Overall, my take on the 2015 Secret Cup is that medicated Beast Coast Bacon is amazing, Mohawk Glass is on their game, and organizers did a phenomenal job considering the hurdles.
SPECIAL GUEST DISPATCH FROM THE BEAST COAST SECRET CUP IN MAINE
Archives for August 2015
PIER PRESSURE: SPEEDY ORTIZ SET SAIL ON THE CHARLES
Speedy Ortiz talk pool floats, cannonballs, and yacht rock before they play a cruise ship with Downtown Boys and Francine.
THE STRANGERER
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? MCNUGGET
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: TANDEM
MANHATTAN TRANSFER: PRODUCTIONS BORN IN BOSTON BECOMING REGULAR PART OF NYC THEATER
it feels like a great time to celebrate Boston theater in all of its delicious fertility.
NOTHING MATTRESS: SAFETY IS SEXY
ORGANIZED INSANITY: ON THE PLEASURABLE CHAOS OF THE TWILLERAMA ANIMATION FESTIVAL
Twillerama bares its soul in the very first shot of its very first volume.
PROVISION QUEST: ALLSTON IS GETTING A NEW VEGETARIAN CAFE
DiSabatino says that he and Arnold had been talking about partnering for a project, and when the space opened and they found the right opportunity to pair up, in a space literally next door to Roxy’s brick-and-mortar space.
INTERVIEW: JEN KIRKMAN ON DRUNK HISTORY, CHELSEA HANDLER, AND NOT HAVING A SHOW SET IN BOSTON
"Wouldn’t you rather see Chelsea Handler with her top off then Seth Rogen one more time?"
TRUST FALL: GRACIE GOES SOLO IN WAKE OF FAT CREEPS
We may not want to accept the nearing proximity of fall, but Gracie is already greeting the shadowed season of change with smokey alt-rock.
FARCE TO THE FUTURE: THREE GENERATIONS OF COMEDY FILMMAKERS RELEASE LATEST
A judge and a detective get involved as the seventh and eighth wheels, because this is that type of movie—the type of comedy they might’ve made in the ’30s, when detectives and judges were always walking into farcical scenes at the wrong time.
HILL STREET BOOZE: WINTER HILL BREWING IS COMING, BLOCKED A STARBUCKS ALONG THE WAY
For a while it appeared that the residential area was about to be infected with yet another Starbucks franchise ... until the landlords decided to give first-time brewpub owners Bert Holdredge and Jeff Rowe a shot at their dream.
GENERALLY SPEAKING: BOSTON GENERAL STORE PLANTING A FLAG IN COOLIDGE CORNER
“I traveled a lot in college and know a lot of great makers out in the world, so as long as it’s made well and by a company I can get behind, I think that’s just as great.”
EXCERPT: CAPTAIN SWORD AND THE FIRST GREAT AMERICAN ART FRAUD
Capt. Sword boarded the Connecticut, with his George Washington in tow. However, his destination was not Virginia—it was the Far East.
Q&A WITH ‘ART OF THE CON’ AUTHOR ANTHONY M. AMORE: FAKES, FRAUDS, AND FORGERIES
I consider myself an investigator first, and I like to think I am an old-fashioned sleuth because my mentors have been retired agents and detectives who put emphasis on expending shoe-leather
DEAR NATIONAL MEDIA: PLEASE COVER POLICE BRUTALITY IN BOSTON
Unless the national press takes a hard look at the BPD, Boston will continue moving backwards in this realm as other cities step toward progress.
DIG THIS: BACKYARD STAND UP, STRANDBEESTS, AND KUNG FU SUNDAYS
Lots of great FREE EVENTS you cheap bastards!
EXPRESSIVE OBSESSIVE: THE BRAVE MOTIVES OF LA LUZ
Seattle surf rock band La Luz embrace their obsessions with sandwiches, freestyle raps, and crowdsurfing.
THE GREATER BOSTON INSTAGRAM SURVEILLANCE CHALLENGE: FLICK THE POLICE
Help us inventory the surveillance cameras in Greater Boston
WORDEN COMIN’
“The more good restaurants and talented chefs in Boston … it raises the bar for everyone. And the people that can’t hang will fall off.”
FOTOBOM: AC/DC & VINTAGE TROUBLE @ GILLETTE STADIUM, 8/22
If there is one band that encapsulates the "If if ain't broke, don't fix it" axiom, look no further than AC/DC.
FEDS URINATE IN OPIATE OCEAN
Right now we’ve got a stage four smack problem and a $2.5 million research plan.
MARIJUNDERDOGS: MASSCANN/NORML ENDORSES BAY STATE REPEAL LEGALIZATION INITIATIVE
Make no mistake about the battle of the dueling marijuana legalization ballot initiatives in Massachusetts.
LABOR REVOLT IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIK
"At the end of the day, the lesson will be that none of us really can live on $10 a day."
HOLY SONS: AVANT-FOLK FOR THE METAL SOUL
The man behind Om, Grails, and Lilacs & Champagne talks about his new album as Holy Sons.
NOTHING MATTRESS: CRYSTALS
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? HAMMER TIME
THE STRANGERER
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: SWIMMING WITH SHARKS 2
