A good fit for Dinosaur Jr.
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By Carol Beggy & Mark Shanahan, Globe Staff | June 12, 2007

J Mascis and his band of indie icons Dinosaur Jr. gigged last night at a clothing store in Harvard Square as part of Free Yr Radio, a national campaign to support non-commercial radio. (But hold your applause: The campaign’s sponsors, Urban Outfitters and Toyota, are commercial.) Other bands taking part in Free Yr Radio include the Long Winters, the Ponys, Rogue Wave, and Tapes ‘N Tapes. Mascis, Murph, and bassist Lou Barlow, who formed Dinosaur Jr. while students at UMass, looked a bit odd amidst the knit tops, tanks, and hoodies. "I loved Urban Outfitters when I used to live in Boston," Barlow said, "so this has a certain sentimental appeal." On their tour bus before the show, Mascis was decked out in purple T-shirt, hat, and mauve – tinted Nikes. "I’m just like Prince," said Mascis (a man of few words) "before he went orange."