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in case anyone was curious how i came to know so much about d-tension's halloween masquerade band ball, i should first explain about my growing and substantial apathy for the national football league and coincidental major-league crush on both jen kearney and carl johnson, not to mention the rest of the lost onion, and, yes, that means you, pete mclean, and especially when claire finley is in the house, which she was last night at toad, (listen to how far i'm getting ahead of myself here), and how, when you go to the best shows, you tend to find out about the best shows.

yes, i've happily found something eminently better to do with my monday nights now that jen kearney and the lost onion are the resident monday night band at toad. their inaugural show last night was fully up to all the billing, and, except for the fact that i'm a little sleepy for my daily dose of international conference calls, it's ALL good. if it's possible, they've refined their cover of lenny kravitz's "let love rule" even more, but it's the jen kearney originals that always make the show. get "year of the ox". put it through your speakers from beginning to end. (lather, rinse, repeat). then come on down to see what it's all about. you might even be lucky enough to hear about things happening on the downtown lowell social calendar.

so, meet me at the dreamer's ball (sorry, gratuitous freddie mercury reference there) october 30th at the old court. but every monday night before that, and after that, too, down at toad. (this is what they write the songs about, people). the best times can always be had by all.