1. Nightmare: Choking on marshmallow in front of large crowd | Soundtrack: "The Spirit of Radio," by RUSH
2. Nightmare: Running through post-nuclear ghost town and sister has holes in head | Soundtrack: "These Dreams," by Heart
3. Nightmare: Pulling out teeth with ease and feeling a sense of ultimate relief | Soundtrack: "Welcome Back, Kotter" theme song, by John Sebastian

Re: Best Music Poll 2009 Concert

BOSTON PHOENIX/WFNX BEST MUSIC POLL 2009
August 1st | 4:30
City Hall Plaza in Boston
FREE

Ra Ra Riot
Passion Pit
Metric
Gaslight Anthem
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Bravery

Did we mention it was FREE.

Videos after the jump to get you pumped.

Following a Def Leppard/Poison show at an amusement park in upstate NY, a local community blog posted the following description of who'd been arrested, and why. It made us laugh so hard we choked on our coffee. Here's our favorite five, but we highly recommend clicking through to read the rest:

• Murad Ramaden, 35, 66 Huetter St.

1. iamdiddy Michael Jackson showed me that you can actually see the beat. He made the music come to life!! He made me believe in magic. I will miss him! 25 Jun 2009 from web
2. iamdiddy Check out this tribute to Michael Jackson feat Myself, Game, Chris Brown, Polo, Mario Winans Boyz II Men //tinyurl.

Asia Chandler, host of Big City 101.3 FM's "Morning Mayhem" show, has put out a call asking supporters to march on One Herald Square at 4 pm -- right now, basically -- to protest today's Boston Herald cover.

From Facebook:

ASIA CHANDLER is outraged about the Boston Herald cover this morning and is on her way to One Herald Square to boycott!!!! Join me, the Big City fans, and all the media sources I can reach out to this afternoon at 4pm, right outside the Herald as we peacefully demonstrate that these blatant forms of bigotry are no longer accepted by the Black community in Boston and we mean it! Michael Jackson was an icon and should be respected!

NKOTB were in Motown last night, so there was no way they couldn't pour one out for Michael. We're not huge NKOTB fans, but given the town, the audience, and the enormous debt those guys owe to the man, the boys kept it classy.

THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED: for front pages from around the world, check Newseum. Hey Calgary Sun: great minds think alike, eh?

1. What the hell happened? Autopsy results expected imminently. But so far the leading contenders appear to be painkillers and anorexia, although Fox News is throwing Lupus into the mix just for good measure.

Michael Jackson dead. Bastard is such a fame whore: couldn't even let Farrah Fawcett have her day.

TMZ: //www.tmz.com/2009/06/25/michael-jackson-dies-death-dead-cardiac-arrest/

NY Post: //www.nypost.com/seven/06252009/news/nationalnews/michael_jackson_dies_176101.html

Presumably one of the perks of being on network television every night is the chance to gain exposure with a larger audience. And so the Roots, who've been serving as house band on the (improving) Late Night with Jimmy Fallon since its inception, used last night's show as an opportunity to premiere the title cut from their forthcoming album How I Got Over (as promised). And it's pretty good! Not that the Roots have ever had trouble translating live. 

Also in the world of late-night television last night, Wilco showed up on Conan and St. Vincent brought her anamatronic-like stage moves to Letterman. Both videos after the jump.

ON SALE JUNE 25

Our Lady Peace | August 18 at the Paradise, Boston | $23 advance/$25 day-of | On sale June 25, Thursday, at noon | //www.livenation.com

ON SALE JUNE 26

Lansdowne + Matalon + Dive + Jealousy Curve + Man on Earth | July 22 at the Middle East downstairs, Cambridge | $8 | On sale June 26, Friday, at 10 am | //www.