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To infinity and beyond
Art Deco a-go-go, Green Day and more

Next week

What with two prominent Art Deco exhibitions gracing the Back Bay — the Museum of Fine Arts’ "Art Deco, 1910–1939" and the International Poster Gallery’s "Art Deco Poster Masterpieces, 1921–1939" — the Art Deco Society of Boston is having a busy fall. Next week, ADSB prez Tony Fusco takes a break from lecturing at the MFA exhibit to highlight local treasures with the group’s "Downtown Art Deco" walking tours, which uncover ’20s and ’30s landmarks still lurking in our midst: the former I.J. Fox Department Store, now a Strawberries, and the former United Shoe Machinery Building (detail, in photo), now the Landmark Building. The two-and-a-half-hour walking tours are given October 2, 9, and 16 beginning at 11 a.m. (Additional tours will be added to accommodate any overflow.) Reservations are required, and tickets are $20; call (617) 787-2637.

Next month

Our favorite memory of Green Day remains their Hatch Shell performance 10 years ago this month, at the most raucous Phoenix/FNX back-to-school concert ever. Booked just before Dookie became a runaway modern-rock hit, the band showed up to find tens of thousands waiting; they managed to get in a half-dozen of that classic’s best songs in before all hell broke loose. Reminiscing fondly last week, we slapped on the new Green Day album, American Idiot (Warner Bros.), and were astonished to find that, a decade later, they’d reclaimed Dookie-style pop-punk perfection in the service of Whoville rock-opera theatrics: if you can stick it out through the 10-minute medleys, there’s a half-dozen more Buzzcocks-gone-metal masterpieces therein. Green Day will give ’em a ride — sans riot gear — at the Worcester Centrum, 50 Foster Street in Worcester, on October 28. New Found Glory and Sugarcult open, and tickets are $30; call (617) 931-2000.

And beyond

Founded in 1995, the eclectic Northampton roots-rock label Signature Sounds has become a beacon for contemporary singer-songwriters who still build followings from the ground up but don’t want to get lumped into the coffeehouse-folk graveyard. Among the 50 albums the imprint has issued are discs by Josh Ritter, Amy Rigby, Lori McKenna, and the Mammals, all of whom will be on board for a pair of blockbuster shows in Northampton and Boston that’ll kick-start the label’s 10th-anniversary celebration. Joining the above will be past and present signees Kris Delmhorst, Tracy Grammer, Peter Mulvey, Louise Taylor, Erica Wheeler, and more: they’ll all play the Calvin Theatre, 19 King Street in Northampton, on November 27, and the Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square in Somerville, on November 28. Tickets are $22.50 to $37.50 at the Calvin (413-586-8686), $27.50 to $37.50 at the Somerville (617-625-4088).

Leaks of the week

The girls of pop don’t wanna have fun no more: they just want you to leave them the hell alone. The lead single from newlywed Britney Spears’s forthcoming Greatest Hits (Jive, due November 9) began making the rounds of fan sites last week: "My Prerogative," her saber-rattling Bobby Brown cover, is more faithful to the original than her versions of Joan Jett and the Stones — this one’s tricked out in fuzzy neon synths by the Swedes who did "Toxic" — but are we the only folks worried about who she’s identifying with these days? Lindsay Lohan’s "Rumors" is not, we’re happy to report, a cover of the Timex Social Club hit. Although LL’s recent pop history includes a Diane Warren–penned dud and one inspired brash rocker (see the Freaky Friday soundtrack’s "Ultimate"), the first single from her debut on Tommy Mottola’s Casablanca imprint (untitled, due in November) sounds closer to Timbaland territory. Violins and crunchy guitars polish scrunchy club beats while Lindsay brushes the paparazzi off her shoulders: "I’m sick of being followed, I’m tired of people lying . . . why can’t they back up off me?" Check AOL/Netscape for the first listen. Meanwhile, Avril Lavigne’s GB-only B-side "Take It" (check the fan sites) now looks like a prescient swipe at the British tabloids who’ve outed her relationship with Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley (his publicist last week denied reports the two have gotten engaged): "Write a fictional story for your fee/Try to get the world to believe/A shocking headline surprise." How much you want to bet it makes the set list when she plays the FleetCenter on November 1? For tickets, call (617) 931-2000.


Issue Date: September 24 - 30, 2004
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