Boston Compass #43

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It’s been over three years since The Compass was conceived. The idea was to create a monthly resource of awesome Boston happenings that would be a unifying factor for our region’s diverse underground culture. That is still the idea.

The Compass started out on an 8 ½ x 11 sheet of paper, complete with show listings and space-filling doodles, all compiled and organized by Dan Shea and myself. I bought the stacks of paper down in Braintree and a few excellent individuals--sometimes with the assistance of Kinkos-- helped print thousands of issues.

Then, I would drive around and leave copies at hundreds of businesses, schools, and gathering spots in the city. It went on like that every month for two years before we decided to expand.

Our most recent expansion, from four to eight pages, is truly significant. It means that The Compass team has grown and continues to spend countless hours every month on this FREE resource, working collaboratively to bring you the best music, art and film events in the city. This is serious dedication!

The Compass would not exist without the talented crew who has joined us in the past year.

Please keep picking it up and think about the two dozen people who volunteer their time and energy to make it happen. Consider joining-up! We have a serious gang now who is committed to keeping this thing going, but we could be even greater with your participation. You can help make The Compass a better publication and make Boston a better city. Empower yourselves!

-Sam Potrykus

The Compass Seeks Administrative Assistant! Have you ever wanted to learn how to run an independent newspaper? Us too. Now’s our chance! Help the administrative team who makes this free publication with the day-to-day, learn some skills and maybe teach us a thing or two as well! As with all Compass roles this is a VOLUNTEER position. The compensation is all about feeling good at the end of the day that you’re putting your tenacity and dedication toward something worthwhile and pretty life changing. Interview might involve a trip to Lanes and Games. Serious inquiries only: BostonCCC@gmail.com

The Arts & Film Expansion is Finally Here, and what an interesting time to start! Some spots are taking the month to gear down and prepare for the explosion that will be the Fall season in September. Save for some near and dear spaces, namely, ANTHONY GREANEY & BLANC. Their hiatus, and eventual change of venue under compromising circumstances, has stirred some age old discussions about lack of support for experimentation/emerging concepts/projects/Artists in the Boston scene. Tune into the Boston Hassle online to check out what some key movers and do-ers are thinking of what’s up with this business. -NV

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BUFU Records Bands On The Road In August. This month the BUFU crew has two of their freshest bands DESIGNER and AYKROYD marching out into the country to give folks outside New England a taste of Boston’s dark, noise rock nonsense. Designer will be back from Austin just in time to play with Aykroyd at their Chicago mini-tour kickoff on Wednesday 8/7 @Middlesex (pRIMODIAL sOUNDS night!) Try to get your hands on one of Designer’s tapes (going fast) and the first Bufu 7” eva - Aykroyd’s NARC DREAMS/I WAS. Their fat, atonal grooves and spunky pop moves make them the perfect couple. I could see them getting married that is, if spazz punk daddy Doug Demay is down to preform the ceremony. -JR Fall is approaching and that means that we are throwing some fests! In October we host the first New England Underground Music Fest (featuring ONLY gnarly NE underground and experimental music makers). And in November we host Boston Hassle Fest 5 (formerly Homegrown Fest). We are currently booking both fests and could definitely use some help in procuring sponsors, contacting bands, and organizing the festivities. If throwing major good time music events gets you going, well, then get in touch! We need you! BostonHassle@gmail.com -DS Bent Shapes’ Debut LP “Feels Weird” Drops August 20th. After years of hustling CD, 7”, flexi and cassette teasers, Boston’s tightest, attitude-fueled garage-pop trio Bent Shapes is releasing their debut Long Player via San Francisco’s Father/Daughter Records! You may remember them generating some sweet buzz as GIRLFRIENDS and you will certainly remember the tunes if you ever heard them, catchy jams that they are. My personal favorites are Bites and Scratches and Panel of Experts, both appearing on wax in all their perfectly recorded glory. The music will have you bouncing around, all smiles, but their clever, sassy quips remind you to keep your guard up in this crazy world. -SP The Compass Seeks Marketing/Advertising Prod. Here at the Compass this is what we are good at: being passionate about art and organizing within the art community. ‘No’ is never an option here in Compassland! What we aren’t good at yet is general business, and that’s where we need some help from you!

Here’s your chance to employ your natural business talents while championing for independent press at the same time! Ensure the future of this damned rag by dedicating some serious time to hunting down supporters for it. This is a volunteer position, unless of course you’re nasty at it, then there’ll be money.

Got a better idea? Let’s hear it! BostonCCC@gmail.com Word from the corner of Mass Ave & Brookline is that a New Video Series is Brewin’! Some of the MAGIC MAGIC fellas (Dylan Gough, Brad Krieger and John Murphy) have been busy setting up a sick new studio in nearby Norwood, MA. Every month, they’ll be laying down tracks and emptying beers with a different Boston band and a few friends - the killer BENT SHAPES will be the first to take the plunge into this AV party! Michael Chew will be on hand to document and cut some fresh videos of the whole thing. As always, www.Boston Hassle.com is there to make cool shit like this available. So keep those eyes and ears peeled! -CEEK

The Compass Seeks Distribution Co-Coordinator! We hate waste. We’re always trying to reduce the amount of paper wasted each month and find better homes for them, but our crew is maxed out! We need a fresh head. We need a special and capable person at the helm of this imperative honing process. Talkin’ initiative, organization, good communication skills and perhaps a knack for Greater Boston’s best haunts. This distro shrimp role (roll?) is a VOLUNTEER position. Not down? How about some feedback then? Tell us if our distribution sucks or not; we want to know: BostonCCC@gmail.com All summer long Somerville Slumber Party has been curating killer midnight screenings of cult classics, grimey genre flicks and generally Psychotronic pictures, making Boston a two grindhouse town (the Coolidge being the other of course) for probably the first time in a long time. Only planned through August, this month is the last for the series. They go out with a bang though with screenings of Piranha (1978) and The Road Warrior (1982) amongst the lot. Give the Somerville Theater the credit it deserves and support this programming by showing up. We want more! Thanks SSP! -DS The Compass’ sister website, the Boston Hassle, is launching a completely NEW and epically fresh site design right alongside its sibling newspaper’s expansion!! A new section, WENT THERE, will ask you, the show goer, to send in your live show vids and reviews for inclusion on the site. Give us your two cents. The site will also feature film and art calendar listings as well as the treasure trove of artist profiles and show previews you’ve come to expect.

And we’re also accepting as much header art as we can get for the site’s soon-to-be rotating header. Send us your stuff! Write for us! We want you.

BostonHassle@gmail.com -DS Calling all Activists, Radicals, and Enviro-mentalists! Do you think GLOBAL WARMING is a huge drag? Who doesn’t! Fortunately, the people of Cambridge have put forth an innovative plan to do something about it. It’s called NET ZERO. If approved, it would prohibit the emission of greenhouse gases in the daily operation of many large, new buildings. Instead, energy would come from renewable alternatives like solar, wind, and biomass. Cambridge officials have scheduled public hearings to discuss the proposal on August 20 and 21st. Tell them that Mike Connolly sent you, and that Climate Change sucks. Find out more at www.NetZeroCambridge.org - MC Want to get involved with putting on shows in the Boston music scene? Want to meet other people into raw sounds, buzzing synths, or jangling chords?

Want to get your own music into the mix? We need show volunteers to run the door, to run the sound, and to keep the shows running smoothly. Get yourself out of the house and engaged in a real world underground culture activity.

BostonHassle@gmail.com -DS The Boston Counter Cultural Compass is produced by Boston Hassle

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Highlights and Listings of the Boston Arts Scene

HELP US REPRESENT THE BOSTON ART SCENE TO THE FULLEST! SEND US YR LISTINGS & TIPS! Join the Art Blast Team! bostonccc@gmail.com Visit the Art Blast Online! http://www.bostonhassle.com

NABEELA VEGA RECEPTION @SMFA Opening: 8/29 7-9pm. On view at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts this month is the work of boston based artist Nabeela Vega called “Visting Thahab”.

The featured work is a realization of a body of work that uses video, photography and performance to study the muslim woman’s presence as an object in contemporary, domestic and foreign spaces.

-Chad Nova

SYNAESTHETICS: Paintings by Isaac Camp @Gallery 360 now9/25. Using one kind of art to create another seems logical and truly fascinating! Artist and musician Isaac Camp, also known as Chronic Tone, naturally translates sound compositions into colorful abstract works by means of “synesthesia.” An educational background from Northeastern University in Music Industry and Recording, combined with a focus on studio and digital arts, has led this artist into a realm of infinite discovery and potential beneficial impact to others.

-CEEK

NEW ENGLAND COLLECTIVE IV: 4th Annual Juried Exhibition @Galatea Opening: 8/2, 6-8pm, on view now-8/28. Art for ALL and all

for ART! This show features contemporary art from 57 different local, emerging artists and is curated by Kaveh Majitabai and Brian Goslow (Editor and Publisher of Artscope). The opening is part of Sowa’s “First Fridays” when over a dozen galleries and 50 artist’s studios in the South End open their doors to us (and fill our cups)! FREE ART AND FREE BOOZE??? No excuses. Support your local artists.

-CEEK

COMMUNION V @BATHAUS 8/6 at 7pm.

BATHAUS, a transient group of artists and performers, are hosting COMMUNION V which will feature drawings from Creighton Baxter, Tony Palocci, Tom Maio, Adam Paladino and Maria Molteni. As well as performance art from Creighton Baxter, Maria Molteni, BATHAUS & Lucy Watson. There are also a couple DJs (Gossip Bwoy & Peter Shimoda) and a band in town from Texas: Poppy Red! Communion, in its fifth year, is meant to honor the past and welcome the future for this bad ass haus/collective.

-Nabeela Vega

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Light Eye Mind is “the UK’s first lucid light staton”, and last month they exhibited their hyper-sensory light device at Central Square’s Blanc Gallery. So what does that mean?

One at a time, audience members sit face to face with Lucia No.3, a neurostimulator lamp, which emits stroboscopic white light at different frequencies, causing otherworldly visual patterns.

Add some headphones with the music of your choosing, and you’ve got a visceral a sensory deprivation experience. With eyes closed, the Lucia No. 3 turns your eyelids into psychedelic projectors, challenging your notion of what it is to see.

The collective responsible for Light Eye Mind is on tour from London with a mission to inspire. The hypnagogic experience induced

by Light Eye Mind (hypno meaning sleep, and gogic meaning moving towards), creates a feeling similar to a lucid dream or an out of body experience, and leaves many people with a heightened sense of creativity.

-James Staub

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ANNA BOWRING THROWN PAINT @Refuge Cafe 8/2-8/31. Refuge

is a cool joint and they regularly make a place for cool art, which is super cool! This month they have the thrown paint of Anna Bowring. Featuring a taste of classical figure painting in oil, alongside obscure Geometric structures in string, and predominated by the exuberant flavors of abstracted painting basically, she can throw it any direction. Go get an Allstoned Sunrise for here and check it!

-Sam Potrykus WORN TO BE WILD: The Black Leather Jacket @Springfield Museums now9/22. Get schooled on “cool.”

This exhibit tells the story of one of the most iconic pieces of clothing in history and shows it’s evolution from WWI to today’s runway. Jackets on display will range from historic garb, hand-decorated specimens and haute couture to those worn by superstars past and present. Movie memorabilia, advertising materials, original art, and vintage motorcycles provide greater context in which to consider the rebel’s most defining garment.

-CEEK

EVERYEVERYTHING: New Works by Matthew and Nicholas Zaremba @Voltage Closing Reception: 8/2, 7-9pm, on view now-8/18. Don’t know

the Zaremba brothers? Catch up! This two-man show is just a taste of their skills, featuring new paintings and illustrations.

Both are members of Boston’s infamous Project SF crew, an artist collective whose output is equalled only by their talents.

Matt and Nick Z are constantly evolving as individual artists, with influences from skate and graffiti culture, their work is both buoyant and relevant. Get to the reception and grab their new zine, #EveryEverything.

-CEEK

SOMERVILLE TOY CAMERA FESTIVAL @Washington Street Art Center Opening: 8/10, 7-10 pm, on

view 8/10-8/31. This whimsical show focuses on the work of photographers taking great photos on cameras that aren’t technically amazing—juror Isa Leshko called for photos taken on Holgas, vintage Anscos, pinhole cameras and even cell phones.

-Rose Parry

A CELEBRATION OF MATERIAL @Blick (Fenway) 8/8 7pm-9pm. This fine store

is chock full of passionate artists who want to do more than just sell you supplies. This is Blick’s first, of many, pop-up juried events and will be showcasing 5 emerging 2D artists.

Check ‘em out-- and submit yourself!

-Sam Potrykus

YOU ARE HERE @Nave Gallery 8/3-8/18. Plot a trip to this multidisci-

plinary exhibition that brings together artists who work with maps. This show will take a look at the role maps play in art, both as a subject and as a medium. Art will examine the relationship between humans and maps, potentially forcing visitors to consider the place of maps in their own lives.

-Rose Parry

RECAP Every month, South End’s 450 Harrison Ave reveals new work to the Boston Community.

In July, Anthony Greaney Gallery hosted a one night performance event, “E P O C H”, which included work from artists Philip Fryer and Tom Maio.

Of the event, Maio mentions: “Epoch is an extended period of time characterized by a distinctive development/memorable series of events. We spoke true to the meaning of the title by dealing with personal experiences in our exhibited performances.”

It was an opportunity to experience cross-generational approaches to self-referential performance work as Maio is a recent grad of Montserrat and Fryer is a Boston-art-scene veteran.

Both ended their performance with a beautiful and discomforting durational action that questioned both the viewer and artists’ place in their current environment. Maio and Fryer intend to keep curating future performance art events in Boston.

-Nabeela Vega

in Graphic Design Student Thesis Show @Adams Gallery 8/23-9/16 Quinn Gorbutt @Aviary Opening: Aug 1st, 6-9pm, on view now-8/31 PaperWorks: The Art and Science of an Extraordinary Material @Berkshire Museum now-10/26 Convergence @Boston Sculptors Gallery now-10/31 Summer Color @Brickbottom Artists Association now-8/17 Ten Paintings Ten Songs @Bromfield Gallery Opening:8/2, 6-8:30pm, on view now-8/24 State of the Art 2013: Third Annual MFA Graduate Exhibit @Chase Young Gallery now-8/15 Summer Members’ Show: Inspired by the Modernists @Co|So now-8/22 Visual Dispatches from the Vietnam War @Currier Museum of Art 8/2-11/11 Nora Valdez: Baggage @Fitchburg Art Museum now-9/1 Nora Valdez: The Immigrant @Fitchburg Art Museum 8/10, 1-3pm New England Collective IV: 4th Annual Juried Ex hibition @Galatea Opening: 8/2, 6-8pm, on view now-8/28 Synaesthetics: Paintings by Isaac Camp @Gallery 360 now-9/25 REVEAL @Hallway Gallery now-8/24 Summer Show @Miller Yezerski Gallery now-8/16 Barry McGee @ICA now-9/2 Steve Locke: there is no one left to blame @ICA now-10/27 Mary Reid Kelley @ICA now-10/27 Composite Landscapes: Photomontage and Land scape Architecture @Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum now-9/2 Boston-Como @Laconia Gallery now-8/18 Memorry Lane // Journey to Candied Mountain by Caitlin Duennebier @Lincoln Arts Project now-8/3 Art Cheats @LotF Gallery now-8/15 Ken Okiishi @LIST (Bakalar Gallery) now-9/1 Invisible Cities @Micro Museum Opening: 8/15, 6:30-8pm, on view 8/15-10/11 Drawing Connections @Mills Gallery now-9/22 Bruce Davidson: East 100th Street @MFA now-9/8 Riley Howard: Fields and Stripes @MFA now-10/27 Hippie Chic @MFA now-11/11 Students Curate Students: Liking is for Cowards.

Go for What Hurts @MFA Courtyard now-8/18 Rembrandt the Etcher @MFA 8/10-2/17 Holland on Paper: The Age of Art Nouveau @MFA 8/10-2/23 You Are Here: Maps and Art @Nave Gallery 8/3-8/18 Dress Up @Panopticon Gallery now-9/10 Harold Feinstein: A Coney Island Summer @Panopticon Gallery now-9/10 James Balla: Into the blue again @Provincetown Art Association and Museum now-8/11 Jim Peters @Provincetown Art Association and Museum now-8/11 Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Men of Fashion @RISD now-8/18 Made For Eternity-Egyptian Collection @RISD now-12/31 Nabeela Vega Reception @SMFA 8/29 7-8pm Jam Session: Music in Prints @Springfield Museums now-9/8 Worn to be Wild: The Black Leather Jacket @Springfield Museums now-9/22 Prints for the Peopole: Japanese Ukiyo-E and Currier & Ives @Springfield Museums now-11/17 Skin Deep: Tattooed Warriors and Fantastic Beasts @Springfield Museums now-12/15 @BATHAUS @LILINTERNET @MARYRACH3L @ZEBBLER @Thomas Young Studio Opening: 8/8 6-10pm, Closing: 8/31 6-10pm, on view 8/8-8/31 Jeff Roberts: Surfaces @Uforge Gallery Opening: 8/1 6-8pm, on view now-8/18 EveryEverything: New Works by Matthew and Nicholas Zaremba @Voltage Coffee & Art Open ing: 8/2, 7-9pm, on view now-8/18 Nancy Spero: Cri du Coeur @Worcester Art Mu seum now-10/13 Looking West and Looking East @Worcester Art Museum now-November Winogrand’s Women Are Beautiful @Worcester Art Museum 8/10-11/10 Somerville Toy Camera Festival @Washington Street Arts Centre now-8/31 Boston Young Contemporaries @808 Gallery now-8/25

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JAWS @Somerville (1975) dir. Steven Spielberg The quintessential summer movie. An unknown twenty-something director took a story about a big fish and made swimming something that only seemed safe in the kiddie pool. Be terrified all over again in 35mm.

SUNSHINE DAYDREAM @Fenway 13 (1972/2013) dir. John Norris

FEATURED FILM SERIES THE FILMS OF WONG KAR-WAI @Museum of Fine Arts 8/1-8/25 Throughout August love is examined through the darkly shaded eyes of Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-wai, beginning with the gangster drama As Tears Go By. Eventually the series turns to following a local Hong Kong mafioso and his inability to form a sincere relationship in Fallen Angels. Later in the series Ashes of Time will be screened. A stark departure from Kar-wai’s more personal work, Ashes of Time is an action adventure epic set in ancient China featuring dazzling fight scenes and Wong’s vivid cinematography. Happy Together and In the Mood For Love, both tales of romantic yearning and paralytic isolation, were the first of the director’s films to gain serious praise from Western critics. This trend continued through 2046, an exploration of memory and loss that incorporates time travel and parallel worlds. These films helped to establish Kar-wai’s unique visual universe and fractured, quiet sense of narrative. One of the major draws of the MFA’s retrospective is a Boston premiere of Kar-wai’s latest feature, The Grandmaster, a martial arts drama centering on the life of legendary kung-fu master Ip Man. Enjoy all Wong Kar-wai’s films this month at the MFA. -Matty McBride

THE GENERAL @Somerville (1926) dir.

Clyde Bruckman/Buster Keaton The Somerville Theatre continues its monthly Silent Film love with this Buster Keaton classic, a visual bevy of physical comedy, action, and romance inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase of 1862. Poorly received at its initial release, The General features one of Keaton’s most memorable performances and is now widely considered his best work. Presented on beautiful 35 mm with live organ accompaniment.

REWIND THIS! @Brattle (2013) dir. Josh Johnson, with VHS Vengeance!

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CHUNGKING EXPRESS (1994) /HAPPY TOGETHER (1997) @MFA dir. Wong Kar-wai CE weaves together the stories of two lovesick cops who cross paths in gritty Hong Kong. HT follows a pair of expat gay lovers living in Buenos Aires in the end of their relationship. Take your pick as both films are screening in luscious 35mm at 8pm!

DOUBLE FEATURE!

@Brattle DEATH ROW WOMAN (1960) dir. Nobuo Nakagawa THE HORIZON GLITTERS (1960) dir. Michiyoshi Doi

PARADISE LOVE @MFA (2013) dir. Ulrich Seidl

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THE SHINING @Brattle (1980) dir. Stanley Kubrick ROOM 237 @Brattle (2012) dir. Rodney Ascher

THE KILLERS @HFA, (1946) dir. Robert Siodmak

ROSEMARY’S BABY @Brattle (1968) dir.

Roman Polanski It is beautiful and twisted and you have to see it in the theater!

MASSACHUSETTS INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL DAY 1 @Brattle

CRISS CROSS @HFA (1949) dir. Robert Siodmak A baddd film noir. Like good baddd.

THE 39 STEPS @HFA (1935) dir. Alfred Hitchcock The British Hitchock film that finally made his name on this side of the pond. A wrongly accused man...

KWAIDAN @MFA (1964) dir. Masaki Kobayashi An operatic anthology of ghost stories using atmosphere and pace to disturb.

Its lush colors are hypnotically chilling, enough to be nominated for a best foreign picture Oscar upon release.

BLUES BROTHERS @Coolidge (1980) dir. John Landis

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FUCK FOR FOREST @Brattle (2013) dir. Michal Marczak

THE PRINCESS BRIDE @Brattle (1987) dir. Rob Reiner

THE SWIMMER @HFA (1968) dir. Frank Perry/ Sydney Pollack An almost psychedelic freak out. Burt Lancaster.

Amazing.

THE LAST DRAGON @Coolidge (1985) dir.

Michael Schultz The 80s martial arts classic produced by Motown’s Berry Gordy.

NOIR ALL NIGHT: Film Noir Marathon @HFA This nocturnal program will showcase both noted and obscure 1940’s classics from one of Hollywood’s most influential periods – stories of crime, post-war angst, dark detectives, and femme fatales all presented on beautiful 35mm prints! Screenings start at 7pm. Admission is $12.

LE PONT DU NORD @Harvard Film Archive 8/9-8/18 The HFA offers a welcome Gallic counter-melody to its Hitchcock-heavy August with five showings of Jacques Rivette’s Le Pont du Nord (1981) in a new 35mm print. The outer rings of Paris host this characteristically puzzling narrative intersecting two women—a former 60s radical just out of prison and a young punk (played by mother and daughter Bullie and Pascale Ogier). A colleague points out that the key to it all might be that there is no bridge in Paris called Pont du Nord. Shot in 16mm by William Lubtschansky (responsible for a disproportionate number of the most beautiful post-New Wave French films), the film conjures verging tension and psychogeographic textures for pennies on the dime. As ever with Rivette, the underlying notes of post-’68 paranoia and disillusionment are delivered with a palpable sense of discovery. Le Pont du Nord didn’t receive a theatrical release in the States the first time around, so don’t miss your chance.

- Max Goldberg

LATE NIGHT FLICK PICKS (FOR FREAKS) This is a space where you’ll be able to read all about our Boston area Midnite Movie picks every month!

The original Piranha (1978) screens @the Somerville on 8/2.

Joe Dante hits his stride here in a Roger Corman produced low budget horror classic.

It’s the best time of the year to watch the amazingly funny Wet Hot American Summer (2001).

One of the best comedic casts ever lather themselves in 80s camp movie cliche, all onscreen @the Coolidge on 8/2 & 8/3.

Post-apocalyptic Australia is the setting for the amazing and rarely screened Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior @the Somerville.

Watch one of the most enjoyable of the post-apocalyptic lot on 8/17.

It’s ambiguous but Noir All Night @HFA will be showing some film noir at Midnite, we’re just not sure what it will be!

It’s a surprise, no doubt being pulled from the HFA’s own deep archives. There will be a whole bunch of film noir screened before midnight and some after as well. Check it out on 8/31!

- Dan Shea

LISTINGS NOTE Below is the theater abbreviation key: Brattle Theater - Brattle Harvard Film Archive - HFA Coolidge Corner Theater - Coolidge Museum of Fine Arts - MFA Somerville Theater - Somerville Due to space limitations we are unable to provide show times. Please see our sister website www.bostonhassle.com for our full picks w/ showtimes and other info.

If you would like to get involved with our film section or submit listings please send an email with COMPASS FILM as the subject to bostonhassle@gmail.com

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Thurs 8/1 Do you enjoy Jamaica Plain? Well dig a SOUTH STREET BLOCK PARTY! The businesses of South Street have joined up with Boston Hassle to bring you sick bands On The @Roof of Fresh Hair (across from Harvest). Enjoy post-punks Aykroyd, gnarly garage -trio The Monsieurs and the less scary but totally rocking HOSS 6pm All Ages Free  Local Rock and Roll enigma Ronnie Nordac, Durt Dog The Band, Gangbang Gordon and Animals & Sharpo @ Club Bohemia 8pm All Ages $6  Over in Somerville Billy Wine, The Lawsuits and The Cattle Walk are @Radio 8pm 21+ $7  Plus, if you’re down for the big ticket, Wavves is @Paradise supported by our own New Highway Hymnal 9pm 21+ $23.50 Fri 8/2 Starting shortly after noon, Fernando Holz Band will be playing @Boston Public Library All Ages Free  If you like some Afternoon Cocktails, Nighttime Gallagher will be spinning awesome tunes @Middlesex from 5-9pm 21+ Free  There is an outstanding night of music @Aviary this evening. JP lapsteel/ guitar virtuoso Brendan Wood will be throwing down, as will expert improvisers Arkm Foam and Angela Sawyer to support our holy psych-folk kin Ramble Tamble/Monda Assayog and Satyagraha 8pm All Ages $ome Cost  Plumerai, The Milling Gowns, Eksi Ekso, Canary Oh Canary @Radio 9pm 21+ $10  Luau, The Greek Favorites, Great Lakes USA, Lady Bones, Kevin King @O’Brien’s Pub 8pm 21+ $8  Southern Lust Club (Last Show), The Radicals, Slaughterhouse Chorus Rebellion, Ben Murphy (of Ragged Old Flag) @Midway 8pm 21+ $8  And there’s some live local hip hop popping up on the South Shore, T.E.A.M. Regime! w/ Early Adopted, Ners, Joey Werra, Rex Mac, & Ghetto Booth Chronicles are @Michael’s (Plymouth MA) 8pm 21+ $7 Sat 8/3 is Compass Issue #43 Release show Boston Hassle Night #6! This night is special for three reasons: It will be the release of the first 8 page Compass, it will be the release of the new Boston Hassle website and because it is a fundraiser for BH’s Non-Profit fees! Support the future ALL AGES venue this gang is starting and get to hear some radical new music in return w/ live music guests to be announced! @Lilypad 10pm All Ages Donate  The legendary Raw Meet series comes to a close this evening, at least in Boston. Top pimp Mark Johnson has been bringing the best hardcore experimentalists to the table @Smokey Bear Cave time and time again, calling it RAW MEET. If he wanted us to know the lineup he woulda told us... so show up to find out what’s going down and say farewell to this excellent man. 7pm All Ages Donate  Spirit Kid! Pow Wow and Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion pack a powerful surfy pop rock punch @Great Scott 9pm 21+ $8  Singer-songwriters Annalise Emerick, T. John Cadrin, Joe Kenneally, and Xenia Dunford will be doing their thing @Doyle’s Cafe 7pm All Ages Free  Take a trip down to Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood to celebrate Courter’s new album release @Sound Fabrika! Also enjoy the local rock and roll stylings of Hard Shrugs, Stanley Hiller and Rice Cakes (RI) 7pm All Ages and bring bux, u fux  JP Music Festival presents Night of the Living Rat @Midway Cafe this evening. Boston artists will cover artists and bands who played Boston’s famed rock venue The Rat. Details are still to be announced 9pm 21+ $10  Frank Strom’s Birthday Show is pretty legendary, hes got The Lyres, Muck & The Mires, The Monsieurs, Sprained Ankles, Viva Gina, PowerSlut, Sleep Crimes & Mistrence all @Radio . Holy Rock Show. 7pm 21+ $5  Queer Dance Party w/ DJ LeahV and DJ Psyclone @PA’s Lounge 8:30pm 21+ $5  For an extremely beautiful W Mass experience tonight, go see Big Blood (Portland ME) and Bunwinkies (Providence) do their ethereal folk and rock thing - you will hear the dark vibes and you will hear the light @Feeding Tube Records 9pm All Ages $ome Cost  Perhaps the coolest show of the day goes to Debo Band, playing a fundraiser for Bike To Market. Bike Union members and Roslindale community organizers invite you to their backyard (which borders the Arboretum) for an evening fundraiser in support of the Boston Cyclists Union’s Bike to Market program with the fabulous Ethiopian funk explosion Debo Band and DJs Jesse Kaminsky and Isabella Koen! Call 617-516-8877 for more info.

Sun 8/4 Instant Hit presents a very special Weirdo Records Edition w/ Preggy Peggy (Angela Sawyer). Angela is a member of the comedy variety group Union Square Round Table, has also been selling vinyl locally for more than 20 years & runs the one & only Weirdo Records in Cambridge. There will be an awesome RAFFLE with all proceeds going to WEIRDO to help keep your favorite freaks in business. The winner will have a SONG WRITTEN FOR THEM by EXUSAMWA! And if that isn’t reason enough to enter the raffle, there will be awesome tunes, company and drinks so everyone wins! @Zuzu 21+ $ome Cost  everydayisamixtape presents Homeworld, Howse (Providence) and Full Color plus DJ sets by Modern Lighting & Colby Drasher (DADT). No doubt a serious night of heady electronic music @Great Scott 8:30pm $5-10 sliding scale 18+  Seth Faergolzia & The Psaegz (NY), ACLU Benefit and Con Tex make for a chiller @ The Spot (in JP) 7pm All Ages Donate  Over in Inman Square, Noun (mem. of Screaming Females), Modern Hut and Dessert First (mem. of Parasol) are @ Lily Pad 9pm  Plus Boston Bloghead’s Punk BBQ: The Darker Hues, Horse Mode, A Minor Revolution, Cult 45, Acro-brats, Zip-Tie Handcuffs, Tired Old Bones, Dead Cats Dead Rats, The Old Edison @O’Brien’s starting at 2pm 21+ 9 bands $15 Mon 8/5 The Series has three great men doing their thing tonight. Whitehaus songsmith Con Tex, Lowell cat Walter Wright and noise monger Mark Johnson are @Weirdo Records 8pm All Ages Donate  Then down at Night of the Living Deadhead there is a fantastic night of rocking and weird pop with The Fagettes, SS Boombox and Skinny Bones @Zuzu 21+ Free

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Tue 8/6 Is serious biz. Boston Hassle and BOW Shows presents beloved gripping-pop crafters Ducktails (NJ), Chain And The Gang (DC), Hubble (NY) and Metal Feathers (ME) @Cambridge Elks Lodge 8pm All Ages $5-$10 Sliding Scale Donation  Something a bit gnarlier but just as raw, scope Frankie Teardrop (OH) and Britches (MO) w/ New England Patriots and Arian Shafiee (of G Toss). Talking noise AND rock @O’Brien’s Pub 8pm 21+ $7  For those of you who crave top quality country rock and for that reason perhaps wish it was still 1969, Whitehaus Family Record presents the legendary Blue Ribbon Band, new cosmic ruckus The Broons and The Daggers @Midway 8pm 21+ $ome Cost This was MISLISTED last month, this time it’s REAL  The harsh electronic noise pushers Existence Establishment have Peter J Woods, Sharpwaist and Lucky Bones over @Medford Soaplands this evening 7pm All Ages Donate  Heaven and Boytoy are @Great Scott 9pm 18+ $8  And SVVIM mega dance party is @ Middlesex w/ Pictureplane, Colby Drasher and Fuzzy Fotch 9pm 21+ $ome Cost Wed 8/7 pRIMORDIAL sOUNDS night is here to stay but this edition is all about coming and going... Tonight they have fashion punks Designer fresh off a US tour, psych rock and rollers Local Gyro on vacation from W. Mass, and dark gnarly poppers Aykroyd kicking off a Chicago mini tour! @Middlesex 10pm 21+ $3  August Noise JP is an outdoor concert series that takes place in and around Jamaica Plain. All concerts are free and take place in JP’s plentiful public spaces. The musicians are young, up and coming local talents of all kinds -

songwriters, electronic musicians, jazz, rock, improv? You never know what kind of music you’ll discover! This one’s at @JP Licks 6pm All Ages Free  Show of legend in W Mass = Mark Cunningham (of Mars), Ted Lee and more @Feeding Tube 9pm All Ages Donate Thurs 8/8 Sound Electronics (modular synth dude Jimmy Hughes’ show curation moniker) presents an awesome night of electronic music. Former Whitehaus resident and all around great dude Michael Collins (Prince Rama) is in town with his bro David B. Greenberg and they’ll be joined by W00DY and Hardy. All of whom will be doing some surely trippy and pleasing electronic glitching/droning/jahming @Sunnyside 9pm All Ages $5 sugg. donation  Meanwhile over @Somerville Armory For The Arts Elzee, Jupiter Giants, Swym, Junior and Grinchfinger play for you 5pm All Ages $8  Plus Gravedancers, Darling Pet Munkee, Moose & the Mudbugs and Kenne Highland Clan are @ Cantab (Down) 21+ $7 Fri 8/9 Cool afternoon shows continue @Boston Public Library w/Boston Lyric Opera 12:30pm All Ages Free  Then in the evening hours Death Waltz 76, Looker, Nightslice, Rawsome and Karl Stevens rock the hell out @Midway Cafe 8pm 21+ $ome Cost  And over in Somerville the bands Nervous, Quiet Loudly (nyc), The Planes (nyc), Ghost Modern and Press Pause Restart have an indie rock/dreamy pop show @Precinct 8pm 21+ $ome Cost Sat 8/10 The Connect-A-Chusetts Festival is a 2 day DIY music fest and skillshare taking place in Cold Spring Holler (Belchertown) MA. Guerilla Toss, Eggs Eggs, Blanche Blanche Blanche, Dark Rodeo, Sam Gas Can, and New Highway Hymnal are all part of an amazing lineup at a sure to be great camping fest.

Today is Day 1 @Metacomet Lake All Ages $5 for show / $5 to camp fruitmoonfishmountain@gmail.com for more info  The freewheeling good times for all series August Noise JP continues @JP Branch Library w/ you’ll have to come to find out! 1pm All Ages Free  Boston Fuzz-stival is what you call a ripping affair. It all goes down @Middle East Downstairs and includes some of the best psych and garage rock bands in town w/ Ghost Box Orchestra, New Highway Hymnal, Creaturos, Guillermo Sexo, Moniker, Fagettes, Nice Guys, Doze 2-6pm 18+ $10  Famed experimental hip-hop producer DJ Shadow will lays down a DJ set @Sinclair 8pm 18+ $27  Babysitting Calamity Booking is proclaiming a return to HC matinees at the Middle East. Very cool all ages idea, support it! w/ Empty Vessels, The Takeaways, Machine Gun Etiquette, Future Spa, Patrick Simas @Middle East Upstairs 1pm All Ages $8 adv / $10 dos  The Silks, special guests @Midway 9pm 21+ $ome cost  And don’t miss this! “DIY Arts and Music in Boston: Symposium w/ Mayoral Candidate John Connolly” is your chance to speak with a prominent mayoral candidate about music and art in Boston and how the city interacts with artists and how that can be improved upon! This is a really great event! Take notice! @Deep Thoughts 4pm-5pm All Ages Free  Also Jupiter Transmission (feat Bobb Trimble), Jonathan Donaldson (pop improv), Dark Sunny Land (atmospheric noise blues) and 1 TBA are @PAs Lounge 9pm 21+ some cost Sun 8/11 The Connect-A-Chusetts Festival continues with Day 2 @Metacomet Lake All Ages $5 for show / $5 to camp fruitmoonfishmountain@gmail.com for more info  Boston Bloghead is throwing a wild day show including our main men and man do they rock?! Pile w/ Mass Totem, Irukandji, Ex Nuns, Wild Rice, McKenney Band @O’Brien’s 21+ 2pm $8  Marconi are one of the Boston area’s most consistently interesting pop bands. Find out for yourself as they play w/ Vending Machetes, 3D Cosby, Mood Swings @Great Scott 9pm 18+ $8  Bodies of Water Shows & BUFU Records do what they do - bringing you 2 Houston heads: experimental rapper BLACKIE, and the experimental electronics of LIMB, w/ New Zealand’s Sevartone, Boston sensations Tsons of Tsunami, and Designer @The Ill Spot In JP (msg us or BUFU for address) All Ages Donate  And for another excellent out there, outdoor event check into the electronic music fest + picnic by the water (organized by Radio Scotvoid) w Main Fader, Ali Berger, Emotion system, ABSRDST, Bubblegum Octopus, General Motors, Quanteyes, Noel Snow @Willow Shell (Salem, MA), 3-9pm All Ages Free  Winnipeg’s crushing KEN mode joins, sick weird metal crew The Proselyte, Rosetta, flyingsnakes (FL), Finisher @Middle East Upstairs 7:30pm 18+ $9 Mon 8/12 The immortal Black Sabbath is kind of whole again with Ozzy up front (but now with no Bill Ward). I haven’t really heard the new album, so I can’t say, but you can find out LIVE whether the band is tarnishing their legacy or not tonight @Comcast Center Mansfield 7:30pm  Whitehaus heads are going to turn your idea of what a show can be on its head as they do it again with Cheap Seats 9 @Cambridge YMCA 7pm Doors 10pm Done All Ages $10ish  The Series continues, as it wants to, and tonight you get to face the spectacularly monikered One Armed Mist, which features some of the areas most adventurous improvisors: ARKM Foam, Steph Lak, and Walter Wright @Weirdo Records 8pm All Ages Donate  Night of the Living Deadhead is a Boston garage rock paradise w/ Nice Guys, Earthquake Party, HBD MEH, HBD Not LDH @Zuzu 10pm 21+ Free  Motel Mattress, Trespasser, Spanyurd (IL), Mat Burke (TN) @O’Brien’s 8pm 21+ $8  Zodiak: DJ Won’t and everydayisamixtape spin electronic music @River Gods 8pm 21+ Free Tues 8/13 Do you know Non-Event? If not, you don’t know about the Boston area’s most consistently wonderful and serious experimental curators. Tonight they bring Boston experimental electronic institution Howard Stelzer to Washington Sq in Brookline @Cafe Fixe 8pm All Ages $5 Wed 8/14 Funny and weird persons, and now Boston Compass page 6 curators, the Union Square Round Table get sloppy and turn you on @Middlesex Lounge 8pm 21+ $ome Cost Thurs 8/15 Hardcore band that’s mutated into some kind of early punk band Ceremony roll through. So sue me I like their newer stuff better than their older stuff w/ Baltimore’s talented Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, and Give @Sinclair 7:30pm All Ages $12  August Noise JP is back once again @JP Branch Library for another “unexpected” and wonderful show 6:30pm All Ages Free  San Diego’s Author & Punisher needs to be seen to be fully experienced. Existence Establishment does us all a major solid by bringing this industrial noise conjurer and his amazing sculpture-like sound machines to Boston. That’s w/ Theologian, Massdirge @Radio 10:15pm 21+ $10  Psych-pop and jangle rock heads Crystal Stilts come up from NYC for a show with Austin’s Octopus Project, who upon revisiting for the first time in over a decade sound just about as awesome as possible for a pop rock group to sound in this horrible day and age @TT The Bears 8:30pm 18+ $12  Boston Hassle & B.O.W. Shows presents Crosss, a very cool doom pop from Halifax NS Canada. Awesome Bostonians Funeral Cone and Future Spa keep it real, and loud + TBA @TBA All Ages $5-$10 sliding scale Check www.bostonhassle.com for details.  Brock Ginther, Julius Earthling, Everything and Everyone @Lilypad 8pm All Ages $10  Goat Lighting, Tres Face

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Von Dingo, Alosi Den @Mike’s Flower Den 9pm All Ages $ome Cost  Mission Creep @Gulu-Gulu Cafe (Salem) 8pm All Ages Free Fri 8/16 BOW Shows brings you the wave of the future with Pre-Internationally Endowed (Anthony Coleman, Arian Shaffee and Simon Hanes Trio), Chris Cooper (Fat Worm of Error), Angela Sawyer (Weirdo Records) and Nick Neuburg (JP pimproviser) @Bathaus 8pm All Ages $5-10 Sliding Scale  Anna Rochinski, of the very awesome Quilt, takes you into Friday night easy as she performs as Dawn Fauna, her solo psych-folk project. Fellow folkie Andrew Mello, and Meaner Pencil (NY) join her @Aviary 9pm All Ages Donate  It’s the National Poetry Slam semi-finals over @Middle East (Downstairs) You know there’s interesting characters involved in this thing. Find out what is going on in this scene, using your eyes and ears. 7pm All Ages $10  Things get some kind of strange over in Forest Hills w/ Sentry, Father & Son, Cult & Leper and The Flops @ Midway 8pm 21+ $ome Cost  Sarah Borrello @Boston Public Library 12:30pm All Ages Free  Sat 8/17 Girls Rock Campaign Boston is one of the coolest good cause endeavors going. Can you beat the confidence boost of starting your own awesome band and learning how to kick ass on an instrument, all with the help of really cool and knowledgeable volunteers? The only thing better would be performing with that awesome band you just started on a big stage in a hip venue.

And this is what happens tonight @Brighton Music Hall. Girl rockers shall rule the day! 1pm All Ages $15  The evening shall be raw in the land of Allston w/ Sneeze, Raw Blow (first show, mems. of Luau and Furnace), No Fun, Dream Warrior @O’Brien’s Pub 8pm 21+ $7  The Washington Square Arts center is quite the haven for noise and experimental music. Belltone Suicide visits bringing some gnarly tones with him w/ Reuben Son, Steven Norton + Curt Newton, TBA @WASC 8pm All Ages $5 donation  High Pop, Strange Manners, Your Wildest Dreams, Cantenine, Furnsss @Thieves Grotto Collective 7pm All Ages $5$10 Sliding Scale Donation  Sinnet, The Luxury, Ex-Magicians @Great Scott 8:30pm 18+ $16adv/$18dos Sun 8/18 Some radical shows out there tonight! BOW Shows presents... Gnarly fun dancy rocker John Bellows rolls into town backed by raucous poppy punks Christmas Bride (also from Chicago)! Allston songwriting hero Kal Marks will support this party along with the recently reunited Free Pizza! @The Spot (in Brighton) 8pm All Ages $5-10 Sliding Scale  There’s no doubt that Bent Shapes are one of the top jangle pop crews in town. Celebrate that fact tonight as they release a brand new CD alongside ripping peers Pottymouth, Krill (one of their last shows before hitting the pause button) @Great Scott 9pm 18+ $8  Down Comm ave in Cleveland Circle you will find the sick guitar/drum wizardry of Gnarwhal (Nashville), PILE and more tba @Roggies 8:30pm 18+ Donate  Giraffes? Giraffes! are noisy as hell and are going to get you all agitated. w/ Vasudeva, I Kill Giants, Gulfer, The Bulletproof Tiger @Cambridge Elks Lodge 7pm All Ages $10 Mon 8/19 The Series continues by bringing in one of the shining lights of the JP music scene, and just straight up a really nasty and creative guitarist Wes Kaplan (Aykroyd, The Carters) @Weirdo Records 8pm All Ages Donate  Night of the Living Deadhead is ALWAYS worth checking out but tonight appears especially amazing as Fat Creeps’ side project, Bong Wish washes up on Mass Ave. alongside Kid, and the man who puts Roy Orbison’s tears to shame, teen idol, Ronnie Nordac @Zuzu 10pm 21+ Free Tues 8/20 Positively stellar display of music is in store for you @Aviary this evening.. The masterfully-psychedelic Virginian guitar picker Daniel Bachman is in town and he brings heavenly noise-incorporating harpist Sophie Dickinson and sweet psych pop conjurer Olden Yolk (Shane of Quilt) out to play with him at this lovely spot in JP 8pm All Ages Donate  JASS: ASTRO NAUTICO Showcase w/ Obey City, The Range, Michael Jukeson, Time Wharp @Phoenix Landing 19+ $ome Cost  August Noise JP is getting busy @Murphy Square Courts 6:30pm All Ages Free  Find out what all the fuzz is about when Boston Hassle & B.O.W. Shows present Opale (PARIS/ MADRID), BCBG (PARIS), Ensemble Economique (LA), Caustic Rainbow and Solid State Entity @Roggies 8pm 18+ $5-$10 Sliding Scale Wed 8/21 If you’re into snotty, thrashy hardcore, douse yourself off at this all ages afternoon rager from FreeTroubled Teen featuring Mara, Deception Theory, These Hollow Vessels and Apothecary @Middle East Upstairs 3pm All Ages $10 adv / $12 dos  The much-loved duo Saralee are releasing their first vinyl on Somerville-based Ride the Snake Records, and it’s a tense knot of compelling 2-piece rock. Come celebrate the release @Zuzu 10pm 21+ Free Thurs 8/22 August Noise JP continues @Loring-Greenough House, an historic pre-revolutionary manor in the heart of Jamaica Plain. What better way to enjoy a late summer afternoon with the pleasant sounds of local musicians of every variety. 5:30pm All Ages Free

ville’s too far for you, hop down to JP instead and catch local musicians share their craft for August Noise JP @Hyde Square Circle 6:00pm All Ages Free  And over in the heart of Allston, Eye Design is throwing their very first BYO Burger Fest @O’Brien’s. You bring the patties, they provide the grill, the bun, and of course the music. Look out for more info about what’s sure to be a sweet lineup 3pm 21+ $10 Mon 8/26 If you haven’t heard by now, Mondays in Cambridge are stuffed with great shows, vying for your attention with a friendly competition to make Boston proud. There’s something for everyone tonight. Over on Mass Ave, the ineluctable Series @Weirdo trudges on with eccentric JP pop genius Ronnie Nordac and the ever-hilarious Wes Hazard doing his absurdist shtick 7pm All Ages  Afterwards over @Zuzu catch Phantom Buffalo lay some heavy psychedelic grooves, Concord Ballet Orchestra Players honor the ghost of classic crooner Bobby Darin, and Happy Birthday Jeff Breeze, DJ of WMBR’s The Pipeline, jam out, all for Night of the Living Deadhead 10pm All Ages Free  Or swing by Harvard Square to catch the intense, pounding sermon of Ed Schrader’s Music Beat with the heavy punk pandemonium stew of Bugs and Rats and Skimask @Charlie’s Kitchen. We swear you’ll feel creepies crawling all over you by the end of the night. Highly recommended. Hosted by the sweethearts at Fast Apple 8pm 21+ $ome cost  Get your injection of power chords with the happy pop of Doug Linse (Rec Release) and Huge Face, chased with some mellow blues rock courtesy of Nickel & Dime Band and Cinematheque @Midway 9pm 21+ $ome Cost Tues 8/27 For the past couple years, local collective-turned-label JASS has provided a home for the experimental on the outskirts of Cambridge electronic dance revival with their residency @Phoenix Landing. Tonight they close out their reliable Tuesday series on a high note with a true heavy hitter. Catch Chicago’s master of footwork Traxman (Teklife, Planet Mu) deconstruct the dance floor, roll it up and smoke it 19+ $ome cost Wed 8/28 DAY OFF (unless something sick materializes last minute) Thurs 8/29 For some truly out-of-this-world sound, get deep into Cambridge and let guitarist/composer Karl Evangelista and San Francisco’s lysergic soaked freak folk rockers Grex tunnel a hole into your subconscious while local bird call aficionados Duck That! squawk in delight @Outpost 186 8pm All Ages $ome Cost  Midwestern behemoth electronic label Ghostly International swings through Boston to serve us sultry bass beats and exquisite sonic textures, courtesy of Shigeto, Beacon and Heathered Pearls @Brighton Music Hall 9pm 18+ $12  Only a couple blocks away Allston Pudding does their pop rock duty by hosting Nashville’s Diarrhea Planet, those outrageous crusaders for whom 3 guitars is not enough, New York’s fresh pop punk drifters The So So Glos and local lovebirds Krill @Great Scott 9pm 18+ $10  If you like your rock a little more jagged with a pungent, overripe aroma, you may prefer B.O.W.’s oh-sosweet show in the heart of JP: Vermont’s warped pop weirdos Great Valley and Son of Salami join zombie surf sweethearts Fat Creeps and nasty post-punk paranoiacs Aykroyd @The Spot In JP 8pm All Ages $5-$10 Sliding Scale Fri 8/30 Saxophonist Arni Cheatham and his jazz quintet Synergy play both mild and wild this afternoon for the Courtyard Concert series @Boston Public Library 12:30pm All Ages Free  Those tin-pan sleaze punks The Monsieurs finally got around to releasing a new tape, and boy are we ever excited. They lay it all out for ya with garage-centric fuzz boppers Thick Shakes, Radio Control and Psychic Yardsale @O’Brien’s Pub 8pm 21+ $8  For some traditional side splitting, belly-aching laughs, don’t count on off-beat comedy troupe Union Square Round Table to provide much incentive. However, these genius absurdist comedians (and curators of the Tardy Eagle) will scratch your chin, pick your nose, and twist your brain into funny knots so tight you’ll cry out in a sort of strained cry that feels a lot like laughter. Or something like that @ Midway Cafe 8pm 21+ $ome cost  Help a girl realize her self-identified gender at this stompin’ punk benefit with Boston’s St. Ripper and Peeple Watchin’ and Brooklyn’s Little Waist, Penquin and Girl Crush @Democracy Center 7pm All Ages $10 suggested donation.

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Fri 8/23 Something about flutes and clarinets soothes the soul and provokes profound reflection. Come unwind with solo and chamber wind pieces by Boston-affiliated composers performed by American Century Music Wind Quintet @Boston Public Library 12:30pm All Ages Free  Hunx and his Punx are getting a lot of attention for their steamy, irreverent shit punk. Come see what all the hype’s about when they play with the heavy punk wave bruisers Hunters, Lil B-affiliated rapper 2pretty, and Allston blues-bop vets the Fagettes @Brighton Music Hall 9pm All Ages $10  For some intelligent, swinging garage pop, you can’t go wrong with Reports, Soccer Mom, Golden Gurls, Bored Spies @TT The Bears 9pm 18+ $8  And there’s a packed local showcase with a bunch of hearty grunge shredders, punk beat pounders and psyched-out garage poppers, including Kal Marks, Zozobra Amaroso, Radiomancers, Beach Toys, Adam PC, Thrust, Beware The Dangers Of a Ghost Scorpion @Radio 21+ Sugg. Donation Sat 8/24 Boston Hassle and B.O.W. Shows get together for another hip-shaking, butt-spanking good time with the addictive power punk of The Coathangers, ADD-raddled garage punks White Pages, sloppy surf bombast of Nice Guys and the heavy growl of Special People (MD) @Roggies. Don’t forget to grab a slice! 9pm 18+ $5-10 Sliding Scale  The Leagues share their sharp, infectious superpowered pop with Boston’s reverb-drenched rockabilly post-punkers Royal Wedding and experimental metal droners Asorbic @Midway 9m 21+ $ome cost Sun 8/25 Wherever you find yourself this afternoon, rest assured there’s sweet, sweet music playing somewhere nearby. To the north, it’s the Return of the Somerville Rock & Roll Yard Sale @Union Square! Peruse deep record collections, vintage clothes and DIY miscellany while bands like Cotton Candy, Sleepyhead and more play out the afternoon 12pm All Ages Free  If Somer-

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REDVIEWS:

3 MINI WORKS OF SCIENCE FICTION

REDRIVER REVIEWS:

by Tom Devlin

1. A man dies suddenly and his wife realizes that he never told her where he last parked the car.

She searches but NEVER finds it. Years later, she remarries and she’s taking a walk with her new more handsome husband and sees the car. She says NOTHING. The End. 2. A woman grows tired of her husband calling her “My Ugly Duckling” (“What?! You really blossomed!”). She starts her own cosmetic company called “Ugly Duckling Cosmetics” and quickly becomes very rich.

With her newfound wealth, she gets very expensive plastic surgery to transform herself into a five foot six inch duck. While recovering, her husband comes to see her in the hospital and says “this seems overly dramatic.” The End. 3. A rock band travels back in time to play a gig at a famous club before it closes for good. After their set, everyone they talk to says “You look ridiculous and you sounded terrible.” They travel back to their era and recruit a sympathetic critic to come back in time with them to assure the audience of the past that they are really quite cutting edge.

They play again and a man comes up and makes fun of the critic’s fedora. The End.

IMPORTANT QUOTES FROM HISTORY “Listen, I am hugging you with the sound of my voice. Can you feel it?”

- Ramses IV

REV. TOM FALTERS

by Gilmore Tamny

Reverend Tom, as he was known to his parishioners, who looked like a carton villain, gave the final benediction and, ducked out, past the chancel, to weep in the little room behind the transept. Just before Sunday Eucharist, the hospital had called, and a nurse, with in an elderly, faltering voice, had told him the McCartle child had died in the night.

Reverend Warwick, the second minister in command, young, ambitious, who bristled at his lower status on the reverential totem pole, and looked like a cartoon hero, entered. Pulling off his vestments, he spotted Reverend Tom’s crouched and sobbing figure. He finished removing the robes and came over to Reverend Tom, and very, very reluctantly put a hand on his shoulder. It was pneumonia, Reverend Warwick reminded Reverend Tom, which was code for: it wasn’t your fault; I know you didn’t hurt the McCartle child nor did you ever wanted to, and are under the shadow of the last minister, Reverend Bill, who did so; I know you tried to bring the boy and his parents all the comfort you knew how: and the fact I’m

ENGLISH ACTORS SWALLOWING POTATOES

by Chris Braiotta

CLOVER FOOD LAB

by Leonard Redriver This intrigued me, as I once spent a year and half in the Berkshires only eating clover myself, so I wanted to see what futuristic new take these kids might have on it. Walking in, I was transfixed. It looked like the movie THX-1138, or the drug lab I worked at for a spell in the 1990s.

Don’t worry gang, it wasn’t anything nefarious; we simply made Tylenol that got you really high!

Anyhoozle, it was pretty apparent that there were some serious mind-control mechanisms at play, and I recognized them all. Ol’ Lenny has been in and out of a few power trip scenarios in his day, believe you me, and if you’ve seen one brightly lit nutrition torture camp, you’ve seen ‘em all! All the elements were there: the bright lights set to simulate the leaving of the womb; the harsh vibrating LED screens; the teeth of the cult members, clearly battered with some whitening goo to simulate elation (very good stuff if you can get it).

After being greeted by a very enthusiastic behatted cult member, the jig was up! I exclaimed: “I will eat your hypno-slurry, but I WILL NOT BE USING MY TEETH!” (they are removable).

As you may or may not know, the CIA has been using tooth receptors for years, and in the last decade or so, they have become affordable enough that any blue-eyed sap with a boner for total subjugation and some business savvy can put them in the everyday foods we eat. Luckily, dear Leonardheads, I know the score.

The zombified cult member acted confused, and we locked eyes for a good minute before I ordered the “Chickpea Fritter”, which somehow made me feel culturally insensitive in its deliberate attempt to be just the opposite. I also asked if the flavor profile could be lowered in any capacity. For decades I would get headaches, and recently, after I consulted with Dr. Alex (my scream therapist), it became obvious that there was a direct correlation to the 5-crunchwrap-supremes-a-day addiction I had and the headaches.

It became clear—after a particularly long session, telling you this with my hand so begrudgingly on your shoulder should lend what I’m saying even more weight.

Revered Tom, oblivious, unable or as per usual, willfully ignoring the grudging nature of any of this, clutched Reverend Warwick’s hand, talking in a low miserable torrent of the boy’s last hours: how he’d clutched a baseball mitt; expressed hope there would one day be a guinea pig who talked and with anguish; confessed to his mother he hated sherbet. Reverend Warwick ground his teeth, allowing his hand to be held, and repressed a sigh, promising himself he would leave and go to Bieterton’s Cafeteria in the square, get a large bowl of Mrs. Stubbs famous macaroni and cheese that had such a nice crumbly, butter crumble on top, and sit in the corner where no one could find nor talk to him, at the first available moment.

Wondering why you’re cold all the time, even in the summer? It’s because your real dad was a refrigerator!

POLITICORNER by Louie Berceli

Boston Police wants YOU to Join the HUH Army – Hipsters United against Houses!

Take the HUH Pledge:

I PLEDGE: Actor: Emily Watson Potato: Yukon Gold Uses: Roasting, Salad (Potato; Niçoise) where I ripped the stuffing out of Jo-Jo, my favorite teddy, while repeatedly screaming that my 5th ex-wife Maria was a wind demon—that I was allergic to flavor! They might have been humoring me, but the easily influenced, empty vessel of an automaton told me that a lower flavor profile was no problem.

So I ordered my Moroccan hibiscus lemon wheat tea and sat. And sat. And sat. “This is how they do it!” I thought. “This is how they break you down!” The waiting technique—it’s as ubiquitous as head-to-toe white linen in the mind-control scene. I watched the hands on the clock do their excruciating, mocking ballet. My mind was like the group Metallica, raging and incoherent, and much better when it was younger. I exhaled, remembering the breathing techniques used by Appalachian grease-people, a race of hill people long thought extinct that I had the pleasure of field-recording in the early 1960s. They are known for their breathing techniques to calm themselves before they enter into the grease pit to harvest. It was working, and gradually I remembered that I had given my alias “David Crosby” when ordering, and they had been calling my name for a half hour.

In short: The sandwiches were fair, and I liked the tea, but the outward subjugation and clear cult-vibes—well, let’s just say, like the minds of the weak-willed, spiritually vacant, emotionally corrupt staff, it dulled the flavor a bit. well, let’s just say, like the minds of the weak-willed, spiritually vacant, emotionally corrupt staff, it dulled the flavor a bit.

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CORRECTIONS • In high school, we enjoyed Howard Jones without irony. We now realize that is impossible.

• In the last issue, we farted due to a clerical error. Basically all we can say is and keep your frowns down.

• In this issue, we mistitled the publication The Tardy Eagle. It is actually called Cumt. Sorry to lead you on like this!

PERSPECTIVES

by Keira Horowitz & Ryan Douglass Q: I am looking for a long-term spouse/life partner. What qualities do I need to look for in this potential spouse/life partner and the relationship?

Keira: Look for someone who pays attention. Who remembers details.

Who wants to know your stories. That’s the one. You should also both like at least 1-2 of the same TV shows that are available on Netflix/Hulu/etc. It’s the only way a relationship can survive many New England winters.

Ryan: (*DISCLAIMER* Ryan did not understand how email worked and was confused about how to submit his advice. Here are his early attempts.) dependency and a nagging disdain of who they are and what they stand for that will never lead to any fulfillment. it will keep the relationship interesting and prevent you from seeing what you really want is the capacity to control others. you’re a genocidal despot or a committed consort living a lie in a loveless hell, choose your poison.

Q: I used to be a really bad person. There was a band I listened to a lot back then. I’m listening to them a lot again now. Am I in danger of being a bad person again?

Keira: Don’t let a shitty person stop you from listening to good music that makes you happy. (In this case the shitty person is you. Old you.) Turn it up, dance like a scene out of a rom-com, and congratulate yourself on how far you’ve come.

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Ryan: we’re all awful. it’s really just a matter of containing. if listening to the band keeps you out of people’s way, take that route. because god knows our presence at any function only complicates things for someone else, either financially or emotionally. it’s never talked about. you should grow a greater distrust with all your cohorts and fall into the paralyzing reliance of this music you once enjoyed.

Send your questions for Keira and Ryan to tardyeagle@tardyeagle.com.

...to never attend a house show without express written approval from the local police station. ...to report myself to the police if I am listening to music at loud volumes (1-800-NARCO). ...to report all persons who attend house shows. ...to avoid all non-licensed /non-permitted house shows. ...to ask for all permits and fire inspections for every music venue I attend. ...before entering any music venue, to introduce myself to any police officer or firefighter on scene. If one is not on scene, I pledge to bring Dunkins coffee (made via French or Aero Press) to the nearest station. ...to proudly wear my HUH and also NARCO (Not Allowed to Rock without Certificate of Occupancy) badges and t-shirts at all shows. ...to own at least one vinyl record of bagpipe music.

CELEBRITY INFORMATION

by TD Sidell HEY BACKWATERERS, In case you forgot, TD Sidell moved to NEW YORK CITY and therefore has seen many celebrities. He figured that you guys were sick of trading stories about seeing John Malkovich buying expensive sandals or some dumb Red Sox eating a panini or whatever and that he would ENRICH YOUR LIVES with some tales of all the amazing celebs he got to see with his own eyes RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS FACE. (This list should appear monthly or until all celebrities leave New York.)

LENA DUNHAM, Manhattan Ave., Greenpoint: …rudely refusing to look where she was going while walking towards me while texting with a couple of dudes trailing behind her. She seemed to be texting angrily and it made me think that maybe if we all got what we wanted and freedom to be creative in any way we see fit, we would still find a way to be angry at something.

That made me a little sad but then I realized that I had to ride a bus out to to take a train to walk to my apartment that I share with two other people and she was probably riding in fancy car to a place with an elevator or something. Then I spent 20 minutes on that bus trying to think of what the best thing to shout at her when she almost ran into me, but the best i could come up with was, “You would’ve gotten out of my way if I was Richard Sera’s kid!”

ANDREW W.K., Brooklyn Masonic Temple: I’m working for a production company that is contracted by Red Bull to deliver promotional items to this big crazy music series and then remove them at the end of the show. I had to go backstage to get some stuff at the end of one of them and ran into him. He seemed happy, but because he was wearing sunglasses inside at night, I assume his happiness came from drugs.

BRIAN ENO, Some warehouse, Midtown: Another event in the music series was this multimedia exhibit that Brian Eno put together.

When I was loading it out, I was told that he was still in the building and was excited to see the dude. Unfortunately, I only know him as looking like a weird androgynous flamingo in crazy make-up, but luckily, there were a bunch of newspapers that had a picture of him looking like John Locke from that dumb show Lost that you are still pissed that you took a night off from work to watch the finally of on the cover. It turns out Brian Eno was the guy standing right in front of the trash can when I had to throw all those extra newspapers away. He is very short and has a girlfriend or wife who is much taller with an accent that I could not place.

HELP WANTED

• Actress needed for tasteful photo shoot Must be okay with being covered with spiders.

Contact clamboy@nasa.gov • Printable weird stuff Just means no mayo sculptures or whatev.

Contact tardyeagle@tardyeagle.com

The Boston Hassle Brief Recent band profiles from www.bostonhassle.com

Son of Salami SONTAVA NIGHTS

Atlantic Thrills

Goaty Tapes 2013

A DAY AT THE BEACH 7”

The latest tape from native Vermonter Son Of Salami is just what we’ve come to expect of this top pop freakazoid: fun, bizarre and totally sick. As always the songwriting here is of the highest caliber, obscured by the kind of fuzz and crud our wild minds desire.

What makes this tape a step in a new direction for Salami is the overall darker, end of the world vibe. In the past his twisted up tape manipulation has always been put to a more light hearted and uplifting use, but with songs like Kill Mother Nature and The World Is Shit it seems like Joey Pizza Slice is really getting real.

Ironically the pessimistic outlook somehow makes for more mature content, talking about how bleak the world really is rather than just distracting ourselves with pizza and cigarettes. In two words this tape is beautiful and disturbed. His muddled tape sound and pretty, synth/keyboard capture is just exquisite and done only the way Son of Salami can. There’s guitar all over Santava Nights too which I can’t remember hearing in his previous stuff.

Love to hear this dude branch out into 6 string (or however many are still hanging on) territory. Seems like Joey can literally take any fucked up object in sight and craft its audio quality (no matter how meager) into an iconic pop song. Never miss an opportunity to see him do his thing live, his next hit song might be the one that materializes right before your eyes, in front of a basement full of weirdos.

-Sam Potrykus

Almost Ready Records 2013

Let this song be a part of your weekend soundtrack.

It’s been hot as FUCK (there is no other way to say it) up here in the northeast, and a day at the beach is something we could all use right about now.

Providence’s ATLANTIC THRILLS bring that to us, in sonic form, with this A-side to their debut single out on Brooklyn’s ALMOST READY RECORDS. This is garage rock done right, kids, and this time it’s coming from our own backyard. “A Day at the Beach” sounds like jumping on your skateboard with a bag full of mushrooms and bourbon and going to meet all of your favorite scumbag friends down by the shore. A little surfy at times but this ain’t no BEACH BOYS song, it leans more towards the type of demented sound that LOS SAICOS were dreaming up in Peru in the 1960’s. I can’t wait to hear more from this band, I think they’re onto something. Check out their tour dates and check out this single (release date August 13) on the Boston Hassle website, and look forward to a full length out on ALMOST READY in the fall.

- Christine Moore

Èlg LA CHIMIE SDZ records 2013

Pop music generally exists on some strange horizons, zones where bodily discomfort and euphoric glee intermingle and interact. Like the outer fringes of early punk and industrial waves, some artists are able to emphasize the strange physicality of their creations. French musician Èlg has joined these fearless ranks. Half of duo Opéra Mort and a third of trio Reines d’Angleterre, Èlg operates out of Brussels and has released records on estimable labels such as Kraak Records (2008’s Tout Ploie, released in the US on the also great S-S Records).

His latest is La Chimie, a collection of tracks from limited run EPs and radio broadcasts out now on SDZ records. Throughout the record, Èlg provides very few reference points – here and there are shades of Throbbing Gristle’s industrial whines and whirrs, while the operatic nonsense vocalizations remind one of Scott Walker’s work in the last few decades, especially last year’s eerily physical Bish Bosch. Comparisons aside, these tracks come out of a different plane of musical intuition, one where pop music is constantly acknowledged while being simultaneously dismembered, investigated and eaten. Take a listen to “De Salem” and “Notringo Indigo”, two of the album’s highlights, on the Boston Hassle website courtesy of SDZ. - Matty McBride

COH

RETRO-2038 Editions Mego 2013

The mysterious Ivan Pavlov returns with another release as COH on the scarily on point EDITIONS MEGO. This second go-round with what is possibly interesting electronic music’s greatest label is called RETRO-2038. It comes in the wake of the last COH record, the mesmerizing IIRON, which smashed me in the face, never letting me forget it’s melding of rock and electronic styles. RETRO-2038 is a purely electronic concoction, full of drones, and glitchy melodies, bubbling synth lines and pulsing, often beatless electronica. Pavlov works out of Sweden and this complex record marks his first recording since the aforementioned IIRON in 2011. COH plumbs a depth in electronic music that few seem able to grasp. Deep, dank minimalistic pulsing simmers throughout the course of a track like “Vainio”, while “Bugs Build A House” offers up a much more melodic and playful excursion (though not without noisy experimental tangents). The track certainly evokes its title, conjuring a mechanical, workman-like feeling that would pair well with images of a colony of insects plugging away, unthinking, born to be a cog in the machinery of life. And those are just two facets of the electronic spectrum that Pavlov explores. His sound world is a dense one, seemingly unbound by genre. With this awesome release COH remains one of my favorite contemporary electronic music artists and explorers. I’ll be listening to this one for a while.

Listen to “Aniki” and “Bugs Build A House” at the Boston Hassle website.

-Dan Shea

Psychic Blood

NIGHTMARE BEACHES EP Ascetic House 2013

The first time I heard Western Mass’s Psychic Blood they were added to a show I booked at the house I was living at in Waltham. The second time, playing a show with them in Holyoke. Both times Psychic Blood left a big impression. Initially, across a handful of cassette releases, the band’s elements of noise rock, punk, and shoegaze brought to mind bands like Sonic Youth and Western Mass’s Dinosaur Jr. With each release, however, Psychic Blood’s sound has strengthened and become more their own. With their newest release, Nightmare Beaches EP, out now on Ascetic House, this has never been more evident. While the track “Won’t” feels like the culmination of the Autumn Curses cassette with its shoegazing punk, “Jagged Brain” has a more spacious sound, using a wall of guitar and feedback with reverb’d vocals and drums coming in and out vying for position in the song. Their 7”, Drrrty, is still available from Nerve Hold Records and they’ll be heading out on tour this month so make sure to check them out. Listen to the whole Nightmare Beaches EP on the Boston Hassle website.

- Chris Defalco

FEEDBACK LOOP Ryan Power’s Identity Picks jams me up like a typewriter. Maybe it’s the voice you could sneak onto 106.7 without disrupting any waiting rooms, though surely those in-your-face chords would drive the same patrons out the door. Beat-wise, who’s to say what guides the decision to single out the most texturally devoid drum sounds this side of a karaoke bar.

So I figured catching him live might yield some clues as to why I’m in love this music.

I jumped at the chance to kick it with the band before their tour kick off last month at Roggie’s. Ryan’s crew is a band inside-out, having taken on the love-labored task of reverse engineering IP note for note, a physical embodiment of his imagination. If they played like consummate professionals (right down to a straight up live fadeout), then their scraggly physicality let out the looseness otherwise sealed beneath the record’s cellophane surface, putting them in league with any homespun DIY outfit.

As put by Toby (NNA Tapes / synth & guitar), “what makes Ryan’s music special is the way he prioritizes song craft over cultural musical fashion,” which is to say: Ryan doesn’t give a fuck if he’s cool. It took about two minutes of shooting the bull to realize he’s just a nice guy, a musician committed to his vision. And the more he masters his craft, the less tags like “outsider” and “lo-fi” can stick to him, which is sure to upset the stomachs fed by style and reference.

-Wes Kaplan

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During the 1960s in Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and the South End many homes were demolished and residents displaced to make way for Interstate 95, a.k.a. the Southwest Expressway. By the early 1970s a broad grassroots coalition of opposition to the Southwest Expressway and other planned highways through Roxbury, The Fenway, Cambridge, and Somerville successfully pressured the state government to cease urban highway construction in Massachusetts. Federal ighway construction funds were reallocated to transform the existing 4-mile swath of rubble into the Southwest Corridor Park and the southern portion of the MBTA Orange Line, both of which opened in 1987.

On August 5th 1969 Operation Stop, a committee of the Boston Black United Front (BBUF), erected an unsanctioned Community Information House on the corner of Columbus Avenue and Ruggles Street in Roxbury, near a planned highway interchange.

The Community Information House served as a regional hub for the dissemination of information about highway construction and community impacts, and for the organization of opposition to the highways. BBUF co-chairman Chuck Turner stated at the dedication two days later, “We of Operation Stop say ‘these highways will not be built through our community!’ The construction of this Community Information House as the first use of this community land for community purposes demonstrates our position of no more roads over people. This land is ours and we will use it for our own purposes.”

HorskyProjects.com BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS As we launch full on into New England summer’s last pedalto-the-metal month of sun, we should no doubt be thinking about keeping cool. And when I think keeping cool I think chillin’ by the ocean. And why chill by the sea when you can be surrounded by the sea? Yes friends, I am talking about the Boston Harbor Islands. All 34 of them.

You can camp on them (Grape, Lovells, and other islands) or house yourself in some yurts (Peddocks).

You can explore a Civil War fort (George’s), climb up through lighthouses (Little Brewster, The Graves --the island with the coolest name and most remote location is not open to the public though), or just go swimming (Spectacle, and several others). Ferries carry passengers daily from Boston and Quincy (and at times from Hingham and Hull) to George’s Island, the island system’s main transportation hub. From there, shuttles are available to a handful of other islands. If you want to explore the other islands (without plans to stay the night), I suggest you start your travel early. Camping fees are cheap, and ferry service will set you back about $15 round trip. A small price to pay to feel a world away in 15 minutes. My personal fav is Peddocks Island, a stone’s throw across Hull Gut from Hull, and the setting for the fictional Shutter Island, one of worst Scorsese’s films. You could hang here, and if you try it once, you’ll keep coming back for more.

-Dan Shea

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Leo:

Leo’s flaming high this month with the new ‘wassup boo’ attitude, also try Arby’s. while the roast beef and cheddar clearly does not use real cheddar cheese, the substitute is sufficient and equipped with real sodium. If you’re down south this month, try chic filet.

Or don’t try chic filet. You can try chic filet.

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Virgo

Although virgos appearance this month seems untimely and awkward, one need not fear, for Virgo is the most anal retentive sign of the zodiac family. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself organizing not only yours but others sock drawers, medicine cabinets, fruit baskets, flower arrangements and such. Try chic filet. Chic filet.

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