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See the Saw Doctors joining Petula ‘Downtown’

This came in yesterday from across the Atlantic…

Hello from the UK

I have been enjoying your blog for some time now,especially the Petula Clark items. Are you aware of a new version of ‘Downtown’ by ‘The Saw Doctors’, out soon. It features new vocals from Petula.

All for now
Stephen Plant

Hey, wow, this is great! Thank you so much, Stephen. It’s always nice to know there’s somebody out there, and I should have been aware of the Saw Doctors doing Downtown with Pet, but I wasn’t until now. What splendid fun! The Saw Doctor’s contagious take on Petula’s magnificent Downtown gets released on December 9…

… and I see that the Saw Doctors will be in Massachusetts in March, playing downtown Northampton and Worcester (two good UK names there, a’right), and at the House of Blues in Boston on March 9, close enough to St. Patrick’s day to assure some good, loud times.

Irene and the blustery day

I’m self-deploying myself as an emergency response team, and I just completed a check of the perimeter. A lot of leaves and small branches are down, but knowing that Hurricane Irene hasn’t reached NYC yet, and watching the trees blowing here, hundreds of miles north, I can see the possibility of catastrophe in the making. I’ll consider us lucky if we only lose power and Internet access.

Update: It’s almost 3 in the afternoon and I think we may be through the worst of it. The rain has let up and the wind is dying down. There are lots of branches in the yard and I went outside to collect the biggest of them.

Say Goodnight, Irene

Hurricane Irene promises to cause us a lot of trouble here. I’ve been trying to line up some roof repairs and tree removal, and after this weekend it will probably be months before I can get the work done, because contractors will be busy dealing with the storm’s aftermath. I just hope a tree doesn’t come down on the house.

I have a summer tradition of taking Eric to a Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park, and I have tickets for Sunday afternoon’s game, but because of the storm it’s been moved to 5 tomorrow. With any luck it will be over before Irene arrives.

Update: It’s Saturday, there’s a rain delay for the first game of the day, and from the way it’s coming down I’d be surprised if the second game is played. Even if it is held, I don’t know if I’m going to risk driving to Boston.

Update: I went outside to make sure the storm drain was clear, and there’s no way I’m driving into Boston, because there’s no doubt that Irene is here. I’m listening to the radio to see what Major League Baseball is going to do. If they say play ball, then I’m out 250 bucks.