I spent last night (and this morning) listening to Bob Dylan’s Biograph box set on vinyl. I had the cassette box many years ago, and acquired it on vinyl roughly ten years ago.
I love Dylan.
Lay Lady Lay
Let me Follow you down
Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
Yesterday, I arrived home from work to find a package waiting for me. It was from someone very close. Quite possibly the nicest thing anyone has done for me. The contents of that black leather folder contained so may different emotions. As I read it’s contents, I experienced and felt every single one of them.
Check the band’s website for ticket info.
February 2 Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre
February 4 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
February 6 Salem, OR Salem Armory
February 11 Oakland, CA Fox Theatre
February 17 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
February 19 Denver, CO Fillmore
February 21 Kansas City, MO Midland Theatre
February 22 St. Louis, MO Pageant
February 23 Louisville, KY Louisville Palace
February 25 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
February 27 Myrtle Beach, House of Blues
March 1 Nashville, TN Municipal Auditorium
March 2 Charlotte, NC Fillmore
March 3 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall
March 5 Richmond, VA The National
March 6 Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods
March 8 New York, NY Terminal 5
March 12 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata
March 13 Philadelphia, PA Tower Theatre
March 14 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
March 16 Montreal, QC Metropolis
March 17 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
March 19 Detroit, MI Fillmore
March 20 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
March 21 Minneapolis, MN Roy Wilkens Auditorium
A Looking in View
“Cousins” from Vampire Weekend’s new album Contra, to be released January 12th.
March 12 - March 17 @ the House of Blues. Tickets on sale 11.27.
Hi everyone,
We are very happy and excited to let you all know that we have our act together early this year and would like to announce the dates for our Boston St Patrick’s Day shows for 2010. We will be playing from Friday March 12th through to Wednesday March 17th at the Boston House Of Blues. Tickets for these shows will go on sale next Friday November 27th. More details will be sent out over the next week.
The South Boston St Patrick’s Day Parade will take place on Sunday March 14th and there will be tons of other great stuff happening all week at McGreevys and around town. So come help us turn Boston into another giant DKM convention for the week of St. Pats!
Oh and while we are at it here’s some more good news. We are just finishing up putting together our Live On St Patrick’s Day 2009 album release that will come out in time for next year’s shows, ready to get you in a festive mood ready for the 2010 debacle. The album will feature a completely different track listing from our first live CD that came out back in 2002. There will also be a bonus DVD version so we’re going to give you your moneys worth. We made sure there was no double dipping on the songs here!
See ya in Boston 2010!
Love,
Dropkick Murphys
Shipping up to Boston
Ani Difranco is coming to Showcase Live in Foxboro on Saturday, January 30. Tickets on sale tomorrow @ 10:00am here.
The Magnetic Fields will be releasing a new album titled Realism on January 26th. They are playing two nights at the Wilbur Theater.
You can get presale tickets right now here. Public on sale for Boston - Friday @ noon via Ticketmaster.
02-04 Washington, DC - Lisner Auditorium
02-06 Montreal, Quebec - Corona Theatre
02-08 Toronto, Ontario - Queen Elizabeth Theatre
02-10 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre
02-11 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre
02-13 Brooklyn, NY - BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
02-21 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
02-22 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
02-23 Seattle, WA - Town Hall
02-24 Seattle, WA - Town Hall
02-27 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
03-01 San Francisco, CA - Herbst Theatre
03-02 Los Angeles, CA - Wilshire Ebell Theatre
03-04 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre
03-05 Bloomington, IN - Buskirk Chumley Theater
03-06 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
03-07 Chicago, IL - Harris Theater at Millenium Park
03-10 New York, NY - Town Hall
03-11 New York, NY - Town Hall
03-22 London, England - Barbican Centre
Saturday, November 14
This will be my last daily tonsillectomy post. However, I may make one last post once I am officially healed. I still have a little time before I fully recover, but the worst is behind me. There’s no need to take the pain medication anymore, and the pain has been reduced to what feels like a bad sore throat. The fever is no more, and the ear pain is mild. On Monday, it’s back to work.
It’s been a rough ten days, no doubt about it. Surgery, no matter how minor, is not fun. From the moment I got home from the hospital, I was struggling. I ended up taking care of myself.
One nice thing to come out of this (other than no longer having infected tonsils) is knowing that people care about me. The amount of people who offered to help me was very much appreciated. Though I would have never taken anyone up on the assistance (that’s just how I am), it was nice to know people were there if I needed them.
I might actually go to this. I’m now able to eat soft foods, so this is right up my alley (and right down the road).
Friday, November 13
I was up late last night, and didn’t get to bed until 2:00am. I awoke Friday morning around noon with another slow start to the day. For the past few days, each day has been better than the last. I only needed to take one dose of pain medication today. The scabs seem to be forming nicely, and the pain now feels like a bad case of strep throat.
via Pitchfork
According to The Guardian, Gabriel’s Scratch My Back is part of a “song-swap project” in which Gabriel will cover other people’s songs, and they’ll cover his. That means there’s at least an outside possibility that we could hear Bon Iver take on “Red Rain”— which would be awesome. According to NME, Scratch My Back, due January 25, is the first release in a planned series, so maybe the other folks covering Gabriel will come later.
01 Heroes (David Bowie cover)
02 The Boy in the Bubble (Paul Simon cover)
03 Mirrorball (Elbow cover)
04 Flume (Bon Iver cover)
05 Listening Wind (Talking Heads cover)
06 The Power of the Heart (Lou Reed cover)
07 My Body Is a Cage (Arcade Fire cover)
08 The Book of Love (Magnetic Fields cover)
09 I Think It’s Going to Rain Today (Randy Newman cover)
10 Après Moi (Regina Spektor cover)
11 Philadelphia (Neil Young cover)
12 Street Spirit (Radiohead cover)
This is great. I love Peter Gabriel. I’m not talking about “Sledgehammer” Peter Gabriel either. I’m partial to the 70’s material, but his whole catalog is amazing.
Check out some of the videos below. There are rare performances from the late 70’s, as well as some Genesis videos. In the 3rd and 4th videos, you can see a young Phil Collins playing the drums.
Amex presale Monday 11.16 @ Ticketmaster here. Public on sale 11.21.
2/8 Charleston, SC North Charleston Coliseum
2/9 Birmingham, AL BJCC Arena
2/10 Nashville, TN Sommet Center
2/12 Auburn Hills , MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
2/13 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
2/16 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
2/17 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
2/19 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
2/20 Washington, DC Verizon Center
2/21 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
2/24 Boston, MA TD Garden
2/25 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
2/28 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
3/1 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
3/2 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
3/4 Omaha, NE Qwest Center
3/5 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center
3/6 Houston, TX Toyota Center
3/8 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
3/9 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
3/10 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
3/12 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
3/13 Louisville, KY Freedom Hall
3/15 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Complex
3/16 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena
3/17 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
3/19 Memphis, TN Fed Ex Forum
3/20 St Louis, MO Scottrade Center
3/22 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
3/23 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
3/25 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
3/26 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
3/30 Portland, OR Rose Garden
3/31 Seattle, WA KeyArena
4/1 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place
4/3 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
4/4 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
4/6 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Centre
4/7 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
4/8 Fargo, ND FargoDome
4/10 Chicago, IL United Center
Thursday, November 12
Today I felt better than the day before, and I made some vegetable soup. I was petty hungry, and ate two nice sized bowls. It was by far the most I have eaten in eight days, but still far less than what I should be consuming. As I said before, most people would welcome the weight loss, but I’m sort of thin already. I don’t have a scale, but I can tell I’ve lost weight. I decided to grab one of my favorite shirts from the closet - a vintage Wrangler shirt. I love this shirt, but over the years it has become a bit tight and uncomfortable. I tried it on, and it seemed to fit.
During the beginning of the week, cold things really soothed my throat. The warm soup toady actually felt good, so I decided to make some tea. It felt equally as good, but shortly after I noticed a strange taste in my mouth. I went to the mirror with a flashlight and saw blood coming from the left side of my mouth.
I guess minor bleeding a week after surgery isn’t highly uncommon, but if there’s a decent amount of blood loss, it’s straight to the emergency room. Luckily, the bleeding stopped and I was fine.
J Tillman, from the band Fleet Foxes, is touring in support of his new album Year In The Kingdom. He’ll be playing the Middle East Upstairs this Sunday, November 15th.
Tickets here
11/10 - The Pike Room at the Crofoot - Pontiac, MI
11/11 - Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto, ON
11/12 - Il Motore - Montreal, QB
11/13 - Space - Portland, ME
11/15 - Middle East Upstairs - Cambridge, MA
11/16 - The Bell House - Brooklyn, NY
11/17 - First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA
11/18 - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
11/19 - UVA Chapel - Charlotesville, NC
11/20 - Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC
11/21 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA
11/23 - The Bottletree - Birmingham, AL
11/24 - One Eyed Jack’s - New Orleans, LA
11/26 - Walter’s on Washington - Houston, TX
11/27 - The Mohawk - Austin, TX
11/28 - Hailey’s - Denton, TX
11/30 - Modified - Phoenix, AZ
12/01 - Casbah - San Diego, CA
12/02 - Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA
12/04 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA
12/10 - The Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver, BC
12/11 - The Crocodile - Seattle, WA
12/12 - Mississippi Studios - Portland, OR
Wednesday, November 11
Just when I thought my throat was getting better, it starts feeling worse. Today was the first day my throat actually felt worse than the day before. Strange. Also, my pain medication wasn’t very effective today either.
I needed to get out of the house, so I walked to the dry cleaners to drop off a few shirts. I then stopped at the store 24 in Cleveland Circle to get money from the ATM. I was surprised when I saw a new Blockbuster Express kiosk.
These things are pretty cool. They are esentally DVD rental machines. For $1, you rent a movie, and don’t have to return it until 9pm the next day. If you forget, it’s only an extra $1/day. Given my current state, this was a no-brainer. So I decided to give it a try. It currently had 26 pages of movies from which to choose. I rented the Disney-Pixar movie Up.
I continued my walk to Whole Foods. I picked up a few things to eat. My appitite is slowing increasing, and I am already bored with my diet.
Boston Through My Eyes
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