Election Day

Home Plate

Turn it up. Beginning in January, Alabama state license plates will carry the slogan of Lynyrd Skynyrd's southern rock classic Sweet Home Alabama.

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Scary Movie

March Of Greed from Bring Me The Head Of Ubu Roi
Long Live Pere Ubu!

Yambo

Jason Mewes and Dave Grohl face off on Craig Kilborn's Yambo

Stumping The Shark

See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die

Funny as a crutch, Rich
I know Happy Days already jumped the shark but leave Mayberry out of this.

Blue Plate Blues

We missed the opening set by friend of Philco Con Murphy (1 PM!) so we swilled some Pumpkin Ale to the sounds of Jason James at the Blue Plate 75th Anniversary Bash.

J D Drew Rap Remix

New version of Bob Ryan/JD Drew rap featuring Game 5 heroics
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Pete's Bits

Under A Blu-Ray Sky : U2 Live At Red Rocks

You need this. Not because the picture has been regraded (whatever that means). Not because the sound has been remastered in 5.1 surround (I can't really tell on my stereo). No, you need it because unless you have an old VHS (or beta) copy lying around you haven't seen this in years if at all. This is a band at it's live peak. I saw them on this tour at the Worcester Centrum and it was so good I vowed never to see them again. That also may have something to do with the fact that I never bought an album after War until All That You Can't Leave Behind. Live At Red Rocks actually looked better on VHS back when TVs weren't made for high definition and you didn't notice the flaws in the film. Bono's singing is great, his dancing not so, but the real star of this show is The Edge and the sounds from his guitars. It's a blast to watch him switch from piano to guitar seamlessly throughout Sunday Bloody Sunday. 2003's U2 Go Home: Live At Slane Castle DVD would have been a worthy sequel to this but the camera's don't show Edge's guitar for more than a second at a time. Too bad. That leaves this DVD as the definitive document, a band seemingly unaware of how great it was...yet. Be warned the picture isn't fantastic, but the music is.

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RED SOX vs. RAYS PREVIEW

The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Sox

Elvis Costello Orpheum Boston October 1986
Listen carefully to the intro

The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Sox

What's The Fascination With JD Drew

Only Theo Knew
Bob Ryan Rap (from Pete's Bits)

Nevermind The Butter, It's A Sex Pistol

John Lydon's British Butter Advert

Little Big Wheel - Home

Little Big Wheel discuss their 1998 cd Home on Worcester News

MOMOFUKU - An Instant Classic

One of this year's biggest musical surprises of the year is the latest Elvis Costello record (yes, record!) Momofuku. Featuring The Imposters and some musical guests (including superb background vocals by Jenny Lewis), I mistook this for some throwaway side project but in fact it's one of Elvis best releases in years. This isn't the second coming of the Attractions, well actually it is, it's not on a par with their first three records but certainly up there in terms of the entire catalog. When I Was Cruel and The Delivery Man were a return to form but this goes one step better.
With no grand concepts to weigh them down The Attractions, I mean Imposters, sound like their old selves. If your an Elvis fan this year's model is not to be missed.

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stART on the Street

StART on the Street Worcester's biggest art festival will be held this Sunday, September 21, on Park Ave between Highland and Pleasant Streets.
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JETS vs. PATS PREVIEW

Brett Favre Career:
Starts: 254
Passing Yards: 61,849
Touchdowns: 444
Interceptions: 288

Matt Cassel Career
Starts: 0
Passing Yards: 405
Touchdowns: 3
Interceptions: 2

Prediction: Cassel led Pats will send Favre back into retirement

Experience Boylston

Some guy from Boylston bought a guitar that Jimi Hendrix set on fire for half a million bucks. Not the Hendrix /Zappa Strat from Monterey but the first one he lit up at London's Astoria. The other one is expected to fetch Dweezil a cool million. If you don't have that kind of money to burn you can have always one custom built.

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OPEN UP AND READ

With the lingering disappointment of The Weirdness and the endless sea of Iggy DVD I didn't need more Iggy Pop, but while browsing for a summer vacation book I could find nothing else. Well that's just fine because Open Up And Bleed could not be better. Not the authorized biography, but written with Iggy's blessing, Paul Trynka perfectly captures the tale of Jim Osterberg and his alter ego Iggy Pop from pre-Stooge to present with all the gory details intact. Essential.

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A Drink and a Quick Decision

The incomparable Hall and Oates

Your Sounds

filmed on flip by philco brothers
This time I got to see them.
Here's the Incredible Casuals playing Your Sounds Yourself at The Beachcomber in Wellfleet

"The Casuals make a raucous, guitar-driven sound not unlike NRBQ but with a hint of Replacements-style corrosion." - David Fricke, Rolling Stone

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