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Chris Mule's MiM Mission Statement

New Stuff
One of Chris's parting acts was sending a lot of old minutes and other pertinent MiM documents to me. So, for those of you interested in the past, there are some antique minutes now available for your viewing pleasure. I'll try to put the rest of Chris's treatises up here soon. Enjoy.
posted by Jerad | 11:18 PM |

JP Food and Arts Group
Hey everyone,

I told some of you about a new group, JP Food and Arts, that had its first meeting in Jamaica Plain in early October. The basic concept is that of a potluck accompanied by the sharing of art with the group, so there are definitely some parallels to our beloved Mass in Music. I attended the first meeting and thought it was great - 30 or so people showed up, and 3-4 people presented photography, artwork and beadwork to the group. The second meeting is coming up - I have posted information on this below. Originally the group was advertised on Craigslist, but now it will move forward by word of mouth. I think it would be great to have interaction between members of the two groups, and have in fact been encouraging one of the founders of JP Food and Arts to attend a Mass in Music meeting. The next meeting is particularly relevant to Mass in Music, as music is one of the art forms that will be presented. So, if you can make it out on Nov. 7th, please do - it'd be great to see you there! E-mail me if you need directions.

Sergio

Hey all:

Thanks to all of you, our first meeting of the JP Food and Art thing was a great success. We hope you all will be able to come to the second meeting, which will be on Friday, November 7th at 8:00P.M. Same address, 11 Danforth Street, Apt. 2. We again would like people to bring any art they are working on, and we would especially like to focus this meeting on written work or music. And again, it is cool if your food is your art. Just make sure you tell the hosts if you want to show something when you get there. This time the evening will be a little more structured:

8:00-9:00 pm eat and hang out

9:00-10 pm We will have 3 or 4 people present their work, and there will be 10 or so minutes in between each for questions and answers.

10-? wrap up...

We are not posting this on Craig's List again, but please forward this to friends or others who might be interested. Matt and Wendy



posted by sergio | 10:04 AM |

Wednesday, October 29, 2003

Beethoven Concerts.
Blog in full effect...comin' wit it from MC Paradime (AKA Frank "Pretentious" Crocitto.
Here is the information on the concerts at the Center for the Arts in Natick. I'll be going to the next three concerts there and would love to have anyone join me.

Event Information:

Title:Lydian String Quartet Beethoven Song Cycle 1 of 6
Date: Sunday, November 16, 2003
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Calendar: The Center for Arts in Natick Calendar

Complete Description:
The Lydian String Quartet presents a program of the
legendary string quartets of Ludwig von Beethoven over the next two years. Each concert will represent the range of Beethoven's development, featuring an early, a middle and a late quartet. With these works, one can follow Beethoven's development from a classical composer (the six quartets, Op. 18) through a standard-bearer of the new romantic
values (the five middle quartets, Op. 59, 74, 95) through the [still!] avant-garde works of his last years (the five "late" quartets, Op. 127, 130, 131, 132, 135). Each program will trace this journey, as each could have one early, one middle and one late quartet(leaving The six programs, performed
over two years, represent his 16 quartets. The first year's dates are, November 16, 2003, January 25, 2004, and April 11, 2004. All are on Sundays at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be sold by subscription (3 concerts each) or singly.

Programme
Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2,
Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132,
Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3

Admission: $15 Adv $17 Showday $36 Season (3 concerts)

The number to order tickets is (508) 647-0097.

Peace,

Frank


posted by Frank | 4:06 PM |

Mass in Music
Chris, just so we're clear, you want to take I-90 W/ MASS PIKE for 54.98 miles, then merge onto I-84 W via exit number 9 toward HARTFORD/ NEW YORK CITY. You'll be on this for about 41.59 miles before you merge onto CT-15 S/ WILBUR CROSS HWY via exit number 57- on the left- toward I-91 S/ CHARTER OAK BR/ N. Y. CITY. After a couple miles, you want to merge onto I-91 S via exit number 86 toward NEW HAVEN/ N. Y. CITY. This'll be another 36.53 miles, before you merge onto I-95 S via the exit- on the left- toward N.Y. CITY (Portions toll). 125.30 miles later, I-95 S becomes NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE S. After another exhilarating 68.49 miles, the NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE S will become I-295 S. Then, after 5.56 miles, merge onto I-95 S via the exit- on the left- toward BALTIMORE. Nearing the homestretch, 98.81 miles left before you take the BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON PARKWAY exit- exit number 22B- toward WASHINGTON. A short half-mile later and you're almost there... just merge onto MD-295 S. 5 more miles, and take the exit toward WASHINGTON! Got it? Great! I hope you have a smooth ride.
Take care! Allison

posted by squeek | 2:59 PM |

A Farewell to our Founder
This blog would like to wish Chris luck in his move to DC. I'm sure that after last night's MiM at his place, he feels ready to move on with his turntable under one arm and Air Supply under the other, standing on Pennsyvania Ave yelling at the White House. We'll be interested to hear how the DCMC takes off. Keep on rockin' in the free world.
posted by Jerad | 2:06 PM |

Wednesday, October 22, 2003

Elliott Smith has passed away
Songwriter Elliott Smith passed away last night at the age of 34. He was one of the most honest songwriters I've heard lately, and wrote some incredibly catchy tunes. He's probably best known for doing the soundtrack to Good Will Hunting. There are some beautiful tributes to Elliott at elliottsmith.com and sweetadeline.net.
posted by Jerad | 7:15 AM |

Tuesday, October 21, 2003

The Supergroup at Bentley
The Pete Kilpatrick Supergroup will be playing at Bentley College in Waltham on Thursday night at 9 pm. Their lead guitarist, Jesse, is one of my fellow corporate citizens. He graced us with his presence at one of Chris's MiM sessions a few months ago. Anyhow, they have a new CD out and are slowly working their way up to MTV heavy rotation. I'll update this post with more info about Thursday's gig once Jesse lets us know exactly where it is. See you there.
posted by Jerad | 12:54 PM |

Friday, October 17, 2003

Next Tuesday, we meet.
The mood was mixed last night, as the Yankees slammed the Sox back into the history books and their perpetual, self-indulgent self hatred. I am not the biggest Sox fan, but I felt like shit last night after the Sox just drifted away in the 8th. Already there are cries for Grady's head. On the bright side, we heard musical interludes from Spiritualized, Air, Jay Farrar, Audioslave, Tal Farlow, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, and a couple others I can't recall right now. As in the past, I heard a couple "I can't believe this is a record"-s. That always warms my heart, yet nobody runs out and buys a turntable. We vinyl lovers have a steep hill to climb. Don't forget, next Tuesday we will be meeting at my house for the meeting that was postponed this week. The theme is music that saved your life. As I said, what the music is is not as important as the effect that it had on you. I hope to see some of you at the Head of the Charles.
posted by Ken | 10:37 AM |

Thursday, October 16, 2003

Hell Froze Over
Today Apple made their iTunes store available to Windows users. I've just downloaded the iTunes app, installed it, and have downloaded an exclusive R.E.M. mini-album of rehearsals for their recent tour. It's called Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes in case you want to check it out for yourself. The point is that it was 10 minutes from initial download to musical bliss. Apple knows what they're doing.
posted by Jerad | 7:11 PM |

Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Counterfeiter's
Supposedly $44 million dollars was produced in counterfeit money last year so the orange will make it more difficult to copy. This is extremely important and I am so glad the USG is on top of this stuff. I feel really safe that they are protecting us for counterfeiter's. I cannot tell you how many times in the last week I have awakened, screaming from a nightmare I had about being forced to copy money by a gang of "counterfeiter's." May god save us from those money copiers.
posted by Christopher | 12:01 PM |

I definitely agree with Sergio...I check out Pitchfork almost daily. They have great reviews, news, articles, and maybe most importantly to a music fan, lists. Another great site that's along the same lines, but with a bit more humor thrown into the mix is Tiny Mix Tapes.

While I have a forum here, I want to talk a little about one of the more ridiculous things I've seen lately. If you're here strictly for the music, you can move on right now. I'm sure that most of you have heard that the US Mint is adding some color to our bills, starting with the $20 note. In the past week I've seen a huge billboard in Times Square and ads online advertising this new $20 bill as "coming soon!" Why do they need to advertise money?? It's not like the US Mint has competition for their business. I understand that they want people to recognize and use the new currency, but I'm pretty sure that most people won't think, "I was going to use this $20 bill, but now that it has color I just don't know anymore..." This is a different case from the $1 coin, which really needed to be promoted in order to gain acceptance. You won't see people hoarding the new notes like they did with the new coins. Anyhow, see you Thursday.
posted by Jerad | 9:43 AM |

music website
Here's a website someone told me about - looks like a great source of information!

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com

Sergio
posted by sergio | 8:23 AM |

Tuesday, October 14, 2003

Mass in Music
I have one more to add-
Ween @ Avalon, Oct. 29!
Allison
posted by squeek | 4:01 PM |

Concerts, we've got concerts
What concerts are in the Boston area over the next few weeks? Well, I'll tell you.

• Interpol @ Avalon, Oct 16-17
  
• Jay Farrar @ Middle East, Oct 16
  
• Vic Chesnutt & Evan Dando @ Paradise, Oct 17
  
• Gorkys Zygotic Mynci @ Middle East, Oct 20
  
• Bettie Serveert @ TT's, Oct 22
  
• Echo & the Bunnymen @ Paradise, Oct 23
  
• Paul Weller & Gem Archer (acoustic) @ Avalon, Oct 24
  
• Death Cab for Cutie & Mates of State @ Middle East, Oct 24-25
  
• Travis @ Orpheum, Oct 26
  
• The Strokes & Kings of Leon @ Tsongas Arena (Lowell), Oct 31
  
• Badly Drawn Boy @ Iron Horse (Northampton), Nov 1
  
• British Sea Power @ TTs, Nov 5
  
• Eels & MC Honky @ Paradise, Nov 6
  

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