Boston -- Classic or Dirty Water?

Hey, AP and his lovely fiancée are in town this weekend if anyone wants to meet them

so the last time i came to a fap was the night whitney houston died. last february. despite that, i'd like to start coming again this year if no one has a problem with that

I have a business trip to your fair city coming up in a few weeks. If I wanted to find out where there's live music going on, where would I go? Is there a good website for seeing what's on?

markers!!

craig--i usually just check venue by venue these days though other ppl may know of a good general listing. you can check what remains of our alt-weeklies at http://thephoenix.com/ and http://digboston.com/, or let me know if you're looking for something specific.

yay markers

I can only echo what cad said re: live music, with the extra caveat that there is also a very vibrant classical scene in town as well, from the big guns of the BSO, Boston Lyric Opera and Handel & Hayden to smaller chamber ensembles that pop up all over the place, including string quartets, baroque ensembles, 8 to 17 voice choirs, a myriad of tiny opera ensembles and school opera productions, etc etc. I don't have a single-stop place that lists these concerts (aside from my Facebook feed, lol) but you can try checking the music section of the "What To Do" page on http://www.boston.com

thank dudes. i'll be hanging around ilx & this thread much more going forward and if all goes well i'll be at a fap soon

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Cheers cad & Dan. I was looking at that Phoenix site and realising I don't recognise any of the bands (save for Enter Shikari, lol). So I'm now just randomly trying the myspace pages of anyone listed. As for something specific, not really. I mean, I mostly listen to punk (not including Enter Shikari) and post-rock, but the last gigs I've been to were King Creosote, a friend's blues band, and a random electronic show, so I'm open to most things, particularly those that are noisy (oh, Noise would be cool too).

Just feel like if I wander randomly I'll either not find anything, or end up at a Dropkick Murphy's tribute or something.

I've been to Boston once before, again on a business trip, but I spent my 2 free nights at the Celtics and the Bruins, followed by drinking at Hurricane O'Reilly's, as it was the first bar I saw. For the work part I'm out in Dedham, but going to make sure and go more central for the weekends so I don't have to catch the last commuter train.

HEY GUYS YES LET'S DO SOMETHING SOON

Maybe next weekend or the one after that? (14th/15th or 21st/22nd)

Or, you know, whenever.

xp that is literally how everyone ends up at hurricane o'reillys

you tell me when shit's going down and i'll be there

Where is Hurricane O'Reilly's? I always wound up at the Harp or the Penalty Box which I actually used to go to by choice in the early 00s because that's where The Pill was then.

hurricane o'reillys is on the street perpendicular to causeway next to the north station t stop. so if you get off the t on that side, or walk away from the garden in that direction, it is v. likely to be the first place you see.

Maybe next weekend or the one after that? (14th/15th or 21st/22nd)

so the latter here would be better than the former i think

so it would seem of these next two weekends the only night i have free right now is 2/22. but i'm up for hanging out that night!

Yay lets do it

i'm in

really, hurricane's? we literally -make beer- like two doors down from there. walk a little farther!

you guys are always the most packed before/after events at the garden!

too true. i usually try to skulk away before the crowd hits!

btw dude djp and i were at the fenway boston beer works two wednesdays ago and brought up the fact that we still want to visit you!

You guys I work like 2 mins from there. You should have told me! I would have come out for a drink.

cool, anytime! i'll be the guy skulking around by the tanks. bump the thread or something so i knows yer coming.

i'm going to show up at one of these shindigs one of these days.

yeah you should!

Are we still doing something on Friday then?

If so where and what?

DJP how was Lord Hobos? I've still never been there.

lord hobo is a good bar imo

i'm busy this weekend but i'll make it to one of these eventually, still want to meet you folks

Lord Hobo is pretty nice; they have a good selection of interesting beers and a bunch of cool appetizers on their menu (mmmmmm burrata). The only downside is it's not very large and a lot of people like it a lot, so there's a good chance we could get squeezed out at the bar if the timing is off unless we tried making a reservation.

The advantage to someplace like Meadhall is it's larger, if a little louder and "trendier". (which isn't to say that Lord Hobo hasn't gotten a trendy makeover in its transition from the B-Side, because it totally has, but remembering it as the B-Side undercuts that a little)

oh i loved the b-side

(BLUE CHEESE FRIES)

Meadhall might be good but is it really really loud? I am old and the hearing is going and remember that time we went to Public House and we couldn't hear shit? Hmmmmm.

lord hobo is great but yeah, it's kind of weird to get to and if it's packed you have to go a ways to find someplace else. good option if we were meeting up on the earlier side, but if we are meeting up let's say after 7 it might be risky. i have never been to meadhall.

i am still up for hanging out on friday btw.

I've only been to Meadhall once and I remember a lot of background noise, but it wasn't like My-Bloody-Valentine-concert loud

I should be okay for Friday I think? I have a random concert on Saturday so it will have to by necessity be a low-key evening for me drinkingwise

whether i'll be a this or not is up in the air, but i'll write back soon to say what's happening either way

Right so, Mead Hall?

What time? After work?

that would be my vote

yup yup

OK LET'S DO IT.

RS will be there too and I may see if Kevin and Tina are free and want to stop by.

:D

i'm coming

this place isn't hard for me to get to

So what time do you guys think you'll get there? Friday afternoons are DEAD here. I can leave at 4:30ish and be there around 5:15.

hopefully in the 5:30 - 5:45 range

ill be leaving from home early to go to the mit bookstore and will then head over

I expect to be there between 5:30-6:00

J will be coming from Harvard Square so she'll either be there before me or an hour after me, lol

Anyone for 3-16? I'm ready

Yes its really me, and I want to drink beer

Yeah, that would be fun. The 16th would work for me.

I think I shall rent myself a hotel room

boo I have rehearsal the next day