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If this week’s snowpocalypse spotlights one thing in particular, it’s the long-standing and well-known horror show befalling any poor Boston sot with a car, and nary a place to park it when push comes to shove.
While these shades can take a beating, Randolph shouldn't.
With each revision, it became about excavating what was below the crap. Seeing the shape of the story of what it wanted to be and pull that story out.
Strickland is a filmmaker of rare talent, a technically gifted craftsman who relies heavily on artistic instinct.
The irony is that in restricting some of his familiar creative instincts, No Reason has freed Giraffage to discover new ones.
Before Less Than Jake blasted into “Doug Hastings” from 1996’s Losing Streak, bass/singer/Pez enthusiast Roger Lima proudly proclaimed, “Your parents may have enjoyed this song when you were conceived.”
As Marilyn Manson took the stage last night, he owned it like a dictator of death. Twiggy Ramirez thumped at his brooding bass with sludgy riffs to anchor the band’s sound. Shit got goth.
Senate President Rosenberg should realize that reformers only turned in that direction because, after decades of hearings, studies, and doubletalk at the State House, there have been no laws passed.
Suzan-Lori Parks has delivered both a grounded, oft-unheard slave narrative and a perennial tale of the struggles of being human.
"It turns out that I’m super-regimented in the face of a serious deadline like this one, even though the hysteria and panic linger close to the surface."
Part of a draft of The Pale King was written in a notebook with a character from the animated TV series Rugrats on the cover, another in one featuring a photo of kittens.
Woven throughout the beautiful juxtaposition of Southern spirituals and rich opera, Breath & Imagination tells the story of an artist of color in a world that built on racial stereotypes and oppression.
“I’m most excited about helping to facilitate the transition to the new, expanded brewery while maintaining the standards already in place by the existing team at Wormtown Brewery,” says head brewer Megan Parisi.
Call it an amalgamation of Mexico and the strewn-lights and naked steel, slate, and wood-lined spots of Austin, Texas.
The man they call 'Charlie Video' screens new original short films and his signature classic tomorrow at the Brattle.
What to do and when to do it.
They tolerate child molestation, so they can’t be trusted to kill Tsarnaev.
MADLIMPICS is a satirical online series by DigBoston in which we take old articles about what an utter disaster former Olympics have been, and replace a bunch of the words ...
If you lived here, you’d be homeless by now.
“Deflategate,” when entered into Google, yields more than three times as many results as “domestic abuse NFL.”
Trent Reznor has made a lifelong career of music that pushes people out of their comfort zone. Under the moniker of Nine Inch Nails, he introduced a generation to bondage and angst. Although Gone Girl was snubbed for a soundtrack Oscar nom this year, it is a powerfully haunting album.
Why we should stand with those who stand on the highways.
Reach for these chill-chasing, ski-centric sudsy options for end-of-day libations after killing those turns all day. Or because you have some in the refrigerator and you're thirsty.
Run For Cover is a weekly music column comparing cover songs to the original version. Prepare for a major bending of rules as we hear musicians throw around genres, tempos, style, and intent. Whether they’re picking up another’s song out of respect or boredom, the results have impressed ...
When it finally came time to find an outlet for the intensely personal songs and ideas Marie couldn’t shoehorn into her other projects, ORCHIDS came into bloom.
