Suffering the slings and arrows of cramped housework, camping in the attic WITH TWO KIDS, and trails of LEAD DUST, it’s been a blog-free week. MEA CRAPPA CULPA. But here’s what we’ve been listening to: Toscannini GREATEST CONDUCTOR series, Brahms Fourth; Beastie Boys CHECK YOUR HEAD (organ! melody!); Burrito Supreme (Garth!); Christian Tetzlaff BRAHMS VIOLIN SONATAS; and on 88.1 WMBR, “Nothing But a Heartache,” by the Flirtations.
I LOVE THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS: Brett Milano fries up
Phish
about right, making Rush sound reasonable by comparison. The following week in the same rag, Carly Carioli screeds on Little Steven’s
Underground Garage Fest. Most reporters noted note how Bruce introduced Rochester’s Chesterfield Kings, but nobody reported on the lineup, what they played, or how other band bowed down to them (and the Lyres) backstage. Special mention: Somerville’s the Charms.
rock culture approximately
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