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#BostonWeekend Thru Sun FOLK #LowellMA hosts their annual #Folk #Festival https://lowellfolkfestival.org #BostonMusic #lowell #WorldMusic
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#BostonWeekend Thru Sun FOLK #LowellMA hosts their annual #Folk #Festival https://lowellfolkfestival.org #BostonMusic #lowell #WorldMusic
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This also brings back personal memories of the one semester I did at #UMass Lowell after a medical leave from UMass Amherst - Dubus was the Writer in Residence at UML that semester and visited my American novel survey class to teach House of Sand and Fog, and you'd better believe I was one big nerd puddle. Now he's a professor there.
I'm telling you, #lowellma is COOL. #bookstodon
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This also brings back personal memories of the one semester I did at #UMass Lowell after a medical leave from UMass Amherst - Dubus was the Writer in Residence at UML that semester and visited my American novel survey class to teach House of Sand and Fog, and you'd better believe I was one big nerd puddle. Now he's a professor there.
I'm telling you, #lowellma is COOL. #bookstodon
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#Mississippi homeowners blame a noisy #DataCenter plant for sleepless nights. The mayor's advice? "Consider selling."
By Lauren Fichten, July 16, 2026
"It was 4 a.m. on a Sunday and 46-year-old Jason Haley was once again wide awake.
"The suburban silence that Haley had grown used to in his two decades as a resident of #SouthavenMS, had, for the last few months, been replaced by a constant whirring, like an airplane hovering over his home, he said.
"The noise keeping Haley awake was coming from a plant powering #ElonMusk's #xAI #datacenters in the area, according to a lawsuit filed in June against the company and its subsidiary, #MZXTech. Haley and two other #Southaven residents, who live within a mile of the plant, allege in the suit that 'near-constant' noise and vibrations are causing negative physical and psychological health effects.
"The filing comes amid growing #resistance toward data center development, with the majority of Americans opposing local construction of a data center, according to a Gallup poll published earlier this year.
"Similar disputes are playing out across the country, like in #MountPleasantWI, where a lawsuit this month filed by residents alleges a data center emits 'unreasonable and excessive noise' onto residents' properties and in #LowellMA [a city with a large #Latino population -- #EnvironmentalRacism], where noise from a data center's cooling center 'disrupts neighbors' sleep,' according to an April suit.
"There are more than 4,000 data centers in the U.S., according to a recent United Nations report. To power the data centers, developers are building their own plants, sometimes with little warning to residents like Haley.
"Haley reached out to Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite about the noise in emails he shared with CBS News. In one last November, he urged Musselwhite to drive through the neighborhood 'and take a listen to the constant #HighPitch noises.' "
" 'I am aware of the noise and working on a solution with xAI officials,' Musselwhite had responded to Haley an hour later. 'It is a problem,' he said in another email later in the day.
"But soon, another sleepless night rolled around and Haley was emailing the mayor again.
""Anyone else I can reach out to?" Haley wrote to Musselwhite. "It's almost 4 am and I can hear it from my bed. The high pitch and roaring combined is full force at this time. My ears are ringing. I can't live in this. How was this ever approved?"
[In a later email, this was Musselwhite's response] "I know they want houses for employees, so you may want to consider selling your home." 😡
Read more:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mississippi-elon-musk-xai-data-center-power-plant-noise/#ElonSucks #BigDataSucks #NoisePollution #BigData
#CorporateColonialism #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #AirIsLife #USPol
#AISucks #DatacenterMoratorium
#AIDatacenters #EnvironmentalRacism
#PreyingOnThePoor #EnergyVampires #ResistAI -
#Mississippi homeowners blame a noisy #DataCenter plant for sleepless nights. The mayor's advice? "Consider selling."
By Lauren Fichten, July 16, 2026
"It was 4 a.m. on a Sunday and 46-year-old Jason Haley was once again wide awake.
"The suburban silence that Haley had grown used to in his two decades as a resident of #SouthavenMS, had, for the last few months, been replaced by a constant whirring, like an airplane hovering over his home, he said.
"The noise keeping Haley awake was coming from a plant powering #ElonMusk's #xAI #datacenters in the area, according to a lawsuit filed in June against the company and its subsidiary, #MZXTech. Haley and two other #Southaven residents, who live within a mile of the plant, allege in the suit that 'near-constant' noise and vibrations are causing negative physical and psychological health effects.
"The filing comes amid growing #resistance toward data center development, with the majority of Americans opposing local construction of a data center, according to a Gallup poll published earlier this year.
"Similar disputes are playing out across the country, like in #MountPleasantWI, where a lawsuit this month filed by residents alleges a data center emits 'unreasonable and excessive noise' onto residents' properties and in #LowellMA [a city with a large #Latino population -- #EnvironmentalRacism], where noise from a data center's cooling center 'disrupts neighbors' sleep,' according to an April suit.
"There are more than 4,000 data centers in the U.S., according to a recent United Nations report. To power the data centers, developers are building their own plants, sometimes with little warning to residents like Haley.
"Haley reached out to Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite about the noise in emails he shared with CBS News. In one last November, he urged Musselwhite to drive through the neighborhood 'and take a listen to the constant #HighPitch noises.' "
" 'I am aware of the noise and working on a solution with xAI officials,' Musselwhite had responded to Haley an hour later. 'It is a problem,' he said in another email later in the day.
"But soon, another sleepless night rolled around and Haley was emailing the mayor again.
""Anyone else I can reach out to?" Haley wrote to Musselwhite. "It's almost 4 am and I can hear it from my bed. The high pitch and roaring combined is full force at this time. My ears are ringing. I can't live in this. How was this ever approved?"
[In a later email, this was Musselwhite's response] "I know they want houses for employees, so you may want to consider selling your home." 😡
Read more:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mississippi-elon-musk-xai-data-center-power-plant-noise/#ElonSucks #BigDataSucks #NoisePollution #BigData
#CorporateColonialism #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #AirIsLife #USPol
#AISucks #DatacenterMoratorium
#AIDatacenters #EnvironmentalRacism
#PreyingOnThePoor #EnergyVampires #ResistAI -
Who is leaving Internet Explorer graffiti in Lowell, MA?
#lowellMA #graffiti #internetExplorer #microsoft #webBrowsers
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Who is leaving Internet Explorer graffiti in Lowell, MA?
#lowellMA #graffiti #internetExplorer #microsoft #webBrowsers
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#BostonWeekend thru 4/6 RIDES head to #LowellMA for a spring Carnival https://www.fiestashows.com/fs/lowell-carnival/ #Lowell #BostonKids
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#BostonWeekend thru 4/6 RIDES head to #LowellMA for a spring Carnival https://www.fiestashows.com/fs/lowell-carnival/ #Lowell #BostonKids
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Alright #MAPoli I'm new to this, so bear with me. Energy bills 💡 are a top concern for everyday people in Massachusetts when it comes to building performance. Supposedly the Lowell Sun is reporting on bill actvity on Beacon Hill, but they only list votes for a fraction of the representatives?
https://www.lowellsun.com/2026/03/09/beacon-hill-roll-call-house-cuts-mass-save-marketing-budget/
What is going on? A quick search tells me the Lowell Sun probably focused on Middlesex County representatives for this piece - so that answers that q.
Where is the Senate on H 5151? Last week I was disturbed to hear legislation proposed to make taxpayers cover lobbying costs for the energy companies. And a $1 BILLION cut to Mass Save. Are rep's working to increase costs for people? In any case, check out the article above for some pretty current updates ⚡
#buildingPerformance #construction #energy #law #LowellMA #Lowell #Massachusetts
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Alright #MAPoli I'm new to this, so bear with me. Energy bills 💡 are a top concern for everyday people in Massachusetts when it comes to building performance. Supposedly the Lowell Sun is reporting on bill actvity on Beacon Hill, but they only list votes for a fraction of the representatives?
https://www.lowellsun.com/2026/03/09/beacon-hill-roll-call-house-cuts-mass-save-marketing-budget/
What is going on? A quick search tells me the Lowell Sun probably focused on Middlesex County representatives for this piece - so that answers that q.
Where is the Senate on H 5151? Last week I was disturbed to hear legislation proposed to make taxpayers cover lobbying costs for the energy companies. And a $1 BILLION cut to Mass Save. Are rep's working to increase costs for people? In any case, check out the article above for some pretty current updates ⚡
#buildingPerformance #construction #energy #law #LowellMA #Lowell #Massachusetts
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#BostonWeekend 19x Sun HOCKEY PWHL Boston Fleet home opener in #LowellMA v Montreal - tickets still available, starting at 34$ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpToc8emqPg https://tsongascenter.evenue.net/events/PWHLIG https://www.boston.com/sports/pwhl/2025/11/20/boston-fleet-pwhl-hockey-womens-sports-danielle-marmer-aerin-frankel-megan-keller-haley-winn/ #PWHL #BostonFleet #Boston #Sports #Hockey
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#BostonWeekend 19x Sun HOCKEY PWHL Boston Fleet home opener in #LowellMA v Montreal - tickets still available, starting at 34$ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpToc8emqPg https://tsongascenter.evenue.net/events/PWHLIG https://www.boston.com/sports/pwhl/2025/11/20/boston-fleet-pwhl-hockey-womens-sports-danielle-marmer-aerin-frankel-megan-keller-haley-winn/ #PWHL #BostonFleet #Boston #Sports #Hockey
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Echo And The Bunnymen, Heaven Up Here, 1981 on Sire/Korova
Second album from Echo & the Bunnymen, produced by Hugh Jones (and the band) and recorded in Wales. It was put out by Korova in the UK and Sire in the US.
While Crocodiles didn’t chart in the US this one did. The photo on the cover – taken on the shore in Wales – is such an iconic image for the era.
My copy—via a record fair at Mill No. 5—is a US Jacksonville pressing from Allied metalwork.
#1980s #1981 #Allied #EchoAndTheBunnymen #Jacksonville #Korova #LowellMA #MillNo5 #Sire #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Joy Division, Substance, 1988 on Factory
Posthumous collection of Joy Division singles put out in 1988 as a 1xLP and reissued in 2015 as a 2xLP by Rhino (a digital remaster). Substance was also used at the title for the New Order singles collection that came out in 1987 (with “1987” added).
Still looking for a good clean copy of Unknown Pleasures but I was glad to find this copy of Substance. The 2xLP version includes the “Pennine Version” of “Love Will Tear Us Apart” which was the b-side of the original single.
My copy—via a record fair at Mill No. 5—is the 2015 Rhino US edition pressed at Optimal GmbH on 180g vinyl.
#1980s #1988 #2010s #2015 #compilation #FactoryRecords #JoyDivision #LowellMA #MillNo5 #Rhino #Singles #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Modern English, Mesh & Lace, 1981 on 4AD
Debut album from Modern English on the 4AD label. This wasn’t released in the US formally until the 2012 CD reissue and then 2016 on vinyl.
The debut is a bit darker and more derivative of Joy Division than some of the later work but still a really strong collection of songs.
I always loved the lyric from “I Melt With You”: “never realizing it was always mesh & lace” but didn’t recognize at the time it was something of a reference to their debut.
My copy—via a record fair at Mill No. 5—is a UK pressing by WEA in West Drayton, with the original inner sleeve.
#1980s #1981 #4AD #LowellMA #MillNo5 #ModernEnglish #UK #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WEAWestDrayton
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Bauhaus, 4AD, 1983 on 4AD
Yes, I did save this one for halloween. This was a compilation EP of the singles versions of “Dark Entries,” “Telegram Sam,” and “Terror Couple Kill Colonel.” Love that back cover photo.
I was today years old when I realized that John Cale wrote “Rosegarden Funeral of Sores,” the opening triplet of which is burned into my adolescent brain so much it still comes up whenever I am tired of dealing with people:
Virgin Mary was tired so tired / Tired of listening to gossip / Gossip and complaints
My copy—via a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA—is a UK pressing with a white b-side label, pressed by Damont. I don’t believe this was ever issued in the US.
#1980s #1983 #4AD #Bauhaus #DanielAsh #DavidJay #Goth #JohnCale #KevinHaskins #LowellMA #MillNo5 #PeterMurphy #UK #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Bob Dylan, Street-Legal, 1978 on Columbia
This was Dylan’s 18th studio LP, made with a band that included Jerry Scheff, Ian Wallace, Alan Pasqua, Billy Cross, Steven Soles, Steve Douglas, and David Mansfield – many of whom were in the Rolling Thunder Revue. (David Mansfield also went on to be part of The Range).
Not as many absolutely central Dylan songs here, but I do love “Is Your Love In Vain?” and “Señor (Tales of Yankee Power).”
My copy—via a record fair at Mill No 5 in Lowell MA—is a 1978 pressing from Columbia’s Santa Maria plant. It’s written as “Street Legal” (no hyphen) on the labels but “Street-Legal” on the cover and spine.
#1970s #1978 #AlanPasqua #BillyCross #BobDylan #Columbia #DavidMansfield #IanWallace #JerryScheff #LowellMA #MillNo5 #SantaMaria #SteveDouglas #StevenSoles #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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The Smiths, The World Won’t Listen, 1987 on Rough Trade
This is a compilation album—the second of three—including singles and b-sides from 1985-1987. Most of these tracks also appear on Louder Than Bombs (a 2xLP), but two are different versions and two are edits.
Fantastic collection of songs, including “Panic,” “Ask,” “Bigmouth Strikes Again,” “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out,” “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore,” and “You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby.”
What teenager hasn’t felt “And I’ve got no right to take my place in the human race . . . “?
My copy—via a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA—is a UK issue from 1987, pressed by MPO. (Louder than Bombs was released in the US in lieu of this record, which was not released on vinyl in the US until the 2011 reissue series).
#1980s #1987 #AndyRourke #JohnnyMarr #LowellMA #MikeJoyce #MillNo5 #morrissey #RoughTrade #TheSmiths #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Marshall Crenshaw, Marshall Crenshaw, 1982 on Warner Bros.
Debut album from Marshall Crenshaw, including the song for which he is best known “Someday, Someway.”
The followup sophomore album (Field Day) was produced by Steve Lillywhite but did not do nearly as well, though he did go on to work with T-Bone Burnett and appear in the films Peggy Sue Got Married and La Bamba.
My copy—via a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA—is a 1982 Winchester pressing on WB labels.
#1980s #1982 #LowellMA #MarshallCrenshaw #MillNo5 #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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ZZ Top, Fandango!, 1975 on London Records
Fourth release from Texas blues band ZZ Top, Fandango! included an A side with live songs (from The Warehouse, in New Orleans) and a B side of new studio recordings.
A Fandango is a dance originating in Spain and Portugal – which wikipedia tells me “is used as a synonym for ‘a quarrel’, ‘a big fuss’ or ‘a foolish or pretentious act'” – not sure which one ZZ Top were after here.
I think their first eight albums (yes, I include Eliminator) are fantastic though I’d argue after that it is downhill – but the live releases that have continued to come out from earlier days are great.
My copy—via a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell, MA—is a later 1979 Winchester Pressing on Warner Bros. labels.
#1970s #1975 #LondonRecords #LowellMA #MillNo5 #NewOrleans #TheWarehouse #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #ZZTop
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Cyndi Lauper, She’s So Unusual, 1983 on Portrait
Lauper’s debut solo album, She’s So Unusual had four top-five singles: “Girls Just Want To Have Fun,” “Time After Time,” “She Bop,” and “All Through The Night.”
A number of the songs were covers – “Money Changes Everything” by The Brains, “When You Were Mine” by Prince, “All Through The Night” by Jules Shear, and even “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” which was written by Robert Hazard who had performed it with multiple bands and made a demo recording.
Truly a must-have album for an 80s music fan.
My copy—via a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA—is a 1984 pressing with the original inner liner and Portrait label.
#1980s #1983 #CyndiLauper #JulesShear #LowellMA #MillNo5 #Portrait #prince #RobertHazard #TheBrains #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Randy Newman, Little Criminals, 1977 on Warner Bros
Randy Newman’s fifth studio LP and his highest charting, in part due to “Short People,” which was also a hit single. Produced by Lenny Waronker and Russ Titelman, with supporting players including Waddy Wachtel, Joe Walsh, Glen Frey, J.D. Souther, Tim Schmit, Klaus Voorman, Jim Keltner, Willie Weeks, and even Ry Cooder on mandola on “Kathleen.”
My copy—via a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA—is a Bestway pressing, with some price sticker damage on the front from a previous owner.
#1970s #1977 #GlenFrey #JDSouther #JimKeltner #JoeWalsh #KlausVoorman #LarryWaronker #LowellMA #MillNo5 #RandyNewman #RussTitelman #RyCooder #TimSchmit #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaddyWachtel #WarnerBrothers
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started a #wikipedia article on American chemist Louisa Stone Stevenson (1879-1969), taught chemistry at @mtholyoke from 1915 to 1945: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_Stone_Stevenson @wikiwomeninred #WomeninSTEM #Anthracene #LowellMA @vassar @cornelluniversi
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started a #wikipedia article on American chemist Louisa Stone Stevenson (1879-1969), taught chemistry at @mtholyoke from 1915 to 1945: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_Stone_Stevenson @wikiwomeninred #WomeninSTEM #Anthracene #LowellMA @vassar @cornelluniversi
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#BostonWeekend 19x Sat 9-3 SPECTACLE Kinetic Sculpture Race annual event in #LowellMA - teams build human powered vehicles to race a course downtown and through the water, then BACK out of the water up a muddy incline. Engineering contraptions that float, boat bikes, canoes on wheels, people get creative. Where I'd be if I wasn't required at What the Fluff in Somerville. Rude to be the same weekend, srsly.
https://www.lowellkinetic.com/about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_sculpture_race #Boston #BikeTooter #STEM #BostonBikes #Race #engineering -
#BostonWeekend 19x Sat 9-3 SPECTACLE Kinetic Sculpture Race annual event in #LowellMA - teams build human powered vehicles to race a course downtown and through the water, then BACK out of the water up a muddy incline. Engineering contraptions that float, boat bikes, canoes on wheels, people get creative. Where I'd be if I wasn't required at What the Fluff in Somerville. Rude to be the same weekend, srsly.
https://www.lowellkinetic.com/about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_sculpture_race #Boston #BikeTooter #STEM #BostonBikes #Race #engineering -
U2, Give Me One Last Chance, 2023 on Dear Boss.
Bootleg of U2 live in Glen Helen Regional Park, San Bernadino CA, on May 30th 1983.
Dear Boss. (apparently the period is part of the label name) is a new label reissuing things that were broadcast, which means under EU law are out of copyright at this point. Not sure if this was technically an FM broadcast or not (it was released multiple times on video), but it is the set U2 played (on “Rock Day”) at the US Festival in 1983.
There’s a great video of it on YouTube (but can’t be embedded here): U2 War Tour US Festival 1983 remastered Devore, CA.
My copy via Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA
#1980s #1983 #Bootleg #DearBoss_ #LowellMA #MillNo5 #U2 #USFestival #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Bauhaus, In The Flat Field, 1980 on 4AD
Debut album from Peter Murphy, Daniel Ash, David Jay, and Kevin Haskins aka Bauhaus. Bauhaus and its many spinoffs (Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, Dali’s Car) are among my favorite musical lineages.
They’d released “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” as a single in 1979 on Small Wonder records, but this debut came out on 4AD which itself was new in 1980 under the Beggars Banquet umbrella.
The cover is a photograph called Homage to Purvis de Chavannes by American photographer Duane Michals – hopefully it doesn’t get my account flagged as naughty.
My copy – as so many in the last few weeks via Slipped Disc at a Mill No 5 record fair – is a 2013 reissue.
#1980 #1980s #4AD #Bauhaus #DanielAsh #DavidJay #Goth #KevinHaskins #LowellMA #MillNo5 #PeterMurphy #SlippedDisc #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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The Police, Zenyatta Mondatta, 1980 on A&M
Third album in the brilliant opening set of LPs from Sting, Stewart Copeland, and Andy Summers. Side one opens with “Don’t Stand So Close To Me,” “Driven To Tears,” and “When The World is Running Down, You Make The Best of What’s Still Around” – what a sequence!
There’s such a tight and interesting rhythm to these early Police albums – obviously a trio of brilliant musicians taking basic rock structures and expanding on them in interesting and challenging ways.
Before I starting bringing discogs (on my phone) when record shopping, I bought 2 or 3 copies of each of the first 5 Police LPs – now I know better and only pick one up if it is an upgrade of quality.
My copy—via Slipped Disc at a vinyl fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA—looks to be a 1981 pressing from Pittman, perhaps with stampers from Terre Haute.
#1980 #1980s #AM #AnySummers #LowellMA #MillNo5 #SlippedDisc #StewartCopeland #ThePolice #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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#BostonWeekend 12/x
Fri-Sun WORLD #LowellMA Folk Festival (billed as the ‘largest free folk festival in the nation’ but understand it is more #WorldMusic than trad 'American folk') - recommend #BeauSoleil and #RedBaraat and #Solas https://lowellfolkfestival.org -
#BostonWeekend 12/x
Fri-Sun WORLD #LowellMA Folk Festival (billed as the ‘largest free folk festival in the nation’ but understand it is more #WorldMusic than trad 'American folk') - recommend #BeauSoleil and #RedBaraat and #Solas https://lowellfolkfestival.org -
Dare we hope this is a glimpse into the future...? #lowellma #rourkebridge #infrastructure https://youtu.be/1vSoTOWw5zs?si=qV5QtuUKjYt9MAYX
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Dare we hope this is a glimpse into the future...? #lowellma #rourkebridge #infrastructure https://youtu.be/1vSoTOWw5zs?si=qV5QtuUKjYt9MAYX
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#BostonWeekend 16/x
Fri-sunUsed Book Sale in #LowellMA https://lowelllibrary.org/events/
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Fri/sat/sun #LowellMA Town and city music #festival featuring #LadyLamb #DeboRay #AliMcGuirk #Burp #Couch #EzraFurman #GrossGirls #juliaJames #kidRenaissance #Kingshot #MOLD #PaintByNumbers #TheEvolutionists #JeffreyFoucault #TheSheliaDivine #TwistedPine #JakeSwampandthePine #LoudonWainwrightIII and many more
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Today in Lowell... #nokings #handsoff2025 #lowellma
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This lil dappin' #snowman cheered me up today. #snow #winter #sceniclowell #lowellma #lowellphotographer
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Spotted at #marketbasket: quite possibly the world's largest #carrot. #massachusetts #lowellma #lowellphotographer
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I can't say I've ever seen a VW Bug with a snow plow before... ❄️ #sceniclowell #lowellma #lowellphotographer #winter #snowplow
