The Mighty morphin' Bosstones
	Against all odds, Dicky Barret and company best pull off another winner by MATT ASHARE

Father knows best . . . But mom's behind the new Ozzy Osbourne renaissance by SEAN RICHARDSON

John Entwistle 1945 - 2002 by BRETT MILANO

Local Anesthesia: Big doings Blues On the Beach, the Sunset Music Fest, more! by BOB GULLA

Just as the Promise Ring did on Very Emergency, Kansas City's the Get Up Kids drop emo for the new-found glory of power pop on their new On a Wire (Vagrant), and though they've acquired a doleful maturity, they seem to have lost a bit of their focus in the bargain (see the Promise Ring's Wood/Water). But at least they're barking up the right tree by bringing along Chapel Hill superstars Superchunk, who back in the early '90s invented quite a few of the twists and turns that get today's hot-wired upstarts (see openers Hot Rod Circuit) from hardcore guts to pop smirks. See all three at the Webster Theatre (860-246-8001) in Hartford on Friday and at the Palladium (800-477-6849) in Worcester on Saturday.

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