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July 17, 2006

Weekly Music Picks: Cooling it Down

The debacle that was Hot Stove, Cool Music last week has made us ready for a week of good music. The debacle in that it poured so hard they had to move the whole thing under the bleachers (inside). The sound quality was poor and James Taylor pulled a rock star move and only made the stage for a single song because he didn't have enough space. This week we're looking forward to cooler......

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June 12, 2006

Weekly Music Picks: Here Comes the Sun

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter. Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here. What's better than Bostonist ripping off lines of Beatles songs on a Monday? Checking out the Boy Least Likely To show at TT's. What's better than Bostonist ripping off Beatles lyrics on a Tuesday? The Aaron Goldberg Trio's Boston CD release party. What's better…oh you get the point. Check out this week's music picks for......

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Tags: America, Angels, angels, arts, Arts, Bill Littlefield, blogs, Boston, Boston Center, Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Phoenix, CD, CD Release, CD Release Party, Charlie Parker, Christina Linklater, City, contest, David, David Day, DJ, DJ Kon, DJs, events, Fire, fire, Free, Free Up Your Mix, Harvard, hip hop, hipster, I Love, I Love You, interview, Joshua Redman, Landmarks, landmarks, Love, love, Matt Durutti, Metro, Michael Walker, Middle East, Middle East Downstairs, Music, music, New York, New York City, New York Times, North American, NPR, NYC, Oakland, Oakland Faders, Opera Boston, Pants Yell, people, Phoenix, R&B, Release Party, Ritz Carlton, Rogers, Scion Metro, Stanford, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion, Style, The Bicycles, The Curse, The Fire, Theatre, this week, Tickets, Tony Kushner, Virginia, Wednesday, With Boston

May 22, 2006

Weekly Music Picks: Sunshine Day Edition

The season finale has just aired for your favorite TV show. NBC hasn't run Must See TV on Thursdays for a decade. The sun is shining and temperatures will be perfect for showing up jacketless to the next performance. Something to do every night this week – and rock it out for free with the pop tunes from WBOS' EarthFest line up on Saturday, starting at noon. All this and we're tivo-ing the Sox/Yanks games......

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