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Saturday Happenings
Sunday Happenings
As mentioned in today's Happenings, Jonathan Richman's show at the Somerville Theatre is sold out tonight, but a little bird told us that a dozen or so standing-room tickets will be made available today. The Somerville Theatre box office opens at 4:00 pm, and the tickets probably won't last long.
Bostonist saw Jonathan and his drummer, Tommy, at the Middle East earlier this year. Except for some gray hair in the beard, you might think that Richman resides in some sort of time-stasis chamber where he writes songs about love and Boston forever. Although Jonathan was under doctor's orders (in March) to preserve his voice, the stage banter—that's half the charm of the performance—should be flowing tonight.
Below is a portion of "Girlfriend" originally from the seminal album, The Modern Lovers, from one of his Middle East shows:
Photo of Jonathan smiling at Bostonist.
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Flat-out crazy to say "Jonathan Richmond still loves Boston," when the theatre is in Somerville. Somerville is not Boston, in every way imaginable. The only thing they share is a public transportation system. Why does everyone constantly lump the suburbs - as pleasant as they may be - into the term "Boston?" I have heard everything from Waltham to Framingham to Fitchburg to Lynnfield called "Boston" or "Boston area." No, this is all wrong. No wonder so many people don't like "Boston." - There's nothing to do in Malden!