Fast forward four years and as many versions of the unique-to-Boston day of food, music, drinking, and interactive art, and you have an event that joins both worlds in a single collective whole.
Archives for April 2015
SPECIAL ONLINE BONUS: PANDEMIC PICKS
We asked Pandemic to team up with us with some Twitter analysis to our annual DigThis Awards ...
CLIP ART: GO URBAN SPELUNKING IN LATRELL JAMES’ “ON MY OWN” VIDEO
"On Your Own" is James coming to terms with adulthood and the never-ending battle to balance your dreams and a social life.
FAST TIMES: OLIVERY ASSAYAS’ LATEST EULOGIZES POP CULTURE PAST
Clouds is directed by Olivier Assayas, who’s recently marked himself as a chronicler of cultural shifts.
FOTOBOM: SLAYER AND DOOMRIDERS AT THE SINCLAIR’S RUBBER TRACKS CONCERT
Being a band known for the heaviest, loudest crushers, and upside down crosses, lead singer Tom Araya seemed very upbeat and unstoppable in his smiling.
DIG THIS: COCKTAILS, MUNCHIES, AND A SPRING ART SALE
So why are you still sitting on the couch?
LOUD AND CLEAR: TORO Y MOI REINVENTS HIMSELF, AGAIN
“This is totally where I want to be, but I don’t know where it is going to go.”
OPEN MIKE: KILLER MIKE DROPS KNOWLEDGE AT MIT LECTURE
I believe we aren’t brave enough, I believe we aren’t screaming at the top of our lungs, I believe we don’t have the courage to say "That’s stupid."
BETTY BAM!: KHARMS-INSPIRED WORK FROM IMAGINARY BEASTS CONFUSES AND DELIGHTS
I was still struggling to come to grips with what I had just seen, and wondered aloud how I’d be able to coherently write about it.
CINC-OH!: CHECKING IN ON THE LIBATIONS AT SOUTHIE’S NEW MEXICAN STRONGHOLD
“The whole crew, we built a room that was new to the neighborhood, something fun, a very casual group of people bringing something different to the neighborhood."
WATCHING THE WATCHMEN
How could a man who was running just moments before somehow sustain a crushed neck and a severed spinal cord?
THE AG CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS ON WEED
Healey, is this a joke?
AND THE AWARD FOR MOST OPPORTUNISTIC USE OF THE BALTIMORE SITUATION FOR CLICKS GOES TO …
In other places, Patch was more reserved in its fraudulence.
DROP ZONE: A CONVERSATION WITH ANTHONY FANTANO
"I try not to center too much on what a specific scene is doing, because it’s all about the Internet for me now."
MASS GOES SHOPPING FOR THE MOST SOPHISTICATED SURVEILLANCE DRONE IMAGINABLE
It’s just a little drone, but the size shouldn’t fool you.
FOTOBOM: THE REPLACEMENTS, DINOSAUR JR. AT THE SINCLAIR, 4/27
At show's end there were no unsatisfied people among the horde that slowly exited into the rainy night.
CONVERSATION STARTER: SEXISM IN CRAFT BEER CONFERENCES IS REAL
Breweries also host their own events outside of the conference at local bars, restaurants and breweries. This year, some of those events were held at strip clubs...
EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK: STREIGHT ANGULAR BEND DIMENSIONS IN “MACHINES”
The two spend their time falling for each other in a warped bizzaro world of blurred 3D-vision until things fall apart.
FARM TO STAGE: SURREAL CELEBRATION OF THE 20TH CENTURY BY WAY OF CHAGALL
But don’t let the deep musings scare you away. Klein promises that the performance is anything but boring, even for those who aren’t history buffs.
BOSTON’S BESTEST ANNUAL GRATUITOUS SEASONAL PROTEST PIECE
With such precedents in mind, it’s important to keep watch as younger actions blossom, and as veteran activists find new direction.
SECRET ASIAN MAN: FIRST BASE
Take me out to the ball game.
THE STRANGERER
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: HOLD MY HAIR
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? HOBBIT
RUN FOR COVER: THE ZOMBIES VS. DINOSAUR JR.: “WHENEVER YOU’RE READY”
This is what the '60s could have sounded like if The Zombies tripled up on the guitar amps.
QUIET LITIGATION
Rob Potylo and the ‘Quiet D’ crew sue CBS
FOTOBOMB: SPEEDY ORTIZ AT THE SINCLAIR 4/22
Based on the energy on and off stage, the tour is off to a fantastic start.
ENTER BARBAZONS: OR, THE LAST TIME WE SPEAK OF THE FAGETTES
The Fagettes has changed thier name to The Barbazons, and with any luck, the members won’t have to keep talking about it much longer.
URBAN RENEWAL: GRAFFITI ART GIVEN LONGER LIFE IN NEW EXHIBIT
These vibrant works of art will be allowed to exist without the threat of eradication.
PUCK DYNASTY
The first paid women’s hockey league in America comes to Boston.