Holiday shopping. What’s it going to be? Mass-produced crap made somewhere in Asia by underpaid baby hands, or one of a kind handmade gifts by talented local artists? Decisions, decisions. Continue reading
Issue 12.49
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LOCALIEZATION
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, all your favorite free bi or straight weekly magazines triumphed the return of local shopping … Continue reading
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TRON: LEGACY
As a score, Tron: Legacy is top of the line. If anything, it signals that Daft Punk’s next effort won’t disappoint like their last. Continue reading
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HELVETICA @ BRATTLE
If you’ve ever wondered why font nerds go apeshit over Trajan’s tragic overexposure, or have an aneurism at even the mention of Comic Sans, but find that guy with the ampersand tattoo on his neck who’s always at the coffeeshop a tad on the intimidating side, then Helvetica screening over at the Brattle, has an answer for you. Peek behind the thick-framed world of typography, and the ever-so-slightly unhinged graphic design majors who somehow make their rent money arguing over Rockwell and Puritan. And just what is so great about Helvetica, anyway? Oh. That is so great. Understanding. [40 Brattle St., Harvard Sq., Cambridge. 617.876.6837. 6pm, 8:30pm/TBD. brattlefilm.org]
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KNOTTY CHRISTMAS PARTY @ RUSSELL HOUSE TAVERN
Take one of our favorite new restaurants, Harvard’s gastropubtacular Russell House Tavern, add one of our favorite new spirits, Scots-Irish Celtic cherrybomb The Knot, and combine the two with that timeless standard of seasonal indulgence and morning regret, the holiday throwdown, and you’ve got yourself one hell of a Santa-fried shindig. And probably a few felonies. A … lot of felonies. Oh god, we’re all going to die. At least we’re going out on top … a top that is apparently now on fire. The Knotty Christmas Party. You weren’t using that liver anyway. [14 JFK St., Harvard Sq., Cambridge. 617.500.3055. 10pm/21+/free. russellhousecambridge.com]
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DIG THIS! CATHY CATHODIC
To quote Mizz Cathodic’s last.fm bio in its entirety, “Cathy Cathodic is a feminist underground hip-hop emcee based in Boston, Massachusetts.” There is absolutely nothing we could possibly add to that sentence that would improve it in any fashion. Continue reading
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WEEZER
Hurley is Weezer’s best in years and reminiscing has hopefully steered them back on track to a deservedly positive future. Continue reading
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DIG THIS! CROOKED FINGERS!
Astute indie-music types (and you wouldn’t know anything about those pricks, now would you?) will recognize Eric Bachmann as the frontman for the Chapel Hill alt-stalwarts Archers of Loaf, who snitted their way through the mid-’90s into the hallowed halls of noise punk legend. Continue reading
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REEL TALK
MOVIES RATED BY THINGS MY CAT ATE THIS WEEK: The King’s Speech, Leaving, Elf, The Tempest, The Tourist. Continue reading
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EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
It’s always fun when a documentary can play with the sometimes tired format, and Exit Through the Gift Shop has a field day. Continue reading
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