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Updated daily.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/j--984C3Ff4/rivers-cuomo-injured-in-bus-crash-weezer-cancels-boston-show.aspxMon, 07 Dec 2009 17:40:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:624687onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)1http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=624687http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/07/rivers-cuomo-injured-in-bus-crash-weezer-cancels-boston-show.aspx#commentsartist:Weezervenue:Agganis Arenaartist:Rivers CuomoWEEZER&#39;s scheduled performance tonight at Boston&#39;s Agganis Arena is &quot;not happening,&quot; according to a LiveNation press release. No further details were immediately available about...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=j--984C3Ff4:MpUoL0-M4t4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/j--984C3Ff4" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/07/rivers-cuomo-injured-in-bus-crash-weezer-cancels-boston-show.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/DTxmZCQOx3c/twittereview-fans-on-last-night-s-quot-miracle-on-tremont-street-quot-gig-with-phoenix-spoon-and-passion-pit.aspxSat, 05 Dec 2009 18:10:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:623146onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)0http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=623146http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/05/twittereview-fans-on-last-night-s-quot-miracle-on-tremont-street-quot-gig-with-phoenix-spoon-and-passion-pit.aspx#commentsWFNXMiracle on Tremont Streetartist:Passion Pitartist:Phoenixvenue:Orpheum Theatreartist:Spoonno jaysvoboda http://twitvid.com/85325 - Phoenix. Holy shit. 05 Dec 2009 from API kelseyrkennedy Spoon just made me ridiculously happy. Like, I can&#39;t even begin to put it into words. 05 Dec 2009 from txt codydesjardins Passion Pit/Phoenix/Spoon...the coOn The Download jaysvoboda http://twitvid.com/85325 - Phoenix. Holy shit. 05 Dec 2009 from API kelseyrkennedy Spoon just made me ridiculously happy. Like, I can&#39;t even begin to put it into words. 05 Dec 2009 from txt codydesjardins Passion Pit/Phoenix/Spoon...the concert was simply incredible, yay for good local radio stations... 05 Dec 2009 from web DJBrianL Spoon had the unenviable task of following Phoenix tonight and they totally delivered an awesome set of scrappy, soul-inflected indie rock. 05 Dec 2009 from web sigawsuntok watching Phoenix tonight reminded me again of how invigorating a good concert can be. was dancing the entire time. 05 Dec 2009 from web kat910 Chatted with Deck D&#39;arcy, bass player from Phoenix, for a good while last night...Band is amazing and super nice! Thanks again to @hownutz 05 Dec 2009 from Echofon mhtrac12 Spoon + Passion Pit + Phoenix = So Unbelievably Epic. On so many levels. thank you WFNX! 05 Dec 2009 from web JoshSBoston Recovering after seeing @passionpit, Phoenix and Spoon last night. #WFNX #Music 05 Dec 2009 from web READ MORE FAN REVIEWS FROM TWITTER &gt;&gt;Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXjaysvoboda http://twitvid.com/85325 - Phoenix. Holy shit. 05 Dec 2009 from API kelseyrkennedy Spoon just made me ridiculously happy. Like, I can&#39;t even begin to put it into words. ...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=DTxmZCQOx3c:ywLmlkz6kKc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/DTxmZCQOx3c" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/05/twittereview-fans-on-last-night-s-quot-miracle-on-tremont-street-quot-gig-with-phoenix-spoon-and-passion-pit.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/1KPN6AcKBkE/photos-phoenix-amp-passion-pit-afterparty-at-ames-hotel.aspxSat, 05 Dec 2009 17:40:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:623129onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)0http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=623129http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/05/photos-phoenix-amp-passion-pit-afterparty-at-ames-hotel.aspx#commentsMiracle on Tremont Streetartist:Passion Pitartist:Phoenixvenue:Ames Hotelartist:Spoon&nbsp; &nbsp; Photos: Melissa Ostrow <br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=1KPN6AcKBkE:5QO22mOT20s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/1KPN6AcKBkE" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/05/photos-phoenix-amp-passion-pit-afterparty-at-ames-hotel.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/iH-DT9N5080/click-tracks-snoop-in-the-front-seat-gaga-in-the-wang-plus-a-pungent-whiff-of-mtv-s-quot-jersey-shore-quot.aspxFri, 04 Dec 2009 02:45:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:622053onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)0http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=622053http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/03/click-tracks-snoop-in-the-front-seat-gaga-in-the-wang-plus-a-pungent-whiff-of-mtv-s-quot-jersey-shore-quot.aspx#commentsartist:Bob Dylanartist:lady gagaartist:Weezerartist:Fall Out BoyMTVSnuggiesartist:Rolling StonesTomTomartist:Snoop DoggJersey ShoreRonnie Woodartist:Pete Dohertyartist:AnthraxEkaterina Ivanovaartist:The Damned Thingsno We may be stretching it a bit here to call this item &quot;music&quot; news, but this is just too damn good to pass up. Tonight, MTV (hey, they used to play music, way back in the dark ages when Pluto was still a planet) debuts their latest reality trainOn The Download We may be stretching it a bit here to call this item &quot;music&quot; news, but this is just too damn good to pass up. Tonight, MTV (hey, they used to play music, way back in the dark ages when Pluto was still a planet) debuts their latest reality train wreck, &quot;Jersey Shore,&quot; which would appear to be a spin-off of their ever-popular mini-doc &quot;True Life: I Have a Summer Share.&quot; Tune in for everything you need to construct your own Guido Starter Kit: fake tans, H.R. Giger abs, intermittent fits of roid rage, and more hair gel per episode than Uncle Jesse&#39;s entire Full House run. Watch the trailer, in which one particularly greased-up guido may have inadvertently coined the show&#39;s tag line: &quot;If hating is your occupation, I probably have a full-time job for you.&quot; You can keep your tree-lighting ceremonies and your Cyber Mondays -- for us, the holiday season doesn&#39;t start until Bob Dylan throws on a Santa hat and a filthy wig, and plays deranged carnival barker to what appears to be a Christmas party for meth-blasted Eastern European hillbillies. Hence, we&#39;re thrilled to see this polka-spiked &quot;Must Be Santa&quot; re-make ... which, come to think of it, actually sounds a hell of a lot like the &quot;International Friendship Song.&quot; But in Dylan&#39;s video, the friendship stops right around the 1:50 mark, when an overstimmed reveler goes bugfuck nuts, smashing up the place and then diving out the window while a grinning Saint Nick looks on. Indeed, we suggest everybody must get stoned before viewing. Photo: Mike Coppola/FilmMagic Forget Monsters of Folk. Looks like the next big thing in super groups is a major collaboration between members of Fall Out Boy and Anthrax. Pause for weepy emo kids and hardcore thrash-metal enthusiasts worldwide to put aside their differences to utter a collective &quot;Um, what?&quot; Just when we thought GaGa had nothing left up her ginormous sparkly sleeves, she proved us wrong. On Tuesday night, she kicked off her &quot;Monster&#39;s Ball&quot; tour right here in Boston, at the (ahem) Wang Theatre. (Read Daniel Brockman&#39;s review here.) Her A/V assault included a barrage of bizarre videos, which projected onto Ga as she shimmied her way across the stage. Sez Spin: &quot;In one video image Gaga wore a white pleated dress, echoing Marilyn Monroe’s famous attire in The Seven Year Itch; then, the sight of a sickly young girl sticking her fingers down her throat and vomiting was superimposed across the singer.&quot; Considering that the lyrics to &quot;Bad Romance&quot; alone had the Boston Public Health Commission&#39;s bowties a-twirl in outrage, we can&#39;t wait to read their report on this one. Pete Doherty managed to reduce a recent European gig to uber-shambles when he attempted to ingratiate himself to a German audience by singing a time-honored national tune. Props to Doherty for the effort (learning to sing in Deutsch when you can hardly speak English due to a lifetime on the pipe must be no small feat); unfortunately, the song of choice just happened to be a well-known Nazi anthem. Whoops! Ever wondered what it might be like to have Snoop Dogg riding shotgun on your next gin &amp; juice run? Of course you have. Wonder no more: VoiceSkins has made that particular pipe dream a reality for TomTom GPS users ... sort of. Download the new skin, and Snoop&#39;s voice will give you turn-by-turn directions to the nearest liquor store (and other points of interest), while always reminding you to &quot;keep it &#39;G,&#39; ya d-i-g?&quot; No word yet if he has any helpful hints about executing three-point tizzurns. The latest name in music to jump on the domestic abuse bandwagon is, allegedly, Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood. According to the AP, Wood was arrested last night for attacking his girlfriend, 20-year-old Russian model Ekaterina Ivanova. We&#39;re not sure what&#39;s more loathsome: the crime, or the fact that a barely-not-teenagedBoston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXWe may be stretching it a bit here to call this item &quot;music&quot; news, but this is just too damn good to pass up. Tonight, MTV (hey, they used to play music, way back in the dark ages when...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=iH-DT9N5080:iZvVFeCo_B0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/iH-DT9N5080" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/03/click-tracks-snoop-in-the-front-seat-gaga-in-the-wang-plus-a-pungent-whiff-of-mtv-s-quot-jersey-shore-quot.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/pEG5jeZUsVg/video-2009-boston-music-awards-recap.aspxThu, 03 Dec 2009 21:50:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:621843onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)0http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=621843http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/03/video-2009-boston-music-awards-recap.aspx#commentsBoston Music Awardsartist:Passion Pitartist:Big Shugartist:Panzerbastardartist:Lisa Bellono Last night&#39;s BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS was a stripped-down affair at the LIBERTY HOTEL -- yes, the joint formerly known as the Charles Street Jail. An appropriate setting, perhaps, for a long-running local-music event that feels like it&#39;s on probation.On The Download Last night&#39;s BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS was a stripped-down affair at the LIBERTY HOTEL -- yes, the joint formerly known as the Charles Street Jail. An appropriate setting, perhaps, for a long-running local-music event that feels like it&#39;s on probation. The awards presentation zoomed by in a mere half-hour with only a handful of presenters and fewer categories than in previous years -- they&#39;ve done away with the traditional distinction between &quot;local&quot; and &quot;national&quot; acts, which is an easy thing to do in a year with no new albums by Aerosmith, the Dresden Dolls, or DROPKICK MURPHYS (who still managed to win Best Punk Act). The big winners, no surprise, were PASSION PIT, who took Act of the Year and Song of the Year. The surprise about Album of the Year was not that it went to a band from Rhode Island -- we&#39;re used to this kind of thing; Rob Zombie once got a BMA, even though he hadn&#39;t lived in Haverhill since he left his momma&#39;s house -- but that THE LOW ANTHEM were able to pry a category away from the Pit at all. But mostly, when the winners veered from the predictable they leaned toward the disappointing. An awards ceremony that cannot find a better rock act in Boston than the UPPER CRUST -- who, by the way, were fantastic 12 years ago and are still fun now -- just isn&#39;t trying hard enough. One notable exception to aforementioned disappointment: CONVERGE winning Metal Act of the Year, which has been a long time coming.&nbsp; The only rowdy moment? A jean-jacket kid who tried to pull a KANYE WEST and bum-rush the mic while Newbury Comics honcho MIKE DREESE attempted to present BMA bankroller ERNIE BOCH JR. with the &quot;Humanitarian of the Year&quot; award. Dreese pushed the young punk in the chest, spouted a few choice profanities, and warned that he was &quot;about to get an assault charge&quot; before order was quickly and quietly restored. We sent our own CHRIS FARAONE to chat up the partygoers while they stood in line and waited (and waited, and waited) for an elevator to shuttle them between the Liberty&#39;s second-floor ballroom and the conference-rooms-turned-rock-clubs on the upper decks, where more than a dozen acts, from MEAN CREEK to Boston&#39;s #1 R&amp;B family, the BELLOs (Louie and Lisa) to hip-hop heavy BIG SHUG, threw down til midnight.&nbsp; Click above to get a glimpse of how it went down. The complete list of winners is as follows. (As usual, chances are you heard about them first in the Phoenix.) Act of the Year | Passion Pit Album of the Year | Oh My God, Charlie Darwin | the Low Anthem Song of the Year | &quot;The Reeling&quot; | Passion Pit Americana Act | Sarah Borges &amp; the Broken Singles Blues Act | David Maxwell DJ/Electronic Act | Bodega Girls Folk Act | Ellis Paul Gospel/Choir Act | Berklee Reverence Gospel Choir Hip-Hop Act | Esoteric International Music Act: Debo Jazz Act | Esperanza Spalding Metal Act | Converge New Act | Mean Creek Male Vocalist | Eli &quot;Paperboy&quot; Reed Female Vocalist | Sarah Cronin (Drug Rug) Producer of the Year, Hip-Hop | D-Tension Producer of the Year, Pop/R&amp;B | Malik Williams Producer of the Year, Rock | Paul Kolderie/Adam Taylor Punk Act | Dropkick Murphys R&amp;B Act | Lisa Bello Rock Act | The Upper Crust Singer/Songwriter | Will Dailey Live Act | Rubblebucket Pop Act | Everyday Visuals Unsung Hero Award | Dennis Brennan Humanitarian of the Year | Ernie Boch Jr. Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXLast night&#39;s BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS was a stripped-down affair at the LIBERTY HOTEL -- yes, the joint formerly known as the Charles Street Jail. An appropriate setting, perhaps, for a long-running...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=pEG5jeZUsVg:yx9FKTJ-VhU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/pEG5jeZUsVg" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/03/video-2009-boston-music-awards-recap.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/Vp-k6u6KI2M/mp3-of-the-week-hooray-for-earth-quot-surrounded-by-your-friends-quot.aspxThu, 03 Dec 2009 20:29:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:621801onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)1http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=621801http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/03/mp3-of-the-week-hooray-for-earth-quot-surrounded-by-your-friends-quot.aspx#commentsHooray for Earthhed:mp3 of the weekmagic magicmystery roarno With a band like HOORAY FOR EARTH, who keep one foot in Cambridge and the other in NYC, it&#39;d be very convenient to suggest their sound recklessly straddles the two like Rev. Moore&#39;s crazy daughter from Footloose. Alas, this new track sounds a lotOn The Download With a band like HOORAY FOR EARTH, who keep one foot in Cambridge and the other in NYC, it&#39;d be very convenient to suggest their sound recklessly straddles the two like Rev. Moore&#39;s crazy daughter from Footloose. Alas, this new track sounds a lot bigger than Boston, Brooklyn and Beaumont combined. Well, not alas... Hooray! If the big, boomin&#39;, begging-to-be-remixed &quot;Surrounded By Your Friends&quot; is any indication of what&#39;s on their newly eMusic-issued EP Momo (it is!), and if Momo is ay indication of what&#39;s coming on their full-length in progress (that too!), 2010 is going to be a very good year for these boys. Celebrate Momo with the band, local 50-States title-holders Magic Magic and the amazing dance dynamo of Mystery Roar at Great Scott on December 5; and catch &quot;Surrounded By Your Friends&quot; on New England Product, this Sunday night from 11pm-12am on WFNX 101.7FM. DOWNLOAD: &quot;Surrounded By Your Friends&quot; (mp3) Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXWith a band like HOORAY FOR EARTH, who keep one foot in Cambridge and the other in NYC, it&#39;d be very convenient to suggest their sound recklessly straddles the two like Rev. Moore&#39;s...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=Vp-k6u6KI2M:5yEUqfk9xi8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/Vp-k6u6KI2M" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/03/mp3-of-the-week-hooray-for-earth-quot-surrounded-by-your-friends-quot.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/h_3Luk_9rWA/weekly-mixtape-listen-to-this-week-s-issue-of-the-phoenix.aspxThu, 03 Dec 2009 14:32:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:620995onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)0http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=620995http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/03/weekly-mixtape-listen-to-this-week-s-issue-of-the-phoenix.aspx#commentsartist:Rihannasingapore kaneartist:fashwanartist:rickie lee jonesartist:friendly firesartist:julianna barwickno Behold! Samples from this week&#39;s Phoenix Music section, including rad hip-hop upstart Fashawn, the dreamy coo-scapes of Julianna Barwick, a pumpin&#39; Aeroplane remix of a Friendly Fires song (featuring the girls of Au Revoir Simone making it smooveOn The Download Behold! Samples from this week&#39;s Phoenix Music section, including rad hip-hop upstart Fashawn, the dreamy coo-scapes of Julianna Barwick, a pumpin&#39; Aeroplane remix of a Friendly Fires song (featuring the girls of Au Revoir Simone making it smoove), and an old Rickie Lee Jones track -- since Chuck E. apparently hasn&#39;t shown her how to get her shit on 8tracks.co yet). Enjoy! Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXBehold! Samples from this week&#39;s Phoenix Music section, including rad hip-hop upstart Fashawn, the dreamy coo-scapes of Julianna Barwick, a pumpin&#39; Aeroplane remix of a Friendly Fires song...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=h_3Luk_9rWA:9tGaYEnVji8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/h_3Luk_9rWA" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/03/weekly-mixtape-listen-to-this-week-s-issue-of-the-phoenix.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/1UI3_utAh8w/homework-assignment-3-audrey-ryan.aspxWed, 02 Dec 2009 22:07:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:621007onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)1http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=621007http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/02/homework-assignment-3-audrey-ryan.aspx#commentshomeworkhed:mp3 of the weekartist:Audrey Ryanno &nbsp; 1. HOMEWORK OK, so we&#39;re a little late with this November installment of Homework -- but give our guest pupil Audrey Ryan extra credit: She&#39;s been touring her passport off, and upon return, had only days to pull her assignment together. ThOn The Download &nbsp; 1. HOMEWORK OK, so we&#39;re a little late with this November installment of Homework -- but give our guest pupil Audrey Ryan extra credit: She&#39;s been touring her passport off, and upon return, had only days to pull her assignment together. Then turkey happened. You know how it goes. In any case, Ms. Ryan spent her holiday reflecting on the season and humming a lovely new Thanksgiving ditty into being, and for this -- and because we cannot listen to &quot;Alice&#39;s Restaurant&quot; again -- we were happy to wait.&nbsp; 2. THE RULES In the spirit of Thanksgiving, and in tribute to the absence of rules encountered by the Pylgrymms as they embarked into the wylde, we kept it simple. The song must: expresses thirty (30) instances of gratitude, one for every day of the monthbe rad 3. GRADING Ms. Ryan&#39;s song is a chipper holiday shout-out to Mr. Howard Zinn, whose People&#39;s History of the United States helped enlighten her to the true meaning of Thanksgiving. You know, the one where Columbus &quot;slayed the shit out of some Indians / and made the rest into his minons&quot; and the only thing that can distract us from the horror is stuffing? With all of the human skins and lopped-off limbs, this is not exactly the type of thing you want little Dakota (or whatever) singing for that family at the dinner table in lieu of grace, but damn it&#39;s catchy! ALSO: Though we counted a few times, and believe we only heard 29 actual instances of the word thank (including within the word Thanksgiving), Ms. Ryan&#39;s fortitude and skill in the face of these burdensome holidays and those insipid milligrams of tryptophan that are their calling card has moved us all into a state of profound empathy. So whatever.&nbsp; Final Grade: A 4. THE SONGDig in. DOWNLOAD: Audrey Ryan, &quot;People&#39;s History&quot; [mp3] Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNX&nbsp; 1. HOMEWORK OK, so we&#39;re a little late with this November installment of Homework -- but give our guest pupil Audrey Ryan extra credit: She&#39;s been touring her passport off, and upon...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=1UI3_utAh8w:Ikk-SVIxM_I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/1UI3_utAh8w" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/02/homework-assignment-3-audrey-ryan.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/VT8fdBvqN9I/ticket-on-sale-alert-jethro-tull-taylor-swift-moe-steve-harvey-drug-rug-alice-in-chains-joey-mcintyre-and-more.aspxWed, 02 Dec 2009 18:48:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:620877onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)2http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=620877http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/02/ticket-on-sale-alert-jethro-tull-taylor-swift-moe-steve-harvey-drug-rug-alice-in-chains-joey-mcintyre-and-more.aspx#comments&nbsp; Joey McIntyre, pictured here on the Block to which he has been New since 1984. On sale Thursday, December 3 John Brown&#39;s Body + Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad + Mighty Music | Friday,...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=VT8fdBvqN9I:ZLwykyJCcZo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/VT8fdBvqN9I" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/02/ticket-on-sale-alert-jethro-tull-taylor-swift-moe-steve-harvey-drug-rug-alice-in-chains-joey-mcintyre-and-more.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/M9PS80hMh_U/boston-public-health-commission-s-top-10-bad-romance-songs-of-2009-is-pop-music-unhealthy.aspxWed, 02 Dec 2009 17:58:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:620804onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)4http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=620804http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/02/boston-public-health-commission-s-top-10-bad-romance-songs-of-2009-is-pop-music-unhealthy.aspx#commentsartist:lady gagaartist:Chris Brownartist:Justin Bieberartist:MarioNick Hornbyartist:DrakeBoston Public Health Commissionno &quot;People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent videos; we are scared that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands, of songs about broken On The Download &quot;People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent videos; we are scared that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands, of songs about broken hearts and rejection and pain and misery and loss. The unhappiest people I know, romantically speaking, are the ones who like pop music the most; and I don&#39;t know whether pop music has caused this unhappiness, but I do know that they&#39;ve been listening to the sad songs longer than they&#39;ve been living the unhappy lives.&quot; -- Nick Hornby, High Fidelity The Boston Public Health Commission -- the taxpayer-funded agency that brought you the Boston-teens-think-Rihanna-deserved-it &quot;study&quot; last year -- is back with another highly-unscientific headline-grabber. This time, it&#39;s a &quot;nutritional information&quot; label for music, which the commission describes as &quot;a new tool to help music lovers evaluate how healthy -- or unhealthy -- songs are.&quot; The Commission&#39;s also then issued its version of a 2009 year-end list: a &quot;Top 10 Songs With Unhealthy Relationship Ingredients,&quot; which just happens to be populated entirely by young men of color (Mario, Drake, Jamie Foxx, Flo-Rida) with an exception made for two songs by a white woman who coincidentally was scheduled to perform in Boston the night the report was released.&nbsp; (An accompanying list of 10 &quot;healthy&quot; songs is topped by 15-year-old white YouTube sensation Justin Bieber and is dominated by AOR crapola from Keith Urban, Rob Thomas, Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillat, and everyone&#39;s favorite honorary white people, the Black Eyed Peas.)&nbsp; Wethinks this is high dudgeon from the nation&#39;s first and oldest public health agency, whose first director, in 1799, was Paul Revere -- a historical figure who, as any Beastie Boys fan can tell you, was a horse who aided in the commission of a drunken felony rape with a baseball bat. (Now that we&#39;re taking song lyrics literally, why stop at breakup ballads?) To quote from the BPHC&#39;s press release: “We aren&#39;t telling people what they should or should not be listening to,” said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, the Commission’s executive director. “We are giving them a tool that will help them make an informed choice about what they put in their bodies.” Funny, then, that the commission didn&#39;t go after any of the zillion-and-a-half country songs about cheating hearts. Or, say, &quot;Good Girls Go Bad,&quot; the crossover smash by snotty white emokids Cobra Starship. Or 3Oh!3&#39;s &quot;Don&#39;t Trust Me&quot;. Or . . . well, you get the drift.&nbsp; So why&#39;d we lead with the Hornby quote? Well, to show the BBHC what a smart argument agaisnt pop music looks like -- as opposed to the typically jingoistic nonsense that organizations like the BPHC peddle to take cheap shots at youth culture, in the guise of protecting kids who are smart enough to be far savvier about pop music than adults will ever give them credit for. Hornby knew what we all know: all good music is often bad for you. A pretty good song can fuck you up for days, and a great song can make you break up with your girlfriend for no good reason. If we started judging music based on how shitty it makes you feel, or on the stupid shit it makes you do, I would have to throw out at least 72 percent of my record collection, starting with Ryan Adams&#39;s Heartbreaker. Boomers would be stripped of their entire canon -- so long Zep, Stones, Beatles -- and Gen X-ers would have to throw most of the &#39;80s and &#39;90s out the window. We&#39;d be left with, well . . . Keith Urban. For what it&#39;s worth, Lady Gaga&#39;s &quot;Paparazzi&quot; -- No. 3 on the BPHC list -- is a fairly clever pop song about the parasitic symbiosis of celebrity and tabloid culture. And it can also be read as a tragedy: a song about the way tabloid mass-culture dynamics trickle down into private Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNX&quot;People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent videos; we are scared that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=M9PS80hMh_U:34fHFL91kJU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/M9PS80hMh_U" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/02/boston-public-health-commission-s-top-10-bad-romance-songs-of-2009-is-pop-music-unhealthy.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/Lf029JVLQdk/ticket-on-sale-alert-nick-jonas-and-the-administration-at-the-orpheum.aspxTue, 01 Dec 2009 23:15:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:620063onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)2http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=620063http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/01/ticket-on-sale-alert-nick-jonas-and-the-administration-at-the-orpheum.aspx#commentsartist:Jonas Brothersartist:Nick Jonas and the Administrationvenue:Orpheum TheatreMy favorite Jonas Brothers song -- wait, you don&#39;t have one? -- is called &quot;One Man Show,&quot; and the main reason I like it is because, oddly enough, it kind of sounds like a third-album...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=Lf029JVLQdk:KCcli1nFko0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/Lf029JVLQdk" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/01/ticket-on-sale-alert-nick-jonas-and-the-administration-at-the-orpheum.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/CoU8jNV6u50/video-wild-light-s-new-song-with-the-killers-and-luke-perry.aspxTue, 01 Dec 2009 21:30:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:620029onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)1http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=620029http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/01/video-wild-light-s-new-song-with-the-killers-and-luke-perry.aspx#commentsartist:Wild Lightartist:The KillersLuke Perryno When THE KILLERS recorded their annual holiday single -- a tradition they stole from R.E.M., but have made amusing use of -- they didn&#39;t forget their old friends WILD LIGHT, who opened a tour for Vegas&#39;s finest back when 2009 was young. Released On The Download When THE KILLERS recorded their annual holiday single -- a tradition they stole from R.E.M., but have made amusing use of -- they didn&#39;t forget their old friends WILD LIGHT, who opened a tour for Vegas&#39;s finest back when 2009 was young. Released just in time for World AIDS Day, &quot;Happy Birthday Guadalupe&quot; comes with a video that suggests they got December 1 confused with November 1. But all proceeds from the track benefit (RED)&#39;s Global Fund to Fight AIDS in Africa, so don&#39;t expect us to call &#39;em out on it. (And yes, save the comments: we know that&#39;s the Mariachi El Bronx guys in the Day of the Dead makeup.) You can hear the Wild Light guys kick in on vocals at about the 2:40 mark, which is sometime after LUKE PERRY shows up in his best Brokeback Mountain apparel.&nbsp; ITUNES: The Killers + Wild Light + Mariachi El Bronx, &quot;Happy Birthday Guadalupe&quot; Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXWhen THE KILLERS recorded their annual holiday single -- a tradition they stole from R.E.M., but have made amusing use of -- they didn&#39;t forget their old friends WILD LIGHT, who opened a tour for...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=CoU8jNV6u50:vmD6vBVvQic:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/CoU8jNV6u50" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/12/01/video-wild-light-s-new-song-with-the-killers-and-luke-perry.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/lo7TZEmtpzk/tonight-history-of-boston-hip-hop-comes-alive-at-enormous-room-plus-pacey-foster-video-and-mixtape.aspxMon, 30 Nov 2009 19:24:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:618406onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)2http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=618406http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/30/tonight-history-of-boston-hip-hop-comes-alive-at-enormous-room-plus-pacey-foster-video-and-mixtape.aspx#commentsvenue:Enormous RoomGang Starr FoundationBoston Hip-Hopartist:Edo GMagnus Johnstoneartist:GuruPacey FosterBrian Colemanno This week in the Phoenix, Chris Faraone talks to PACEY FOSTER -- &quot;the biggest nerd hip-hop historian in all of Boston&quot; -- about Pacey&#39;s Boston chapter in the upcoming HIP HOP IN AMERICA: A REGIONAL GUIDE, and specifically about the early daOn The Download This week in the Phoenix, Chris Faraone talks to PACEY FOSTER -- &quot;the biggest nerd hip-hop historian in all of Boston&quot; -- about Pacey&#39;s Boston chapter in the upcoming HIP HOP IN AMERICA: A REGIONAL GUIDE, and specifically about the early days of Boston hip-hop. Topics include Magnus Johnstone&#39;s groundbreaking WMBR show &quot;Lecco&#39;s Lemma,&quot; extremely rare demos from Edo G&#39;s original Fresh To Impress Crew and Keithy E, who later had more success as GURU of Gang Starr.&nbsp; Above, click the video to watch Pacey give Faraone a tour of his crates and memorabilia, and spin some ridiculously rare tracks. But if you&#39;re craving more wax, Foster teams up with fellow hip-hop historian BRIAN COLEMAN -- author of Rakim Told Me: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies -- to celebrate the release of Hip Hop In America tonight at Enormous Room. They&#39;ll both be spinning what Coleman calls a &quot;Boston hip-hop history lesson&quot;: &quot;It&#39;s a celebration of Boston hip-hop, from the early 80s (&#39;Pak Jam&#39;!) to the advent of Magnus Johnstone&#39;s &#39;Leccos Lemma&#39; show on WMBR in the mid-&#39;80s, up through the indie explosion led by Brick Records, 7L &amp; Esoteric, Mr. Lif, Akrobatik and others in the mid-&#39;90s, straight into the present day.&quot; Also mandatory listening: Pacey&#39;s &quot;Lecco&#39;s Lemma Megamix,&quot; a collection of talk and tunes rescued from old tapes of Magnus&#39;s WMBR show -- including what may be Guru&#39;s first interview.&nbsp; DOWNLOAD: Pacey Foxter, Lecco&#39;s Lemma Megamix [mp3 via Library of Vinyl] &nbsp;Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXThis week in the Phoenix, Chris Faraone talks to PACEY FOSTER -- &quot;the biggest nerd hip-hop historian in all of Boston&quot; -- about Pacey&#39;s Boston chapter in the upcoming HIP HOP IN...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=lo7TZEmtpzk:8eNL8Jb2ffU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/lo7TZEmtpzk" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/30/tonight-history-of-boston-hip-hop-comes-alive-at-enormous-room-plus-pacey-foster-video-and-mixtape.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/MruJkeSrvAY/the-phoenix-spends-the-weekend-with-the-toothaches.aspxFri, 27 Nov 2009 12:14:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:614184onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)1http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=614184http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/27/the-phoenix-spends-the-weekend-with-the-toothaches.aspx#commentsBostonVideoBrooklynartist:The Toothachesno VIDEO: Back home from Brooklyn, it&#39;s the Toothaches! Motion pictures and words by P. Nick Curran and Addison Post&nbsp; Well past midnight on a Saturday, Rose Blakelock and Zimmy Ayer of THE TOOTHACHES descended through a busted basement bulkhead, paOn The Download VIDEO: Back home from Brooklyn, it&#39;s the Toothaches! Motion pictures and words by P. Nick Curran and Addison Post&nbsp; Well past midnight on a Saturday, Rose Blakelock and Zimmy Ayer of THE TOOTHACHES descended through a busted basement bulkhead, past piles of scrap wood and discarded abike frames, into a single-lit room where several people sat Indian-style on a rotted carpet. Acoustic guitar and ukulele ricocheted off the foundation walls and haphazard harmonies coalesced and dissolved, only to have Blakelock ruin it all. “Fuck it, I’m out of tune, can we start over?” she said, perhaps not registering the endearing qualities of a vaguely tuned ukulele by cellarlight. Or that most in attendance were at that moment reminded of how Boston once loved the Toothaches brand of folk-hued rock and roll. THE TOOTHACHES: Sucker Punch Before moving to Brooklyn last year, the Toothaches were building momentum in Boston. They got pegged as the next big thing, they opened for Freezepop, they played with Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and nearly every show became a crazed dance party. But, like many Boston bands, they heeded Brooklyn’s inexplicable call. “I felt stuck here, I needed a change of scenery,” said Blakelock. “I needed to be scared shitless.” This past weekend, the Toothaches destroyed my life with love and whiskey. They camped in my living room, performed in my attic, and defiled my couches. Firm adherents to the tenets of rock and roll, not a second past without beer, bottle or guitar. Buds materialized during their park performance at three a.m., Wild Turkey disappeared during their interviews at four. All the while, through every shot, swig and pull, they retained the remarkable ability to perform and engage. And, of course, the Toothaches celebrated their return to Boston. Perhaps a reflection of their off-stage antics, their performance Sunday at the Middle East Upstairs demonstrated an entirely different beast from the previous year&#39;s experience. What was once pop-rock is now full on rock and roll: Jagged, Pixies-inspired two-note guitar leads and clouds of distortion to make J. Mascis jealous, all countered by layers of keyboard and glockenspiel. The boy-girl vocal dynamic remains, and the cutesy, borderline twee vibe still swirls beneath their arrangements, but it is bolstered by an abrasive, somehow charming rock swagger. “Let’s get the war paint!” Ayer yelps at the beginning of&nbsp; “XTC Song”, before the band builds an effortless, anthemic chorus characteristic of their new material. Keyboards descend while guitars elevate, which even with poor sound and an occasionally shaky rhythm section managed to craft authentic nostalgia for musical eras past. “I want to play rock and roll,” said Ayer late on Sunday. “I’m tired of musicians and I’m tired of art.” THE TOOTHACHES: Summer Homes After their park performance, perched atop a rock under lone lamplight, Ayer and Blakelock locked arms, sipped beers and brandished their matching tooth tattoos. For a band aspiring to rock abandon, they sure are cute. But maybe that is just further fuel for their limitless bravado. “We still love you guys, we love Boston,” said Blakelock. “And to be able to say now we have Boston and New York, well, next time you talk to us it will be the entire world and you’ll be there with us.” - P. Nick Curran and Addison Post Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXVIDEO: Back home from Brooklyn, it&#39;s the Toothaches! Motion pictures and words by P. Nick Curran and Addison Post&nbsp; Well past midnight on a Saturday, Rose Blakelock and Zimmy Ayer of THE...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=MruJkeSrvAY:V9Tv_8JzLf0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/MruJkeSrvAY" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/27/the-phoenix-spends-the-weekend-with-the-toothaches.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/9t2-5scBmjg/phoenix-meets-the-phoenix-hugely-awesome-band-to-perform-intimate-gig-for-lucky-boston-phoenix-readers.aspxThu, 26 Nov 2009 00:06:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:614340onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)1http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=614340http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/25/phoenix-meets-the-phoenix-hugely-awesome-band-to-perform-intimate-gig-for-lucky-boston-phoenix-readers.aspx#commentsartist:Phoenixfree showBoston Phoenixno &nbsp; As many people are aware, PHOENIX and THE PHOENIX have many things in common. We&#39;re both huge French electro-pop stars, obviously. And when you Google either of us, you come up with results in Arizona. That&#39;s what you get for being famous.On The Download &nbsp; As many people are aware, PHOENIX and THE PHOENIX have many things in common. We&#39;re both huge French electro-pop stars, obviously. And when you Google either of us, you come up with results in Arizona. That&#39;s what you get for being famous. Well, after years of people confusing us, getting each other&#39;s email, and admiring each other from afar, we&#39;ve finally decided to prove to everyone that we&#39;re actually not the same person -- by showing up together in the same room at the same time.&nbsp; DOWNLOAD: Phoenix, &quot;1901 (L&#39;Aiglon Remix)&quot; Yes, that&#39;s right: the band PHOENIX has agreed to come to Boston play a very exclusive, very intimate, very unplugged show on December 4 for ThePhoenix.com and a very select few of our readers. And when we say intimate, we mean really, really small. The actual location is a closely-held secret (frankly, they haven&#39;t even told us yet) but we can tell you this: where they&#39;re playing, we&#39;re pretty sure nobody&#39;s ever played a show there before. As you may be aware, PHOENIX is already headlining our sister station WFNX&#39;s annual &quot;MIRACLE ON TREMONT STREET&quot; blowout at the Orpheum with SPOON and PASSION PIT, a gig that sold out immediately. Don&#39;t ask, we don&#39;t have any extra tickets. But we&#39;ll sneak a few of you into our secret gig if you&#39;re nice to us.&nbsp; THE ONLY WAY TO WIN TICKETS: Become a fan of the Boston Phoenix on Facebook and leave us a wall post with a link to your favorite Phoenix song and favorite ThePhoenix.com article. The most creative responses will be rewarded.&nbsp; We&#39;ll notify the winners on Wednesday.&nbsp; Happy Thanksgiving! VIDEO: From June 2009, Phoenix performing live at WFNX VIDEO AND REVIEW: From June 2009, Phoenix at the Paradise REVIEW: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNX&nbsp; As many people are aware, PHOENIX and THE PHOENIX have many things in common. We&#39;re both huge French electro-pop stars, obviously. And when you Google either of us, you come up with...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=9t2-5scBmjg:d5DgQRVQde8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/9t2-5scBmjg" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/25/phoenix-meets-the-phoenix-hugely-awesome-band-to-perform-intimate-gig-for-lucky-boston-phoenix-readers.aspxPhoenix Media Communications GroupOn The DownloadnonadultYour new favorite Boston bands