“I don’t think there’s a torch to pass,” he says. “There definitely wasn’t anyone passing me any torch. Things just happen.”
As he prepares for take-off (barring interference from the field trip of fourth-graders), he’s holding no grudge. “This is a beautiful town. I think if people could get out of whatever little rut they convince themselves is Boston — some people live here for three years and all they know is Allston Rock City — they’d see that there’s a ton of stuff going on in the city that’s just waiting for some people to connect.”
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The Milky Way Lounge & Lanes in JP was the first club to give Ben Sisto a shot at promoting an event — a dance night called Dynasty.
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- Party picks
Let’s get this straight: Compound 440r is not a commune.
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It pains me to have to ask this, but looking at the insane list of bands at Boston promoter Dan Shea's upcoming four-night "Homegrown" pysch fest at Church, I have no choice: what exactly does "psych music" mean at this point?
- Boston music news: February 24, 2006
Believe it or not, Dinosaur Jr. are convening at J Mascis’s home studio this month to record material for a new album.
- Nights on the town
In last year’s “Circuits” year-end wrap-up, we heralded the reach of Boston out to the world at large. This year, things got pretty radical inside the Hub. We Are Cassette, "Angels We Have Heard on High" (mp3)
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Winter in Boston is like being grounded. Too many housebound nights, and we’re bored, stir-crazy, and filled with the overwhelming sense of injustice at being stuck in here while the whole world goes on out there.
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There's not a whole lot of Yuletide-themed activity on Boston's musical fringes this year, and that makes the holiday rock show at the Milky Way this Sunday all the more welcome.
- DJ C freeks out
One of Boston’s favorite mixmasters and music makers, DJ C (a/k/a Jake Trussell), was invited to play New York City, sort of out of the blue, alongside Chicago ragga MC and fellow Mashit artist Zulu at the Freek Factory party.
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