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John Lennon & MNF: When A Mouth Roared and a Light Went Out

Hal Phillips — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 06:24:36 +0000

NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine (Dec. 8, 2017) — Like many others that fateful night 37 years ago, I learned that John Lennon had been killed from Howard Cosell. Yeah, that Howard Cosell. It was a Monday night, and the Patriots were in Miami playing the Dolphins. In December of 1980, Howard was still presiding over Monday […]

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With All-Cover Encores, The Feelies Offer a Window on their Very Souls

Hal Phillips — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:28:21 +0000

Nerd rockers The Feelies played The Sinclair in Cambridge over the weekend. For all the band’s laudable work churning out two solid sets, the encore left the greater impression. This is perhaps by design, from a band that does encores like no one else and whose 21st century incarnation just happens to have played out […]

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