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Tori Amos' Rhythm Section @ The Orpheum

[music | Misfits - I Turned Into A Martian]

That might have been the most inappropriately mixed show I've ever been to. I've seen Tori Amos on 6 different tours, and that was by far the Cher-lookin'est Vag-grabbin'est humpiest I've ever seen her, but it didn't matter, you couldn't really hear a piano anyway.

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Regina Spektor @ The Orpheum

[music | Pixies - Cactus]

Natalie and I have seen Regina Spektor 4 times now in Boston. First opening for Dresden Dolls at Lupos in Feb '05, then a small show at the Paradise lounge in late '05 or early 2006. Then it seemed like she got real popular all at once, which is great. Last year about this time we saw her at a packed Avalon (~2000 people), and then tonight at a sold out Orpheum (cap 2750).

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Tanya Donelly and Kristin Hersh!

[music | Nick Cave - Let Love In]

Holy Crap I can't wipe the dopey smile off my face. Natalie and I have seen Kristin Hersh perform a couple of times (50 Foot Wave opening for the Pixies at BU, 50 Foot Wave opening for Throwing Muses at the Middle East), but I'd never had the opportunity to see Tanya Donelly either solo or with the Muses, I'd always been either too young/too poor or she wasn't playing out much. Just bad luck. I've always had a huge Tanya Donelly crush, which absolutely remains intact.

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Bob Dylan / Elvis Costello

[music | The Coup (favorite mutiny) Pete Seeger (Talkin' Atom) [ie "good protest music"] ]

I'm sort of angry with myself. I really wish I'd seen Elvis Costello the last time he came around solo, but I'm sure that wouldn't have prevented me from seeing this show, it probably would have only made me want to go more.

However, someone didn't pay attention to my Pact Between Artists and Audience for this show: The audience, by and large, does not care about the last 20 years of either of your careers, so know that. I established that in advance, someone got the memo, someone didn't.

I felt like I was watching the result of Leonard Cohen smoking an entire pack of Tom Waits being backed up by Bruce Willis. Maybe someone with artistic integrity (I have none, first you need the "artist" part) can explain to me what I'm missing in this show. (Please note, Natalie's opinion is entirely different from mine, she loved it.)

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Chris Isaak @ the Casino

[music | The Stooges - T.V. Eye]

Chris Isaak and Nicole Atkins

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B.B. King and the accidental racist

[music | Public Image Ltd. - Like That]

Wrote a story about it, like to hear it?

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Chris Cornell @ BofA Pavilion

[music | Misfits - She]

Chris Cornell, with Juliette and the Licks. I think the opinion on Juliette Lewis was "I expected nothing, and we got better than that". They weren't horrible, I think she was going for Aerosmith but with a different girl as lead singer. Like maybe Aero-Patty-Smith.

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Fuck you Biff Henderson

[music | Public Image Ltd. - Disappointed]

Morrissey @ Bank of America Pavilion. Long story short, 35 minutes, canceled to be rescheduled.

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Ween @ Webster Theater, Hartford

[music | Love & Rockets - Mirror People '88]

I'm still washing the hippy off. This was an invite from a friend, and I had a good time with him, but bluesy-quirk-jam-band isn't really my chosen plan.

I will now proceed to whine:

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Skinny Puppy @ Avalon

[music | The Birthday Party - Jennifer's Veil]

This has to be my favorite show so far this year, easy. And, I proved myself to be a complete idiot by half-ignoring Ogre when I bumped into him on the street...

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