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In memorium
Writers and friends pay tribute to Caroline Knapp, Beck plays Boston Lipless, Rob Halford ushers the wrath of the Metal Gods, and Jackie Mason tours



Remembering Caroline Knapp

At the time of her death from lung cancer last June, Caroline Knapp, a long-time columnist in these pages and a sorely missed presence in our hearts and minds and offices, had completed her fourth book, Appetites: What Women Want. Knapp’s bestselling Drinking: A Love Story and Pack of Two: The Intimate Life Between People and Dogs have continued to attract a following; a Web message board devoted to her memory continues to draw new fans. We’ll all be delighted when Appetites is published this spring by Counterpoint Press; and to celebrate the event, some of her friends and family have organized a " Tribute to Caroline Knapp " at Harvard’s Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway in Harvard Square, on May 15 at 6 p.m. Among those who will be reading from and discussing Knapp’s work will be Rebecca Knapp, Caroline’s twin sister; former Phoenix Styles editor Sandy Shea (now at the Philadelphia Inquirer); former Phoenix Styles editor Beth Wolfensberger Singer; Globe book critic Gail Caldwell; and Globe staffer Maureen Dezell. Free tickets are available through the Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue in Harvard Square; call (617) 661-1515.

Lifestyles of the rich and Lipless

The Flaming Lips sold out their show at the Roxy this week without him, and Wayne Coyne won’t be around to keep Beck in line when everyone’s favorite mix-and-match pop star returns to Boston next month on the spring leg of a tour behind last year’s Sea Change (DGC). We’re not exactly sure who’ll be behind the breakdancing boy wonder at FleetBoston Pavilion on May 24, but the touring bands he’s put together for the past half-decade haven’t been any slouches. And though at press time we couldn’t confirm that soul-punk destroyers the Black Keys and unplugged-emo superstars Dashboard Confessional would be the opening acts, they’re booked for most of the rest of Beck’s summer jaunt. Tickets, at $35 and $45, go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m.; call (617) 931-2000.

Hellbent for leather

Rob Halford wasn’t born yesterday — actually, he’ll turn 52 this summer — and a couple decades ago, when Judas Priest had the good sense to write a song called " Metal Gods " for 1980’s seminal British Steel (Columbia), Halford had the even better sense to trademark the phrase. That’s the reason the Mark Wahlberg film originally titled Metal God had to be changed to the more generic Rock Star; and it’s what allows the now-solo Halford to gather the indie-metal tribes under the banner of the " Metal Gods Tour, " which brings Testament, Immortal, Primal Fear, Amon Amarth, Carnal Forge, Painmuseum, and more to the Palladium, 261 Main Street in Worcester, on May 4. It’s an all-ages show that kicks off at 3 p.m. and runs all day. Tickets are $30; call (800) 477-6849.

Who do jew love?

Borscht Belt legend turned Broadway supserstar Jackie Mason returns to Boston with yet another one-man show, Jackie Mason: Prune Danish. It’s his sixth; the previous one, Much Ado About Everything, played here in 1998 — which means, yes, this’ll be his first post–September 11 outing. This time around, Mason’s taking aim at " everything from airport security, the Taliban, Saddam Hussein . . . the tobacco companies, Enron, [and] Osama bin Laden. " Prune Danish plays May 15 through 18 at Berklee Performance Center. Tickets are $45.50 and $53; call (617) 931-2000.

Issue Date: April 17 - 24, 2003
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