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Book Review
The Art of Asking: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help. By Amanda Palmer. Grand Central Publishing, 2014. 337 pages. Hardcover. Review by Francis DiMenno The world is just a little...
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Noise Live Picks
“+” after an act implies there are more acts on the bill If you’d like to start writing live reviews on New England acts of your choice, contact tmax@thenoise-boston.com – please put LIVE REVIEW in the...
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Rita & Lolita
SUPER STATIONS Rita: It’s time for me to list my favorite five seasonal songs of summer. Lolita: Only five? From Memorial Day to Labor Day you camp out on the beach and only turn your radio off when...
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CD Reviews – June
Send your CDs for review to: T Max/ The Noise, 40R Highland Ave, #219 Salem, MA 01970 … DAYTIME DRUGS Eastern Prawn Records Waitin’ for the UFO 6 tracks Where was this recorded? Inside of a gurgling...
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The Big Shot
Who is the Big Shot? Click on this tiny portion of Coleman Roger’s photo to expose the full image of Boston’s rock royalty.
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Live Reviews – June
CHELSEA BERRY/ PRATEEK PODDAR Lindentree Coffeehouse, Wakefield, MA 5/6/17 Tonight I’m drawn to the combination of a new and old friend performing at this popular Wakefield coffeehouse that I’ve yet to...
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Zion Rodman
ZION RODMAN TALENTED MAN WITH A PLAN By A.J. Wachtel We can all agree that having a soulful voice adds a little magic to any song you hear. Incorporate passion and truth into a creative composition and...
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T Max Veggie Tour
When was the last time you saw T Max? He’s out and about all over New England on his 2017 Vegetable Tour. Come by meet the man responsible for 36 years of the Noise supporting local music… pick up...
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Noise Live Picks
“+” after an act implies there are more acts on the bill If you’d like to start writing live reviews on New England acts of your choice, contact tmax@thenoise-boston.com – please put LIVE REVIEW in the...
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The Big Shot
Who is the Big Shot? It’s hard to tell when you can only see a small portion of Coleman Rogers’ photo. Click on the image to reveal the identity of the Big Shot in the full photograph.
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Rita & Lolita
REASONS FOR LIVING Rita: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Lolita: Hey honey, we’re musicians not farmers. Rita: Okay, then how about which is the most important thing you bring to the beach,...
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Live July
We could use some help with live reviews. If you’d like to get your opinion of local artists published in theNoise-Boston.com, get in touch with T Max at tmax@thenoise-boston.com … CONNOR GARVEY,...
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CDs – July
THE SUITCASE JUNKET Signature Sounds Recordings Pile Driver 12 tracks This one-man band is an example of outsider art, what with the poetic lyrics, and found objects used as instrumentation and...
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All You Got Tour
ALL YOU GOT TOUR PASSING THE TORCH By A.J. Wachtel Sometimes you hear about an organization that is so good and so right you can’t help but stop and take notice. The All You Got Tour is the perfect...
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Pajama Slave Dancers
PAJAMA SLAVE DANCERS by Eric Baylies The Pajama Slave Dancers ruled college radio in the mid-1980s. Songs like “Defreeze Walt Disney” and “Homo Truck Driving Man” were regional hits that also found...
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The Big Shot
Who is this one they call The Big Shot? If we asked Coleman Rogers, he would know because he took the photo. For this is just a small piece of a larger photo. If you click on this image you will...
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Noise Live Picks
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Rita & Lolita
NON-AFFILIATED NEW ENGLAND NOBILITY Rita: Here are a few of my favorite things as the summer comes to a close. Lolita: The holidays are coming and there are only 147 shopping days left until Christmas,...
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Live Reviews
WILLIE ALEXANDER’S PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY ORCHESTRA (first set) Music on the Green Gloucester Meeting House, Gloucester, MA 7/28/17 Sitting behind a tall yellow church. It’s the oldest (1806) surviving...
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CD reviews
If you are based in New England and would like your CD reviewed, send it to T Max/ The Noise, 40R Highland Ave #219, Salem, MA 01970 … DAMN TALL BUILDINGS birnCORE Good Enough! 6 tracks I do surely...
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