes, and marble fountains, the
famous water works in the park at Hellbrunn and the calm of Evensong at Nonnberg
Abbey. We'll stroll along the Getreidegasse to window shop and take a moment to
squeeze into the city's smallest cheese shop. Let's visit St. Peter's bakery for
a loaf or two of fresh-baked sourdough bread and then walk around the corner,
where the Cafe Mozart serves Turkish coffee and plum dumplings covered with warm
vanilla sauce. We'll stay in the oldest quarter of Salzburg, where we can wander
down cobblestone streets leading to hidden courtyards and listen to the sounds
of a Mozart concerto floating down from open windows.

Thank you for your support and good luck!

All the best,

~Elisabeth von Trapp

TRIP INCLUDES:

     * Your tour guide, Elisabeth von Trapp
     * Flight for 4 from JFK to Vienna with continuing service to Salzburg
     * $1,000 shopping spree to Geiger of Austria in Middlebury, Vermont
     * Accommodations: 5-star Goldener Hirsch (includes breakfast)
     * Activities: Sound of Music Tour, Salt Mines Tour, Eagle's Nest Tour,
Nonnberg Convent Tour and Villa Trapp Tour, Mozart Dinner Concert plus free time
to explore Salzburg
     * Farewell dinner at The Goldener Hirsch's Herzl Restaurant

Each month's winners will remain in the drawing for the rest of the prizes,
including the Grand Prize.

Grand Prize Drawing will be held on January 21st, 2010.

Each drawing will be held publicly at the Vermont Ski Museum in Stowe, Vermont
at 12:00pm EST.

SOURCE: Elisabeth von Trapp, "Join Me in Salzburg!" August 13, 2009.

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RHYTHM AND ROOTS FESTIVAL
Ninigret Park
Charlestown, Rhode Island
September 4 - September 6, 2009

<> New England's Hottest Festival Of Roots Music & Dance Returns For Its 12th
Year With Popular and Rising Stars of Roots Music!

12th Annual RYHTHM & ROOTS FESTIVAL,  Sept. 4-6, 2009
Ninigret Park, 4890A Old Post Rd, Rt 1, Charlestown, RI  02813

Fri:  5 pm – midnight, Sat & Sun:  noon – midnight,
www.rhythmandroots.com,  1-888-855-6940
Email:  {office@...}

Tickets: Early discount deadline ends Aug 15th.
By Aug 15th: $25-$160; After Aug 15: $30-$175
Children 12 and under: free.  Camping available.  RV's welcome.

Main Stage Lineup:

                                   Friday Sept 4, 2009
The Traveling McCourys              The Lee Boys
The Duhks                                    Eilen Jewell
Nouveaux Honkies                       Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole
Ed Poullard & Preston Frank        Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band


                                   Saturday Sept 5, 2009
Asleep at the Wheel                  Big Sandy & His Flyrite Boys
Hot Tuna                                    Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco
Band                                          Nouveaux Honkies
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
Tab Benoit                                 The Duhks
Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole   Ed Poullard & Preston Frank


                                  Sunday, September 6, 2009
Great Big Sea                               Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's
Big Sandy & His Flyrite Boys         Papa Mali
Jerry Douglas Band                       Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole       Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band
Ed Poullard & Preston Frank        Corey Ledet

Dance Pavilion: Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Keith Frank & the Soileau
Zydeco Band, Corey Ledet, Big Sandy & the  Flyrite Boys, Magnolia, Li'l Anne &
Hot Cayenne, Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole.  New this year:  Advanced zydeco
dance lessons with San Deigo instructor Greg Benusa at 11:15 am on Sat. and Sun.

Family Stage: Story telling with Mark Levitt & Len Cabral; Concert with Fiddle
Dee Dee; Concert & Stories with Keith Munslow, Concert with Swingset Mamas,
Disney Films,  Mardi gras mask making workshops.

5th Annual Kids Cajun Academy: Kids age 8-17 learn to play and sing traditional
Cajun music in camp-style music program directed by fiddler Michelle Kaminsky,
with instruction by members of the Magnolia Cajun Band. Classes each day end
culminate in a performance on the Main Stage on Sunday.

Workshops with Occidental Gypsy Jazz Quartet, The Duhks, Tab Benoit, Keith &
Preston Frank, Nouveaux Honkies, Cedric Watson, Steve Riley, Jerry Douglas, Papa
Mali, Mitch Woods & more.
    The popular Rhythm & Roots Festival returns for its 12th year with another
stellar lineup of roots music artists.  Hailing from Austin, Texas, nine-time
Grammy winning Western Swing band, ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL returns this year with a
successful new album, entitled Willie & the Wheel, recorded with legend Willie
Nelson.  Debuting for the first time on the Rhythm & Roots stage is Juno winning
Canadian band, GREAT BIG SEA with their fusion of pop, Celtic, and rock
influences.  Also debuting on Saturday is South Louisiana artist, TAB BENOIT,
who is on his way to becoming a blues legend

    Among this year's exciting new lineup is also  rising star, EILEN JEWELL, an
Americana artist who pays homage to the British Invasion of the 60's;  the blues
and jazz Americana band, the NOUVEAUX HONKIES; and MITCH WOODS & HIS ROCKET 88's
who bring in their jumpin' and jivin' with a healthy dose of New Orleans rhythm
& blues.

    This year Rhythm & Roots audiences will be introduced to PAPA MALI, (aka
Malcolm Wellbourne) who uses the personification as a salute to his home
territory of north Louisiana, where he grew up absorbing the blues along Bayou
Pierre and then became attached to Crescent City funk after spending summers in
New Orleans with his grandparents.  In addition to being a solo artist, he is a
slide guitarist, singer, songwriter, and acclaimed producer of artists like
Lavelle White, Ruthie Foster, and Omar & the Howlers.

     Friday night will feature a special collaboration between the TRAVELIN'
McCOURYS – with many of the members of the Del McCoury Band – and the LEE BOYS,
who perform music that's rooted in gospel with a hard-driving blues beat,
infused with rhythm & blues, jazz, rock, funk, hip hop and country.  Their
sound, based around the electric lap steel guitar has been dubbed "sacred
steel."  Each of the two bands will do their own set and then collaborate in a
blow out joint performance to close out Friday night's festivities.

    Back to raise the roof on the Rhythm & Roots stage once again is HOT TUNA,
helmed by former Jefferson Airplane members, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady,
along with Barry Mitterhoff.  Their performance at Rhythm & Roots will be their
last tour date with esteemed drummer, Skoota Warner, who has played with Johnny
Copeland, Santana, the B-52's, Cyndi Lauper, Lionel Ritchie, Mary J. Blige and
others.  Popular with Rhythm & Roots festival-goers are BIG SANDY & HIS FLYRITE
BOYS, who play American roots music, western swing, rockabilly, and traditional
country like they invented it.

    Dobro master, JERRY DOUGLAS has to be the most in demand player on the
planet, with a stunning number of 1600 album appearances under his belt.  His
roots go back to bluegrass and his music veers from jazz to Celtic to country to
blues and gospel.   THE DUHKS' spot-on fusion of traditional bluegrass, folk
rock, Afro-Cuban jazz and soul is so accessible, yet so hard to pigeonhole.
They've earned a Grammy Award nomination as well as a Juno award in their native
Canada.

    The Rhythm & Roots Festival wouldn't be complete without its healthy dose of
Louisiana Zydeco and Cajun music.  Keeping the dance floors filled will be KEITH
FRANK & THE SOILEAU ZYDECO BAND, COREY LEDET, and the hybrid Cajun/zydeco/swamp
pop sounds of  STEVE RILEY & THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS – plus ED POULLARD & PRESTON
FRANK, and CEDRIC WATSON, who formerly added his Creole and zydeco foundation to
the Pine Leaf Boys and has now become notable as a solo performer with his band
BIJOU CREOLE.

    Besides being named one of the Top 100 Events in North America by the
American Bus Association in 2007, the Rhythm & Roots Festival was given the
Starlight Award by the South County Tourism Council in recognition of its
contribution to the tourism of southern Rhode Island, drawing patrons from as
far as California.

    In addition to being renowned for its impressive lineup of artists, Rhythm &
Roots is also known for its wide array of gourmet food and drink in a
wonderfully festive setting, which includes the HOT TAMALE BRASS BAND keeping
patrons entertained in the eating area as well as leading the kids' mardi gras
parades on Saturday and Sunday.

    Four music stages are featured with large dance floors at both the Main Stage
and Dance Pavilion.  Dance lessons in the afternoon are followed by packed
evening dances to live Louisiana dance bands.   The Family Stage provides
storytelling at its best along with nationally known children's performers,
mardi gras mask making workshops, and evening movies plus the ever increasing
Kids Cajun Academy instrument learning program.  The Workshop Stage has intimate
music demonstrations and interaction with artists.

    Critics have been quoted as saying that, "Rhythm & Roots is an incredible
experience, a perfectly organized, flawlessly run major destination event that
music fans from all over the country will be drawn to…" So, if you're looking to
"let the good times roll," the Rhythm & Roots Festival in Charlestown, RI is the
place to be on Labor Day weekend.

SOURCE: Full House Productions, "Rhythm and Roots Festival: Just Weeks Away,"
August 13, 2009.

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JOHNNY CASH
Playable Character in Guitar Hero 5
- and -
Other Guitar Hero 5 News

<> IGN is reporting that Johnny Cash will now be a playable character in Guitar
Hero 5.

The article and a video preview can be found here:

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/101/1011988p1.html

Beyond that, how's this for news?

And now for a bigger announcement. Guitar Hero 5 will be the first in the
franchise to feature forward compatibility of songs from past games. On PS3,
Xbox 360 and Wii, some of the disc-based songs from Guitar Hero World Tour and
Smash Hits will be importable, for a fee, to work with Guitar Hero 5 and the
upcoming Band Hero. What's more, currently 152 out of 158 Guitar Hero World Tour
downloadable tracks will automatically work with Guitar Hero 5. All of the songs
you import will be upgraded to work with the new Guitar Hero 5 features, such as
band moments and vocal star power.

Tim Riley, head of music licensing at Activision, had this to say about
importing songs:

     "It's something we've wanted to do for a while now. They are separate
licenses, so we need to go back and re-license previous content. So, songs from
World Tour, songs from the download space, songs from Smash Hits that will
technically work in Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero had to be renegotiated...We
didn't want to do it for a couple songs. We wanted to do it for a couple hundred
songs. So we have a lot cleared and we're in the process of clearing a lot
more."

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BEATLES: ROCK BAND
On-Disc Track List

<> September issue of Game Informer has the Beatles on the front and a 10 page
story.

Includes the full on disc track list, interview with Olivia and Yoko, and tons
of background information on the game.

Full Song List:

Singles
I Want To Hold Your Hand
I Feel Fine
Day Tripper
Paperback Writer
Revolution
Don't Let Me Down

Please Please Me (1963)
I Saw Her Standing There
Boys
Do You Want To Know A Secret
Twist and Shout

With the Beatles (1963)
I Wanna Be Your Man

A Hard Day's Night (1964)
A Hard Day's Night
Can't Buy Me Love

Beatles For Sale (1964)
Eight Days a Week

Help! (1965)
Ticket To Ride

Rubber Soul (1965)
Drive My Car
I'm Looking Through You
If I Needed Someone

Revolver (1966)
Taxman
Yellow Submarine
And Your Bird Can Sing

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help From My Friends
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Getting Better
Good Morning Good Morning

Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
I Am The Walrus
Hello Goodbye

The Beatles (White Album) (1968)
Dear Prudence
Back In the U.S.S.R.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Birthday
Helter Skelter

Yellow Submarine (1969)
Hey Bulldog

Abbey Road (1969)
Come Together
Something
Octopus's Garden
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Here Comes the Sun

Let It Be (1970)
Dig a Pony
I Me Mine
I Got a Feeling
Get Back

Love (2006)
Within You Without You/ Tomorrow Never Knows

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INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION
Latest Mailing
Leading Off With an Announcement of the Contest's Judges
- Plus -
October 7, 2009 Deadline for Entries

International Songwriting Competition

ISC is excited to present its 2009 judges...

<> Throughout the years, ISC has become known for its stellar panel of judges
which includes top recording artists and high-profile music industry executives,
including Presidents of labels such as Epic, Universal Republic, Sire, Nettwerk,
and more.

If you want to have your music heard by some of your favorite artists and the
industry folks who make the important decisions, here is your chance. All ISC
finalists' songs are listened to by the ISC judges who then select the winners.

You only have eight weeks to enter until the deadline (October 7), so enter
online (mp3) or mail in your songs (CD, tape, or DVD for music video entries).
You can also enter through MySpace if you have a MySpace page which is really
easy because ISC will go to your page and listen to your songs there (you don't
even need to send us your songs!). Click here to enter.

ISC is now on Twitter! Get the most up-to-date news by getting our tweets -
click here

ISC Judges include:

Monte Lipman
President
Universal Republic
Records

Seymour Stein
Chairman/CEO
Sire Records

Amanda Ghost
President
Epic Records

Ric Arboit
President
Nettwerk Music Group


Kings of Leon
Grammy Nominee

Tom Waits
Grammy Winner

Steve Winwood
Grammy Winner

Loretta Lynn
Country Legend

Rob Thomas
Matchbox 20

McCoy Tyner
Grammy Winner


Robbie Williams
Grammy Nominee

Adele
Grammy Winner

Alejandro Sanz
Grammy Winner

Jeff Beck
Rock & Roll Hall
of Fame Recipient

Darryl McDaniels
Run DMC

Journey
Rock Legend


Jerry Lee Lewis
Rock & Roll Legend

Michael W. Smith
Grammy Winner

James Mercer
The Shins
Grammy Nominee

Ray Wylie Hubbard
Americana Artist

Weird Al Yankovic
Grammy Winner

John Mayall
Blues Artist

Additional judges include:

Recording Artists: Wynonna, Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol); Jeffrey Steele; James
Cotton; Craig Morgan; Chris Hillman (The Byrds); John Scofield; Black Francis
(The Pixies); DJ Tiësto; Toots Hibbert (Toots & The Maytals); Sasha; John
Digweed; Youssou N'Dour; Robert Earl Keen; Baaba Maal; Mario; Ray Wylie Hubbard;
Jeremy Camp; Matt Thiessen (Relient K); "Weird Al" Yankovic; and Sandra Bernhard

Industry Executives: Amy Doyle (Sr. VP of Music and Talent, MTV); Angel Carrasco
(Sr. VP of A&R, Latin America Sony BMG and President, Discos 605); Rick Krim
(Executive VP Talent and Programming, VH1); Kim Buie (VP of A&R, Lost Highway);
Mitchell Cohen (VP of A&R, Verve Music Group); Bruce Iglauer (Founder/President,
Alligator Records); Dan Storper (President, Putumayo World Music); Lisa Ramsey
Perkins (Sr. Director, A&R, Sony Nashville); Steve Lillywhite (Producer);
Douglas C. Cohn (Sr. VP, Music Marketing & Talent, Nickelodeon); Cory Robbins
(Founder/President, Robbins Entertainment); Brian Malouf (VP A&R, Walt Disney
Records); and Dr. Demento (Radio Host of The Dr. Demento Show)

Categories

ISC is pleased to announce the addition of a new category this year: Adult
Contemporary (AC)

Entrants may submit songs in any of the following categories: Pop/Top 40, AAA
(Adult Album Alternative), R&B/Hip-Hop, Adult Contemporary (AC), Rock, Country,
Folk/Singer-Songwriter, Americana, Blues, Jazz, Gospel/Christian, Latin Music,
Instrumental, Dance/Electronica, Comedy/Novelty, World Music, Children's Music,
Lyrics Only, Teen, Performance, and Music Video. Entrants may submit as many
songs as they wish - in the same category or in multiple categories.

Please go to www.songwritingcompetition.com for an entry form or more details.

ISC Sponsors: Gibson, ASCAP, Berklee College Of Music, Disc Makers, D'Addario,
Shure, Thayers, George Stein, Esq., Onlinegigs, SongU.com, The Music Business
Registry, Tanager AudioWorks, Shari's Berries, Independent Mastering, Indie
Venue Bible, and Alphabet Arm Design

ISC Sponsor Spotlight

Gibson

ISC is very pleased to present Gibson as a 2009 sponsor. Gibson is known
worldwide for producing classic models in every major style of fretted
instrument, including acoustic and electric guitars, mandolins, and banjos.
Gibson's HD.6X-PRO Digital Guitar, the Gibson Robot Guitar and Gibson's Dark
Fire represent the biggest advances in electric guitar design in over 70 years.
Founded in 1894 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and headquartered in Nashville since
1984, Gibson Guitar Corp.'s family of brands now includes Epiphone, Dobro,
Kramer, Steinberger, Tobias, Echoplex, Electar, Flatiron, Slingerland, Valley
Arts, Maestro, Oberheim, Baldwin, Sunshine Piano, Take Anywhere Technology, J&C
Fischer, Chickering, Hamilton, and Wurlitzer. Visit Gibson's website at
www.gibson.com

Tanager Audioworks

Tanager AudioWorks is a music software company focused on products for
songwriters and recording musicians. The company was founded on a basic mission
- to provide indispensible tools for musical creation. Their products fit into
your workflow in between your song ideas and your Digital Audio
Workstation-based recording studio. Their flagship product - SongFrame
Songwriter's Toolkit - focuses on the songwriting process and provides a variety
of tools to help write better songs. They also provide the Chirp Virtual MIDI
Keyboard Controller and Chorducopia Audible Chord Library. All products are
Windows and Mac compatible. Visit them at www.tanageraudioworks.com.

Industry Partners
Songsalive!

Songsalive!

Songsalive! is a non-profit public benefit corporation (under 501(c)(3) in the
U.S.A and a not-for-profit organization in N.S.W. Australia - dedicated to the
nurturing, support and promotion of songwriters and composers worldwide.
Songsalive! is run by songwriters for songwriters. It acts as an epicentre, a
heart of the international songwriting community and music markets, bridging the
gaps, tapping songwriters into the pulse of the business and at the same time
giving them and their music the support they deserve. Songsalive! gives life to
songs, provides opportunities for collaboration, creates awareness about
original music, promotes and educates through an amazing network of programs
designed especially for songwriters and original music. Join the Songsalive!
network and become a link in the chain. Go to www.songsalive.org
Urban Network

Urban Network

The Urban Network offers several different programs depending upon your budget
and what you wish to accomplish. They have programs from being featured in a
newsletter that goes out to all of the iprofessionals including distribution,
A&R and label heads, to ads, to online features, airplay on their radio
stations, and more. They offer print magazine advertising and programs that
combine online with the magazine advertising, reaching more than 800,000 people
including all of the entertainment industry. They offer programs that target
solely the consumer, and programs that target the music industry exclusively,
and/or both. Their endeavor is to work with you and find the most cost effective
way to accomplish your goals and objectives. Feel free to call them at
619-723-9358 to further discuss or send an email to amitchell@....
Go to www.urbannetwork.com
Social Networks for Musicians     Social Networks for Musicians

Social Networks for Musicians helps musicians and music businesses effectively
create and manage their social networks. Started in 2005 by music-industry
powerhouse and GoGirlsMusic founder Madalyn Sklar, Social Networks for Musicians
bring the best and most innovative web marketing solutions to you. Their team
can help you get real results from social media sites in a way that no other
group can! With over 13 years internet marketing and promotion experience, they
know their way around sites like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, ReverbNation,
Blogger, Ning and more! They also keep an eye out for new, developing sites and
trends. For more info, please visit www.sn4m.com
Womex

World Music Expo / Copenhagen, Denmark / 28 Oct - 1 Nov 2009

WOMEX is "the most important international professional market of world music of
every kind. This international fair brings together professionals from the
worlds of folk, roots, ethnic and traditional music and also includes concerts,
conferences and documentary films. It contributes to networking as an effective
means of promoting music and culture of all kinds across frontiers." - UNESCO
Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity. The '08 edition in Sevilla, Spain, saw
over 2,800 delegates from more than 90 countries, 650 exhibitors, a full
conference and a showcase festival presenting 49 acts. Join them in Copenhagen
this year. www.womex.com
Live 2 Play

Live 2 Play

The L2P (Live 2Play) Network is a multi-media knowledge base and virtual
community dedicated to serving people who create music. The common bond is not
the instrument played or the type of music created - it's the passion for
writing, recording and performing music. Comprised of L2P Quarterly (distributed
in print and digital formats), L2PNet.com, WL2P Internet radio and L2PBandSpace,
the L2P Network puts the emphasis on the tools and technologies that make
unforgettable live performances and successful recording sessions possible. For
more info, please visit www.L2PNet.com
LAWiM

Los Angeles Women in Music

Los Angeles Women in Music (LAWIM) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
dedicated to fostering equal opportunity for women and men in the music industry
and to promoting the advancement of women through empowerment, support,
education, encouragement and recognition of their achievements. They provide
forums and opportunities for emerging talents; pay tribute to women who have
made distinctive and/or significant contributions to our musical culture;
recognize those who have contributed to the betterment of women in music;
provide educational programs and events at large; and give rise to social and
civic issues in our local community through musical endeavors. For more info,
please visit

www.lawim.com
www.songwritingcompetition.com
www.myspace.com/isc
www.twitter.com/intlsongcomp

International Songwriting Competition
1307 Eastland Ave
Nashville, TN 37206
Phone: 615.251.4441
Fax: 615.251.4442

SOURCE: ISC, "August 12 ISC Newsletter," August 12, 2009.
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goes.

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We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
: : : Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
: : : All rights reserved. Used with permission.

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BRATTLEBORO, VT, August 8 - With any luck, you spent the present week listening
to music.  We spent the week talking with police officers, supermarket customer
card issuers, lawyers, bankers, and various customer service workers whose "and
other duties as assigned" leave them precious little time to provide actual
customer service.

A lot of the news e-mails we received this week carried new tellings of news
stories we copied weeks and even months ago, with very little if any updating. 
At the same time, all of the highlights in this week's Newbury Comics new
releases list repeated entries from last week's announcement.

Maybe this is the new millennium's version of summer reruns.

We still wound up with a decent number of news items to post here.
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STEVEN TYLER OF AEROSMITH

We are very sorry to hear of the tumble Aerosmith's Steven Tyler took, as we
understand it falling off-stage while trying to entertain the audience during a
down moment in a concert.  Maybe it's true that no good deed goes unpunished.

We have been with Aerosmith, to one degree or another, since the band's early
days in southern New Hampshire; and we offer hearty wishes of "Get well soon!"
to this deservedly legendary Mr. T.

YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Evening

Aerosmith guitarist: Tyler broke shoulder in fall
AP – Fri Aug 7, 8:00 pm ET
File - Vocalist Steven Tyler of the rock band Aerosmith performs... AP

CHICAGO - Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler has a broken shoulder and stitches
in his head after falling from the stage during a South Dakota concert, and the
band plans to discuss what that means for the future of its current tour,
guitarist Joe Perry said Friday.

LOOKING AT THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THIS STORY . . is a stretch, but breaking one's
shoulder and getting stitches in one's head certainly beats breaking one's head
and getting stitches in one's shoulder.  Serious falls sometimes go even worse
than this one.  Steven Tyler will mend and be as good as new.  Not everyone who
takes a hard fall is so lucky.
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

If I remember right, all of these "new releases" were on Newbury Comics' list
last week.  I am including them here because this is what we've got.

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, August 4th

CHARLES, RAY - Great Ray Charles (3 CD) - $7.99

CURTIS, CATIE - Hello Stranger - $13.88
<> This record includes Catie Curtis' interpretation of Don White's "Be 16 With
Me," and he has spoken highly of her version.

DUKE & THE KING - Nothing Gold Can Stay - $9.99
MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD - Radiolarians III - $11.88
MODEST MOUSE - No One's First, And You're Next - $8.99
MONK, THELONIOUS - Great Thelonious Monk - $13.99
REED, JIMMY - Bossman: Best & Rarest Of Jimmy Reed - $7.99

VARIOUS ARTISTS - BOSTON GETS A GRIP - Tribute To Aerosmith - $14.99
<> It is totally surprising that we have received no publicity at all on "Boston
Gets a Grip."  We noted it here some weeks ago entirely on the strength of
reference to the album in an Alizon Lissance mailing.

YAMES, YIM (MY MOURNING JACKET) - Tribute To George Harrison - $5.99

<>

featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, August 4th

090808_EvntHrizonHarvard Beats Yale: 29-29
$17.99 DVD

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "August 3 Newbury Comics New Releases and More," August
3, 2009.

::  catie curtis, duke and the king, medeski martin and wood, thelonious monk,
jimmy reed, don white, yim yames; bossman: best and rarest of jimmy reed;
radiolarians iii, radiolarians 3; be sixteen with me  ::
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W B C N - F M
A Sad Farewell

Should be interesting 4 days coming up

<> Tomorrow morning (August 8) at 9:50am WBCN 104.1FM will kick off the 4-day
long retrospective on its 41 years as Boston's rock music institution.  The
station has released a list of guest scheduled to appear during its goodbye
party.  Among the highlights, Howard Stern who ruled Boston's morning drive from
1996 to 2005 is scheduled to link up live during Monday(8/10)'s morning drive.

WBCN's press alert is below :

WBCN RETROSPECTIVE – 4 DAY FAREWLL TO THE ROCK OF BOSTON

Tune in for the four-day farewell to WBCN 104.1FM, beginning this Saturday
morning at 9:50 a.m. with a presentation of a classic "Mattress Mishegas" hosted
by Charles Laquidara and Co."Mattress Mishegas" will kick off four days of
recollections, rare concert replays and past members of WBCN calling-in and
stopping by the studio.

Below is a partial list of what to expect:

Visits by Charles Laquidara, Ken Shelton, Howard Stern, Billy West, Steven
Clean, Albert O, Bradley Jay, James Montgomery, Sam Kopper, Mississippi Fats,
Ray Repien Original WBCN General Manager, Maxanne Satori, Shred, Mark Hamilton,
Bill Abbate, Dickie Barrett of the Mighty Bosstones, Greg Hawkes of the Cars,
Robin Young, Carter Alan, Oedipus, Jerry Goodwin, Steven Nelson, Nik Carter,
Tami Heide, Cha-Chi Loprete, Jay Leno, Steven Strick, Tony Berardini and many
more!

Hear such memorable events as Maxanne Satori interviewing Bruce Springsteen in
1973, Carter Alan interviewing U2 in 1983, and many celebrity visits including
Bill Murray with Ken Shelton and many, many more!!

Beginning Saturday, August 8 at 10am, we kick off a four day farewell to 104.1
WBCN.

On Thursday, August 13, BCN moves to 98.5-2FM.

SOURCE: Mike Andrade, "Four Day Farewell to 104.1 WBCN," August 7, 2009.

::  sam kopper, charles laquidara, mississippi fats, mississippi harold wilson,
steve nelson, oedipus, maxanne sartori  ::

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THE LIGHTS OUT
At Ralph's Diner
Worcester, Massachusetts
Saturday, August 8, 2009

<> The Lights Out crew has a show at "Ralph's Diner in Worcester on Saturday the
8th.  A great rock institution of wormtown, Ralph's promises cheap beer and
burgers (and a second story load-in for us, but we do it because it always
sounds great in there and they know how to rock at Ralph's).  Noah from
playgroundboston.com says 'The Lights Out consistently deliver a killer show,'
and we fully intend to keep provin' that dude right, as best we can.  Come on
and be a part of it with us!"

This is the way the band's mailing set out the details:

: : : "WORCESTER, MA | RALPH'S CHADWICK DINER | SAT 8/8 at 9:00 p.m."

SOURCE: The Lights Out, "Be in the TLO Video," August 4, 2009.

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JOHN COSTER
At Bistro 186
Northampton, Massachusetts
Friday, August 14, 2009

<> New songs and some wild old tunes

John Coster: Guitar Harmonica Vocals
Caroline Clifford, AKA on Keys
Also Appearing: Surprise Visitors

Bistro 186 • 186 Main Street • Northampton
Friday • August 14 • 8:00 PM

No cover - beer, wine, and food available

http://www.myspace.com/johngcoster

SOURCE: John Coster, "John Coster Gig With 'Caroline Clifford,'" August 7, 2009.

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MARBLEHEAD UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH BENEFIT
At the Me & Thee Coffeehouse
Unitarian Universalist Church
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Saturday, August 15, 2009

**Roll Over, Beethoven!**

<> **/An evening of your favorite Fab Four tunes to benefit the Unitarian
Universalist Church of Marblehead and to further music education at local
schools/**

Saturday, August 15, 7:30 pm
**at the Me&Thee Coffeehouse
Unitarian Universalist Church
28 Mugford St., Marblehead**

**/featuring/**

Greg Greenway

and

Tim Mann and Greg Allison

Melissa Greener, Nels Andrews, A. J. Roach

Kirsten and Dave, Pesky J. Nixon, Lin Sprague

**Buy your tickets online at

http://www.uumarblehead.org/Benefit.shtml

or at the door**

Please come out on Saturday, August 15 to support the church and to bring music
to local schools this coming year.  Please come and support all these wonderful
musicians who are donating their talent and their valuable time on a "gig night"
to help us out.

*Tickets* ($20/adult, $5/children and $45/family) are available

http://www.uumarblehead.org/Benefit.shtml

now.

Refreshments will be served throughout the evening.

SOURCE: Info At MeAndThee Dot Org, "Beatles Benefit Concert on Saturday, August
15," August 7, 2009.

::  me and thee coffeehouse  ::

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DAVE CARTER MEMORIAL WRITER'S ROUNDUP
Club Passim
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Sunday, August 16, 2009

<> "Come celebrate Dave Carter's songwriting (and his August birthday) at the
annual (but first East Coast) Dave Carter Memorial Writer's Round-up on Sunday,
August 16 at Club Passim.  Brush up on your Dave Carter tunes because, between
sets by the brilliant Richard Shindell and Grammy-winning songwriter Gretchen
Peters, audience members will be drawn from a hat and invited on stage to play
their favorite DC song.  The concert is always a benefit; this year, the dough
goes to the Passim School of Music. ... Frogs admitted for free."

SOURCE: Tracy Grammer, "Tracy Grammer Music August 2009 Newsletter," August 2,
2009.

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MOVE THE MUSE FESTIVAL
Campanelli Stadium
Brockton, Massachusetts
Saturday, August 22, 2009
12:00pm - 12:00am
[Which I certainly take to mean Noon to Midnight - Ed.]

Move the Muse Fest

Girlyman / David Jacobs-Strain / Eliza Gilkyson / The Paper Raincoat / The
Kennedys / Natalia Zuckerman / Jacob Johnson / Trina Hamlin / Lisa Martin /
Vicki Genfan / and more!

Campanelli Stadium
1 Feinberg Way
Brockton, Massachusetts

<> 1st Annual Move the Muse Fest day-long music event featuring a fabulous line
up of national, regional and local musicians.  Events include raffles to raise
money for breast cancer.  Info at

http://www.movethemusefest.com/

SOURCE: RedLionRecords At AOL Dot Com, "Lisa Martin Music News August 2009,"
August 7, 2009.

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GUITAR HERO: VAN HALEN

<> Joystiq is reporting the following tracks for Guitar Hero: Van Halen, as well
as a release date of December 22.

Van Halen tracks:

     * "Ain't Talkin Bout Love"
     * "And The Cradle Will Rock"
     * "Atomic Punk"
     * "Beautiful Girls"
     * "Cathedral" (solo)
     * "Dance The Night Away"
     * "Eruption" (solo)
     * "Everybody Wants Some"
     * "Feel Your Love Tonight"
     * "Hang 'Em High"
     * "Hear About It Later"
     * "Hot For Teacher"
     * "Ice Cream Man"
     * "I'm The One"
     * "Jamie's Cryin"
     * "Jump"
     * "Little Guitars"
     * "Loss Of Control"
     * "Mean Street"
     * "Panama"
     * "Pretty Woman"
     * "Romeo Delight"
     * "Running With The Devil"
     * "So This Is Love"
     * "Somebody Get Me A Doctor"
     * "Spanish Fly" (solo)
     * "Unchained"
     * "You Really Got Me"

Not to mention these other songs:

     * Alter Bridge - "Come To Life"
     * Billy Idol - "White Wedding"
     * blink-182 - "First Date"
     * Deep Purple - "Space Truckin"
     * Foo Fighters - "Best Of You"
     * Foreigner - "Double Vision"
     * Fountains of Wayne - "Stacy's Mom"
     * Jimmy Eat World - "Pain"
     * Judas Priest - "Painkiller"
     * Killswitch Engage - "The End Of Heartache"
     * Lenny Kravitz - "Rock And Roll Is Dead"
     * Queen - "I Want It All"
     * Queens of the Stone Age - "Sick, Sick, Sick"
     * Tenacious D - "Master Exploder"
     * The Clash - "Safe European Home"
     * The Offspring - "Pretty Fly For A White Guy"
     * Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"
     * Weezer - "Dope Nose"
     * Yellowcard - "The Takedown"

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT . . other examples, but I did notice that this list includes
the New England-connected bands, Fountains of Wayne and Killswitch Engage, two
acts I would never try to fit into the same pigeonhole. - Ed.

- - -

<> A good number of our e-mail correspondents really liked this 1997 Boston
various artists Van Halen tribute album:

Various Artists
"Everybody Wants Some! A Loose Interpretation
of the Musical Genius of Van Halen"
(CD, CherryDisc Records CH 5794-2, 1997)

Fun stuff.

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ROCK BAND DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT
For the Coming Week

SOME CLASSIC CLASSIC-ROCK RECORDINGS . . are included among this week's Rock
Band downloadable content.  Personally, I would have gone for "Somebody To Love"
by The Jefferson Airplane instead of that band's "White Rabbit," but this may
not be an occasion for such nitpicking.  There's some great material here. - Ed.

Hey gang,

<> Here's the DLC that will be available next week!  A little old, a little new,
a few live tracks and a few tracks from a band that exists only as a cartoon! 
Enjoy!

Tracks available on Xbox 360 (Aug. 11) and Playstation 3 (Aug. 13):

Gorillaz "Clint Eastwood"
Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc."
Gorillaz "Re-Hash"
Janis Joplin "Piece of My Heart"
The Band "Chest Fever (LIVE)"
Jefferson Airplane "White Rabbit"
The Who "Magic Bus (Live at Leeds)"

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as part of the "Gorillaz Pack 01" or
as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 systems.

Price:
$1.99 USD, Ł.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
$5.49, Ł2.49 UK, €3.99 EU (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for "Gorillaz Pack
01"
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LISA MARTIN
Big News

<> "Just Plain Folks Music Awards: - As you know from my last newsletter, my
song, 'Good Love Is Hard To Find,' has made it to the final round of the awards.
Over 50,000 songs were submitted in this category alone so I am very pleased to
have made it to the final 20. ["Wildly ecstatic" might be more fitting. - Ed.] 
I will be heading to Nashville and will perform at BB Kings Blues Club in
downtown Nashville on Friday, August 28th. ... The awards will be on August 29
at the Wild Horse Saloon and though I won't be performing that night, I will be
in attendance awaiting the judges decision.  Wish me luck!"

SOURCE: RedLionRecords At AOL Dot Com, "Lisa Martin Music News August 2009,"
August 7, 2009.
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PASTICHE
ARC 2009

<> Last issue I talked a little about the latest Pastiche release.  I have since
added that recording to our new record catalog.  Here are details:

Pastiche
"ARC" (CD, LowBudget Records LBCD64, 2009)
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MIKE AND RUTHY
Michael Merenda and Ruth Ungar Merenda

<> "Last weekend was a blast.  We celebrated Mike's birthday by opening for
Billy Bragg, then we played an un-amplified show at a 94 year-old music hall in
the woods and finished up on Sunday at the Newport Folk Festival finale with
Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Balfa Toujours, and many
more!  We sure are feeling good after that!"

SOURCE: Mike and Ruthy, "August 2009," August 5, 2009.
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STAIND
Will the Cycle Be Unbroken

<> One of the very last things I did before starting final work on this
newsletter issue was to look up the western Massachusetts metal band, Staind, in
our public library's hardcopy All Music Guide.  Much to my surprise, the latest
Staind record release AMG listed was 2001's "Break the Cycle."  If you know what
has become of this group since "Break the Cycle," please e-mail us by way of

: : : FredRemainsLost At Yahoo Dot Com

only convert this into an all-lowercase conventional e-mail address.

The last relevant things I remember seeing in print had to do with some shows
Staind member Aaron Lewis was giving under his own name.  That was a number of
years back.  Since that time, I seem to have lost track of this outfit.

::  nems query, nemsquery  ::
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GREGORY DOUGLASS HOLIDAY EP
"What Songs Should I Sing?" He Asks

<> "What holiday songs – traditional or obscure – would you like to hear on your
Gregory Douglass Holiday EP?  Please email with your picks and I'll narrow them
down to the top 5 or so:

: : : gregory at gregorydouglass dot com

(Please note that his last name is spelled with two S's on the end.)

SOURCE: Gregory Douglass, "Gregory Douglass News," August 1, 2009.
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COACHMEN
1960s Connecticut Band
A Query
Second Try

<> If you know about a 1960s Connecticut band called The Coachmen and you are
willing to share your information, please e-mail us by way of

: : : FredRemainsLost At Yahoo Dot Com

only convert this into an all-lowercase conventional e-mail address.

These particular Coachmen flourished from the early 60s to about 1967 or 1968
and played contemporary covers (not sure, one way or the other, about original
material) through the areas of Fairfield County Connecticut and Westchester/
White Plains, New York.

We would greatly appreciate whatever information you could send our way.

::  nems query, nemsquery  ::
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THE VILLAGE GREEN
1960s Maine Rock Band
A Repeat Query

<> We have a correspondent who is looking for information about the late-1960s
Maine rock band, The Village Green.  This group, according to the inquiry we
received, played a Bar Harbor, Maine club, The Casino, and according to my own
recollection also played the Lucerne country club.

If you could help our correspondent in his quest for information, please e-mail
us by way of

: : : FredRemainsLost At Yahoo Dot Com

but first convert this into a conventional, all-lowercase e-mail address.

::  nems query, nemsquery  ::
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HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS
Happy 350th Birthday!

Do you remember when Hadley, Massachusetts was first founded?  Gee, time went by
fast.  I can hardly remember any of the first three hundred of those three
hundred fifty years.

We were sent the following celebratory message from the members of Rani Arbo and
Daisy Mayhem:

<> Aug 22 Hadley, MA: 350th Anniversary Celebration: 350 years!  Can you believe
it?  They'll be celebrating all summer with farm tours, polka parties and more."

http://www.hadley350.org

SOURCE: Daisy Mayhem, "Daisy Mayhem August News," August 5, 2009.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Afternoon

Founder of punk's Mink DeVille dies at 58
AP – Fri Aug 7, 4:43 pm ET
FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2002 file photo, U.S. singer Willy DeVille... AP

NEW YORK - Willy DeVille, who founded the punk group Mink DeVille and was known
for his blend of R&B, blues, Dixieland and traditional French Cajun ballads, has
died, his publicist said Friday. He was 58.

ONE OF OUR E-MAIL CORRESPONDENTS . . attended a really early concert by The
Cars, with Mink DeVille, at The Rat in Boston's Kenmore Square.  He spoke of
this show as simply fantastic. - Ed.
.


YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Thursday Evening

Hark! Bob Dylan Christmas album coming
Reuters – Thu Aug 6, 10:38 pm ET
Rock musician Bob Dylan performs at the Wiltern Theatre in Los... Reuters

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Bob Dylan is set to release an album of Christmas songs
this holiday season, according to the Web site BullyPulpit.com.

I GUESS . . Dylan can't let Gregory Douglass get ahead of him on this holiday
record thing. - Ed.
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Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life

August 1, 2009
Issue 2009:338
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We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
: : : Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, August 1 - Sometime around this point in the year, after the
annual first-half-of-summer slowdown, scene activity levels start picking right
back up again.

But it hasn't happened yet in 2009.

We received a moderate amount of correspondence this week, but much of it was
not very newsy according to the types of items we normally post here.

So, our readers get some extra time for non-reading pursuits this weekend. 
Let's hope now that the sun has come out, it stays out so we and you can do the
same.
.


We had a lot more go wrong this week than just my apartment being broken into
and my checking account being raided.  To each and everyone who sent cheering
words, you may be sure your messages are much appreciated.  You may also be
assured your sympathy has not been misplaced.  This has been a wicked bad week
on this end.

Thanks for all your e-mails and even one postal mail item.
.


Special thanks to singer-songwriter-guitarist Noam Weinstein for keeping us
online!
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READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU, scroll right past whatever doesn't.
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, July 28th

BLUR - Midlife: Beginner's Guide To Blur - $12.88
BRUBECK, DAVE/DESMOND, PAUL/VAN KRIEDT, DAVE - Reunion - $5.99
GOLDSMITH, JERRY - Film Music - $3.99

JACKSON, MICHAEL - Stripped Mixes - $13.99
<> Do we have any seasoned Michael Jackson observers out there who have an
informed opinion as to how much, behind the stack of recent releases, is an
attempt to meet the needs of Jackson's vast number of mourning and nostalgic
fans versus how much is an attempt to exploit his death?

PRESLEY, ELVIS - From Elvis In Memphis (2 CD) - $19.99
<> We have the much earlier single-disc version titled, "The Memphis Record." It
is an ideal example of an album whose shortcomings simply don't matter. To
borrow a phrase, from the original CD booklet I think, this recording is pure
Elvis. The present set, along with the comeback TV special soundtrack, something
close to every other cut on "The Alternate Aloha," and a handful of great
singles ought to show to most people's satisfaction that, if Elvis lost it, he
certainly found it again by 1968.

SCHUUR, DIANE - Some Other Time - $5.99
SIEGEL, JANIS - Sketches Of Broadway - $5.99
THOROGOOD, GEORGE & DESTROYERS - Dirty Dozen - $9.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS - PUTUMAYO PRESENTS - Brazilian Cafe - $9.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS - TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON - Essential Party Music - $5.99

<>

featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, July 28th

090808_EvntHrizonBattlestar Galactica
Season 4.5
$35.99 4-DVD set

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "July 27 Newbury Comics Coupon and New Releases," July
27, 2009.

::  dave brubeck, paul desmond, dave van kriedt, jerry goldsmith, michael
jackson, elvis presley, diane schuur, janis siegel, george thorogood and the
destroyers  ::
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PASTICHE
The "arc" CD

<> We gave one listen this week to a recent release, "ARC" by Pastiche.  The
album is very much different from what we expected.  Our feeling of surprise is
a pleasant one.  This is not the old Pastiche sound applied to new material
(which I wouldn't mind at all), on the one hand, nor is it the often cited "new
mature sound," a phrase that may most often be safely translated into English as
"can no longer rock."  Rather, this is a little shift in direction for an always
intriguing band.  "ARC" is informed by a variety of post-punk styles and falls
most nearly into the category we used to call "college rock."  I always loved
that early-1980s college rock.  The album also reaches back to the second half
of the 1960s, when many of the best rockers and also certain Cambridge folkies
managed to produce a psychedelic sound that was timely then and has not since
become dated: a tricky path to walk.  It is going to take more than one playing
for us to get a solid sense of "ARC," but I can say already that this is an
enjoyable record and it seems to me a close listen will be greatly rewarded.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the way I remember it Pastiche vocalist Ken Scales
had something of a reputation for wild performances on stage.  If so, it adds a
little spice to the black and white picture on back of the jewel box.  These
guys look positively deranged and, in fact, this is my all-time favorite photo
of Mr. Curt.  I want to see this pic on a T-shirt.  Scales, though, has a look
all his own, as in an easy-to-feel, impossible-to-explain Alfred Hitchcock
sense.  And Hitchcock was a genius.

If you ever loved Pastiche or even if you have only heard of the band, you have
got to see the back of this jewel box.  It is, itself, a jewel.

An in-concert shot of Pastiche bassist Brad Hallen, which I believe ran in
Boston Rock in the early 1980s, is easily one of the greatest works of rock 'n'
roll photography that it has ever been my pleasure to witness.  So now he is
featured in two personal favorites.
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PRESS RELEASES THIS WEEK

<> Well, we have no relevant press releases to post this week; but we do have a
longer item, in the same part of this newsletter, about the young acting career
of Maura Kennedy of The Kennedys.

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ADAM KLEIN
Fund-Raising Bicyclist

We are on Adam Klein's mailing list, yet I have no recollection of him
mentioning that he is a participant in an important charitable event this
weekend.  We got the news from she-cub reporter Sarah Borges who, not
incidentally, is a singer we really like.

<> "This weekend, our good friend, Adam Klein, is riding the 192-mile Pan Mass.
Challenge; and Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles will be there to show support
for all of the hardworking and dedicated riders, riding for the benefit of the
Jimmy Fund of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute."

SOURCE: Sarah Borges, "Sarah Borges Mid-Summer Newsletter," July 29, 2009.

A hearty NEMS "Good for you!" to charity pedaler Adam Klein. - Ed.

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SOUL CITY
At Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park
Boston, Massachusetts
Tuesday, August 4, 2009.

<> "Join SOUL CITY on Tuesday August 4th at CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Waterfront Park
in Boston for an evening of mostly Disco classics.  SOUL CITY [is] now in its
twentieth year packing dance floors all over New England.

: : : TUESDAY AUGUST 4th, 6-8pm
: : : CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS WATERFRONT PARK
: : : 84 Atlantic Ave, Boston - (617) 227-6070

"Christopher Columbus park is on Atlantic Ave., just to the left of the
LongWharf Marriott.  Sponsored by the Fund for Boston Neighborhoods

http://www.cityofboston.gov/news/default.aspx?id=4287

"DIRECTIONS:

http://www.bostonharborwalk.com/placestogo/location.php?nid=3&sid=18

-

http://www.soulcityband.com/

SOURCE: WholeLottaSoul At AOL Dot Com, "This Week in Soul City ... Disco Night!"
July 30, 2009.

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PATTY LARKIN
Late Signing for WCAI Benefit Concert
Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Thursday, August 6, 2009

Around noon Saturday, we received an announcement from Patty Larkin to the
effect that she has just signed on for a concert to benefit WCAI, an NPR radio
station for Cape Cod and the islands.  Unfortunately, the date she gave -
Sunday, August 6 - does not quite work out.  August 6 is a Thursday.  So we ran
this Google search

: : : "patty larkin" wcai benefit wellfleet august

which produced a seven-item hitlist, with entries giving the concert's date as
Thursday, August 6.  It would do no one any harm to check for themselves, but we
believe the concert date is Thursday, August 6, 2009.  Here is Patty Larkin's
message:

<> "Hope you are having a great summer.  I am writing from Atlin, Canada, as far
northwest in Canada as you can get!  I have just signed on to do a benefit
concert for one of my favorite radio stations - WCAI, the Cape and Islands NPR
station.  If you are visiting the Cape - or live there - come on by!  Show
details are below.  Hope to see you there!

"Patty

Sunday, August 6 at 8PM
Wellfleet Congregational Church

A benefit for WCAI, Cape and Islands NPR Station

Hosted by Mindy Todd of 'The Point'

BUY TICKETS NOW at  OvationTix or call 866-811-4111
$25: Open seating
$50: Reserved seating, After party
$75: Reserved seating,  Party, &  WCAI membership
The After Party is at Winslow's Taverm

SOURCE: Patty Larkin Announcements, "Patty Larkin Benefit Concert," Saturday,
August 1, 2009.

A SUBSEQUENT E-MAIL, . . sent early Saturday afternoon by Patty Larkin's
Webmaster, reads as follows:

"Apologies for the bad link!  The place to go for show details is:

http://pattylarkin.com/ontour/wellfleet09.html

"Sorry about that!"

Apparently by that time, the home office had not yet caught the error as to the
day of the week.

But one out of two ain't bad...

THIS OUGHT TO BE . . a really hot time to hear Patty Larkin live.  Her latest
album, "Watch the Sky," to my experience, is her best ever.

Patty Larkin
"Watch the Sky"
(CD, Vanguard Records 79851-2, 2008)

We have played it here for our visitors; and so far, everyone has loved it. 
Though we seldom have actual sales figures, our educated guess is that "Watch
the Sky" is already Patty Larkin's biggest seller.

Do you know about this 2006 DVD of her, made for Happy Traum and company?

Patty Larkin
"The Guitar of Patty Larkin:
Creating Powerful Arrangements"
(DVD, Homespun Video DVD-LAR-GT21, 2006)

We have not seen this video, but by all rights it ought to be a must-have item
for aspiring performers on guitar.  Larkin is definitely known for her powerful
guitar accompaniments.

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ROCK BAND DLC THIS WEEK
Spinal Tap

Those who dance to the Spinal Tap may be interested to know that, following the
Blu-Ray Disc (BD) release of "This Is Spinal Tap," the coming week's Rock Band
downloadable content is all Spinal Tap songs.  In the time that we have included
information about the Boston-associated music games, Guitar Hero and Rock Band,
I have never seen so much controversy over a week's downloadable content.  We
have no idea why.

First, it's Spinal Tap, for heaven sake.  What's the problem?!

Second, if you don't like this week's selections, what is wrong with simply
waiting patiently until next week?

Anyway, here is the Rock Band/Spinal Tap announcement:

<> Tracks available on Xbox 360 and Wii (Aug. 4) and PLAYSTATION 3 system (Aug..
6):

Spinal Tap "(Funky) Sex Farm"
Spinal Tap "(Listen to the) Flower People (Reggae Stylee)"
Spinal Tap "America"
Spinal Tap "Big Bottom"
Spinal Tap "Cups and Cakes"
Spinal Tap "Gimme Some Money"
Spinal Tap "Heavy Duty"
Spinal Tap "Hell Hole"
Spinal Tap "Rock `n' Roll Creation"
Spinal Tap "Stonehenge"
Spinal Tap "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight"

(All tracks are original master recordings from Back From The Dead recording
sessions.)

These tracks will be available for purchase as part of the "Spinal Tap's TAP
TEN" or as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 systems.

Price:
$1.99 USD, Ł.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
$17.99 (1440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for "Spinal Tap's TAP TEN"
$2.00 USD, (200 Wii Points) per track

IT WOULD BE HARD TO BEAT . . beautiful descriptive pieces along the lines of
"Hell Hole," songs of social consciousness such as "Gimme Some Money," origins
of the universe myths like "Rock 'n' Roll Creation," and works drawn from
indepth study of twentieth-century American history such as "Listen to the
Flower People." - Ed.

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MOTION SICK
Tunes To Be Available at
the New Rock Band Indie Store
- Plus -
Show at The Middle East
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Saturday, August 8, 2009

<> "As you all probably know by now, we've been very fortunate to get a chance
to have our music included in the Dance Dance Revolution video game series
including the brand new Dance Dance Revolution X in Arcades in North America:

http://www.the-motion-sick.com/search/label/dance%20dance%20revolution

"Now, we've just announced that things are in the works to have several of our
songs available in the new Rock Band indie store that will be unveiled some time
in the next few months.  Soon, you'll be able to drum, sing, and strum along to
The Motion Sick!  More on that as details emerge..."

[These same sick of motion lads also are here to inform you, through us, of an
upcoming gig at The Middle East Restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts:]

<> The Middle East - Cambridge, MA - Sat Aug 08 09 - 08:00 PM

"This show is an incredible lineup including:

1st - Hymns
2nd - The Motion Sick
3rd - The New Collisions
4th - The Shills
5th - The Everyday Visuals

Both The Everyday Visuals and The New Collisions have made Mike's best of 2009
(so far) list:

http://www.bostonbandcrush.com/2009/06/mikes-semi-annual-crushiest-of-boston.htm\
l

Missing this would be foolish."

SOURCE: The Motion Sick, "August 8 at The Middle East," July 29, 2009.

THE BAND, . . The Motion Sick, is connected with www.BostonBandCrush.com, a Web
operation that has a mission which overlaps with our own.  Have you visited the
Boston Band Crush site? - Ed.

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DAVID MALLETT
"Alright Now" CD

<> "New Album to be released August 19th!

"David Mallett's 14th album, ALRIGHT NOW, will be released on August 19, 2009 by
North Road Records.

"To order your copy, go to:

http://www.davidmallett.com/musicstore/newalbum.html

"'Alright Now' is David Mallett's first recording of all-original songs in six
years.  The long hiatus is proving worth the wait.

"'Alright Now' is the culmination of 40 years of songwriting which captures keen
observations about the soulfulness of everyday life.

"Noel Paul Stookey, who produced the first three Mallett albums, calls songs
from the new album some of Mallett's best material since 1975.

[Impressive praise, indeed, from an artist ("Paul" of Peter Paul and Mary) whose
opinion likely matters to countless folk music fans, in general, and to David
Mallett fans, in particular. - Ed.]

"The songs cover a wide range of topics and moods - public and private, hopeful,
fragile, nostalgic, bitter, loving.

"The album was recorded in Maine over eight months and features Michael Burd
(bass and guitar) and Susan Ramsey (violin and viola), along with Jim Doherty
(drums), Robbie Coffin (guitars), Will Mallett (guitar, mandolin, banjo, and
vocals), and Luke Mallett (vocals).

"'Alright Now' is available at concerts and on-line at:

http://www.davidmallett.com/musicstore/newalbum.html

"For more information, contact: webmaster@..."

SOURCE: Tom Gordon of North Road Records, "New David Mallett CD," July 30, 2009.

THE DIRECT WEB ADDRESS . . included in this item I believe is also the address
for people who would want to listen online to a medley of songs from the new
album. - Ed.

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FOOLS AND THE STOMPERS
STOMPERS AND THE FOOLS
On the Provincetown II
Friday, September 18, 2009
Heavy Mental Coast to Coast

Bay State Summer Music Cruises

presents

The Stompers

- and -

The Fools!

Friday September 18 2009

7PM

deja vu aboard the Provincetown ll

Buy tickets now!!!!!!

http://www.baystatecruisecompany.com/summer_music.html

SOURCE: Salvatore Baglio, "The Stompers in Boston," July 31, 2009.
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GORDON STONE
"Night Shade" CD

<> "With Gordon on pedal steel and banjo, backed by drums and bass, you'll hear
everything from mesmerizing banjo exotica to kick-up-your-boots barn dance
numbers, to genre bending audio alchemy, with each new piece more sweet than the
last.  Longtime friend and collaborator of the band Phish, Gordon recently
completed his sixth studio album, 'Night Shade,' at Phish's recording studio in
Vermont, with a group of West African drummers, Erik Lawrence from Levon Helm's
band, and Page McConnell from Phish."

http://www.gordonstone.com/

SOURCE: Gordon Stone, Untitled E-Mail Message, July 25, 2009.

Gordon Stone
"Night Shade" (CD, 2009)
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CELTIC ROOTS REVUE TOUR
Fiddling Around in the Heart of America

In October, singer-fiddler-song collector Lissa Schneckenburger will be
venturing off, with a band of friends and colleagues, to such exotic and
wondrous lands as Illinois and Michigan for a Celtic Roots Revue Tour.

<> " ... I'd like to officially announce the first ever 'Celtic Roots Revue
Tour' with myself, Bethany Waickman, and Matt and Shannon Heaton in mid-October.
We'll be playing some shows in the Midwest, and it will be really fun to get to
collaborate with such amazing musicians."

SOURCE: LissaFiddle At GMail Dot Com, "Sweden and Denmark!" July 30, 2009.
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JOSH BROOKS
"White House / Black Sheep" CD

<> "I'm happy to announce that I'll be releasing my second album of the year,
the almost-new-but-not-quite 'white house / black sheep.'  If the first half of
the title sounds familiar, it should: the first five tracks of the album consist
of The White House Sessions, a five-song collection of demos I recorded with
Kent back in 2004 but didn't release until 2007.  Now, the little EP that could
is joined by seven unreleased acoustic demos that were kicking around in the
vaults (aka my wife's closet).  Think of it as an EP with lots of bonus tracks."

http://www.myspace.com/joshbrooksvt

SOURCE: Josh Brooks, "Surprise, It's August!" July 28, 2009.

DOES THIS ("BLACK SHEEP" CD) MAKE . . Josh Brooks "The Man in Black ... Wool"? 
Just wondering. - Ed.
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MARK ERELLI
New "August" Song

"MP3 of the MONTH:

<> "What's the best song for a month spent largely on Cape Cod doing nothing ...
how about a song about being on Cape Cod doing nothing?  This is a demo of a new
song called 'August,' which I've been working on for a couple years now.  I
couldn't figure out what was supposed to 'happen' in the song ... then it hit
me: it's August on the Cape, NOTHING needs to happen.  So here's a little song
about the joys of taking it easy.  It's free this month on the downloads page at

http://www.markerelli.com/

SOURCE: Mark Erelli, "Mark Erelli August 2009 Newsletter," July 30, 2009.

Mark Erelli
"August" (August MP3 of the Month, www.MarkErelli.com, 2009)
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LIBERTY ELM DINER

<> As we understand it, there was to have been a showdown Friday between the
Liberty Elm Diner and the Rhode Island department of taxes.  Diner staff were
working hard to head off trouble.  If you should learn the outcome, please
e-mail us what you know at

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Meanwhile, best of luck to Kip and the staff of the Liberty Elm Diner.
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PLACE OF GENERAL HAPPINESS

<> Does anyone out there have this compilation?

Various Artists
"Place of General Happiness"

Neither JoEllen nor I recall having ever heard of it.  Though "Place of General
Happiness" is a general collection of cuts, it includes so many by Boston acts
(plus one by Rubber Rodeo of Providence) that this is practically a one-disc
Boston rock party.
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NEW ENGLAND ESSENTIAL RECORD RELEASES
A General Update

<> Our survey, having to do with essential recordings by New England-connected
acts, is moving forward, though slowly.  Wanting to avoid turning a lengthy
process into an unnecessarily tedious process, we will not post the updated list
often; but we will include the revised list here every now and then.  This
survey will take weeks and quite possibly even months to complete.

Certain holes remain which are worth noting by category.  There are no
suggestions, for instance, of records by superstar acts such as Aerosmith,
Boston, and Phish. [Imagine a law firm named Arrow-Smith, Boston, and Phish.] 
No one has suggested anything by Tom Lehrer: a musical comedy category unto
himself.  There are no records from the mainstream of blues, country, and jazz. 
New Hampshire and Vermont still are not represented, and we are really not much
more than getting started on Rhode Island.

I will report, simply because it occurs to me, that added to our list are albums
by The Beacon Street Union (both MGM LPs) and Orpheus from the 1960s, plus The
Modern Lovers and The Sidewinders from the early 1970s.

If, between now and the next time we post details of this list, you would like
to help fill any one of these holes or you have another record selection in
mind, please e-mail your recommendation to us by way of

: : : FredRemainsLost At Yahoo Dot Com

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We all seem to have such a block about Aerosmith records - "Permanent Vacation"
to present - that we may deal with this venerable-yet-curiously-contemporary
band in a separate question.  Several people, without actually turning it into
an actual suggestion, have thought out loud of "Get a Grip," "Nine Lives,"
"Permanent Vacation," and "Pump." (One person responded to "Nine Lives" by
saying, "Really?")  As for early Aerosmith, the ONLY title that has been
mentioned to me so far is "Rocks."
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RUBBLEBUCKET
"Bikes" First Single
From Forthcoming Eponymous Album

<> "A taste of our new album (self titled 'Rubblebucket,' coming out October
1st) has finally arrived!!  You can listen to BIKES, the first single for free
on our website or myspace page."

http://www.rubblebucket.com/

SOURCE: Rubblebucket Orchestra, "Summer Newsletter: Free Single, Big Tour, New
Website," July 16, 2009.
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BITS AND PIECES

<> On Friday, did anyone in addition to us receive an announcement from The
Hootchies of that band's shows booked for the first two Fridays of May 2009?
We've got to get these folks working on their approach to punctuality.

<> We are told it is being advertised that Aerosmith's "You Gotta Move" is the
theme to World Wrestling Entertainment's Summerslam Pay Per View this year.
Somehow it seems to me this offers possible new meaning to the
Aerosmith-connected phrase, "Get a Grip."
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Afternoon

Minimal damages sought in Mass. song-download case
AP – Fri Jul 31, 1:52 pm ET
Joel Tenenbaum, a graduate student from Providence, R.I., poses... AP

BOSTON - A lawyer for a Boston University student who admitted illegally
downloading and sharing music urged a federal jury Friday to "send a message" to
the music industry by awarding only minimal damages.

PERSONALLY, I DO NOT HAVE . . a great deal of sympathy for the major labels of
the recording industry; but it is hard to see why, when this guy admittedly
illegally downloaded and shared recordings, a message must be sent by the court
TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Afternoon

More Mozart: 2 new pieces being unveiled
AP – Fri Jul 31, 5:29 pm ET
FILE - This is a Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2000 file photo of a statue... AP

SALZBURG, Austria - The huge musical puzzle that is Mozart is about to be
expanded by two potentially important pieces.
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MAURA KENNEDY
Star of Stage and Screen
(Mostly Screen This Time Around)

<> "Last month my career as a New York City actress almost sputtered to a false
start (see 30 Seconds in the Coffeeshop, July 2009). By now, however, I've
already been cast as an extra in two feature films and an episode of Gossip
Girl!  The first film was an indie flick called Happy Thank You More Please,
written, directed by and starring Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother) . The
second was a huge 3D dance spectacle, Step Up 3D.  That's right, Maura in 3D!
These two film experiences were at opposite ends of the spectrum in every way:
one a small cast and low budget filmed in a lower east side bar, the other
filmed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in a building that easily fit all 1500 of us
... a production so huge that I can't imagine how they will ever break even, but
what do I know?

"Just last week I was cast on tween serial Gossip Girl as a bidder at a charity
auction at Sotheby's. The episode was actually filmed at Sotheby's on the Upper
East Side, and when it airs, you should look for paddle number 795 ... that
would be my hand attached to it!  For two days I was surrounded by meticulously
coiffed and powdered Beautiful People, all bidding large amounts of play money
on questionable artworks. I could reveal a couple of dramatic surprises in the
plot, but that would give away the secret of last season's cliffhanger, so
you'll just have to wait and let it unfold...

"By the end of the second day, I was ready to settle back into a pair of soft,
worn jeans, a white cotton tee shirt and sandals and let my hair tangle wildly
as usual. I walked the several long blocks from Sotheby's to the subway at dusk
and as I descended the stairs that led to the platform, I heard an old familiar
sound - Sam Cooke's "Bring it on Home to Me", sung in harmony by a couple of
funky soul street brothers below. Their blend was nice, but I was hearing a
sweet, high part just begging to be sung. I hesitated for a few seconds...after
all, I was, at least until I got home and changed, still in my character as a
rich, white, satin-clad Upper East Sider...what could I know about vintage Sam
Cooke? But, what the heck...I'd just completed my second week as an
actress...and the harmony had me feeling fearless.  I walked right up to the two
guys and started singing, 'Well I laughed when you left, but I know that I only
hurt myself, oh,
bring it to me, bring your sweet love, bring it on home to me, yeah! yeah! yeah!
yeah!'

"The guitar player didn't stop (a good sign)...he kept on strumming as the other
singer's mouth broke into a wide, semi-toothy grin.  That was all the approval I
needed.  I was the third member of the band until the next train pulled in.
Meanwhile, scores of extras who had been on the set with me descended the steps
to the platform. As they gathered and listened to our three voices soar in a
subterranean gospel fervor, I realized that, in a way, we're all actors.  We put
on our costumes every day and wave stage-prop paddles, bidding on
god-knows-what, but way down deep, down where the subway runs, we don't need
stuff, we just need a soulful song and good third harmony part. From Sotheby's
to the subway, the best role of all is to inspire somebody, so thanks to my
anonymous trio mates. I can still hear their voices echo down the R train
tunnel."

SOURCE: The Kennedys, "The Kennedys Newsletter August 2009," July 29, 2009.
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our name is the NEW ENGLAND Music Scrapbook, probably an easy majority of our
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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My place has been broken into.

The local police have speculated that the person who did the stealing knew
exactly what he or she wanted, went straight for it, and made off in a hurry:
probably when I was out jogging.

We have had a security problem at my building, and I have been trying, without
success so far, to get the responsible party to fix it.

It will probably get fixed, now that it is too late.

My wallet was stolen, with cash and all other contents, and someone used or at
the very least tried to use my debit card.  Today being Sunday, I cannot learn
any more about this until Monday.  Access to my bank account had already been
blocked by the time I knew I needed to report this loss.  I've a feeling this
will prove to be a "good news and bad news" situation, as to my card having
already been deactivated.  Good, at least, that access to the account was
blocked.  Probably bad news in all other regards.

Nothing of this nature has ever happened to me before, and I really don't know
the ropes.  But it could not possibly have happened at a worse time from a
financial point of view, and I am going to need to learn the ropes in a huge
hurry.

If anyone doesn't just believe, but definitely knows for a fact of an operation
that helps musicians in the case of an unanticipated calamity and might also
consider a music organization such as ours, or if anyone even knows for sure of
a charitable organization that can help with life's rough spots which otherwise
fall through the cracks (a charity of the "Miscellaneous" category), please
e-mail us by way of

FredRemainsLost At Yahoo Dot Com

What I mean by this is that there are organizations that provide short-term help
if one is dislocated from home by, say, a fire or a flood, but this situation I
am facing clearly does not fall into that degree of severity.  It is,
nonetheless, a very real, immediate problem that must be dealt with.

Since it is highly unlikely I will be sending a follow-up to this rambling
message, written when not in my totally best frame of mind, I will take the
liberty of posting here the direct Web address for our main contact page.

http://www.geocities.com/uridfm/contact.htm

That Web page includes at least two e-mail addresses for me, clearly marked
(under my personal name and under "Webmaster"), plus my postal address.

It is a long and perfectly dull story, but I should also add that I do not
currently have telephone service.  I do all my communicating by way of the
Internet, postal mail, and in person: mostly the Internet.

We have posted news before of musical instruments being stolen, some of which
have even been recovered.  But you can't imagine how much I hate bringing this
up, in my own case, having spent a lifetime, as my father once said of my
mother, trying to be as self-sufficient as possible.  But I have never faced a
situation at all like this. (Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, where I have
lived, are not exactly high-crime states - except for since Noon yesterday.)  I
am really quite clueless, and it is not likely I will get an idea about what
further quick, short-term options there may be unless I ask.  The people at the
police and the lost/stolen bank-card office could tell me no more.

If you have really concrete ideas and e-mail addresses to go along with them,
please let me know.

You have my apologies that this message runs on so.  With any luck, there will
never be another occasion.

Alan

New England Music Scrapbook Newsletter
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Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life

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: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
: : : Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, July 25 - It is typically now-ish that activity levels start
picking up for, in the present instance, the 2009-2010 campaign.  But if we may
judge by numbers of news e-mails received, it hasn't happened yet.  It may be a
sign of how slow things have been over at Yahoo Music news that one of the
"current" top stories is a JUNE item about the Pixies.  Timeless news of the
Pixies.  So, we may not have a lot; but here is what we've got...
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Thanks to Mr. Curt of Pastiche and the Mr. Curt Ensemble, to Sal Baglio of The
Stompers, and to JoEllen.
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READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU, scroll right past whatever doesn't.
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FOOLS
The Fools in Heavy Rotation at NEMS HQ

<> We have been having a wicked good time listening to borrowed Fools records
here at the NEMS compound.  The CDs loaned to us include the latest recording,
"10," and the two-fer reissue of the first two Fools LPs.  Though we have always
enjoyed attempting to make witty comments about the group's name and antics,
make no mistake about it, this is one excellent rock 'n' roll band.

The reissue of "Sold Out" and "Heavy Mental" is a must-have CD.  Period.

It would not be a great idea for me to comment often on the terrific sound
quality of those record releases that actually do have really fine sonics.  The
acoustics in this room are phenomenally good, and many, many people would not be
treated to the same sound that I get here.  But I must say that the uncommonly
clear production of "10" leaped right out at me, and it seems likely Anthony J.
Resta, who worked with The Fools on this recording, deserves a great deal of the
credit.

The past couple weeks have been really special, as we have played The Fools to
our heart's content.

Fools
"10" (CD, TheFools-Band.com MAFWYA-10CD, 2007)

Fools
"Sold Out / Heavy Mental"
(CD, American Beat Records 509999 63037-2-6, 2009)
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, July 21st

ASSEMBLY OF DUST - Some Asembly Required - $7.99
<> An engaging Reid Genauer band with lots of Vermont in its background. The
Assembly of Dust probably has a better spell-checker than Newbury Comics.

CHEAP TRICK - Latest - $13.88
FRISELL, BILL - Disfarmer - $12.88
HOGAN, BROOKE - Redemption - $9.99
<> Hulk Hogan offspring wrestling with redemption.

HUNTER, IAN - Man Overboard - $12.88
JACKSON, MICHAEL - Blood On The Dance Floor - $7.99
KID ROCK - Rock N Roll Jesus (+2) - $16.99

LOWE, NICK - Brentford Trilogy - $24.99
<> There are a lot of really great songs out there, and a few of them are also
quite useful. Nick Lowe contributed a classic song to the useful category with
his hit, "Cruel To Be Kind."

MARKIE, BIZ - Ultimate Diabolical - $9.99
<> Biz Markie Mark?

MOTLEY CRUE - Live: Entertainment Or Death - $13.99
OUR LADY PEACE - Burn Burn (CD/DVD) - $13.88
OUR LADY PEACE-Burn Burn-$11.88
PORTUGAL THE MAN - Satanic Satanist - $9.99
SUGAR RAY - Music For Cougars - $11.88
<> Not our Sugar Ray Norcia, but the other Sugar Ray.

SWEET, M./HOFFS, S. - Under The Covers: Vol. 2 - $7.99
<> Matthew Sweet, Star Trek actress and pop-rocker Susanna Hoffs.

WHEAT - White Ink, Black Ink - $11.88
<> Bostonians - former Bostonians, if I remember right. Going entirely on
memory, it seems to me these guys went from Boston to Chicago. Wheat is a
commodity. Chicago is the seat of the United States Commodity Exchange. Makes
sense.

<>

featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, July 21st

090808_EvntHrizonCoraline
2-D & 3-D (with 4 pair of 3-D glasses)
$19.99

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "July 20 Newbury Comics New Releases and More," July 20,
2009.

Assembly of Dust
"Some Assembly Required" (CD, 2009)

Wheat
"White Ink, Black Ink" (CD, 2009)

::  bill frisell, brooke hogan, ian hunter, michael jackson, nick lowe  ::
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Since we make a considerable effort to keep this newsletter as family-friendly
as possible, I will note here, in keeping with our own practices as well as in
keeping with the standards of the Associated Press style manual, that the "F"
word makes a guest appearance in our WBCN piece. - Ed.

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IT'S BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC, BY GOLI
At Johnny D's
Somerville, Massachusetts
Thursday, July 30, 2009th

The latest mailing from the gals of Goli started with information about an
upcoming show with that veteran, unusual Boston band, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic.

SOURCE: Vessela Plus Valerie Equals Goli, "July Goli Alert!" July 16, 2009.

<> "Hello Summer Lovers! (or people who tolerate summer while waiting for
autumn...)

"We've got shows!  We've got street performing!  We've got buttons!

"Shows:

"Goli will be opening for the chamber rock/jazz/classical/car-wreck group
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic

http://www.birdsongsofthemesozoic.org

Thursday July 30th.  This is part of the Birdsongs' Triassic tour which features
special guest Roger Miller (Mission of Burma!)  For those of you with ears, who
like to listen, this show is not to be missed!

Thursday July 30th
Johnny D's
17 Holland St Davis Sq.
Somerville, MA
9pm show, Goli starts
$10 21+
Advance tix http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/73286
For table reservations call 617.776.2004.

http://www.johnnyds.com/

FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT GO BACK . . quite this far or who simply may have never
heard or may have forgotten, members of the Boston rock band, The Moving Parts,
went on to live long and, we hope, prosper in the legendary Boston groups
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic and Mission of Burma.

Moving Parts
"Wrong Conclusion"
(CD, Arf! Arf! Records AA-039, 1992)

The Moving Parts: Boby Bear, Clint Conley, Erik Lindgren, Roger Miller.

THAT was one astonishing lineup!

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JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN
92Y Tribeca
200 Hudson Street
New York City
Saturday, July 25, 2009.

NEW YORK CITY! we just got back from tearing it up in Europe and want
to remind everyone that new york is the center of the universe!

To celebrate our arrival home, we will be playing one show and one
show only!

WHERE: at the TRIBECA branch of the 92nd ST Y at hudson and canal

i love this venue and will love it if you celebrated our homecoming
with us...

AND the release of a new JAPW album of cover songs appropriately
named: COVER!!!!!

*JULY 25th*
Venue: 92Y Tribeca
Address: 200 Hudson St.
Show Time: 9:00 pm
Tickets: www.92y.org <http://www.92y.org/>

This show is All Ages.
With Holly Miranda

Getting There:

92YTribeca is located at 200 Hudson Street at the intersection of Canal and
Hudson Streets.

- - - - -

SOURCE: Joan As Police Woman, "JAPW Live in New York City This Saturday, July
25th," July 20, 2009.

IT SEEMS LIKELY . . that most of our readers will know, though some may not,
that before Joan Wasser embarked on her career in rock 'n' roll law enforcement
with Joan As Police Woman, she was a distinguished member of the popular Boston
band, The Dambuilders. - Ed.

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WBCN-FM
Memories of One of Our Nation's
Greatest Radio Stations

<> Our interest in posting people's memories of Boston's great rock radio
station, WBCN-FM, brought in only a single response, from Boston rocker Sal
Baglio.  But his letter is terrific and can easily take the place of many of
those that did not come here.

As an intro, I will just say that WBCN was once an extraordinarily influential
radio station.  One of our own local radio outlets, WKBW-FM out of Keene, New
Hampshire, no doubt following WBCN's lead, experimented with free-form radio,
and it was a truly wonderful listening experience while it lasted.

After Rolling Stone had been running "Best" lists for each of several years, an
item in that publication noted that WBCN was the only station that had been
voted among the top five in the nation every year.  WBCN was a real power in
those days.

I remember one evening driving around Boston - a thing I have rarely had the
opportunity to do - when the city was absolutely gorgeous at twilight.  The WBCN
host of that hour played one of the big records of the day and then seamlessly
moved into a fantastic concert recording of Boston's Duke and the Drivers.  It
is easy to see why dyed-in-the-wool Drivers fans generally said that the band's
in-concert work was by far its best.  This unannounced, unexpected dose of Duke
and the Drivers live was a major high.

Here are far more knowing recollections from the great Sal Baglio...

WBCN goes off the air in August. I haven't gone near that end of the dial in
decades, but at one time...

This was the station where I first heard Dr. John, Blue Cheer, The Velvet
Underground, Zappa, Doo Wop and Coltrane's Love Supreme.

Charles, Mississippi, Sam Kopper, Little Walter and later Maxanne!!!  Sometimes
we'd hook school and go on over to watch them after they had moved to the Pru. 
Max was the Queen.  She turned me on to Big Star, Rock n Roll Love Letter [the
original by Tim Moore], New York Dolls and so much more.

Late one night, I think it was December 1970, I heard John Lennon sing the word
'fuck' on the radio.  That was a big deal!  That was the revolution, baby.  Now
it's boring.

Another December night I had heard that John Lennon was shot and killed.  What
to do? Where to go? What happened?? Is it true???  I called the station from the
phone booth in front of Jonathan Swifts and Oedi, who was doing a show then,
told me that it was indeed true.  "Do you want to come up?"  "Yes. I'd like to
be where the music is..."  The rest of that long, long night my friend and band
mate Steve Gilligan and I sat in the studio listening, numb, getting records out
of the library [records are made of vinyl and smell good] and talking, talking,
talking.  It was light out when we left 'BCN.

There was a time in the 70's & early 80's where your band could make a TAPE and
get it on the radio.  We made many of them and they ALL got played in heavy
rotation.  As did our records.  Ken Shelton most championed our band.  It was
long ago when the world was different.

Thanks for the ride 'BCN

Ever been phoned in Upton Mass. for being a lucky nice guy?

Sal Baglio

::  charles laquidara, mississippi fats, mississippi harold wilson, oedipus,
maxanne sartori; the prudential center  ::

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THE STOMPERS
"Stompilation" Compilation
Original Recordings, 1983 to 1985
Now Available
More Details

"STOMPILATION!
18 original recordings from 1983 to 1985
featuring all the hits and more...
$20
BUY STOMPILATION! NOW
and for a limited time also receive
The Stompers Live Scrapbook CD
**FREE**

"Visit

http://www.thestompers.com/

to get yours today!!"

SOURCE: The Stompers, "'Stompilation' Now Available!" July 22, 2009.

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VOODOO JETS
"Welcome to the Real World"
[Which in this instance I believe would be New Haven - Ed.]

<> "New Voodoo Jets Single Debuts on Jango

http://www.jango.com/music/The+Voodoo+Jets

"July 2009 - Connecticut's The Voodoo Jets, gaining notoriety with critical
acclaim all across the USA , have decided to release a 2nd collection of songs
since the tragic passing of drummer John Fowler in 2008. Remaining members
Francesco perrouna and Micah Sheveloff have gathered a handful of unreleased
recordings featuring Fowler and will be adding three new tracks with a very
special guest drummer (to be announced).

"The new single, entitled 'Welcome to the Real World,' features lead vocals and
lyrics by Perrouna and Sheveloff's trademark raging keyboard sound. Engineered
by Philip Maniatty, the song is classic Voodoo Jets energy from start to finish.
'It has been difficult getting back to it since John died, however I know he'd
want us to put out these songs,' said Perrouna."

SOURCE: Mike James, "New Voodoo Jets Single Debuts on Jango," July 21, 2009.

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THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND
Track List

The following list is from the announcement on Rock Band's website.

• Twist And Shout / Cavern Club
• Do You Want To Know A Secret / Cavern Club
• Can't Buy Me Love / Ed Sullivan Theater
• I Wanna Be Your Man / Ed Sullivan Theater
• Eight Days A Week / Shea Stadium
• Paperback Writer / Budokan
• And Your Bird Can Sing / Budokan
• Yellow Submarine / Abbey Road Dreamscape
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band* / Abbey Road Dreamscape
• With a Little Help from My Friends* / Abbey Road Dreamscape
• Within You Without You / Tomorrow Never Knows / Abbey Road Dreamscape
• Revolution / Abbey Road Dreamscape
• Birthday / Abbey Road Dreamscape
• Dig A Pony / Rooftop Concert
• I've Got A Feeling / Rooftop Concert

This list is presented as additional to the original track list, though the
prior Rock Band announcement has proven to be elusive.  These tracks are said to
come with the game, as opposed to being later downloadable content (DLC).

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HENRY LOUIS GATES
Notorious Boston Arrest

<> It is doubtful that much of anyone among our readers has missed that an
eminent black Harvard University professor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., was arrested
early this week, and great controversy has followed.  Though it seems doubtful
that we have ever mentioned Professor Gates by name in this newsletter, we have
had an item which owes a considerable debt to his research efforts.

Prof. Gates showed that an historic book, "Our Nig," was written by Harriet E.
Wilson of Milford, New Hampshire, a woman whose mother was white and her father
was black.  This is the earliest-known published book by an African-American
woman and the first book by an African-American author, woman or man, published
in the United States.  This discovery made by Prof. Gates is of terrific
literary and historical significance; and it has aroused much interest
internationally, but particulary in New Hampshire.

It has been my endeavor to add what I can to Prof. Gates research findings,
though the direct contributions I have made have been rather modest.  But...

The latest republication of "Our Nig" includes a new introduction of good size,
along with a great deal of other documentation, both of terrific worth, written
by Gabrielle Foreman and Reg Pitts, who I personally e-introduced to one
another.  They had previously not made each other's acquaintance.  In this
volume and the other recent Harriet Wilson book, my name appears in the
acknowledgments.  So even though my part in advancing this line of research has
been less than I would want, the generosity of the three authors has made me
look like a first-string Harriet Wilson scholar.

You may be sure that the recent incident in Boston involving the arrest of Prof.
Gates was of fantastic interest to me.

[Basic data on this topic is scarce, to say the least; so the coincidence is
nothing short of astonishing that a small amount of significant new information
about the African-American community of Harriet Wilson's times in Milford, New
Hampshire has come my way in just the past three or four hours.]

Harriet Wilson credited the authorship of the book to "Nig," meaning herself;
and the prevailing thought has it that this work is largely autobiographical,
"Nig" being a principal character.  Some present "Our Nig" as an autobiography,
while I would call it an autobiographical novel or story.  Either way, the book
gives a colorful if often unpleasant account of Harriet Wilson's work for
Milford's Hayward family, inlaws of David Hutchinson, the eldest brother of
members of the Hutchinson Family of antislavery singers.  Wilson represents
several members of the Hayward family as having been abusive.  One needn't go
looking to find irony in this book.

With this discovery and others, Henry Louis Gates pushed back, quite far in
history, our understanding of the origins of African-American literature.  His
contributions to African and African-American studies have been huge.  So it was
very sad but quite interesting to learn, early this week, of the arrest of Prof.
Gates and the almost immediate interpretation of his arrest as a racial
incident.

No matter how this news story comes out, we will tremendously admire Henry Louis
Gates for his scholarly work and for his presentations of his academic findings.
He also has been a great guest on "Charlie Rose."
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PATTI CASEY
In "Woody Guthrie's American Song"

<> Patti Casey is the music director for, and is acting in a production of,
"Woody Guthrie's American Song" by the Vermont Stage Company, which stagine is
running at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury, Vermont, through Sunday, July
26, 2009.

SOURCE: Will Forest, "Patti Casey - 'The Call' and Woody Guthrie 'An American
Song,'" July 24, 2009.

::  woody guthrie  ::
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THE RAT
A Query

<> Years ago we received a photo of the Boston punk rock club, The Rat, in
Kenmore Square.  This particular shot was taken just minutes before a wrecking
ball did its work on this now-much-missed establishment.  It appears that I no
longer have any record of who took and who sent that photograph.  Are you
familiar with this picture?  Do you know the name of the photographer?

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EILEEN ROSE BAND
The Forthcoming Album

<> "Eileen, Rich and Nate have already recorded some of the new album in
Nashville, and they have been back in the studio this week in Berlin.

"The track listing will include 'All These Pretty Things,' 'The One You Wanted'
and 'Sad Ride Home.'  Also, a new version of 'Silver Ladle' with a guest
appearance by Eileen's friend, singer/fiddle player Joshua Hedley. Rumour has it
that this album will have an organic, stripped down sound to it..."

SOURCE: Eileen Rose, "Eileen Rose Newsletter," July 23, 2009.

::  rich gilbert  ::
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BIT AND PIECE

<> A documentary about The Rat in Boston's Kenmore Square is in the making. 
Blowfish, of PunkBlowfish.com and also well known in connection with Miss Lyn's
Boston Groupie News, says THREE documentaries are in the works.  So clearly The
Rat is a hot topic these days.  This newsletter issue even has a query, above,
having to do with The Rat.
.


HELP ME WANDA, HELP, HELP ME WANDA
The Great Wanda Jackson in the News

<> At Yahoo Music News, it has been an extremely slow week for news that might
be of particular interest to our readership, though the score may have been
better with other crowds.  However, any shortage of interest for us among the
other articles of the week ought to be made up for by this one.  Wanda Jackson
had a perfectly amazing supercharged voice with power enough to blow the
Starship Enterprise off-course into the Twilight Zone.

It doesn't get any better than the best of Wanda Jackson's early rockabilly
records.

Wanda Jackson was once on a Southern tour in which the several headliners were
backed up, amazing as it may seem, by Buddy Holly and the Crickets.  I wouldn't
have minded catching those shows.

Here is the Yahoo Music News headline for the Friday afternoon Associated Press
story about this one-woman vocal riot in cellblock number nine:

Life is still `a party' for rockabilly queen
AP – Fri Jul 24, 5:21 pm ET
In this photo shot Tuesday, May 19, 2009, Wanda Jackson plays... AP

OKLAHOMA CITY - It took Wanda Jackson a long time to get inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame, but now that she's there, the 71-year-old Queen of
Rockabilly and her uninhibited voice are busier than ever.
.


MADAME BLAVATSKY
On Coast to Coast AM
Tonight

<> Anyone interested in life's unexplained mysteries would want to know of a
presentation announced for tonight on the overnight radio broadcast, Coast to
Coast AM, about the ideas of

: : : Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891)

Apparently this show is to include material that has not previously been
translated into English.

Madame Blavatsky was the founder of the field called theosophy.  This is pretty
nearly everything I know, except that the thinking of Madame Blavatsky intrigued
very large numbers of nineteenth-century people and were much sought after.  Her
influence has run right down to the present and, no doubt, will continue.
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We make exceptions when show listings are part of an item of more general
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Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life

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Issue 2009:336
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We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
: : : Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
: : : All rights reserved. Used with permission.

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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.
.

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

<>

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!

-

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.
.


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.
.


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.
.


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.
.


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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of the main ways we pick up readers.
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<> As a rule, we do not post SHOW LISTINGS.  The reason is quite simple.  Though
our name is the NEW ENGLAND Music Scrapbook, probably an easy majority of our
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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... Shows can be canceled, sold out, or even moved to another date or location. 
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Hi.

WBCN-FM, as I imagine our Boston-area readers would already know, is ending its
broadcasts.  I only learned about this, myself, an hour ago or not much more,
being based in Vermont.  Thanks to Ron Erickson of Gary Shane and the Detour for
passing along the news.

This is pretty much all I know at the moment.

Many of our readers are ex-New Englanders, living in spots even more remote from
Boston than Vermont.  So it seems likely a good percentage of them have not yet
heard about this.

If this is news to you, you may want to search Google News or Yahoo News on WBCN
to learn more.

Yahoo Groups is out of service from Monday to today, and I am not totally clear
on whether it is back up and running yet.  So I want to try sending this message
right away to find out whether it will actually get mailed.

Below are some key hitlist entries from my own Yahoo News search, minutes ago,
on WBCN.

RiP WBCN ex-FM

Alan

WBCN signs off air in CBS Boston radio shakeup
A major shakeup on the Boston radio dial is marking the end of an era for WBCN,
one of the nation's first progressive rock stations that helped launch U2 and
other prominent artists.
Boston Globe - Jul 14 8:55 PM

Corporate parent kills WBCN
Closing time WBCN-FM, a/k/a the "Rock of Boston," has as storied a history as
any Boston radio station, but its 41-year run on the local airwaves is ending
with a whimper. VIEW : Photos of WBCN through the years WBCN-FM, a/k/a the "Rock
of Boston," has as storied a history as any Boston radio station, but its
41-year run on the local airwaves is ending with a whimper. As Phoenix affiliate
101.7 ...
The Phoenix - Jul 15 7:26 AM

Big Boston Radio Swap: WBCN Out, FM Sports In
There's a huge shakeup in Boston radio. Mix 98.5 is moving to 104.1 on the FM
dial and WBCN is going to live on only as an Internet station. So who's taking
over 98.5 on the dial? An all-new sports station.
WBZ Boston - Jul 15 3:42 AM

WBCN signs off air in radio shakeup
A major shakeup on the Boston radio dial is marking the end of an era for WBCN,
one of the nation's first progressive rock stations that helped launch U2 and
other prominent artists. Owner CBS announced Tuesday that WBCN will move its
programming to the Internet and HD Radio as part of a shakeup that also brings
Boston's first FM all-sports station on Aug. 13.
WPRI Providence - Jul 15 5:09 AM

CBS sacks WBCN for all-sports Boston station
In a major shake-up to the local radio landscape, CBS Radio is pulling the plug
on legendary Boston rock station WBCN-FM (104.1) and is switching off the music
for the first...
Boston Herald - Jul 14 10:14 AM

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BRATTLEBORO, VT, July 11 - I should have had this sent already.  Work on this
issue is barely started.  What little time remains is fast running out.  Bad
combination.

And what would a Saturday in the middle of the year be without a forecast of
afternoon thunderstorms?  Unfortunately, we're not going to find out today.

Let's get done as much as we can as quickly as possible.

The big item in this issue, to my mind at least, is our list, so far, of New
England essential record releases.  It is posted below.  We are still soliciting
suggestions and we will continue asking for suggestions for some time to come. 
It seems to me that, as we go along, this gets easier.  At first, the holes
needing to be filled were pretty nearly the whole thing.  But now summer is upon
us, holes in our list are getting smaller, and issues are being narrowed.  Many
people now, I believe, will have little if any trouble seeing essential albums,
album tracks, DVDs, singles, EPs, videos, 78s, scores, and piano rolls that have
been missed.

Following the latest version of our essential records list is a set of
instructions.

Our subscribers, Yahoo Groups home page visitors, correspondents, and
miscellaneous contributors are the experts on this topic.  May they send us
their best thoughts.

There is just so much longer I can count on Jupiter/Zeus holding off with those
lightning bolts, so I am calling it quits early and getting this issue sent.  I
have done my level best, in a set of Bits and Pieces entries in Brief items,
below, to make up for my haste.
.


<> Thanks to Amy Fairchild and to JoEllen.

<> Get well wishes to Brian in western Massachusetts.


READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU, scroll right past whatever doesn't.
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, July 7th

BIG D & THE KIDS TABLE - Fluent In Stroll - $9.99

BORN OF OSIRIS - Higher Place - $9.99
<> I know nothing about Born of Osiris, but I do know that we don't have to be
found by the common Victorian practice of mispronouncing words by severely
Anglicizing them. The last word in this band name is properly pronounced
oh-zir-EES. The correct pronunciation of "Isis" is iz-EES.

CAGE - Depart From Me - $9.99
DONNAS - Greatest Hits Vol. 16 - $9.99
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS - Live From Austin, TX (CD/DVD)-$14.99
JAYHAWKS - Music From The North Country - $9.99
JAYHAWKS - Music From The North Country (Deluxe Edition)-$25.99
OAKENFOLD, PAUL - Perfecto Vegas - $11.88
SOUNDTRACK-HANNAH MONTANA 3 - $11.88
SON VOLT - American Central Dust - $9.99
SOULIVE - Up Here (CD/DVD)-$7.99

<>

featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, July 7th

070609_pushPush
$19.99 DVD

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "July 6 Newbury Comics New Releases and More," July 6,
2009.

<> I know little if anything about most of this week's Newbury Comics artists
with new releases, and the person who normally advises us on the other side of
the new generation gap is otherwise engaged.  Fortunately, though this list is
considerably shortened here, we have interesting information elsewhere in this
newsletter issue about record releases with prominent New England connections.

Is Big D and the Kids Table a Boston band?  I am thinking it may be, but at the
moment my mind is more on potential trouble coming from the skies.  If you know,
please let us know.

::  the drive by truckers, paul oakenfold; nems query, nemsquery  ::
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STOMPERS
At Market Days and Summer Music Festival
Downtown Concord, New Hampshire
Saturday, July 11, 2009
8 p.m.
- Plus -
"Stompilation" Coming July 18

THE STOMPERS with The Tornado Alley Horns

FREE SHOW!!!

MARKET DAYS and SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL  Downtown Concord NH

***Saturday July 18, 2009 8PM***

For directions & more info:

  http://www.mainstreetconcord.com/06even02b.html

STOMPILATION!

Release date JULY 18

18 tracks

all original recordings

http://www.thestompers.com/

SOURCE: Salvatore Baglio, "Stompilation!" July 11, 2009.

<> If "Stompilation" is what I take it to be, this ought to be a MAJOR treat. 
The Stompers could rock, can rock, and will still be able to really rock for a
good long time to come.  This band has also produced some excellent songwriting,
"First Kiss" still being my favorite.

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GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS
Vermont Homecoming Appearance
On the Waterfront
Burlington, Vermont
Sunday, July 12, 2009

<> "Put on your Sunday best 'cause this Sunday, July 12th, we will be rocking
Burlington's Waterfront in our only summer headlining appearance in New England!
The show is a part of Vermont's Quadricentennial Festival, celebrating the
anniversary of the discovery of the magical Lake Champlain. GPN will be debuting
original songs from our brand new album, 'Medicine,' produced by T-Bone Burnett,
as well as kicking out a wide array of tunes from our back catalog. This will be
our first show in VT with the new lineup featuring Catherine Popper (formerly of
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals) and Burlington's own Benny Yurco! The show is
being filmed for a feature length DVD and TV special, capturing the live
experience of GPN. This is your chance to be a part of our movie! Click here for
more info. Looks like all this rain is going to finally give way to dryness on
Sunday, so come join us to celebrate some fine Vermont summer weather!"

SOURCE: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, "Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
'Homecoming,' July 8, 2009.

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KIMON KIRK

<> Kimon Kirk told us nothing about his new EP and his record-release event, no
doubt wanting to surprise us; but we do have our own sources, one of whom named
the KK CD to our essentials list.  And Billy Beard, in his July 2009 "Lizard
Lounge Listings," leaked details to the masses about the LLounge CD-release
gathering.  Here, and in the Kimon Kirk entry on our essentials list, is pretty
much what we know at present.

Tuesday 7/14 - CD Release Party featuring
KIMON KIRK and his fantastic band (Russell Chudnofsky, Joe Klompus and Lorne
Entress)
with VERY special guests MERRIE AMSTERBURG
AND PAPER SCISSORS (Dave Godowsky, Dave Champagne, Jon Bistline, and Dinty
Child)
8:30 doors /  9:15  show
$8 IN ADVANCE / $10 AT THE DOOR

http://www.myspace.com/kimonkirk

http://www.myspace.com/merrieamsterburg

Does anyone out there know whether this Dave Godowsky of Paper Scissors is the
same as the person named David Godowsky who used to be involved in Rounder
Records publicity?

::  nems query, nemsquery  ::

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NEW ENGLAND ESSENTIAL RECORD RELEASES
The Suggestions We Have So Far

<> I believe this list of suggestions is complete up to this point.  We have
credible promises from a couple incredible people that they will be sending us
their own thoughts, and it is alleged that several other suggestions may be on
the way.  We hope to hear from you, if we have not heard from you already.

Blackjacks
"That's Why I Always Dress in Black"

Boston: Favorite Songs
Original List

1. Loretta, Nervous Eaters
2. Lonelyhearts, The Atlantics
3. All Kindsa Girls, The Real Kids
4. Knock Me Down, The Outlets
5. What Does Sex Mean to Me, Human Sexual Response

Boston: Favorite Songs
Second List

<> Better Off Dead, La Peste
<> Prettiest Girl - The Neighborhoods
<> She Pays the Rent, The Lyres
<> Tessie, Dropkick Murphys
<> When You're Young, The Atlantics

Boston: Favorite Songs
Third List

<> Coast to Coast, The Stompers
<> It's a Night for Beautiful Girls, The Fools
<> Lock It Up, Pastiche
<> Third Generation, The Rings
<> What a Girl Can't Do, Lyres

Boston: Favorite Songs
Fourth List

<> Jackie Onassis, Human Sexual Response
<> Judy, The Dark
<> Just What I Needed, The Cars
[Live recording by The Cars at The Rat, which played on WBCN-FM, was noted]
<> What Gives, The Streets [with Johnny A.]
<> When Things Go Wrong, Robin Lane and the Chartbusters

Willie "Loco" Alexander
"Mass. Ave."

Asa Brebner
"I Walk the Streets"

John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
"On the Dark Side"

Freddy Cannon
"Palisades Park"

Cars
"The Cars"

Cars
"You Might Think" [video]

Bill Chinnock
"Badlands"
[North Country? Atlantic? Version not specified.]

5 Satins
"In the Still of the Nite (I'll Remember)" [single]

J. Geils Band
"Monkey Island"

Kimon Kirk
"Eye on You" EP [brand new]

Spider John Koerner
"Running, Jumping, Standing Still"

Aimee Mann
"Lost in Space"
[Attention was called to this album's Special Edition.]

Erin McKeown
"Distillation"

Mission of Burma
"Academy Fight Song"

Morphine
"Good" [album]

Morphine
"Buena" [single]

Peter Mulvey
"The Trouble With Poets"

Ric Ocasek
"Nexterday"

Robert Ellis Orrall
"Fixation"

Pastiche
"Wicked Intense" [EP]
["Boston Lullaby," "Talk Show," "Terminal Barbershop"]

Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers
"The Monster Mash"

Gene Pitney
"(I Wanna) Love My Life Away" [single]

Pixies
"Surfer Rosa"

Ramrods
"Bright Lit Blue Skies" [single]

Reddy Teddy
"Reddy Teddy"

Remains
"Barry and the Remains"
[This 1991 CD has been replaced by "The Remains," Epic Legacy, 2007.]

Josh Ritter
"Golden Age of Radio"

Gary Shane and the Detour
"Johnny's Coaltrain"

Stone Coyotes
"Ride Away From the World"

Swinging Steaks
"Southside of the Sky"

Tribe
"Abort" [the album]

Wildweeds
"No Good To Cry" [single]

Dar Williams
"End of the Summer"

Peter Wolf
"Sleepless"

Various Artists
"Mass. Ave.: The Boston Scene (1975-83)"

We at the New England Music Scrapbook Newsletter are seeking suggestions for a
list of New England music record releases that may be judged to be essential
listening matter: records of great beauty, artistic expression, skilled
performance, emotional power, historic significance, or just plain must-hear
music for whatever reason.

With luck, the suggestions we receive will not concentrate really heavily on the
best known and most obvious recordings.  A record only needs to be truly
essential in your view.  It does not need to be the MOST essential.  We
certainly do not need dozens of people all recommending the same titles by the
same acts.

Recordings need not necessarily be really old, and the acts that issued them
need not be all veterans.  An essential recording could have been issued by an
emerging artist or could have come out this year or even this month.  In the
case of the Kimon Kirk EP, the release party isn't until next week.

To make a suggestion, e-mail it to us at

: : : FredRemainsLost At Yahoo Dot Com

only convert this into an all-lowercase conventional e-mail address.

Please make just one suggestion, name the record and artist you favor, and use
Essential Record for your subject line.  If your recommendation is something
other than an album, please explain what it is.  An EP?  Soundtrack cut? 
Concert videocassette?  We may not necessarily know.

We value your knowledge and crave your thoughts.  Please send us an essential
record release suggestion.

[We really are looking for only one suggestion from each contributor to this
survey. I have included a few short lists above, though, because they dovetail
wonderfully with one another and take a huge step toward capturing a great time,
the early 1980s, in Boston, New England's biggest city.]

::  nems query, nemsquery  ::

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ROCK BAND
This Week's Downloadable Content (DLC)
With Notable Boston Content

Big Dipper "All Going Out Together"
Big Dipper "She's Fetching"
Big Dipper "Younger Bums"
Judas Priest "Dissident Aggressor (Live)"
Judas Priest "Eat Me Alive (Live)"
Judas Priest "Prophecy (Live)"
The Dead Weather "Hang You From the Heavens"
The Dead Weather "No Hassle Night"
The Dead Weather "Treat Me Like Your Mother"

SOURCE: Rock Band Website.

<> I always liked Big Dipper.  The person who sent us this list favors "She's
Fetching," and it is the DLC track that I remember best.

If I can get "Supercluster," the Big Dipper box set, from several years back,
added to our catalog in time, I will post details here next issue or at least
soon. - Ed.
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FOOLS
Major-Label Two-fer
It's Been a Long Time Coming

<> One of our most regular correspondents searched Amazon.com for availability
of Fools records and came across this delightful - to say the least - surprise:

Fools
"Sold Out / Heavy Mental"
(CD, Infinity Entertainment Group, 2009)

My own searches since turned up extraordinarily few details and nothing at all
about a release date, making me wonder whether this disc is out just yet. 
Nonetheless, there was really good stuff on the original vinyl LPs; and this
two-fer ought to be well worth whatever wait remains.

Close readers and others may notice that I waffled on our essentials list over
which Fools record to name.  While "Alibi" is my personal favorite Fools track
and it readily qualifies as essential to me, personally, I was not at all sure
it would be the most essential Fools recording to the greater part of everyone
else.  With that doubt in mind, I switched to "It's a Night for Beautiful
Girls," a selection which I believe would draw more general agreement.  I stuck
to my guns, though, with "What a Girl Can't Do" by The Lyres, over what seems
likely is the far better known "I Want To Help You Ann."
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LISA MARTIN
"Good Love Is Hard To Find" Nomination

Lisa Martin has big news in the serious recognition department.

<> "I was notified that my song, 'Good Love Is Hard To Find,' was nominated in
the Just Plain Folks Music Awards, an international competition that received
over 500,000 submissions!  My song was nominated in the Americana category and I
am in very good company there.  Whether or not I win, it's an honor to be
selected out of that many songs and make it to the finals."

SOURCE: RedLionRecords At AOL Dot Com, "Nashville Show Tomorrow, July 5, and JPF
Music Awards Nomination!" July 4, 2009.
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THE CARS
CarsUnreleased Dot Com

<> Our list of New England essential record releases now includes "Just What I
Needed," recorded live at The Rat in Kenmore Square in the early days.  This
recording played on Boston's WBCN-FM.  Reference to this live taping set off a
chain of events that brought us to

http://carsunreleased.com/CARS_Rare_Unreleased.html

I, personally, have a very old computer system on dialup and, incidentally, I
connect to the Web without the aid of an Internet Service Provider.  We are
talking really primitive stuff here.  But after one of my Google Web searches
turned up this Cars-related website, one of our regulars, who has a computer
system that is primed for the new millennium, visited CarsUnreleased Dot Com and
totally enjoyed the experience.  So, I am passing along the direct Web address
for anyone with more Web power than me who cares to give it a shot.
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ANDY PRATT
"Live at the Village Underground" CD

<> When looking into the question of what is Andy Pratt's most recent record, I
found a listing for this June 16, 2009 release:

Andy Pratt
"Live at the Village Underground NYC"
(CD, Renaissance Records RENA2562, 2009)

I'd call that recent.

It is possible this may be a physical product version of a digital-only release
of several years back.  I didn't get quite far enough to be sure.  Either way,
Avenging Annie's 1970s pal is back with a new-to-us album.
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KORN
The Massachusetts Connection

Apparently the band, Korn, has a very strong Massachusetts connection; but I am
drawing a complete blank as to what that connection may be.  If you know and
would be willing to share your information, please e-mail us at

: : : FredRemainsLost At Yahoo Dot Com

only convert this into an all-lowercase conventional e-mail address.

::  nems query, nemsquery  ::
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FOOLS
"Psycho Chicken"
A Query

<> If you know of an official CD release of "Psycho Chicken" by The Fools and
you could send us some details, please e-mail us at

: : : FredRemainsLost At Yahoo Dot Com

only convert this into an all-lowercase conventional e-mail address.

One of our correspondents has heard that "Psycho Chicken" appeared on a
compilation; and I will look into this, but only after sending this newsletter
issue.  Meanwhile, if you are already aware of a CD release, please let us know.

::  nems query, nemsquery  ::
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BITS AND PIECES

The sky is looking worrisome.  Here are some quick items I believe we still have
time for.  Maybe we can include more details in later issues.  Meanwhile, please
keep in mind that I am going largely on memory here.

<> Maine singer-songwriter David Mallett has a new album set to come out the
chute.  A medley of some sort of his new songs is available for listening at his
website.  Mallett has written some of the classic songs of the coffeehouse and
folk festival repertoire, and he is very well versed in country music.

<> Roger Salloom has a new album; and since we were sent a good deal of
material, I really regret not having time left to post it here.  Two Roger
Salloom regional hits that I know of - "Out of Worcester" and "Margret McGee" -
plus the documentary about him are worthy of consideration for our essentials
list.

<> The Michael Merenda and Ruth Ungar Merenda - Mike and Ruthy - forthcoming CD
is being mixed.

<> There was a mid-day show today in Boston's Jamaica Plain by a new group
involving at least Amy Fairchild and Carla Ryder.  We hope to hear more about
this band.

<> Joan Wasser of Joan as Police Woman has an album, called "Cover," of
interpretations of other writers' works.  I would be hesitant to characterize
this as an album of covers, since it seems to me we can count on Ms. Wasser to
give each individual piece her own special twirl.  News of this release sounds
very promising.

<> Banjo Dan Lindner of Vermont's Banjo Dan and the Mid-Nite Plowboys released
his first solo full-length effort on cassette only many years ago.  Even having
followed Banjo Dan since the band's debut LP, I am drawing a blank on the
Lindner cassette.  But it has been reborn in the new millennium by way of a CD
reissue.  When there is more time and the sky is not darkening, maybe I can post
the Banjo Dan announcement.

<> Phil Rosenthal: I was not aware that Phil Rosenthal, formerly of the Seldom
Scene, is the father of Naomi Sommers.  Her current newsletter is devoted
largely to his latest record release.

<> Crooked Still has a live CD, featuring the band's new lineup, which is
available at shows and by way of the Signature Sounds website.
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our name is the NEW ENGLAND Music Scrapbook, probably an easy majority of our
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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We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, July 3 - The slowdown we have experienced coming up to
Independence Day has not let up, now that we are into the holiday weekend.  "No
news is good news" was the theme of the overnight, and so far today we have
received one lone e-mail from that Massachusetts gal and great American, Kris
Delmhorst.

Normally I would hold this literary work until Saturday, thinking more news
e-mails might arrive by then.  But at the moment at least, it is looking as
though there will be few more - if any more - newsy inbound mailings between now
and next week.

It had been my intention to post an update of suggestions for our list of New
England essential record releases; but energy appears most heavily concentrated
on people's holiday weekend plans, and it seems unlikely the list would get a
lot of attention right now.  So I will plan to post an updated list next issue. 
Let me just say that, so far, we have no suggestions of essential recordings by
such huge star acts as Aerosmith, Boston, Dick Curless, New Edition, New Kids on
the Block, Phish, and Donna Summer.  No recordings by popular and influential
artists Willie Alexander, Tom Lehrer, and John Lincoln Wright have been named. 
There are no suggestions of titles by any of the late-1960s "Boston Sound" bands
or their contemporaries. (No "Can't Find the Time To Tell You"? Yikes!)  The
great states of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, as far as I am aware,
are not represented.  There are no country or blues records on our list at this
time.  No rockabilly.  No jazz.  No "Alice's Restaurant" by Arlo Guthrie.  No
"It's Been a While" by Staind.  No "More Than Words" by Extreme, a single that
got a vast amount of airplay.  The list goes on and on.  So while a lot of holes
have been filled, many remain.  We'll get back to this next issue, and
suggestions in the meantime are welcome via

FredRemainsLost At Yahoo Dot Com

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, June 30th

ATLANTICS - Power Pop - $9.99
<> Thanks to JoEllen for checking. This is, indeed, a lineup of the 1970s/1980s
Boston band. This release ought to excite many of our readers.

BJORK - Voltaic - $9.99
BJORK-Voltaic (CD/DVD)-$17.99
BJORK-Voltaic  (2 CD/2 DVD)-$39.99

CULT OF LUNA - Eternal Kingdom Redux (CD/DVD)-$9.99
<> It seems highly doubtful this act has anything in particular to do with
either of the two Boston-connected bands called Luna. We are told that Cult of
Luna is mentioned alongside Epica, Isis, and Kamelot.

HELM, LEVON - Electric Dirt - $9.99
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - Volunteers (Woodstock 2-CD)-$15.99
JOPLIN, JANIS - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama (Woodstock 2 CD)-$15.99
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE-Killswitch Engage-$12.88
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - Killswitch Engage (CD/DVD)-$17.99
KING, ALBERT/ VAUGHAN, STEVIE RAY - In Session - $13.88
MOBY - Wait For Me - $9.99
SANTANA - Santana (Woodstock 2 CD)-$15.99
SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE - Stand (Woodstock 2 CD) - $15.99
SONDHEIM, STEPHEN - Road Show - $19.99
SPOON - TBA - $4.99
STEWART, ROD - Atlantic Crossing (Limited Edition)- $22.99
STEWART, ROD - Night On The Town (2 CD)-$22.99

THOMAS, ROB - Cradlesong - $12.88
THOMAS, ROB - Something To Be - $16.99
<> Rob Thomas is of Matchbox 20 fame.

TWISTED SISTER - Stay Hungry: 25th Anniversary Edition - $14.99
WHITESNAKE - Slide It In: 25th Anniversary Edition (Deluxe Edition) - $19.99
WHITESNAKE - Slip Of The Tongue (Deluxe Edition) - $19.99
WILCO - Wilco (The Album) - $9.99
WINTER, JOHNNY - Live Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - $9.99
WINTER, JOHNNY - Johnny Winter (Woodstock 2 CD)-$15.99

<>

featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, June 30th

062909_blackcrowesThe Black Crowes
Warpaint: Live
$9.99 DVD

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "June 29 Newbury Comics Coupons and New Releases," June
29, 2009.

Atlantics
"Power Pop" (CD, 2009)

Killswitch Engage
"Killswitch Engage" (CD, 2009)

Killswitch Engage
"Killswitch Engage" (CD/DVD, 2009)

Moby
"Wait for Me" (CD, 2009)

::  levon helm, janis joplin, albert king, stephen sondheim, rod stewart, stevie
ray vaughan  ::
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PRESS RELEASES THIS WEEK

<> Green River Festival in Greenfield, Massachusetts, July 17 and July 18, 2009,
including a celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of the beloved Whately,
Massachusetts record label, Signature Sounds.

<> Seth Glier has signed to Rachael Sage's MPress Records label.
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SETH GLIER
Signed to MPress Records

Seth Glier has signed to MPress Records, the label of a NEMS favorite, pop/rock
singer-songwriter Rachael Sage.  Rachael would be a tough person to pigeonhole;
but whatever category you may place her in, she would be the flashiest dresser
in that category.  We will include here the first part of Seth Glier's own
announcement of the signing, and we will post the MPress Records press release
below.

"Seth Signs to MPress Records

<> "New York, New York - MPress Records has just inked a three album deal with
20-year-old pianist/singer-songwriter Seth Glier.  MPress, which has
internationally distributed nine albums by art-pop songstress Rachael Sage, also
produces the NEW ARRIVALS charity compilation series, and has presented artist
showcases at such industry events as SXSW, CMJ, Folk Alliance Conference and
MIDEM.

"Glier, who hails from Western Massachusetts and was recently featured in The
Boston Globe for his 100% Fan Funded Tour, is a multi-instrumentalist who has
released several DIY projects since his early teens."

SOURCE: SethGlier Dot Com, "Announcing the BIGGEST News Ever," June 29, 2009.

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BAND HERO
The Game

http://www.destructoid.com/e3-09-band-hero-artists-revealed-includes-janet-jacks\
on--134591.phtml

<> Given what little information [we] know about Activision's upcoming Band
Hero, we just assumed it was Guitar Hero with more "mainstream" pop artists
artists.  Being the first E10+ game in the series, we weren't really sure what
to expect from the game's music.

On one of what seems like a billion jumbo-tron screens, Activision was pimping
all of its Hero games, Band included.  The never-before-seen trailer revealed
some of the 50-plus artists that would appear in the game, including: Janet
Jackson; Jesse McCartney; Culture Club; Snow Patrol; The Go-Gos; Fall Out Boy;
The Turtles; Marvin Gaye; and Maroon 5.

Well, that's ... interesting.  Which Janet Jackson song do you hope to be
rocking with three other friends this November, when the game ships?  For my
money, I don't think "What Have You Done For Me Lately?" can be beat.

SOURCE: Stephen Lewis, E-Mail Message, July 2, 2009. The direct Web address
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ATLANTICS
"Power Pop" CD

<> The Atlantics out of Boston may have reached highs in the 1970s and 1980s,
but band members are hip to the twenty-first century.  They have a MySpace page.

http://www.myspace.com/atlantics

And a new compact disc.
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TOM RUSH
"Classic Rush" on CD

<> You may know about this CD reissue already, but I certainly did not.

Tom Rush
"Classic Rush"
(CD, Wounded Bird Records WOU 4062, 2009;
original LP Elektra Records, 1970)

I stumbled across a listing for this album.  That entry gave the distinct
impression that this record is out already and has been for a while.  If Tom
Rush announced this reissue in one of his mailings, I missed it.
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NERVOUS EATERS
"Nervous Eaters" CD

<> Wounded Bird Records is set to release the "Nervous Eaters" album on compact
disc.  I take this to mean that

Nervous Eaters
"Nervous Eaters" (LP, Elektra Records 6E-282, 1980)

is to be reissued on CD.  Online sources were not unanimous regarding the
release date.  As far as I got, most sources said the album would come out on
August 11, 2009, though at least one posting preferred a July 13 release date.

When one considers that the Nervous Eaters could really rock, the Elektra album
seemed very restrained.  However, songwriting was a strength for the band; and
subtlety often does a lot better on CD than it did on vinyl.  The Rubber Rodeo
major label debut is a case in point.  Assuming "Nervous Eaters" is, indeed, a
reissue of the eponymous 1980 Elektra Records release, perhaps it will get more
of a chance today than it did in its original LP trial.
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DAVE CARTER
Tribute by Mark Erelli

<> Mark Erelli, in the July issue of his fan newsletter, paid a nice tribute to
the late Dave Carter.  Among other things, Erelli said,
"[U]nlike some artists whose greatest work seems fixed in time, I always got the
impression that the next new song of Dave Carter's I heard would be his best one
yet."

It was my sense, too, that, though Carter had already written a good many great
songs, his best work was likely ahead of him.

Erelli's July free download is what he calls a "homespun demo" of a Dave Carter
song.

Mark Erelli
"Long Black Road Into Tulsa Town"
(July MP3 of the Month, www.MarkErelli.com, 2009)
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WHO FRAMED JACK KEROUAC

<> Mythologist John Lash was the guest on "Coast to Coast AM" in the
Thursday-Friday overnight.  In addition to talking about mythology, he spoke of
a current effort to write a screenplay of the book, "Doctor Sax," by Jack
Kerouac.  For those who haven't heard already, this may be of special interest
in that "Doctor Sax" has to do with growing up in Lowell, Massachusetts.  Lash
envisions a film not unlike "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," combining live action
with animation.
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GREEN RIVER FESTIVAL
July 17 and July 18, 2009

Green River Festival w. Michael Franti, Sharon Jones, Kathleen Edwards and more,
July 17 and 18

UPDATED PRESS RELEASE
Thursday, June 25, 2009

PRESS RELEASE
                                                         FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

23rd ANNUAL GREEN RIVER FESTIVAL TO FEATURE MICHAEL FRANTI, SHARON JONES & THE
DAP-KINGS, KATHLEEN EDWARDS AND MANY MORE

SPECIAL FRIDAY EVENING CONCERT CELEBRATES THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF SIGNATURE
SOUNDS RECORDINGS

<> THE GREEN RIVER FESTIVAL, Western New England's favorite summer festival will
be held July 17 & 18, 2009 on the grounds of Greenfield Community College (I-91,
Exit 26, Greenfield, MA). Presented by the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce,
this celebration combines music on two stages, food, crafts, a dance tent, a
wide array of kid's activities and entertainment, and hot air balloons for the
Pioneer Valley's biggest outdoor event of the summer. This is the only music
festival in Massachusetts that features hot air balloons and rides. Complete
event information is available by calling (413) 773-5463, via e-mail:
fccc@..., and on the web: www.greenriverfestival.com.

FRIDAY, July 17: Fifteen Signature Sounds artists will perform and celebrate the
15th year anniversary of the Western Massachusetts-based label. There will be
surprise collaborations and special guests:

Chris Smither
Crooked Still
Richard Shindell
Winterpills
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem
Kris Delmhorst
Eilen Jewell
Tracy Grammer & Jim Henry
Peter Mulvey
Sometymes Why
Jeffrey Foucault
Mark Erelli
The Sacred Shakers
Caroline Herring
The Sweetback Sisters

Gates open at 5:00 PM and the music starts at 5:40. Hot Air Balloon launch also
begins at 6:00 PM. The evening closes with a spectacular balloon illumination at
9:30 PM.
SATURDAY, July 18: 6:00 AM - Hot Air Balloon launch (free admission to launch).

MAIN STAGE PERFORMERS: Michael Franti & Spearhead, Sharon Jones and The
Dap-Kings, Kathleen Edwards, Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women (featuring Laurie
Lewis, Cindy Cashdollar and others), and Justin Townes Earle.

DANCE TENT PERFORMERS:  CJ Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Trombone
Shorty and Orleans Avenue, The Sweetback Sisters, Mike & Ruthy, Swing Caravan,
and Naia Kete.

Saturday starts with free admission to the grounds for a traditional 6:00 AM
balloon launch. Gates open to paying festival goers at 12:30 PM and the music
starts at 1:50 PM. Games, songs, and activities for children will be featured
all day. Adults may picnic and visit a variety of booths where craftspeople will
be showing their original work, all while enjoying world-class music. Plenty of
food and beverages including ethnic specialties, vegetarian, and great classic
American fare will be available throughout the event.  An evening hot air
balloon launch is scheduled at 6:00 PM.

ADMISSION:  From June 1 -July 12, discounted weekend ticket price is $45. Day of
festival prices: Friday- $25. Saturday- $45, $60 for weekend. Children under 12
are free. Tickets may be purchased on line by credit card at
www.greenriverfestival.com. Tickets are also available at the Franklin County
Chamber of Commerce office (395 Main Street in Greenfield),  World Eye Books in
Greenfield, all Turn It Up! Music locations, and Elmer's Store in Ashfield.

BALLOON RIDES: Pre-festival price is $225 per person, $250 at the event. Call
(413) 773-5463 for reservations and more details. Balloon Rides may also be
purchased on-line at: www.greenriverfestival.com. Festival admission in included
in the cost.

Passengers must be over the age of 10 and in good health.  If you are pregnant,
recently released from the hospital, have current broken bones or casts you will
not be able to qualify to purchase a ride. Passengers under the age of 18 must
have parental permission or the parent must fly with them. Riders are accepted
at the discretion of the ride operator. All passengers will be required to sign
a release form provided at the Festival balloon tent. The balloons, due to
winds, can only inflate and fly during early morning or evening hours.  They do
not fly during the day.

Rain or shine, the festival takes place on the grounds of Greenfield Community
College, Greenfield, MA- one mile from the Route 2 / Interstate 91 rotary at
I-91 exit 26.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE *

Friday, July 17

MAIN STAGE

All times are P.M.

5:40-5:55      House band/special guest
6:00-6:20      Tracy Grammer
6:25-6:45      Mark Erelli
6:50-7:10      Caroline Herring
7:15-7:35      Jeffrey Foucault
7:40-8:00      Peter Mulvey
8:05-8:25      Kris Delmhorst
8:30-9:00      Richard Shindell
9:05-9:35      Chris Smither
9:50-10:20    Crooked Still
10:35-11:00  Eilen Jewell

DANCE TENT

6:00-6:45        Sometymes Why
7:00-7:45        Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem
8:00-8:45        The Sacred Shakers
9:00-9:45        The Sweetback Sisters
10:00-10:45    Winterpills
11:00-12:00    Campfire (Artists in the round)

Saturday, July 18

MAIN STAGE

1:50-2:20       Swing Caravan
2:30-3:15       Justin Townes Earle
3:35-4:35       Kathleen Edwards
5:00-6:00       Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women
6:30-7:50       Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings
8:20-9:55       Michael Franti & Spearhead

DANCE TENT

2:15-3:00       Mike & Ruthy
3:15-3:50       Swing Caravan
4:05-5:05       Naia Kete
5:30-6:45       The Sweetback Sisters
7:15-8:45       C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band
9:15-10:45     Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue


* Schedule is subject to change.

Plenty of free parking is available on site. Balloon rides are weather
permitting. Sorry, no dogs or alcohol are permitted at the festival.

http://www.greenriverfestival.com/

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Press Release

SETH GLIER
SIGNED TO MPRESS RECORDS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 29, 2009

MPress Records Signs Seth Glier To Multi-Album Deal

NEW YORK, NY — MPress Records has just inked a three album deal with 20-
year-old pianist/singer-songwriter Seth Glier. MPress, which has internationally
distributed nine albums by art-pop songstress Rachael Sage, also produces the
NEW ARRIVALS charity compilation series, and has presented artist showcases at
such industry events as SXSW, CMJ, Folk Alliance Conference and MIDEM.

Glier, who hails from Western Massachusetts and was recently featured in The
Boston Globe for his 100% Fan Funded Tour, is a multi-instrumentalist who has
released several DIY projects since his early teens. His combination of raw
talent and surprising maturity caught the attention of MPress founder Rachael
Sage, who was immediately struck by his prodigious musicianship and
sophisticated lyricism.

"Seth's songwriting is classic, and hearkens back to great piano-based
songwriters who broke in the '70s like Billy Joel and Elton John...but he has an
impressive range that grabs new audiences immediately, and his sense of melody
is incredibly strong." After what Sage describes as a "very organic process" -
including a featured performance slot at the label's 2009 SXSW showcase - she
and MPress Label Manager JoJo Gentry decided Seth would be a perfect artist for
the MPress roster.

As Gentry observes, "Seth's songwriting ability is exceptional, and he's also
just a really compassionate, down to earth guy. He leaves his ego at the door,
and is all about making a genuine connection with his audience, and taking
risks." MPress will nationally release his self-produced effort, THE TROUBLE
WITH PEOPLE, this fall.

Seth will also make his overseas debut August 7-12th, performing in week-long
run of Sage's show "Sequins & Shpiel" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. A
seasoned touring artist who has already shared stages with John Mayer, Martin
Sexton and Erin McKeown, he'll continue to tour the East Coast throughout the
summer, and will launch his official Release Tour for THE TROUBLE WITH PEOPLE in
October.

For more information, photos and interview requests, please contact MPress
Records...

http://www.mpressrecords.com/
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<> As a rule, we do not post SHOW LISTINGS.  The reason is quite simple.  Though
our name is the NEW ENGLAND Music Scrapbook, probably an easy majority of our
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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... Shows can be canceled, sold out, or even moved to another date or location. 
We recommend checking the Web, calling ahead or otherwise confirming details.
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We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
: : : Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
: : : All rights reserved. Used with permission.

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BRATTLEBORO, VT, June 27 - Late this week was marked by the deaths of two
superstars of the 1970s and 1980s, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson.  It makes
me sorry to say that I did not follow either of these artists and have little
worthwhile to add.  Farrah Fawcett totally remade the industry of celebrity
posters, with her swimsuit number that sold 12,000,000 copies.  Her season on
"Charlie's Angels" was a national TV network event.  Michael Jackson, in
addition to being a major hitmaker, also was among the earliest stars of MTV,
back when that cable channel had a lot to do with music.

It is hard to imagine Boston producing New Edition, if it hadn't been for the
success of the Jackson Five.  And New Edition not only gave us that group's own
hits, but it also spun off Boston bad boy Bobby Brown and a nifty trio, Bell Biv
Devoe.

May Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson rest in peace.
.


It surprises no one more than it surprises me that this is all the news we
received this week, except for a Green River Festival press release that somehow
fell victim to an alien abduction of some sort somewhere out there in
cyberspace.
.


READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU, scroll right past whatever doesn't.
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

Our youth movement editor has been uninspired by the record releases of the past
few weeks.  The selections here, then, lean more toward veteran acts and
reissues, mixed in with a few guesses on my part. - Ed.

<> New CD Releases Available Tuesday, June 23rd

COLVIN, SHAWN - Live - $10.88
DINOSAUR JR.-Farm (2 CD Deluxe Edition)-$9.99
DREAM THEATER - Black Clouds & Silver Lining-$12.88
DREAM THEATER - Black Clouds & Silver Lining (Deluxe)-$19.99

GINUWINE - A Man's Thoughts-$16.99
<> I am drawing a total blank as to why I recognize this act's name.

GOD HELP THE GIRL (BELLE & SEBASTIAN) - God Help The Girl - $9.99
JEDI MIND TRICKS - Greatest Features - $10.88
LEMONHEADS-Varshons-$9.99
MARLEY, BOB & WAILERS - B Is For Bob - $9.99
MELLENCAMP, JOHN - Life, Death, Love And Freedom (Deluxe Edition) - $15.99
MELLENCAMP, JOHN - Life, Death, Live, And Freedom - $7.99
MERRITT, TIFT - Buckingham Solo: Live - $14.99
REM - Reckoning (Deluxe Edition)-$19.99
YORN, PETE - Back & Fourth-$9.99

<>

featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, June 23rd

062209_confessionsConfessions Of A Shopaholic
$21.99 DVD

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "June 22 Newbury Comics Coupon and New Releases," June
22, 2009.

Dinosaur Jr.
"Farm" (2 CDs, 2009)

Lemonheads
"Varshons" (CD, 2009)

::  belle and sebastian, shawn colvin, bob marley and the wailers, john
mellencamp, john cougar mellencamp, tift merritt, pete york back and fourth  ::
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NEW ENGLAND MUSIC ACTS
And Their Unreleased Recordings

<> Part of my project of compiling a new catalog, for our use, of record
releases by acts with strong New England ties has involved looking through
credits of the nearly countless compilations turning up and then checking to see
what records the artists on these compilations have released.  It has since
become my sense that acts in growing numbers are seldom if ever releasing music
in any traditional sense.

The database I prefer to use at present is far from complete, so it is not
surprising, here and there, to find individual artists and bands missing from
it.  But when researching artists in the credits of compilations put out in
recent years, I am finding many, MANY of them missing.  Time and time again, I
will be taken right back to the compilation where I found any given act's name
in the first place.  And, sad to say, the great majority of these compilations
appear not to have circulated at all widely.

If you have related information you would be willing to share, please e-mail us
at

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PRESS RELEASES THIS WEEK

<> Erin McKeown announces "Cabin Fever" live Internet concerts. (This press
release actually came out last week.

<> The Green River Festival press release somehow got the opposite of truncation
when forwarded to this account: for some reason, the very end of the message
came through, but all the rest of it did not.  It is probably too late to get
the original press release out of our FredRemainsLost account, so I will see
whether I can get another copy.
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MARK CUTLER
AND THE MEN OF GREAT COURAGE
at The Penalty Box
Providence, Rhode Island
Saturday, June 27, 2009

Rhode Island's Mark Cutler was at the heart of one of the greatest rock debut
albums it has ever been my honor and pleasure to hear, "Lost Souls" by The
Raindogs.  Rarely has a band gotten it so right on the first try.  I have never
heard Cutler's Men of Great Courage, but he makes this sound like a pretty
outstanding outfit.

Here is Cutler's announcement of a show tonight:

<> "I just thought I'd let you know that my new large crazy man band 'The Men of
Great Courage' will be playing at the Penalty Box (HA!) this coming Saturday
June 27th.  It's on North Main St. in Providence, Rhode Island.  If you feel
like hearing Hank to Hendrix and a ton of real fine originals (at least that's
what they tell me) please come on down.  We'll have electric, acoustic, slide
and steel guitars, mandolins and banjos and keyboards and harmonicas and bass
and drums ... sometimes all at the same time.  We'll play music that you will
love and learn to love."

SOURCE: Mark Cutler, "Gigs and Nominations," June 24, 2009.

MARK CUTLER IS ALSO . . a member of Rhode Island's Forever Young, a gifted Neil
Young tribute band.

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JIMMY RYAN (and Hayride?)
At Sally O'Brien's

<> "I'll be back at Sally's to play Sunday, June 28 with Julie Dougherty and her
band."

SOURCE: Jimmy Ryan, "This Week in Mandolining," June 22, 2009.

I WAS JUST ABOUT . . to query our readers for Jimmy Ryan's new e-mail address
when a message from him appeared in our inbox.  This is not one of the most
detail-oriented messages he could have sent; but if there is much chance you
would catch this show, you probably already know in what city or town Sally
O'Brien's is located.

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THE FOOLS
WITH CLUTcH GRABWeLL
Wachusett Village Inn
Westminster, Massachusetts
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Worth Taking Note: Music at 1 PM

<> This is according to a recent Fools mailing that was annoying to get into. 
But these guys, in the photo that was included, don't look a lot worse for all
those years of Fools-ishness, so I guess opening their e-mail was worth the
effort.

A search of the Web did not quickly turn up an official website for the band,
but there seems to be a FoolsSpace page:

http://www.myspace.com/foolsband

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

<> Shaun Wolf Wortis Presents
Wolf's 16th Annual (Four Days After) Bastille Day A-Go-Go
Saturday, July 18, 2009
The Precinct, 70 Union Square, Somerville, MA

Description: A night of New Orleans rhythm & blues. Featuring the Vudu Krewe
All-Star Mardi Gras Band* with special guest singers Jen D'Angora, John Powhida,
Jordan Valentine, Asa Brebner, Mick Mondo, and Al Janik.

For the sixteenth year running, Wolf's Annual Bastille Day A-Go-Go (four days
after Bastille Day) turns a Boston area club into a New Orleans house party.
Shaun Wolf Wortis (Gato Malo, ex-Slide etc.) 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), John
Powhida (Rudds), Jordan Valentine (Sunday Saints), Asa Brebner, Mick Mondo, and
Al Janik 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; Dan Zupan, sax;
Mark Sanchez, trumpet; Joe Stewart, bone; Phil Clements, piano.

SOURCE: Shaun Wolf Wortis, "Wolf's Bastille Day A-Go-Go," June 22, 2009.

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STOMPERS
At Concord, New Hampshire
Saturday, July 18, 2009

That fun and durable Boston band, The Stompers, has a free show Saturday, July
18 at Concord, New Hampshire.

The announcement we received did not specify where and I may have inadvertently
deleted when, but it seems quite likely one could round up these details and
more by stomping over to

http://www.thestompers.com/

and surfing around the site.

In other news...

"'An Evening with THE STOMPERS'

<> "Be a part of the 32nd Anniversary celebration and live recording!"

: : : Saturday November 28 - 8:00 PM
: : : Tupelo Music Hall
: : : Londonderry, New Hampshire

Seating is said to be limited.  Procrastinating may be inadvisable.

SOURCE: The Stompers, "The Stompers Live '09 Update," June 21, 2009.

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THE LPs
Peter Mulvey and Kosher Ham
To Play Tom Waits' Entire "Ran Dogs" Album

"Monday, July 20, at the Rendezvous in Turners Falls, MA, and Tuesday, July 21,
at Atwoods Tavern in Cambridge... uh... it's hard to describe.  Basically, the
band Kosher Ham and I will have a smackdown that results in the formation of a
band called the LP's, which has been known to spontaneously play entire LP's for
the sheer joy of it.  Anyhow, this incidence of the LP's will be performing Tom
Waits 'Rain Dogs' in its entirety.  In fact, on Tuesday, we'll perform it in its
entirety twice, at 7 and 10pm.  I'll be singing all the songs.  All 17 of them. 
It's a great record - a bit like a Shakespeare play, if I may be so bold - you
just get on stage and do the parts, and some form of magic usually ensues. 
PLUS, we'll be giving away a hair from Mr. Waits's beard, encased in amber, as a
door prize.  Top that."

SOURCE: YH Management, "Peter Mulvey Newsletter," June 25, 2009.

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NEW ENGLAND ESSENTIAL RECORD RELEASES

<> Once before, when we polled our readers about essential New England record
releases, in this newsletter I updated our list each week for several weeks. 
But this survey is likely to run a good deal longer, as I am trying to bring in
many of our e-mail correspondents, whether or not they are regular readers,
along with some other folks who to me, at least, are celebrities.

Let me just say, then, that we have had a decent number of additions to the list
we posted last issue, including some inspired choices.

It has never been my intention to post a list of various people's own lists. 
But one person, back at the beginning, named five favorite Boston records, and
that list made an excellent start toward capturing the early 1980s in Boston, a
wonderful place and time.

Another person, after making his own excellent suggestion for our list, simply
made note of five deserving songs that had not been included up to that point. 
After giving it a good deal of thought, I have decided to add his list to ours.

Boston: Favorite Songs
Second List

<> Better Off Dead, La Peste
<> Prettiest Girl - The Neighborhoods
<> She Pays the Rent, The Lyres
<> Tessie, Dropkick Murphys
<> When You're Young, The Atlantics

"Tessie" is way out of place in time.  Otherwise, though, this set nicely
complements the first list we received.

What the heck then: I made my own list.  Sticking to the same city and pretty
much the same time period, I came up with my own humble additions to the
previous two sets, treating those ten songs as already taken and no longer
available. (It pained me deeply not to name, say, "Lonelyhearts" by The
Atlantics.)  I did not go way back in time to include a real groundbreaker,
"Mass. Ave" by Willie "Loco" Alexander, nor did I go ahead far enough to include
personal favorites such as "Love Under Pressure" by Girls Night Out.  I did not
go for anything too far out of the ordinary, either, such as political folkie
Fred Small's Walk on the Supply Side," a surprisingly knowing parody of "Walk on
the Wild Side" (though it was tempting).

Here's what I did include:

<> Alibi, The Fools
<> Coast to Coast, The Stompers
<> Lock It Up, Pastiche
<> Third Generation, The Rings
<> What a Girl Can't Do, Lyres

On another day, "This Reminds Me of the Future" by Pastiche might have
substituted for "Lock It Up," while "I Want To Help You Ann" by the Lyres might
have taken the place of "What a Girl Can't Do" and "A Night for Beautiful Girls"
by The Fools might have made my list.

"Coast to Coast" refers to either the Stompers' indie single or the "Live at the
Metro" track.  Both were great.

The early years of the 1980s were really fantastic times.

Probably next issue I will post our revised list in whole.  In the meantime,
suggestions are still coming in.
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MIGHTY SAM McCLAIN
"Betcha Didn't Know" CD

<> "Mighty Sam will be releasing his first CD since 2003.  'Betcha Didn't Know'
will be released in the US and Europe in July 2009.  It will be released on the
Mighty Music label and distributed by City Hall Records.  In Europe our
distributor will be mokambo music (www.mokambomusic.de)  This is an upbeat CD,
perfect for today's market.  It is a different MSM sound, with his signature
'Mighty Horns' but, with a bit more Funk and Soul and Hip-Hop for a more
contemporary audience."

SOURCE: Mighty Sam, "Mighty Music Releases 'Betcha Didn't Know'," June 24, 2009.

Mighty Sam McClain
"Betcha Didn't Know" (CD, City Hall Records, Mighty Music, 2009)
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ROSE POLENZANI WITH SESSION AMERICANA
- Plus -
PAUL RISHELL AND ANNIE RAINES

We stumbled across the information that "Queen Anne's Lace" by Rose Polenzani
with Session Americana is included on the July/August 2009 Editor's Choice
Sampler CD of the publication, Dirty Linen.  Pretty neat.

Also, on the same disc is "Blues on a Holiday" by Paul Rishell and Annie Raines
and Friends.

We do not have much in the way of details about the Rose P and Session Americana
album.

Rose Polenzani With Session Americana
"When the River Meets the Sea" (CD, 2008)

I take it that "Queen Anne's Lace" is a track off this record.

It seems quite likely the Paul Rishell and Annie Raines cut comes from their
album,

Paul Rishell and Annie Raines
"A Night in Woodstock"
(CD, Mojo Rodeo Records MOJR1950, 2008)

These two are great, and Paul Rishell is a real wealth of information about
Cambridge, Massachusetts in the 1970s.
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ILL WIND
1960s Website

<> We have posted the address of the official website of the 1960s Boston band,
Ill Wind, and we are very interested in doing it again.  Here it is:

http://ill-wind.com/

I haven't visited it in a while, but I remember this one as being a very good
site.

Last Sunday, my monitor, which has been going, going, going for the longest
time, finally expired.  It was always extremely dark.  Lots of the time, most
people wouldn't much notice.  Some images even looked far better on my old
screen than on the usual bright sort of affair.  But other images and some text
came across very poorly on my old screen, and these days I am seeing a great
deal online anew.  So, visiting sites, once again, such as that of Ill Wind,
ought to be a real treat for me.

Last time I visited the Music Museum of New England (MM/one) site, I recall
something collage-like that it would be terrific to see another time on this
new-to-me screen that features some degree of brightness.

The first rock site I visited after switching monitors was PunkBlowfish.com.  In
fact, it seems to me I even saw an Ill Wind album cover there.  Some of the
Blowfish album-art images have a light, sparkling look, which is a real asset
when, in the particular instance of a Bosstown page, one is portraying the
psychedelic era.
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SMOKEY GREENE
And His Website

<> When posting a Smokey Greene item last issue, I had no idea even whether he
was still alive.  Evidently he is, and he has his own website:

http://www.smokeygreene.com/

Paul "Hank" Preston searched the Web for Smokey Greene's story, which I imagine
brought him to the following page:

http://www.smokeygreene.com/smokeystory.htm

Smokey Greene has, or at the very least had, family in this immediate area, and
his vinyl singles used to sell locally.  Judging by those singles I got, he was,
and probably still is, quite good.

Smokey Greene is a true Northeast country music pioneer.  It is great to learn
that he has a home out there on the information superhighway.
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FROM THE WEEKLY PHOENIX MAILING
Thursday Morning

Interview: Aerosmith's Joey Kramer
The Aerosmith drummer steps out from behind the kit to talk about his new book,
Hit Hard.

THE JOEY KRAMER ITEM . . in this week's Phoenix ought to make great reading.
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EILEEN ROSE
New Album in October

<> "The big news is that Eileen's new album will be coming out in October! It's
being recorded in Nashville and will feature The Holy Wreck - The Legendary Rich
Gilbert and Nate '86' Stalfa.

"The album is being mixed by producer/mixer Tim Palmer, who has quite a CV! His
mixing credits include Pearl Jam, The Cure and U2.

"Full details of the new album closer to the release date..."

SOURCE: Eileen Rose [actually, Vicky], "New Album Coming Up, New Tour Dates,"
June 25, 2009.

GUITARIST RICH GILBERT . . is very well known in New England, especially in and
around Providence and Boston.  In the 1990s and more recently, he may be best
known for his involvement in the Boston rock band The Zulus, as well as various
Frank Black ensembles including Frank Black and the Catholics. - Ed.
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Yahoo Music News headlines are a real problem this week in that, on the first
page of the table of contents, most are about Michael Jackson and few, if any,
are limited to music news.  They are, put another way, all over print media and
all over the Web.  But there is at least this one item that ought to be of
interest to many of our readers and that they may not have seen elsewhere:

YAHOO MUSIC 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.

IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR . . with the science fiction content of some of Frank
Black's lyrics - including a few of his best songs - the idea of working on an
album with a Hollywood film director does not seem at all strange.  At one
point, during the Pixies reunion tour, Black was being quoted as saying he
didn't have any more Pixies songs in him.  This could be a way of getting some.
- Ed.
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WHITNEY HOUSTON
"I Look to You" CD

<> What would a newsletter issue that mentions Bobby Brown be without a Whitney
Houston item, right?  She and her people have lately announced that the new
Whitney Houston album, "I Look to You," is set for a September 1, 2009 worldwide
release on Arista Records.

SOURCE: Sheri Dot Ladner At SonyMusic Dot Com, "Whitney Houston Breaking News,
June 25, 2009.
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ERIN McKEOWN ANNOUNCES "CABIN FEVER"
LIVE INTERNET CONCERTS

Press Release
June 18, 2009

ERIN MCKEOWN ANNOUNCES CABIN FEVER

SERIES OF FOUR LIVE INTERNET CONCERTS FROM HER PICTARESQUE HOME IN REMOTE
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

ALL PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT THE RELEASE OF HER NEW ALBUM HUNDREDS OF LIONS

Watch the trailer here: http://www.erinmckeown.com/CabinFever/

<> In the grand tradition of barn-raisings and house-rent parties, Erin McKeown
is inviting you into her living room, onto her porch, into her river, and into
her yard,  asking you to lend a hand. Just as farmers needed their neighbors to
help raise the roof, and musicians have sung for their supper, Ms. McKeown is
holding a series of four Live Internet Concerts this July with all proceeds
benefiting the recording and release of her newest album, Hundreds of Lions.
Lions marks the first album of pure McKeown originals since 2005's critically
acclaimed We Will Become Like Birds.

Each concert will be broadcast live online and will have a live chat window
where you can send in your comments and talk with other viewers as you watch.
Tickets are only $10 per concert or a mere $30 for the whole series! If you
can't tune in live, your ticket also allows you to watch the concert anytime
OnDemand for a week after the live broadcast airs.

Expect to see an intimate series of shows, with McKeown delving into her
extensive catalog of originals and eclectic knowledge of the world of music with
a selection of covers hand picked by McKeown – some of which you will only see
here. Some shows will be acoustic and others electric and all will offer
something special with a cadre of talented friends stopping by to lend their
voice and support.

"For only the second time in my 10+ year career, I decided to self-finance my
newest recording project." says McKeown "Just like Distillation, my new record,
Hundreds of Lions, was made on my own dime and my own time, with no influence,
input, or manipulation from any outside source. It has meant so much to me to be
able to record the music I've written just as I imagined it to sound, with
nothing lost in the translation."

Cabin Fever Schedule:

Tuesday, JULY 7, 2009- 7pmEST
An intimate, acoustic candlit evening in McKeown's living room plus a tour of
her house.

Thursday, JULY 16, 2009- NoonEST
Interactive, all-request electric set from McKeown's riverside porch.

Wednesday, JULY 22, 2009- 3pmEST
McKeown performs classic cover songs about water of all sorts from a rock in the
middle of her river. We're not kidding.

Sunday, JULY 26, 2009- 5pmEST
The new album, Hundreds of Lions, performed in sequence by McKeown and band,
from her front yard.

Rain Location:
We'll broadcast from the inside of McKeown's Sprinter Touring Van. We're not
kidding about that either.

Purchase tickets, hear clips of the finished album, and find more information at
www.erinmckeown.com/CabinFever/
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: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, June 20 - This may not be our very slowest time of year, but
most years it is plenty slow enough.

With relatively few news e-mails this week, it may make the report of the first
round of our New England essential record releases survey the big story.  It is
a preliminary, tentative, provisional, and just-for-starters sort of thing. 
More suggestions should be coming our way over the next few weeks.  Anyone
conversant with this topic ought to be able to see that the holes in our list,
in its present form, are big enough to fly the entire United Federation of
Planets fleet of starships through.  At the moment, for instance, we have no
suggestions of records by such acts as Aerosmith, Boston, the J. Geils Band, Tom
Lehrer, Phish, The Remains, Donna Summer, folk perennials such as Tom Rush,
Maurice Starr's numerous discoveries and managees, or any of the "Boston Sound"
bands.  We've got a way to go on our list.  But as starts go, this one is pretty
good.

The present list is surprisingly different from the one generated in the fall of
2006.  Time will tell whether this trend continues.

Our new list, so far, appears below.  We hope it inspires and suggests more
responses.
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What you see in this issue of our newsletter, with the exception of a few items
I would not have minded adding in, is basically all we've got.
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To our newest subscribers:

Depending on how one found one's way to our subscription link or address, a
person might not necessarily realize that this newsletter ordinarily
concentrates on contemporary music and current acts.  If this newsletter is not
what you bargained for, please feel free to unsubscribe or we could unsubscribe
your address.  We have people come and go all the time, and it is simply not a
problem.
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Special thanks to Brian of New Hampshire's Peterborough Town Library.

(I used to go to church in the Peterborough Town Library. In the early 1970s,
the Monadnock region's Friends meetings were held in its downstairs.)
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READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU, scroll right past whatever doesn't.
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, June 16th

BECK - Sea Change (Limited Gold CD)-$29.99
BERGONZI, JERRY - Simply Put - $10.88
BIG STAR - #1 Record/Radio City-$11.88
COLDPLAY - Tour Pack (4 CDs)-$29.99
HARRISON, GEORGE - Let It Roll - $12.88
HENLEY, DON-Very Best Of-$9.99

MAJOR LAZER - Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do - $9.99
<> Major Lazer is another act I know nothing about, though we are sent a fair
amount of Major Lazer publicity. (Print publicity goes a lot further once one
has actually heard an artist's music.)

O'CONNELL, MAURA - Naked With Friends - $15.99
PERRY, LEE SCRATCH - Return From Planet Dub (2 CD)-$17.99
SPINAL TAP - Back From The Dead - $9.99
TOWNSEND, DEVIN - KI - $12.88
WAIFS - Live From The Union Of SoUL - $11.88
WALLFLOWERS - Collection: 1996-2005 - $11.88

<>

featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, June 16th

061509_whatgoesupThe Transformers
The Complete First Season: 25th Anniversary Edition
$19.99

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "June 15 Newbury Comics Gifts for Father's Day and New
Releases," June 15, 2009.

Jerry Bergonzi
"Simply Put" (CD, 2009)

::  george harrison, don henley, major laser, maura o'connell, lee scratch
perry, devin townsend  ::
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NEW ENGLAND ESSENTIAL RECORD RELEASES
The First Answers to Our Reader and Correspondent Survey

<> Here are our first round suggestions, followed by the present version of
instructions for those who may subsequently respond to this query.  Our list
begins with an innovative reply.

Boston: Favorite Songs

: : : 1. Loretta, Nervous Eaters
: : : 2. Lonelyhearts, Atlantics
: : : 3. All Kindsa Girls, The Real Kids
: : : 4. Knock Me Down, The Outlets
: : : 5. What Does Sex Mean to Me, Human Sexual Response

Cars
"The Cars"

5 Satins
"In the Still of the Nite (I'll Remember)" [single]

Aimee Mann
"Lost in Space"
[Attention was called to the Special Edition]

Erin McKeown
"Distillation"

Peter Mulvey
"The Trouble With Poets"

Ric Ocasek
"Nexterday"

Robert Ellis Orrall
"Fixation"

Gene Pitney
"(I Wanna) Love My Life Away" [single]

Pixies
"Surfer Rosa"

Ramrods
"Bright Lit Blue Skies" [single]

Josh Ritter
"Golden Age of Radio"

Swinging Steaks
"Southside of the Sky"

Tribe
"Abort" [the album]

Dar Williams
"End of the Summer"

Peter Wolf
"Sleepless"

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We at the New England Music Scrapbook Newsletter are seeking suggestions for a
list of New England music record releases that may be judged to be essential
listening matter: records of great beauty, artistic expression, skilled
performance, emotional power, historic significance, or just plain must-hear
music for whatever reason.

A record only needs to be truly essential in your view.  It does not need to be
the MOST essential.  We certainly do not need dozens of people all recommending
the same titles by the same acts.

Recordings need not necessarily be really old, and the acts that issued them
need not be all veterans.  An essential recording could have been issued by an
emerging artist or could have come out this year or even this month.

To make a suggestion, e-mail it to us at

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Please make one suggestion, name the record and artist you favor, and use
Essential Record for your subject line.  If your recommendation is something
other than an album, please explain what it is.  An EP?  Soundtrack cut? Concert
videocassette?  We may not necessarily know.

We value your knowledge and crave your thoughts.  Please send us an essential
record release suggestion.

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ALAN WILLIAMS
No Longer Knotted Nor Crossed

<> Our listening matter this week has been made up mostly of recordings
suggested in our essential record releases survey and its 2006 counterpart.  The
major exception has been a new album by Alan Williams, formerly of the Maine
trio - and one of my all-time favorite groups of any sort - Knots and Crosses.

Alan Williams' current ensemble is called Birdsong at Morning.  The new record
is

Birdsong at Morning
"Bound" (CD, Blue Gentian Records 001, 2009)

The Knots and Crosses compilation, "There Was a Time," is one of the greatest
1990s albums to come out of New England; but it is short on Williams' songs. 
The back and forth between pieces by Carol Noonan and Alan Williams was one of
the best things about Knots and Crosses, and this feature is mostly missing from
"There Was a Time."  Emphasis is fairly heavily on Noonan.

"Bound" will bring Williams' music back into a lot of living rooms and music
spaces.

The new record picks a tempo and a mood and pretty much sticks with them.  This
can be a liability on many albums, but it is an asset here.  "Bound" benefits
from its focus.

Back in his Knots and Crosses days, Williams' sparest arrangements still had
about them the hint of a grand production.  It is no less so on "Bound."

Williams compositions and performances are often romantic in the sense of being
fanciful or fabulous, as in a fable.  The word, "ethereal," would be apt.

Birdsong at Morning is a together, focused group effort of Williams, Greg
Porter, and Darleen Wilson.  We will be giving it more spins.

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SAL BAGLIO
The Creative Process

<> We will always think of Sal Baglio mainly in the context of his fun 1980s
band, The Stompers.  But he is a diverse talent.  Lately a chilling example came
up, bringing to mind his song, "Pumpkin Man."  On talk radio, a recent
conversation turned unexpectedly to the subject of an unexplained phenomenon
evidently called the Pumpkin Man around a Brown Hill somewhere or other.

We have received several announcements of workshops, led by Baglio, on the topic
of the creative process.  Here is the latest.  I didn't notice until just now
that this event is already past.  But I will leave it in as a plug for next time
he presents one of these.

Songwriting: The Creative Process Workshop with Sal Baglio
Saturday June 20th 11AM-1PM
The Cellar Studio
Boston Road
Salem, Massachusetts.

Baglio's mailing ended with this:

"For Stompers fans, stay tuned for more announcements!"

[Will do.]

http://www.thestompers.com

SOURCE: Salvatore Baglio, "June 18 and June 20," June 15, 2009.
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JOAN WASSER
Joan as Police Woman

For those who hoped that ex-Bostonian, ex-Dambuilder Joan Wasser would stop
fiddling around with law enforcement and get back to the music...

<> "I am touring with an amazing new all star band that blow my mind
every night and will do the same for you, I'll bet.

"Looking so forward to filling your summer with more love."

SOURCE: Police Woman Joan, "Joan As Police Woman: Summer in Europe," June 16,
2009.

THE JULY DATES INCLUDED . . in this Joan as Police Woman announcement are all
for European locations.  We are including this item here because of Joan
Wasser's mention of her great new band, which may be of some reader interest,
along with a hope for United States tour stops later this summer or later in the
year. - Ed.

::  the dambuilders  ::
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MOTION SICK
We Can Work It Out

Boston's The Motion Sick has a musical spot on a new workout DVD, calling to
mind a book, based on and named for a great idea, "Punk Rock Aerobics."

Members of The Motion Sick, in addition to music for fitness, are thinking ahead
to their own next record release.

<> "The band has been holding top-secret meetings in a secret, undisclosed lair
inside a volcano to work out the details of our forthcoming album.  We plan to
post some demos and some peeks into the songs along the way so that you can be
part of the whole process.  Be sure to keep an eye on our blog at

http://www.the-motion-sick.com/

for those updates."

SOURCE: The Motion Sick, "Download All Our Music Free!" June 16, 2009.
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GEORGE LEH
Still Rockin'

<> It seems to me my e-friend Susan Green may say the early 1970s large rock
band, Swallow, was based in New York City.  I really don't remember, but this
easily could be.  I always count Swallow as a Boston outfit, though, because of
its various members who were former and future members of Boston bands.  Leh
(Rockin' Shoes, etc.), Vern Miller (The Remains), Jeff Baxter (a late Ultimate
Spinach lineup) leap out from the debut album's credits.  Management was listed
as being out of Warwick, Rhode Island.

Brian of southern New Hampshire has lately caught up with ex-Swallow George Leh
in Swampscott, Massachusetts, according to a June 15 e-mail.

These days Leh has regular bookings into the Red Rock Bistro in Swampscott,
Jake's Roadhouse in Waltham, and the Georgetown Grille in Georgetown, all in
Massachusetts.

The latest George Leh record release appearance that comes to my mind is a Geoff
Muldaur album which featured Leh on harmony vocals.  Interesting and, one might
think, inevitable pairing.

Rockin' George Leh may be found online via

http://www.rockingeorge.com/

George Leh's music has not come my way in many, many years, but I used to really
like this guy's singing.
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ODDS AND ENDS

<> The John Sheldon band, Bluestreak, plays its last show of the summer at the
Route 63 Roadhouse in Millers Falls, Massachusetts on Saturday, June 27, 2009.

<> Erin McKeown has four live webcasts set for July.  Perhaps we can post
details next issue.

<> Rose Polenzani is sharing a stage with The Coming Grass' Sara Cox this
evening, Saturday, June 20, 2009, at the North Star Music Cafe in Portland,
Maine.  Interesting musical pairing.

<> Lissa Schneckenburger takes part in a Richard Thompson Tribute night on
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at Banjo Jim's in New York City.
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SMOKEY GREENE
The Compact Disc

<> My cataloguing project continues to dig up many compilation LPs and CDs,
mostly concentrating on Boston acts.  A lot of these records were unknown to me,
a few I did know about but forgot, and most of them appear not to have
circulated at all widely.  A real shame.

This same project turned up the following CD by Northeast country music and
bluegrass pioneer Smokey Greene.

Smokey Greene
"The Friendly Voice of Smokey Greene:
Celebrating 50 Years of Music"
(CD, Pinecastle Records PRC 1051, 1996)

It has been a long time, so I don't remember details; but Smokey Greene was a
relative of my old friend, Michelle Sanderson.  I had some really good Smokey
Greene singles that Michelle had not heard, so I once put them on tape for her. 
It was a pretty neat cassette, but it seems to me a Smokey Greene CD would
totally eclipse it.  Here's hoping Michelle has the disc.

Greene was not only a performer: he had his own bluegrass festival, and I
believe it ran for many years.

Though I don't know this for a fact, I surmise from data about the CD that
Smokey Greene's last known address was somewhere in Florida.
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INCREDIBLE CASUALS
"World Championship Songs" CD

Incredible Casuals
"World Championship Songs, 1980-2007"
(CD, Akers Recording Co. Iddy Biddy 7675-2, 2007)

<> This is another record that we heard nothing about at the time it was
released.  It is really surprising that we were sent nothing about this album,
but I am glad we are learning about it now.

"Iddy Biddy," which in the data set we have seen appears to be part of the
catalog number, may refer to the compactness of the compact disc.
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GARY SHANE AND THE DETOUR
"Johnny's Coaltrain"

<> Last issue I made highly favorable reference to a noteworthy Boston local
music hit single, "Johnny's Coaltrain;" but things were rushed and, in haste, it
did not occur to me to include a source of that recording.  "Johnny's Coaltrain"
is on the following Gary Shane retrospective:

Gary Shane
"In Perspective"
(CD, Oddlot Records, Pure and Easy Records 94102, 1994)

People looking back for the first time, and even some folks reminiscing, might
get two acts crossed.  There was a band - a Boston band, as I recall - called
The Detours.  But "Johnny's Coaltrain" was by Boston's Gary Shane and the
Detour.

Gary Shane, with David Champagne, had another amazing Boston local music hit. 
The band was called Shane Champagne and the song was "Shadow World," which also
appears on the "In Perspective" disc.

Worth knowing.

Burning, burning, burning black
Burning, burning like a smokestack...

::  johnny's coal train, burning like a smoke stack  ::
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Afternoon

Jury rules against Minn. woman in download case
AP – Fri Jun 19, 12:03 pm ET
FILE - This Oct. 4, 2007 file photo shows Jammie Thomas-Rasset...

MINNEAPOLIS - A replay of the nation's only file-sharing case to go to trial has
ended with the same result — a Minnesota woman was found to have violated music
copyrights and must pay huge damages to the recording industry.

YAHOO MUSIC NEWS . . seems to be experiencing the same slowdown we normally
experience this time of year.  Pickings were slim on the Yahoo Music News table
of contents. - Ed.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Morning

Bon Jovi among those inducted in songwriters hall
AP – Fri Jun 19, 11:05 am ET
Singer Jon Bon Jovi, right, and musician Richie Sambora attend...

NEW YORK - Jon Bon Jovi considers writing classic songs as a way of being
remembered throughout time.
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Hi.

We have a change, that might matter to some folks, regarding our survey of
people's ideas about New England music essential record releases.  It looks as
though it probably would not work really well to attribute each suggestion to
the person or people making that suggestion.  Sorry.  Even with only a few
responses, we already have instances of several people suggesting the same
record.  If this keeps up, the resulting document would make for pretty busy
reading; and it would look more like a dry political petition than a fun list of
most-admired records.

So far, we have no suggestions at all for any of the superstar acts I thought
might be named over and over again, such as Aerosmith, Boston, the J. Geils
Band, New Edition, Phish, Donna Summer...

New Kids on the Block?

We live and learn.

Also so far, the suggestions do not stray too far from folk-rock, though there
is no telling whether this will hold.  Possibly not.  My suggestion is the only
one at this point that is at all out there: the single, "In the Still of the
Nite (I'll Remember)" by The 5 Satins.  This started as a local New Haven,
Connecticut effort on a Connecticut record label.  It became a moderate radio
hit in New York City and eventually went international to say the least, but "In
the Still of the Nite" started as Connecticut local music.

Speaking of NYC, here is a plea to our New York friends.  It seems that
singer-songwriter Greta Gertler has an important show coming up at Joe's Pub on
June 23, and she would like to make sure that everyone and everyone else in the
New York City area and beyond knows about it.  Here is her announcement.

Alan

<>

TUESDAY, JUNE 23 - 7pm
Build and Greta Gertler:
Chamber/Song Collaboration
JOE's PUB
425 Lafayette St, NYC
info@...
212.967.7555

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<> A quick reminder to please take out your black berries, iphones, note pads,
hands, crayons and note (in big letters): I am playing an extra-big show on
TUESDAY, JUNE 23 at JOE'S PUB (NYC) at 7pm with my friends, indie-classical
group, Build, who recently performed a beautiful set at the Bang on a Can
Marathon.

Build and myself will be weaving together a night of song and contemporary
classical compositions by Build's leader/violinist, Matt McBane.  We'll also be
debuting Matt's string arrangements on some songs from my forthcoming album,
"The Universal Thump".  The brilliant Adam D Gold (who is producing the album
with me) will be playing drums with both Build and myself, threading the night
together, as a whole.

I highly recommend booking tickets in advance:

http://tickets.publictheater.org/calendar/view.asp?id=9450

http://www.GretaGertler.net

More about Build:

https://www.newamsterdamrecords.com/#build

http://www.myspace.com/buildbuildbuild

SOURCE: Greta Gertler, "Joe's Pub : June 23," Friday, June 12, 2009.

New England Music Scrapbook Newsletter
Alan Lewis, Editor

Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life

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Issue 2009:331
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, June 13 - With Geocities, our Web host, going out of the
Web-hosting business later this year, we diverted some time from work on this
newsletter to a little longer-term planning.  I have since toiled as fast as I
can to compile as much news into this newsletter issue as possible.  A lot that
appears here is of terrific interest to me.  Here's hoping it works equally well
for many of you.
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READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU, scroll right past whatever doesn't.
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

RECORD RELEASES WERE RUNNING . . really great for a few weeks, but now they may
be in a small slump.  We are back to veteran acts and reissues commercially
carrying the ball.  This is not a bad thing, in and of itself; but development
of new acts is necessary, too, to keep the music regenerating.  The most recent
record releases have not demonstrated a lot of regeneration.  Anyway, here is
what we noticed this week.

New CD Releases Available Tuesday, June 9th

ANASTASIO, TREY/HART, DON-Time Turns Elastic-$9.99
BLACK EYED PEAS-E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies)-$9.99
CAKE-Motorcade Of Generosity-$7.99
GRIFFITH, NANCI-Loving Kind-$9.99
GUNS'N'ROSES-Chinese Democracy-$14.99
IRON MAIDEN-Flight 666 Soundtrack (2 CD)-$14.99
MIIKE SNOW-Miike Snow-$9.99
MORRISSEY-Maladjusted (Expanded Edition)-$17.99
ROLLING STONES-Undercover (Remastered)-$9.99
ROLLING STONES-Some Girls (Remastered)-$9.99
ROLLING STONES-Emotional Rescue (Remastered)-$9.99
ROLLING STONES-Tattoo You (Remastered)-$9.99
SONIC YOUTH-Eternal-$9.99
U2-Magnificent (Remixes)-$8.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS-2009 WARPED TOUR-$5.99

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featured dvd new release Available Tuesday, June 9th

060908_woodstock_boxGran Torino
$19.99 DVD

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "June 8 Newbury Comics Coupons and New Releases," June
8, 2009.

THIS BRINGS US . . once again to the far end of Memory Lane. - Ed.

::  trey anastasio, nanci griffith, guns 'n roses, guns n roses, don hart  ::
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PRESS RELEASES THIS WEEK

<> Boston Harbor Rock and Blues Cruise Schedule - Announcement.

<> "White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day" (book) by Richie
Unterberger now available. This announcement ought to be of serious interest to
many of our readers.
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GARY SHANE AND THE DETOUR
Tonight, Saturday, June 13, 2009
Club Bohemia at the Cantab

<> "On behalf of my old compatriot, Gary Shane...

"I'd like to alert you to an upcoming gig featuring the headliner act Gary and
his current Detour line-up performing this Saturday night June 13th at the Club
Bohemia at The Cantab.  Also appearing will be Third Rail and the Brigands."

SOURCE: Ron Erickson, "Gary Shane and the Detour, June 13, 2009 Gig," Friday,
June 12, 2009.

Duly noted.

ACTUALLY I HAD MEANT . . to include Gary Shane and the Detour's single,
"Johnny's Coaltrain," among the examples of what various folks might suggest as
essential record releases.  This was a major and widely admired local hit around
Boston, and it ought to be famed far beyond the bounds of New England.  As the
great Chuck Berry once sang, "It's a rockin' little record." - Ed.

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LONESOME BROTHERS TONIGHT!
and
RAY MASON CD RELEASE IN A WEEK
The Countdown

Vermonters and road-warrior musicians have been speaking well of The Langdon
Street Cafe in Montpelier, Vermont for a long time. (We thank Gabe of the
Vermont/New Hampshire group, 35th Parallel, for tipping us to it.)  But the
place has notched up in importance since the closing of Bradford's The Middle
Earth.  Western Mass.'s Lonesome Brothers love to play Langdon Street, and they
are there tonight.

North of the stateline
Up Montpelier way...

<> Saturday June 13 - Lonesome Brothers @ Langdon Street Cafe, 4 Langdon St.,
Montpelier, VT (802) 223-8667.

http://www.langdonstreetcafe.com/

With very special guest Abby Jenne! 9 p.m.

Then Lonesome Ray Mason is back in his Massachusetts base to launch his own best
CD yet.

Ray Mason
"Like Bugs Chewing on Paper"
(CD, Captivating Music CM-9163, 2009)

<> Saturday June 20 - Ray Mason (solo) at Mocha Maya's Coffee House & Espresso
Bar, 47 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, MA (413) 625-6292.

http://www.mochamayas.com/

CD release party for Ray's new disc Like Bugs Chewing On Paper!  No cover (tips
appreciated).  8 p.m.

THERE IS JUST NO GOING WRONG . . with an album named after paper-eating insects,
and Ray Mason and producer Jim Weeks have not wasted this valuable opportunity. 
Mason has an established sound around these parts; but these days his vocals are
caught just a little better, and Weeks has artfully fiddled with the
arrangements.  The result is the old Ray Mason shaking hands with the new Ray
Mason, spicing his silvery tunes with his legendary six-string Silvertone.

The "Like Bugs" jewel box and booklet come with nice amusement park
illustrations.

Once in an e-mail, Mason said something pretty close to "I don't make CDs: I
make albums."  He will need nothing more than "Like Bugs Chewing on Paper" to
prove his point.  This is an ALBUM, 1966-style.  It hangs together very nicely. 
"Like Bugs Chewing on Paper" just finished playing here at the ol' New England
Music Scrapbook Newsletter Ranch, and it was a foot-tapper and really good from
start to finish.  He's got what by all rights ought to be his biggest seller,
and we've got some new favorite Ray Mason songs.  Several cuts, no doubt,
deserve to be singled out.  But until I've had a chance to play this disc more
times, it is the last few tunes to play that are most firmly in mind.  And it
does seem to me that people who have been with Mason for a number of years are
going to like "Ceiling."  Those same folks are going to love "Like Bugs Chewing
on Paper."

SOURCE: Show details are from Ray Mason, "RM and LB," June 8, 2009.

http://www.raymason.com/

CEILING: This song may cause flashbacks to Mason's great "When the Ceiling
Shakes Hands With the Floor," which appears on the Ray Mason Band's "Idiot
Wisdom" album. - Ed.

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JEDDO STARS
Rockin' in Cambridge

<> The band, The Jeddo Stars, includes former members of The Charms.  This
outfit has a couple upcoming shows in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Here are
details they sent:

Jeddo Stars,
Sunday, 6/14
@ TT The Bears
Cambridge, MA
9:00 pm
w/ Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
doors at 8:00 pm

Sunday, 6/21
@ The Middle East
Cambridge, MA
DAYTIME All ages
2:00 pm
Benefit for Students for a Free Tibet, featuring Hope Roth (CD Release), Eddie
Japan, VulGarrity, Jeddo Stars, plus special guests - All Ages $10 (min.
donation) - NOTE: 1pm Doors

SOURCE: JeddoStars, "Sunday: Jeddo Stars at TT the Bears With Natalie Portman's
Shaved Head," Friday, June 12, 2009.

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ROBIN LANE AND JOHNNY ANGEL
Thursday, June 18, 2009
At the Plough and Stars
Cambridge, Massachusetts

<> "[O]n Thursday, June 18, Robin is playing an acoustic duo set with
Johnny Angel at The Plough & Stars in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Angeline is
also on the bill."

SOURCE: Robin Lane List Manager, "The Robin Lane Mailing List," June 4, 2009.

WHEN ROBIN LANE SANG . . "Send Me an Angel" (one of my favorites) with Robin
Lane and the Chartbusters, it is hard to imagine she had Boston rocker Johnny
Angel in mind.  But here he is, there she is, and this ought to be an intriguing
show at Cambridge's Plough & Stars. - Ed.

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GREGORY DOUGLASS
Oh, Brave New World!

BEYOND ALL DOUBT . . the most amazing news item we received this week came from
Vermont singer-songwriter Gregory Douglass.  Here is an excerpt from his latest
newsletter:

BRAVE NEW WORLD – THE MUSICAL

Now that the "Battler" spring tour is complete I am dedicating my summer months
to an incredibly exciting new project! I have been commissioned to compose the
music for a musical version of Aldous Huxley's classic novel, "Brave New World."

The opportunity was presented to me by my dear friends Paul Amadio & Donita
Coburn-Amadio who were faculty at my old high school, Brewster Academy, when I
initially met them. They were both huge advocates of music and theater at
Brewster Academy and have since become a second family to me. They currently
reside in Ojai, CA where Paul is positioned as the head of the Besant Hill
School of Happy Valley – a liberal arts private school founded in 1946 by
Franklin Lacey who was responsible for co-writing the story line in "The Music
Man" with collaborator Meredith Wilson. Lacey was good friends with Aldous
Huxley and really believed in Lacey's intentions for the school so he granted
him the exclusive rights to one day turn "Brave New World" into a musical.
Before Lacey's death, he bequeathed the rights to the school and as head of the
school and a passionate advocate for the arts, Paul Amadio is trying to bring
the musical to fruition.

My job is to compose the musical numbers to go along with a script recently
written by Peter Fox, an accomplished actor in the television and theater world.
Once the project is complete, we will be pitching it to whomever might be able
to bring it to life on stage! I will keep you posted on any updates.

[Please do.]

SOURCE: Gregory Douglass, "Gregory Douglass News :: June 8, 2009," Monday, June
8, 2009.

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NEW ENGLAND ESSENTIAL RECORDINGS
Invitation to Take Part

<> While working on my cataloguing project, I am making a list of New England
music record releases that seem to me to be essential listening matter: records
of great beauty, artistic expression, skilled performance, emotional power,
historic significance, or just plain must-hear music.

It seems to me it could be fun to gather and compile diverse ideas of various
other people who are interested in this topic.

If you would like to participate in this endeavor, please suggest one record and
let us know if it would be okay to attribute this suggestion to you by name
(first and last, though I would certainly make an exception for a person who is
quite well known by just one name or, for that matter, by a stage name).  It is
doubtful we will be posting any anonymous recommendations, but I could not
totally rule out just yet that there might be an occasion.

At the moment, the slate is clean.  Here are some fairly diverse suggestions
that it would be easy to IMAGINE someone or other making:

Cars
"The Cars"
(Eponymous, highly successful debut album)

Russell Chudnofsky
"Skypaint: A Pop Opera"
(Boston rock opera/pop opera soundtrack)

Eilen Jewell
"Sea of Tears"
(New album, only the second release by Eilen Jewell Band)
[I have not heard this record, but it certainly is reported to be charting well.
- Ed.]

Patty Larkin
"Watch the Sky"
(Latest album - a classic - by a veteran artist)

Neats
"6"
(Beloved track on various artists EP)

Phish
Live DVD
(There must be several candidates, though I personally could not name a specific
title)

Various Artists
"Greetings From Area Code 207 Vol. 7"
(All Maine artists - latest in an amazing compilation series)

"Respond"
(Highly acclaimed various artists collection, very heavy on New England acts)

Recordings need not necessarily be really old.  Suggestions of recent releases
and new acts would be fine.  An essential recording could have been issued by an
emerging artist or could have come out this month.

If we get many suggestions, it is my hope that a decent percentage of them will
stray from the best known and most obvious recordings.  A record only needs to
be truly essential in your view.  It does not need to be the MOST essential.  We
certainly do not need dozens of people all recommending the same Aerosmith, J.
Geils, or Phish titles.

To make a suggestion, please e-mail it to us at

FredRemainsLost At Yahoo Dot Com

name the artist and the record, make sure your own name is included with your
suggestion, and use Essential Record for your subject line.  If your
recommendation is something other than an album, please explain what it is.  An
EP?  Soundtrack cut?  Concert videocassette?  We may not necessarily know.

If we get enough suggestions, I will compile and post them here. (If we get only
a few responses, never fear: I have a Plan B.)  I would also probably circulate
the list, while it is still in progress, to possible participants, in a belief
that looking through an incomplete list might help some folks organize their
thinking or might in some way inspire ideas.  It may not occur to a person, for
instance, to name a music video, until they see a suggestion of, say, the "Girl
With the Curious Hand" video by Digney Fignus.

We crave your knowledge and thoughts.  Please send us an essential record
release suggestion.

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GUITAR HERO: VAN HALEN

The following was found attributed to IGN.

It is not always perfectly clear where material for posting ends and a personal
message begins.  But I am terrifically out of time and went with a quick guess.

<> Here's a reported list of confirmed songs for Guitar Hero:  VH (So far,  as
in not complete):

Confirmed songs (14/47 songs ; Updated 06/03)

Van Halen songs (9/25 songs)

Van Halen - "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" (1978, "Van Halen")
Van Halen - "Cathedral" (1982, "Diver Down")
Van Halen - "Eruption" (1978, "Van Halen")
Van Halen - "Hot For Teacher" (1984, "1984")
Van Halen - "Jump" (1984, "1984")
Van Halen - "Little Guitars" (1982, "Diver Down")
Van Halen - "Panama" (1984, "1984")
Van Halen - "Spanish Fly (1979, "Van Halen II")
Van Halen - "You Really Got Me" (1978, "Van Halen")

Other songs (5/19)

Judas Priest - "Painkiller" (1990)
Queen - "I Want it All" (1989)
Tenacious D - "Master Exploder" (2006)
Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life" (1997)
Weezer - "Dope Nose" (2002)

blink-182 - ????
Foo Fighters - ????
The Offspring - ????
Queens of The Stone Age - ????

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May not be sourced from IGN.

The title of the e-mail comes from a band spin-off game getting one of my
most-wanted Queen songs,  which also probably means it will never (or not in the
near future) be DLC for the main series.

I thought I'd also note that "Painkiller" and "Master Exploder" are both tracks
that have been in the Rock Band series,  which lessens the appeal of the list to
me (Though Tenacious D is unappealing,  period).  "You Really Got Me" was in the
Guitar Hero series,  but was a cover "As Made Famous By Van Halen."  A master
would still technically be a treat.  "Hot For Teacher" appears in Guitar Hero: 
World Tour....

SOURCE: Stephen Lewis, E-Mail Message, June 11, 2009.
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SARAH BORGES
Twice Nominated

<> "Sarah Borges is nominated for a 2009 Americana Music Award in the New and
Emerging Artist category....

- - - - -

"The Boston Phoenix has nominated Sarah Borges for Best Local Female
Vocalist...."

SOURCE: Sarah Borges, "Vote for Sarah Borges ... and Other News," Thursday, June
11, 2009.
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SOUND OF VERMONT
A New-to-Me 1975 Anthology

<> My cataloguing project has turned up a very large number of great-looking
compilations, many of which appear not to have circulated at all widely.  An
easy majority of these are collections by various Boston performers.  But just
to be different, I am citing here a case in point from Vermont.

Various Artists
"The Chittenden Trust Co.
Presents the Sound of Vermont"
(LP, Earth Audio Techniques, 1975)

I take "The Chittenden Trust Co." to be a reference to what is commonly called
the Chittenden Bank, though I have not researched the question.

Earth Audio Techniques is, or at least was, a recording studio.  As far as I am
aware, it was not also a record label.  Nonetheless, I am posting information
here as I found it in my favorite database for this sort of research.  This is
very literal work.
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LINQ
"Life Goes On"
And Its Phantom Single

<> We received an inquiry about the single from the latest Linq album.

Linq
"Life Goes On"
(CD, www.LinqMusic.com, 2009)

We understand there is not an actual single, but we may have an idea what our
correspondent means.  A western Massachusetts radio station has featured Linq's
"Route 32 Blues" - a good one - and "George Orwell Where Are You?" - a song we
have talked up - has been made into a video.  So it seems to me that either of
these songs or even both could easily be taken for a single, similar to the
sense of the old days of vinyl records.

The credits of "Life Goes On" are interesting in that I only recognized the name
of one musician, famed June Millington.  The name, Madeloni, in the credits also
looks quite suspicious.  We have been assured by our high-priced surname
consultant that there are very few Madelonis in these United States, and we
imagine a familial connection to western New England music journalist Dave
Madeloni.

The latest album by Debra Cowan, also out of Massachusetts, by contrast involves
supporting musicians almost all of whom we have followed for years.

Debra Cowan
"Fond Desire Farewell"
(CD, Falling Mountain Music FM 1054, 2009)

Each recording - Linq's and Debra Cowan's - produced very fine results, coming
from apparently quite different starting points.
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ALAN WILLIAMS
Resurfaced in Our Mailbox

<> A recently-arrived CD, among those I am most looking forward to hearing, is
"Bound" by Birdsong at Morning, an Alan Williams band.

Williams' old Portland, Maine trio, Knots and Crosses, had a great thing going,
until a record deal went nuts.  But through two wonderful full-length albums -
two of my favorite records by anyone from anywhere ever - Knots and Crosses gave
us a lot of stellar music.

The talents of Alan Williams and Carol Noonan were enough different that
shifting between their songs, on the original Knots and Crosses albums, created
not so much tension and release as alternating forms of tension.

All I can say is, it worked.

Can't wait to hear what Alan Williams is up to these days.
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CATIE CURTIS
Covering Don White's
"Be Sixteen With Me"

<> "The delightful and extraordinarily talented Catie Curtis has recorded a
dandy version of my song, 'Be 16 With Me,' on her soon to be released CD on
Compass Records called 'Hello Stranger.'  Thanks Catie!  More info here:

http://catiecurtis.com/

SOURCE: Don At Don White Dot Net, "Newsletter," June 4, 2009.

Catie Curtis
"Hello Stranger" (CD, Compass Records, 2009)

I DON'T KNOW EITHER WAY, OR ANY WAY, . . how often Don White songs are covered. 
But I first became aware of his music via a really fine interpretation of his
work by Massachusetts/Connecticut singer-songwriter Maria Sangiolo. - Ed.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Night

Mourners belt out blues to honor Koko Taylor
at AP – Fri Jun 12, 11:28 pm ET
Miss Peaches sings a tribute as hundreds of mourners come to...

CHICAGO - Hundreds of mourners honored Chicago blues icon Koko Taylor at her
funeral Friday by singing her signature song "Wang Dang Doodle" and remembering
why she was known as the "Queen of the Blues."
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Evening

"Loving" ends writer's block for Griffith
at Reuters – Fri Jun 12, 6:55 pm ET

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Before recording her first album of all-new
material since 2005, Nanci Griffith suffered a serious case of writer's block.
"The direction the country was going in broke my heart," the Grammy
Award-winning singer-songwriter recalls. "I didn't want to write."
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Evening

Q&A: Guitarist Satriani finds Chickenfoot "liberating"
at Reuters – Fri Jun 12, 6:34 pm ET

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani hasn't commented much on his
legal tangle with Coldplay, but he has plenty to say about his new band,
Chickenfoot. The latest in a line of supergroups to pop up recently, the act
features former Van Halen vocalist Sammy Hagar and bassist Michael Anthony and
Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.
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Yahoo's "music" news headlines this week were more accurately about "celebrity"
news.  These three headlines are among the few major exceptions.
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[Press Release
ROCK AND BLUES CRUISE SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENT
Sunday, June 7, 2009]

THE ECLECTIC NATURE . . of the bookings for these Rock and Blues Cruises ought
to be a real attention getter.  Here is the original press release.

We have since received an update, but I am severely out of time.  For the most
up-to-date information, a visit to www.rockandbluescruise.com would be a great
idea. - Ed.

http://www.rockandbluescruise.com/

ROCK AND BLUES CONCERT CRUISES SAIL BOSTON HARBOR

Spend your summer nights on the ocean listening to live music!

Boston, MA –The Rock and Blues Concert Cruises return to Boston Harbor this
summer. Cruise favorites The Ryan Montbleau Band, Alternate Routes, Entrain,
Ellis Paul and Beatlejuice are back! Along with these much loved acts, bands
like Adam Ezra Group and Virginia Coalition are ready to take to the water and
put on performances sure to rock the boat. During the five day Sail Boston 2009
celebration of Tall Ships, passengers will have the opportunity to view the
majestic ships during concert cruises with Bellevue Cadillac and Lez Zeppelin.  
Rock and Blues Concert Cruises leave from Boston Harbor Cruises at Long Wharf.
Tickets are on sale at www.RockandBluesCruise.com. All shows are 21+.

The season kicks off June 20 with The Honky Tonk Blues Cruise, a singular
opportunity to get immersed in first rate Americana music while sailing the
harbor. The Honky Tonk Blues Cruise will feature Girls Guns and Glory, Boston's
premier purveyors of down-home roots music, along with Brooklyn's top
alternative band Yarn and the Josh Grider Trio, often called Austin's answer to
Jack Johnson. This is hipster twang - a hayride on the harbor.  Hats and boots
are not required.

The full summer schedule is:

June 20, 8:00pm                                       Honky Tonk Blues Cruise
with Girls Guns and Glory, Josh Grider Trio, and Yarn

June 27, 5:30pm and 9:30pm               The Ryan Montbleau Band with Caravan of
Thieves

July 10, 8:00pm                                        Bellevue Cadillac Tall
Ships Party

July 11, 8:00pm                                         Lez Zeppelin Tall Ships
Party

July 18, 8:00pm                                         Booty Vortex

July 24, 8:00pm                                         Alternate Routes with
Civil Twilight

July 25, 8:00pm                                         The Brew

July 31, 8:00pm                                         Will Dailey with Gypsy
Tailwind

August 7, 8:00pm                                    Entrain

August 8, 8:30pm                                     Adam Ezra Group

August 14, 8:00pm                                   Ellis Paul Band

August 21, 8:00pm                                   Enter the Haggis with Hot
Day at the Zoo

August 22, 8:00pm                                   Beatlejuice

August 27, 8:00pm                                   Virginia Coalition

Additional cruises will be announced soon.

Rock and Blues Concert Cruise Pre-Parties

Pre-Parties will be taking place again at The Landing, Boston's only fully
outdoor patio bar located right on the Wharf.  Cruise goers have the option to
enjoy a refreshing drink at the Landing before

boarding the boat.  The pre-parties are sponsored by Samuel Adams, Coors Lite,
Miller Lite, Presidente, Red Bull and Triple 8 Vodka.

Other Summer Cruise Options

Rock and Blues Concert Cruises are not the only way to enjoy a summer night out
on Boston Harbor. Margarita's Mystery Cruise is a murder mystery dinner cruise,
where you'll have a "license to fill" your night with a "murder in paradise".
Enjoy a great "Buffet" while solving the murder. The Mystery Cruises begin
Saturday June 13th and run every Saturday until September 26th (except July
11th). Cruises board at 7:00pm,  depart at 7:30pm and return at approximately
10:00pm.  Tickets are available 781-784-7469 (SHOW) or
http://www.mysterycafe.com

From July 8th to the 12th, Boston will once again host the world's Tall Ship
fleet as part of Sail Boston 2009.  The event will begin with the Grand Parade
of Sail, where narrated cruises will be given for a unique glance back into
history. As the official tour boat operator for Sail Boston 2009, Boston Harbor
Cruises tours and dinner cruises will get you up close to these grand vessels as
they return to Boston for the first time since 2000. For more information visit:
http://bostonharborcruises.com.

Tickets for Rock and Blues Concert Cruises are available online at
www.rockandbluescruise.com .  Cruises leave from the Boston Harbor Cruise
terminal at Long Wharf (located between the New England Aquarium and the Long
Wharf Marriott Hotel.)   Boats board a half hour before departure time and
ticket holders must be 21+.  Discounted parking is available at the
International Place garage across from the Boston Harbor Hotel and just a short
walk from Long Wharf.  The Rock and Blues Cruises are accessible by public
transportation, taking the MBTA Blue Line to the Aquarium stop.

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[Press Release
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
VELVET UNDERGROUND NEW BOOK
"White Light/White Heat:
The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day"
By Richie Unterberger
Now Available]

***WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND DAY-BY-DAY NOW AVAILABLE***

Richie Unterberger's White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-By-Day
is by far the most comprehensive book on the Velvet Underground ever published.
The 368-page, 8 1/2" X 11"-sized book details the group's recording sessions,
record releases, concerts, press reviews, and other major events shaping their
career with both thorough detail and critical insight. Drawing on about 100
interviews and exhaustive research through documents and recordings rarely or
never accessed, it unearths stories that have seldom been told, and eyewitness
accounts that have seldom seen print, from figures ranging from band members to
managers, producers, record executives, journalists, concert promoters, and
fans. The July issue of MOJO magazine hails it as "an impressive means to
reflect on the conundrum of what could be the ultimate cult band...detailed and
anecdote-packed."

Though White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-By-Day has plenty of
information about what happened when, it's not just a reference book. This
chronologically sequenced overview of the band's life and times also offers
weaves a wealth of passionate analysis  and musical description into the
research. The result is not just a document of their perpetually fascinating
performances, hirings, and firings, but also insight into the creation of their
music-the aspect of the Velvet Underground's legacy, after all, that's by far
the most enduring.
White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-By-Day includes not only
basic nuts-and-bolts facts, but also many behind-the-scenes stories as to how
their songs were written and recorded; how their strikingly original stage shows
were devised; how the band were perceived by reviewers at the time of their
1965-70 heyday, not just in retrospect; and how the group as a whole underwent a
most improbable, incessantly unpredictable evolution from the most avant-garde
of bohemian origins into a highly accessible, yet still boldly creative, rock
band by the time Lou Reed left the group he'd co-founded with John Cale in early
1965.
While the bulk of White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-By-Day
documents the period from 1965 to 1970 in which Lou Reed was the group's chief
singer and songwriter, it also offers in-depth coverage of the individual
members' surprisingly extensive (if mightily obscure) pre-1965 activities; the
solo or non-VU projects in which they were involved between 1965 and 1970, which
were numerous and often quite intimately related to what the group themselves
were doing; and the ways in which the band's legacy was both influential and
expanded upon after 1970, not only via the numerous releases of unissued Velvets
material, but also through how the stature of their achievements grew and grew
with a wealth of posthumous honors and tributes. Along the way, many unreleased
concert and studio recordings are vividly described; many obscure and unlikely
concerts delineated; and many myths that have grown up around this most
legendary of all cult bands untangled and dissected.

White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-By-Day also features more
than 100 illustrations, including reproductions of rarely or never seen photos,
concert posters, contracts, letters, and other assorted documents and
memorabilia. It's the ultimate history of the band that did more than any other
to break down barriers between rock music and the avant-garde, incorporating
electronic innovations, experimental instrumentation and improvisation, and
lyrics detailing the realities of sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll with greater skill
and daring than anyone else.

Richie Unterberger is the author of the acclaimed Unknown Legends of 
Rock'n'Roll (Backbeat Books, 1998) and Urban Spacemen & Wayfaring Strangers:
Overlooked Innovators & Eccentric Visionaries of '60s Rock (Backbeat Books,
2000), both of which contained in-depth profiles of the most interesting
overlooked cult rock artists of all time, in all cases including first-hand
interview material with the artists themselves and/or their close associates. He
is also author of the two-part history of 1960s folk-rock, Turn! Turn! Turn!:
The '60s Folk-Rock Revolution (Backbeat Books, 2002) and it sequel Eight Miles
High: Folk-Rock's Flight from Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock (Backbeat Books,
2003). His book The Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film won a 2007 Association
for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound
Research in the "Best Research in Recorded Rock Music" category.

For additional information regarding White Light/White Heat: The Velvet
Underground Day-By-Day, or to send questions or comments about the book, email
Richie Unterberger at richie@.... You can also visit his
website at www.richieunterberger.com/vu.html to view sample excerpts of chapters
from the book; lists and commentary of interest to Velvet Underground fans; and
updates on his current and future projects.
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