New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Boston is the city that always daydrinks. So why are they kicking our ass in pop culture?
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TROLLEY TROLLOP: CINEMA UNFAIRTE’
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Tags: cheers, Funny, hbo girls, Jack Nicholson, movies set in Boston, New York City, Portlandia, sex and the city, tv shows set in boston, writers
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PORTLANDIA: “BRUNCH VILLAGE”
That’s right, we’ve all been there. Even in Boston, foodies and trendsetters alike swarm the newest and best-reviewed breakfast joints, desperate to be the first from their group of friends to have tried it. Continue reading
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WHITE KIDS LUV STRIPPERS
Sam: When we had the show on IFC – they were like, “We’re IFC. We’re uncensored, so you can do anything.” And we were like, “You can do annnything?…” So as a response, we tried to everything with the sketches. And eventually they were like, “Well…maybe not anything.” Continue reading
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Tags: Cape Cod, IFC, Portlandia, sketch comedy, Strippers, Whitest Kids U' Know, WKUD
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THE MORNING AFTER … 1.25.12
Next time Savoir Adore comes through, it’ll be the band nude on stage while dance rock fans grope their bodies. Continue reading
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Tags: great scott, grope, lamb of god, laura gibson, mate show, Newbury Comics, Paradise, Portlandia, savoir adore, T.T. The Bear's
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PEER REVIEW: AIMEE MANN
On Thursday, after living in Boston for almost 10 years and missing several chances to do so, I finally saw Aimee Mann in concert. Thanks to the kindness of two strangers, I even ended up backstage. Continue reading
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HOW YOU QUEUIN’: PORTLANDIA
2011 had a lot of solid new shows (and plenty of duds), but the show that caught my heart most this year was IFC’s Portlandia. Portland, Oregon is home to an eclectic population which the show skewers lovingly with hilarious character-based sketches. The show is the brainchild Saturday Night Live’s Fred Armisen and Sleater-Kinney guitarist/singer Carrie Brown, who also get a lot of their famous friends to guest star. I’m partial to seeing Kyle MacLachlan (famously of Twin Peaks, infamously of Showgirls) as Portland’s loving, reggae bass playing, bicycle-riding mayor. Continue reading
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BIRD’S THE WORD: PUT A BIRD ON IT
Today on Bird’s the Word, we’re going to find birds on things. Continue reading
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