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Dale and the boys: Back in Boston |
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Jan 06, 2007 at 12:00 AM |
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Sat. Jan. 6 Go to the Middle East Downstairs webpage - mideastclub.com - and click on the group headlining Saturday Jan. 6, Missing Persons. Go to the website and the FAQ section. Look at the q uestion about the status of the band. You'll find the answer "The official Missing Persons is defunct." Hmmm, but there they - whoever they are - are on the bill. So, we've got to assume some version of the L.A. new wave-lite group will take the stage and we would expect singer Dale Bozzio (the most visable member) and guitarist Warren Cuccurullo (who owns the band name). We would not expect Dale's ex, drummer Terry, who once manned the kit for the short-lived but very good English prog-rock band UK and had a not-too-pleasant split witht he woman who still shares his surname. We would expect to hear versions of hits from yesteryear like "Words," "Windows," "Walking in L.A." and "Destinations Unknown." We would hardly put a Missing Persons reunion - if that's the right word - on part with an English Beat renaissance or a Damned get-together, but MP did represent a side of '80s pop that was flashy and kind of sexy. Whether you want to trip down memory lane with Dale - who was born here 51 years ago - Warren and whomever is a call we can't make. Doors are at 9 p.m. Just added: The Mystery Tramps, North Shore kids who rock. These teens were not born when Missing Perons was hot. Really. And they're fun. Tickets: $12.
472 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 617-864-3278 mideastclub.com
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lower case, please: blanketeer rocks the Plough |
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Jan 05, 2007 at 12:00 AM |
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Fri. Jan 5 We remember Amy DiScuillo from the hard-hitting all-female group Chelsea on Fire. But Amy's got a new - well, not exactly new, they put out a self-titled EP about two years ago - outfit called blanketeer. It's a melodic outfit, with chiming bits, ups and downs, big splashes. A fair amount of looking back at crumbled relationships, more with sadness than anger. Amy plays bass, Darron Burke drums, Chris Bailly plays keys and Adam Cooper sings and plays guitar. At the Plough & Stars Friday Jan.5, they'll be playing those six songs from the EP, but also lots from a full-length effort recorded last August. (They recorded at Makeshift Studio and plan an April release.) They're on at 10 p.m. at the cover is $6.
912 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 617-576-0032
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Kimchee Celebrates! Strike Two! |
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Jan 05, 2007 at 12:00 AM |
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Fri. Jan. 5 The Kimchee 10 year anniversary party marches on after a successful start at the Middle East last weekend, with Willard Grant Conspiracy, Chris Brokaw, Thalia Zedek and others. On Friday Jan. 5, local label boss Bob Dubrow takes th e party around the corner to T.T. the Bear's Place. We asked Dubrow what to expect from the occasion and he gave us this, about the lineup: "Cordelia's Dad (from Amherst/Northhampton area) hasn't played out for over 7 years, and indeed they began as a band 20 years this coming spring. They will play electric, unusual for them as they are more well-known for their acoustic pseudo-trad folky thing. Tim Eriksen of the band has gained some reknown over the last few years, teaching Sacred Harp singing to the cast of the movie Cold Mountain, and featured on the related T-Bone Burnett produced Down From the Mountain soundtrack. He played the Newport Folk Fest this past summer, and has been on Garrison Keillor's "Down Home Prairie Companion." The Hilken Mancini (ex-Fuzzy) & Chris Colbourn (Buffalo Tom) band has transmogrified a bit for this show into Hilken's new band, Shepherdess, which features the same rhythm section that originally backed Hilken and Colbourn when they started the duo thing, namely Winston Braman (ex-Fuzzy) on bass and Mike Savage (ex-Count Me Outs, ex-Cherry 2000) on drums. They will be playing Sheperdhess songs, and Chris Colbourn will join them for some Hilken/Chris stuff from their late 2005 Kimchee record. |
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Jan 05, 2007 at 12:00 AM |
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Sun. Jan. 7 All right, we were remiss in getting "Body Worlds 2," the controversial exhibition at the Museum of Science up on the site. That's because we sq ueamingly kept sitting on the fence: Is the exposure of the tissue of real dead humans, posed and plastinated for edification or entetairnment, science, grotesquery or some combination thereof? We'd have to say this is less shocking than it would have been the pre-"CSI" days, where autopsies and graphic depictions of damage done to the body are routine. If nothing else Gunther von Hagen's should provoke conversation ... like what do you want done to your body after death? Does it matter? Should you donate organs if you can? (Yes). Should you take up precious earth or be cremated? Should you sign yourself over to von Hagans and tour the world like Cher? We're putting this up on the site now because it really is coming to an end Jan. 7 and 500,000 people have already streamed through. Thje daytime hours for Sunday are likely sold out. But you can go real early to 6 a.m or mapybe after 9 p.m. Check with the MoS. Tickets: $16.
Science Park, 617-589-3113
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Jan 01, 2007 at 12:00 AM |
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Mon. Jan. 1 Is there any other choice? As an American you are expected to plunk your arse down in your easy chair and come up only to answer the pizza call at the door or the beer call at the fridge? (Oh, yeh, there's those bathroom breaks, too.) Clubs and arts organizations know this isn't prime time either - maybe you're fighting a hangover, too - so it's pretty slim pickings out there. So, if enless pigskin passing leads to Football Fatigue, we'd recommend some of the fine movies out there. We're looking at "The Good Shepherd," "Volver," "Apocalypto," "Pursuit of Happyness" or "Casino Royale." Check theaters for showtimes. |
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