January 4th, 2010 by bostonemissions
Boston Emissions // Sun, Jan 3, 2010
Happy New Year, indeed. Let’s get this thing started. So far, so good…
til tuesday - love in a vacuum (1985)
the main drag - jagged gorgeous winter [rockband 2 remix]
the main drag - cease and desist
conservative man - the heist
the organ beats - happy birthday, come on home
keep me conscious - stuck in a murder scene
prospect hill - into the light
do not forsake me, oh my darling - dance of the dead
vivian darkbloom - the plane
the upper crust - long table for two
sidewalk driver - jenny don’t really like the boys
mars - embracing imperfection
old jack - used to play
never got caught - parasite
mascara - deep in palm beach
roman traffic - halls and butcherd columns (recorded live on boston emissions 8/09)
the fatal flaw - where’s izzy?
bacchus king - the kill burl weathers
ketman - hideout from the sun
hollywood lies - murder scene
dominic and the lucid - cease to exist (from portland)
tony the bookie orchestra - georgia’s song
action verbs - fake roland
this blue heaven - insomnia
tribe - joyride (classic and awesome)
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January 4th, 2010 by bostonemissions
My Picks of the Week
Jan 4-Jan 9
There are shite loads of shows this weekend, case in point - see Super Rock Saturday. Holy Frijoles!
MONDAY, 1/4
Toad, Mass Ave, Porter Sq, Cambridge - The White Owls (featuring Dennis Brennan) - every Monday in January with Jen Kearney and the Lost Onion
Tues and Weds: Rest Up
THURSDAY 1/7
Middle East upstairs, Mass Ave, Central Sq, Cambridge - Action Verbs, The Forest Fires (Christopher of The Everyday Visuals), Old Jack, The Blizzard of 78, Oranjuly
TT the Bear’s, Brookline St, Central Sq, Cambridge – Babydriver, The Main Drag (cd release), Spirit Kid (cd release), Cathode Rays
Lizard Lounge, Mass Ave, Cambridge – Kay Hanley (Letters to Cleo) at 7pm followed by Ronald Reagan, a very entertaining sax duo
FRIDAY1/8
Middle East upstairs - Ketman, Reverse, Bacchus King, Tired Old Bones
Lizard Lounge – Zili Misik (Mee-Seek) January residency
SUPER ROCK SATURDAY 1/9
Middle East upstairs – The Luxury, Conservative Man (cd release), The Organ Beats, This Blue Heaven
Middle East downstairs - Of Hope and Rescue (cd release), Prospect Hill, Keep Me Conscious, Streamline, Crimson Bile
Precinct, Union Sq, Somerville - Sidewalk Driver, Watts, Auto Interiors
Rosebud Bar, Davis Sq, Somerville - The Motion Sick and The Downbeat 5
Great Scott, Comm Ave, Allston - The Fatal Flaw, Arletta and Technoir MA
Club links:
www.lizardloungeclub.com
www.mideastclub.com
www.ttthebears.com
www.precinctbar.com
www.greatscottboston.com
www.toadcambridge.com
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January 3rd, 2010 by bostonemissions
Happy New Year! Now that we are sufficiently uncovered and shoveled out,
I’ll look at the upcoming year in local music along with some more favorites from ‘09.
Downloads from The Main Drag, Conservative Man, The Organ Beats and more.
Listen online via the link above.
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December 28th, 2009 by bostonemissions
Boston Emissions
12/27/09
The year in Boston & New England rock with guests: Ashley Willard of Boston Band Crush and Ryan Spaulding of Ryan’s Smashing Life - two excellent Boston-based music blogs (links below)…
The following are favorites for various reasons. I’ll mark each by whose selection it was.
Anngelle’s Favorites in bold
Ad Frank and the Fast Easy Women - Man on Fire from Your Secrets Are Mine Now
The Everyday Visuals - Take It All in Stridefrom The Everyday Visuals
Sarah RabDAU and Self-Employed Assassins - Weekend from Sarah RabDAU and Self-Employed Assassins
The Honors - Parade from Wasted Palaces (one of my favorite songs)
Reverse - Blues In D from Monkey Mind (favorite band to come out of hiatus!)
Hands and Knees - Hot Little Item (Ashley and Ryan’s pick)
Antiques - Happy (Ashley’s Pick)
Father Abraham - All My Friends Are CFOs (Ashley’s pick)
The Beatings - All The Things You’ve Been Missing from Late Season Kid (a unanimous best of pick)
Ian Adams - Horns of the Devil from Stay Up Late (Anngelle and Ryan pick)
Cassavettes - Lights On frpm Shake Down the Sun (Anngelle and Ryan pick)
Tom Thumb - Olivia from We Never Die (Ryan’s Pick)
Mean Creek - Beg and Plead from The Sky and the Underground (a unanimous best of pick)
Will Dailey - How Can I Make You Happy - Torrent 1&2 - Busiest, Nicest Guy of the Year
Me and JOANCOLLINS - Crime of the Century (Ashley and Ryan)
Drug Rug - Hannah, Please from Paint the Fence Invisible (Anngelle and Ashley)
Vulgarrity - Plane in the Water - If You Sing It, They Will Hum (Anngelle’s pick for one of year’s favorite new bands)
Awesome Chariot - Awesome Chariot (Ashley)
Gene Dante and the Future Starlets - Madness to His Method - The Romantic Lead (Anngelle and Ashley) - in lieu of C-Star with its 11 c*cks, we opted for the song that won’t get my show cancelled…
As usual, we ran out of show. There was more to play but two hours goes by fast! I’ll include more info on my year-end selections in a blog to be posted later. There’s more to this…stand by.
Ryan’s Smashing Life - http://rslblog.com
Boston Band Crush - http://www.bostonbandcrush.com
Boston Emissions - http://www.bostonemissions.com
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December 27th, 2009 by bostonemissions
This Sunday, 12/27 - last show of the decade!
I’ll look at this year in local music.
Along with music bloggers, Ashley Willard of Boston Band Crush and Ryan Spaulding of Ryan’s Smashing Life, we’ll discuss and play
some of our favorites from the past year.
Ashley and Ryan are very in tune with the Boston music scene, attend ridiculous amounts of shows and write all about it in their
excellent music sites:
www.bostonbandcrush.com
http://rslblog.com

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December 21st, 2009 by bostonemissions
Boston Emissions
12/20/09
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Christmas Time (It Sure Don’t Feel Like It) - Throwdown this week!
Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys - No Room
Aloud - Merry Effing Christmas
Huxster - We Three Kings
The Gentlemen - Blue Christmas - Viva Noel, Q Division Christmas released in 2002 (NYE at Church)
Old Jack - Christmas (with members of Ms. Pigeon, the Lights Out)
The Main Drag - A Jagged Gorgeous Winter
Drug Rug - Dreamland
Cropduster - Blizzard of ‘78
Bleu - Snow Day
The SnowLeopards - You’re My Home
The Other Girls (Andrea Gillis, Michelle Paulus, Melissa Gibbs) - I’m Not Getting Anything For Christmas
The Submarines - You, Me and the Bourgeoisie
Bleu’s Boston All Starz “12 Dayz of Christmas” featuring Kay Hanley (Letters To Cleo), Jed Parish (The Gravel Pit), Ramona Silver, Dicky Barrett (Bosstones), Jason Kendall (Amazing Crowns), Dave Farrell (Rubyhorse), Aaron Lippert (Expanding Man), Bill Janovitz (Buffalo Tom), Adrian Hierholzer (My Favorite Relative), Mary Lou Lord, Ryan Miller & Adam Gardner (Guster)
Mary Lou Lord - Some Jingle, Jangle Morning
The Elevator Drops - Christmas Song
The Hush Now - Wishing You A Happy Christmas
Sidewalk Driver - Christmas in Fallujah
Gang Green - Skate to Hell
Star Matter (featuring Kelly Davidson, Brian Viglione, Russell Chudnofsky, Monique Ortiz, Linda Viens) - Just Like Christmas
The Sheila Divine - O Holy Night (off Viva Noel, a Q Division Christmas, 2002)
Outlets - Bright Lights
The Proletariat - Decorations
Merrie Amsterberg - 2000 Miles (off Viva Noel, a Q Division Christmas, 2002)
Next week: Obligatory “Year-End Bests” done my way and perhaps some special guests joining in
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December 14th, 2009 by bostonemissions
MON 12/14
Middle East’s Holiday Party with live music…
TUES 12/15
Lizard Lounge, Mass Ave, Cambridge - Session Americana
WEDS 12/16
OBrien’s, Harvard Ave, Allston - Eldridge Rodriguez (of the Beatings), Ian Adams, Tom Thumb, Greg Lyon
Middle East upstairs, Mass Ave, Central Sq, Cambridge - Dead Cats Dead Rats, The Lights Out, Silent Century, Shoney Lamar, Christmas Chicken (ftg member of the Luxury reportedly)
THURS 12/17
Middle East downstairs - Hallelujah the Hills, Faces on Film, Tulsa, Jesse Gallagher
FRI 12/18
Middle East upstairs - Township, Mean Creek, Movers and Shakers, Cropduster,
Middle East downstairs - The Elevator Drops, Bon Savants, Count Zero, Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys, with Videodrome and Anngelle hosting…
SAT 12/19
Lizard Lounge - The Future Everybody, The Rationales
PA’s, Union Square, Somerville - PA’s Holiday Party with Pants Yell! and Tony the Bookie Orchestra
Sun 12/20
Great Scott, Allston - The Scrooges, Vagiant Boston, Hot On The Heels
(email shows to anngelle(a wzlx.com before sunday night of the week you are playing out)
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December 14th, 2009 by bostonemissions
12/13/09
guest: The Elevator Drops
+playlist
The Sheila Divine - Modern Log (EP version, pre-New Parade release)
Township - Sinister Minister
The Beatings - Parts Per Notation
Mean Creek - Face of the Earth
Tony the Bookie - Georgia’s Song
Action Verbs - Fake Roland
The Elevator Drops - $7 Single - People Mover
The Elevator Drops - Be a Lemonhead (Beautiful Junkie) - Pop Bus
The Elevator Drops - Elevator to Heaven - Pop Bus
The Elevator Drops - Catastropy - Ok Commuter (available on itunes)
The Elevator Drops - Christmas Song - Ok Commuter
The Elevator Drops - Shake it - Ok Commuter
Garvy J - What If It All Worked out (unreleased)
Count Zero - Bite Off the Roses
Ian Adams - Walk on the Moon
The Lights Out - Five Fifteen
Dead Cats Dead Rats - Shipwreck
The Upper Crust - Coachman Ride On (NYE at Church!)
Sorry to the Bon Savants. My home-burn is scratched to hell. Send some music?
Thank you Tone Source One (Ghoul), Tone Source Two (Garvy J.), Tone Source Three (Fitz, the man in the slightly larger orange suit) aka The Elevator Drops, additional tone sourcing, harmonizors, harmonizing, vinyl, Janes’ Addiction, McCartney’s most-celebrated Christmas classic, classics, beards or no beards….. and you for listening!
Next week: Your home-spun holiday classics!!!
Accepting holiday songs; message me and i’ll tell you where to send them.
No swears for baby Jesus, ok?
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December 9th, 2009 by bostonemissions
This Sunday, Dec 13
The reunited THE ELEVATOR DROPS are on the show!

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December 9th, 2009 by bostonemissions
Boston Emissions WZLX
Dec 6, 2009
guests: Will Dailey and Eddie Japan
The Elevator Drops - Public Transport Authority
The Honors - Parade
Sarah RabDAU and Self-Employed Assassins - Weekend
Ad Frank and the Fast Easy Women - The Vampire Who Opted for Death
Cassavettes - Lights On
The Sun Lee Sunbeam - O Rly?
Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling - Dance of the Dead
Vary Lumar - Laying on Ice
Will Dailey - Peace of Mind
Brendan Boogie and the Best Intentions - I Remember Teenage Girls
Boston All-Star Charity Holidad Aid… (Jason Dunn/Brendan Boogie/Bruce Springsteen) - This Holidad (Feed Them Holidad)
Will Dailey - How Can I Make You Happy
Will Dailey LIVE - Allston
Action Verbs - Fake Roland
TAB the Band - Bought and Sold
Sidewalk Driver - Jenny Don’t Really Like the Boys
Eddie Japan - The Power of Negative Thinking
The Blizzard of 78 - The Song
Margin Walker - High Water
Thank you Will Dailey, festive festivities, holidays, Festival Holidads, all-star kamillionare-voiced holiday charity songs, charities, aids, eddie japan, eddie’s everywhere, hogan’s run, multiple late nights, mutliple shots, dirty beer taps, tweets and you for listening…next week: The Elevator Drops!
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