Remember to do as much walking as you can, Boston is one of the best walking cities around. Follow the Esplanade along the Charles River, hang out in the Public Garden, pray for some sunshine. I will second Mary Chung in Central Square for some excellent Chinese food. As for North End restaurants, I...

Hey Redline, thanks for jumping all over that. I've seen the Music Hall turntable come up a few times in my travels, but the Rotel amp and Paradigm speakers are new to me. Do you have any thoughts on the following equipment I've been considering: The Pro-ject Debut III, Outlaw Audio's RR2150, or the...

Hmm, some of you seem to know a thing or two about this stuff. So, here's a project: I want to build a hi-fi system, starting from scratch. I need a turntable, CD player, amp, and speakers. I can spend about $1500 for the whole thing. Ideas would be very helpful and taken into serious consideration.

Yeah the Roxy show will be on Ticketmaster. Tickets apparently go on sale Thrusday? that's really soon. I'm gonna be freaking out a little bit until i see the show posted on tm. com

Can you guys tell me how it is? If it wasn't 21+ i'd be planning my trip from boston right now.

OH MY GOD.

Chavez my favorite band ever?? In NYC where I don't live and probably can't get to?

I saw fake Don Cab in Boston (Cambridge) late last year. I was sort of nervous about going but I was too young to see Don Cab when they were actually around so I figured on giving it a shot. So I get there and get a spot in the center of the room, about two rows back from the stage; perfect to watch...

It's cool Steve, one bet I would take is that Kevin Brown makes less than 15 starts this season.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/02/15/ny_powers_up_with_a_rod/ Here's a particularly optimistic article from Boston Globe Sports section doing a little position by position. Steve, I will give you that the Yankees match up favorably at most positions (exceptions: DH, righ...

Worst band I've seen?

Easy. OKGO.

Describing the hideous terror that their live set encompasses would take more time than I have, and may not even be expressable in English.