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Inside the Life of a South Shore Realtor: Behind the Scenes at Boston Connect At Boston Connect Real Estate, we believe real estate is more than just transactions—it's about community, connection, and creating experiences that matter. That's exactly what came to life during the latest Talk Real Estate Roundtable, as Office Manager Melissa Wallace and Tracy Grady , Realtor at Boston Connect Real Estate, shared stories, insights, and laughs from the field. From creative open houses to prepping a home for the next chapter, this episode offered a candid look at what it's really like to be a real estate agent on the South Shore of Massachusetts—and what it means to help clients navigate major life transitions with care and strategy. The Power of a Broker Open: Creating Buzz and Gathering Feedback Tracy and Melissa recapped a recent broker open house at 20 Acorn Lane in Pembroke—a three-bedroom, 2.5-bath colonial in a charming family neighborhood. The event wasn't just about showcasing the property; it was about creating an experience. From eye-catching balloons to a charcuterie cart by Christina's Restaurant in Pembroke, every detail added warmth and hospitality. The goal? Invite agents to preview the property, share honest feedback, and help breathe new life into the listing. In Tracy's words, broker opens are a chance to see your listing “through another agent's eyes”—a valuable perspective that can guide staging tweaks and marketing adjustments. As it turns out, a neighbor driving by noticed the balloons and stopped in—proof that signage and presentation still matter, even in today's digital world. Getting Real About Real Estate Timing One of the standout takeaways from the episode was how timing impacts the success of a listing. Tracy shared that the home hit the market slightly earlier than ideal due to a potential offer the sellers had on another property (which ultimately didn't go through). Combined with end-of-summer distractions—like back-to-school chaos and the ever-popular Marshfield Fair—it was clear that waiting just a couple more weeks might have made a difference. But rather than dwell on the timing, the team pivoted. Hosting the broker open and planning another public open house gave them the opportunity to re-engage buyers as routines returned post-Labor Day. Staging Isn't Just About Style—It's About Strategy Melissa emphasized how thoughtful staging can tell the story of a room: is it an office or a dining room? Does it show off the focal points like a brick fireplace or architectural detail? Tracy and Melissa agreed that sometimes even small shifts in furniture can refresh a space and attract new buyer interest. As Tracy put it, “You're not selling the dust in front of the mantle—you're selling the mantle.” Sellers don't always want to invest time and money into pre-sale updates, especially when they're emotionally ready to move on. But often, even small updates can lead to higher returns. Moving On: When a House Is More Than Just a Home The conversation took a personal turn as Tracy opened up about her own experience preparing to sell her home of 30+ years in Hanover and relocate to Nashville. From repainting over hand-painted foyer trees to updating their “black bathroom,” Tracy and her husband Jim are navigating the same decisions many of their clients face—downsizing, emotionally detaching, and figuring out how to turn their biggest investment into their next opportunity. They even floated the idea of filming the process for a TV segment—offering a relatable, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the emotional and financial realities of preparing a long-time home for market. A Final Thought from the Roundtable Whether you're staging for buyers or planning your own transition, the heart of real estate is storytelling. The Grady Team reminds us that it's about more than granite countertops or square footage—it's about helping people move on, move up, or move in with clarity and confidence. Be sure to tune in to future episodes of Talk Real Estate Roundtable—live every week, and always available on your favorite podcast platforms. And if you're looking to make your next move on the South Shore, Boston Connect Real Estate is here to help every step of the way.

When I started to look back at the highlights of our first 100 episodes, I envisioned it taking an episode or two, but once I started, I couldn't keep the number down that low. Here we are with the fifth and final installment, and I can easily envision another episode or two of interviews conducted before 2021.  This week's episode includes a few interviews that were special for me, including Steven Drozd of Flaming Lips, 11 Acorn Lane, guitar hero Steve Lukather, jazz vocalist Jacqui Naylor, ZE Records' Michael Zilkha, Latin ska band Mento Buru, and singer Danny Boy and label exec John “JP” Payne of Death Row Records. There's something special in each of these for me. Some were people I had really wanted to talk to, others were really good, provocative conversations, and in the case of the Death Row interview, it led to a story I wrote for The New York Times.  Next week, I'll get to work on the next 100 with a new conversation. If you haven't already done so, please subscribe, like, follow, or do what you have to do with your podcast provider to get Twelve Songs in your podcast feed weekly.   

In 2010, the two-man act known as 11 Acorn Lane released Happy Holy Days, an album of predominantly Christmas music that nods to two very different but equally legendary talents--Esquivel and Henry Mancini. Thomas Feurer and Neal Pawley discuss their affection for the two and how they created music in their footsteps instrument by instrument, bar by bar, in a Manhattan apartment in the dead of summer.  Feurer and Pawley talk about Esquivel and Mancini, how their own technical abilities shaped their music, and their relationships to the American Christmas music tradition since they were born in Switzerland and the UK respectively.  This episode also returns to last week's focus on indie rock Christmas music for two from the now hard to find Christmas compilation, Star Over: "This Spirit Thing" by Sunless and "Angels We Have Heard on High" by Ormonde. If you like what you hear or are curious, please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts—Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Pandora, or Spotify.

A new year of “12 Songs of Christmas” begins with a discussion of 1984. Music critic and journalist Michaelangelo Matos’ new book, Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year, looks at an amazing year in pop music that culminated with two Christmas classics--"Last Christmas" by Wham! and "Do They Know it's Christmas" by Band Aid. We talk about those songs and fit them into the story that Matos tells of 1984.  I interviewed Matos in 2015 when he published his previous book, a history of electronic dance music titled The Underground is Massive. You read my two-part interview on it at My Spilt Milk.  My second interview this week is a few minutes with Flaming Lips' Steven Drozd. When we spoke last fall, he volunteered his take on "Do They Know It's Christmas" at a point that would have been hard to connect to the rest of the interview. Since it made sense as a part of this conversation, I've included it here.  In addition to these conversations, I've shared one of my favorite modern Christmas songs--"Hark the Herald Angels Sing" by 11 Acorn Lane--and songs by Esquivel and The Three Suns that give it context.  In the recording, I talk about the album that introduced Esquivel to a new audience, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music. On the recording, I say it was released in 1984. I guess I had 1984 on my mind because the album came out 10 years later in 1994.  Finally, last month I posted an essay on Wham!'s "Last Christmas." You can find it online at TwelveSongsOfChristmas.com.

Are you thinking about listing your home without having professional photos of it first? As you’ll see, that can be a big mistake. It’s a great time to get your home ready for a 2020 sale. We love helping people prepare their homes months in advance so we can market them in advance. We take listings that aren’t being sold by other Realtors, put our magic touch on them, and sell them extremely quickly.  We recently put a property on the market that had previously failed to sell and got it under contract in just two days. Professional photography is so important. Today I’m excited to show you our work in action by presenting some of our best listing photos compared to the photos that they had previously used. Here’s an outline of the video, with timestamps, so that you can skip around to the section(s) that interest you most: 0:40- How we improved the Rydal Road listing’s exterior photographs2:45- How we improved the Rydal Road listing’s interior photographs4:55- How we improved our Acorn Lane listing’s exterior photographs6:30- How we improved the Acorn Lane listing’s interior photographs8:50- How we improved our Harbor Lane listing’s exterior photos9:50- How we helped transform the Harbor Lane listing’s interior photos As you can see, photography matters so much when you’re selling your home. With each of the homes in this video, we took a failed listing and turned it into a success with good photos, a bit of elbow grease, and some minor repairs. This led to even higher sale prices. If you have any questions for us about selling your home or about real estate in general, don’t hesitate to give us a call or send us an email. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

A bountiful harvest of discovery and throwbacks today in The Listening Booth with DJRePete including some folk harmonica twang via the new record by Hiss Golden Messenger, electro beat crossover with Molly Sarlé of Mountain Man fame, and we dive into the vault for some rediscovery with anthem banjo via Judah and The Lion as well as [dunkelbunt] and 11 Acorn Lane. Plus, hear the almost-wasn’t origins of Andrew Deadman’s album Santa Monica Airport 1987. 00:00 - Mic Break 00:57 - You And Me - Those Pretty Wrongs 04:32 - Phaedra - The Rubinoos 07:25 - Feral Eyes - The Berries 11:03 - Fine With Me - Stone Irr 13:42 - Mic Break 14:16 - My Wing - Hiss Golden Messenger 18:16 - When The Ark Was Building Noah - Longriver 21:38 - Runway Lights - My Little Hum 24:56 - Wish (clean) - Rose Dorn 27:09 - Burnt Ends Rag - Nathan Bowles 30:19 - Loud and Clear - Daniel Martin Moore 33:44 - Mic Break 34:12 - Suit and Jacket - Judah and The Lion 37:35 - Sometimes The Dogs Don't Find You - Andrew Deadman 41:44 - Love Love Love - Avalanche City 44:55 - Dived - Balmorhea 48:20 - Ramona - Night Beds 52:20 - Home - Devarrow 55:32 - Hey Ho On The Devil's Back - Katzenjammer 59:02 - Mic Break 59:50 - Human - Molly Sarlé 63:30 - Faith For Doubt - Molly Sarlé 66:59 - I Could Be There - Sui Zhen 71:57 - Across The Stream - Elsiane 76:16 - Come Back Down - J.Viewz 80:12 - Wait In The Dark - Memory Tapes 84:21 - Mic Break 84:35 - Nectarine - Bridal Party 87:53 - Be With - Koushik 91:59 - Ooh Child - Levitation Room 94:52 - From The Corner To The Block - Galactic feat. The Soul Rebels Brass Band 101:22 - Starr Child - The California Honeydrops 107:41 - Flat Foot Boogie - [dunkelbunt] 111:51 - Time For Tea - 11 Acorn Lane 115:25 - This Is The Door - !!! 118:58 - Mic Break 119:28 - Taqkal Tarha - Tinariwen feat. Micah Nelson 122:32 - Finish

This months show is 100% new releases from the absolute pick of European underground independent music. Includes more from the incredible new album by Italy’s Swingrowers on our own Freshly Squeezed label, Hip Hop Instrumental from Irma Records, more from Greece’s Timewarp Records, Brighton’s Jalapeño, New York’s Wooden Hat, Birmingham’s Ragtime (via Los Angeles), Germany’s Chin Chin and London’s Wah Wah 45s! ----------------Swingrowers - Follow Me (Freshly Squeezed)Brenda Boykin - Sweet Baby Chile (Chin Chin Records)Mister T - Tonyish (Timewarp)Izo FitzRoy - Say Something (Jalapeno Records)Swingrowers - Healing Dance (Freshly Squeezed)Honeyfeet - Whatever You Do (Radio Edit) (Wah Wah 45s)Swingrowers - My Mood (Freshly Squeezed)Jazz Profilactika - Stop Go (Timewarp)Atom Smith - If It Don't Glitch (Freshly Squeezed)Feel Good Productions - Hold On To You Money (Original) (Green Queen Music)Ninjula - Spats feat. NYXE (Ragtime Records)Swing Republic - Mist You (Freshly Squeezed)11 Acorn Lane - Let's Do It (Wooden Hat)Wolfgang Lohr & Balduin feat. Zouzoulectric - Imperfection (Radio Edit) (Electro Swing Elite)Lo Greco presents Flow Bop - Groove for Valentine (Irma Records)Swingrowers - Tit for Tat (Freshly Squeezed)Head over to Freshly Squeezed Music for more news...

Today, I will be diving deep into my library to bring you some of my favorite Sideshow tracks. You'll hear from The Freak Fandango Orchestra, Slavic Soul Party, 11 Acorn Lane and more. Stay tuned! Farmers Market- Slav to the Rhythm 00:00 - Sideshow Acts 00:44 - Pornival - Walter Sickert & The Army Of Broken Toys 04:56 - Angela - The Scarring Party 10:05 - Bubumara - The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band 13:46 - Dos Cervezas - Swing Of Sahara 17:59 - Sideshow Acts 18:23 - Last Man Standing - Slavic Soul Party 23:32 - 9/4 The Ladies - Balkan Beat Box 27:35 - Tsu Der Kretshme - Orkestrar Zirkonium 30:07 - Liquidator - G.Rag & Die Landlergschwister 34:43 - Man Is Ancient History - Farmer’s Market 39:53 - Sideshow Acts 40:34 - Lyda Lulu - Skogen 43:53 - No means No - The Freak Fandango Orchestra 48:08 - Horsey In The Sleepsack - 11 Acorn Lane 52:54 - Spunky Man - KAL 55:17 - Sideshow Acts 56:08 - Voodoo Rag (feat Rukie) - Äl Jawala 60:37 - Finish

Better late than never! The Diesel Powered Podcast presents Swing What You Got! "DJ Swag Commander" Eugene John brings us great vintage, neo-vintage, and electro-swing selections to keep it cool during the hot summer months! On this episode: 1. Maple Leaf Rag  -  Fred Van Eps, from Indestructible Record 823 Vintage Cylinder Recording free recoding archive at 2. Maple Leaf Rag (Skeewiffs Incredibly Big Band Mix) – Skeewiff ft The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Humphrey Lyttelton, Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band & The Dukes Of Dixieland, (https://soundcloud.com/skeewiff/skeewiff-tommy-dorsey-humphrey) 3. Swing Medley  -  The Andrews Sisters, (free download at http://anot.online/view/andrews-sisters-medley.html) 4. The Andrews Sisters Medley (DJ Ecklectic Mick Jolly Up)  -  The Andrews Sisters, (free download at https://soundcloud.com/ecklecticmick/andrews-sisters-medley-xmas) 5. You're The Cream In My Coffee  -   Fred Weems & His Orchestra (free download at http://mp3tune.cc/mp3/you%2527re-the-cream-in-my-coffee) 6. Swinging Tune  -  Black Cat Zoot, (free download http://www.myverymp3.com/mp3/black-cat-zoot-swinging-tune.html) 7. Happy Feet  -  Abbie Gardner (available at https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Feet/dp/B000QWEGFW) 8. Happy Feet (Original Mix)  -  Buscemi, (available at https://www.beatport.com/track/happy-feet-original-mix/5719058) 9. Kiss My Ass  -  Alice Francis (from Saint James Ballroom album), (free download at http://redmp3.su/10699659/alice-francis-kiss-my-ass.html) 10. Throw It Back (Instrumental)  -  ProleteR (from The Rookie EP) (available at http://proleter.bandcamp.com/album/rookie-ep) 11. Swing Thing  -  11 Acorn Lane (from Swing Thing album), (available at https://woodenhatrecords.bandcamp.com/album/swing-thing) 12. I Want To Be Loved By You  -  Hellen Kane (the voice of Betty Boop) (available at https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-wanna-be-loved-by-you-single/id490623816) 13. I Want To Be Just Like You  -  Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, (available at https://www.amazon.com/Wanna-Just-Like-Jungle-Book/dp/B0026GQN8Y) 14. Tiger Rag  -  The Mills Brothers (from Swingin' Masterpieces) (available at https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Mills+Brothers+-+Tiger+Rag&tag=lastfmmp3-20&index=digital-music&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325) Also visit our sponsors: Comic Bento - www.mycomicbento.com Audibile - www.audibletrial.com/dieselpowerdpodcast Send us your feedback at feedback@dieselpoweredpodcast.com Become a patron! Click "Donate Now" at www.dieselpoweredpodcast.com! Like us on Face Book - www.facebook.com/dieselpoweredpodcast Follow us on Twitter - www.twitter.com/dieselpodcast More great live and digital entertainment at www.johnpykaproductions.com!

Episode #123 of Hey Mister Jesse is now available to download and enjoy. March's show features new music from **Postmodern Jukebox** featuring **Maiya Sykes** and **Cats & Dinosaurs**, a look at pianist **Claude Bolling**, tons of international audience feedback and a bonus electro-swing release from **11 Acorn Lane**. *(82 minutes)*

Episode #113 of Hey Mister Jesse is now available to download and enjoy. May's show features an *8-Count Swing* tribute to US swing with new releases from **Greg Ruby & The Rhythm Runners**, **11 Acorn Lane**, **The Boilermaker Jazz Band**, **The End Of Times Spasm Band**, **Glenn Crytzer s Savoy Seven**, **Jan Marie & The Mean Reds**, **Tin Pan**, **The New Orleans Jazz Vipers** and **The Cosmo Alleycats** and tons of international audience feedback. *(94 minutes)*