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I'm still trying to catch my breath over this one. It was just another gray, late February morning here in the newsroom and I was toiling away doing this and that.

WHEN WHAT TO MY WONDERING EYES SHOULD APPEAR but the mother of all press releases.

Are you ready?

Let me hear you say it : "I'm ready, Aimsel, I'm really ready!"

Boston's first-ever two-day outdoor music festival is happening at City Hall Plaza on Saturday May 25 and Sunday May 26. It's called Boston Calling

Tickets go on sale this friday, March 1 at 10.a.m. bostoncalling.com and ticketmaster.com

A two-day pass is $120 and a deluxe VIP pass will set you back $325

I know, not cheap. BUT, check out this line-up. You may want to have smelling salts ready to revive yourself. I wasn't so lucky and have a bump on my head after I fell out of my chair.

SATURDAY MAY 25

fun.

The Shins

Marina and the Diamonds

Portugal. The Man

Cults

Ms Mr

St. Lucia

Bad Rabbits

SUNDAY MAY 26

The National

Of Monsters and Men

Young the Giant

Andrew Bird

The Dirty Projectors

Ra Ra Riot

The Walkmen

Youth Lagoon

CAN YOU STAND IT?

hoorah for fun. !!

and HOORAH for The National !!!

And for added love and glee and joy here are my two favorite National songs

"Daughters of the SoHo Riots"

and "Lucky You"

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Aimsel Ponti has been obsessed with - and inspired by- music since she listened to Monkees records borrowed from the town library when she was six years old. She's a huge fan of the local music scene and interviews an act every week for "Making Noise" which runs in the Press Herald GO section. You'll also find her out and about absorbing live music like a sponge and roaming around local record shops and flea markets.

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