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Hard Rock: Cheap Burgers for Public Servants |
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Jun 14, 2007 at 12:00 AM |
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Thurs. June 14 Remember the Beatles' "Revolution No. 9," where you heard that monotone voice go "Number nine, number nine, number nine" (or, backwards, "Turn me on dead man"). You might want to get used to the number 71, as the Hard Rock Cafe is cel ebrating the year the company was founded and the number will find itself attached to more than a few Hard Rock Events - like the July 2 opening of the new Hard Rock at the old Rack/Pizzeria Uno site. But on Thursday June 14, 71 is the number of cents you will pay for for on those juicy 10-ounce Angus burgers ... if you're a community servant, member of the police or fire departement, an EMT. (You do have to present a proper ID/badge.) Also, as June 14 was founding day back in London, the musical "clocks" at the Hard Rock will be turned back to that era, so we're thinking Led Zep, the Who, the Stones, the Kinks and all kinds of treasures from yesteryear. After the Hard Rock moves, next month you can expect all sorts of promotions, and concerts in the new 500-seat-plus concert facility. The Hard Rock Cafe - which on Clarendon has been a burger joint with memorabilia and a minimal musical presence - will shift gears and become one of the bigger players in the Hard Rock universe. With the changes happening this summer on Lansdowne Street - Avalon, Axis etc. going down to make way for an entertainment complex - this may conveniently open a gap in clubland. Stay tuned.
131 Clarendon St.,617-424-ROCK hardrockcafe.com
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PJAlert at the Foundation Lounge! |
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Jun 13, 2007 at 12:00 AM |
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Wed. June 13 Been to a pajama party recently? No, we haven't either. Actually, ever. In high school, we just fantasized about what happened at girls pajama parties and really that was the end of it. But the Foundation Lounge is throwing "The Pajama Party " on Wednesday June 13 and many of our prurient teenage fantasies were kicked up by that news. However, the news, as we first got it was rather vague. It was a champagne party where Jairo, Tyrone, Scotty, Sammy, Pedro, Soue and Tommy were our hosts. We know none of those people. DJ Dirty Dek would be spinning MashUp music. We don't know Dirty Dek either, but we know mash-up is the disco music of today. We got the word: "Sleepwear A MUST" making us wonder about why we would go to a club wearing sleepwear - jockey shorts? t-shirt? - until we realized they probably weren't talking about what we might really wear to bed, but what we might wear to bed someone not our fiancee, which we just wouldn't do period. But, we could take our fiancee to this and you - dear reader - might not have a fiancee and want one, or at least, want a potential one, for a night's experiment at least. So, given all this, we e-mailed the Foundation's owner George Lewis, a pal dating back to the 29 Newbury days, who explained there was no admission to the event but it was both open to the general public and RSVPs were preferred. `If you weren't going to wear pj's to the club - and really were you? - you could change in the appropriate rest room and then present yourself to the world. (Note: Every time you read the term "pajamas" you should probably think "sexy lingeree," not baggy sweat pants.) This all starts around 10 p.m.
500 Commonwealth Ave., 617-859-9900 thefoundationlounge.com
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Mary Timony Returns to Her Home Away From Home |
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Jun 13, 2007 at 12:00 AM |
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Wed. June 13 In "Sharpshooter," one of the catchiest, most triumphant-sounding songs she’s written, Mary Timony goes after the rock world’s most famous bow-and-arrow hunter, The Nuge. The song kicks off her latest CD, "The Shapes We Make." "Ted Nugent - what you gunna do?," she purrs. "What you gunna do when they come for you?/White tails gunna hunt you down/Do unto you as they’ve been done to." She used to famous for loving unicorns. It seems safe to say she is on the side of real animals – and their ghostly avengers - too. We’re on the phone with Timony from Washington, D.C., her old hometown that she returned to three years ago. At first, Timony calls the song "a little jab at Ted Nugent for fun," but soon adds, "I got really obsessed with how much I hated Ted Nugent. I had this image of all the animals he shoots coming back and shooting him, having this army." Blood curdling songs of vengeance aren’t new to Timony. Back in the mid-‘90s, when her Boston-based trio Helium was roiling and rolling, she married some vicious lyrics to shredding, distorted guitar licks. Helium was one noisy, jarring band and Timony was one sexy, spooky, maybe even psychotic-sounding, siren. "Yes, I’m sullen and withdrawn, and I take out my anger," Timony told me in 1994. Now, she’s in an up mood, laughing frequently. Her new CD is more playful, too. And that follows a path Timony, 36, has been on for a decade or so, beginning with the latter years of Helium, when they shifted from post-punk abrasion to more expansive progressive rock. (Timony says she prefers being labeled a prog-rocker to being "unicorn girl.") She plays the Middle East Upstairs Wednesday June 13. |
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Clutter: What is it good for? Absolutely Nothing. |
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Jun 12, 2007 at 12:00 AM |
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Tues. June 12 Clutter. It's the fight we all fight. No matter where we live, no matter how big our cubicle, how matter what the storage space is. Because we don't want to clutter this space with verbal clutter we 're going to stop right there and suggest you listen to Lisa Wessan - author, uncluttering coach - speak at the Chelmsford Public Library Tuesday June 12 and then again at the Somerville Public Library on July 12. Both talks are free and at 7 p.m. CPL, 25 Boston Road., Chelmsford, 978-256-5521, SPL, 79 Highland Ave., Somerville, 617-623-5000 |
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Jun 12, 2007 at 12:00 AM |
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Tues. June 12 Calling all Beacon Hill foodies. (Well, you don't have to hail from Beacon Hill. But if you come from elsewh ere you may have to park there and you know what kind of fun that is.) The Taj Hotel is hosting the annual "Taste of Beacon Hill" event from 6:30-9:30 where $85 gets you samples from 21st Amendment, the Federalist, No. 9 Park and many others. You can feel good about your indulgence because proceeds benefit the Namesake Scholarship Fund and the Beacon Hill Business Association.
15 Arlington St., 617-503-4140
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