General Electric gets away with defrauding municipal governments for untold millions
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 4
Archives for February 2016
STRANGE WEBFELLOWS: BOSTONIANS SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH OTHER BIG APPLE IN FIGHT FOR ‘ALL PHONES’
"[This] will change forever not just how the government engages with technology companies, but how technology companies engage with us.”
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? BUG
THE STRANGERER
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: YET ANOTHER PIZZA JOKE…WHEN WILL IT END?
BOSTON CHAINSAW MASSACRE: ON THE FRESHLY REVIVED GRINDHOUSE FAVORITE “PIECES”
A plot description can make Pieces sound like any other slasher movie. It certainly draws influence from the prototypical works: A young boy brutally murders a family member in the prologue (Halloween,) then we cut to 40 years later, where he terrorizes a campus of sexually-excitable ...
BOSTON BREAKOUTS: QUILT RETURN HOME TO SET BREEZY GROOVES FREE AT MFA
Boston's favorite four-piece talks homesickness, orchestral arrangements, and the absurd beauty of plazas before their return.
A MATTER OF CRAFT: AN INTERVIEW WITH “WITCH” ARTISTS ROBERT EGGERS AND ANYA TAYLOR-JOY
Talking to the director and star of The Witch
AUSTERITY BUDGET: BAKER HITS STUDENTS, HOMELESS, POOR, EVERYBODY BUT THE RICH WITH FY17 BUDGET PROPOSAL
Baker is a neoliberal's neoliberal—handing out millions to giant multinational corporations like General Electric with one hand while cutting critical social spending with the other.
TOO LEGIT TO QUIT: THE HUB’S UNLICENSED RADIO STATIONS SPIN THEIR WHEELS IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY
For people who are just starting in the Commonwealth, unlicensed frequencies offer programming that can’t be found elsewhere on the dial.
DEAR READER: 2/25/2016
Letters from us and you
ALL THE COLORS: HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED
Eugene Lee brings August Wilson back to the Huntington
WORKING TOGETHER: ARLINGTON MOVES CLOSER TO CANNABIS DISPENSARY
Only two shades of doubt dimmed the sunny prospect of an Arlington dispensary.
DIG THIS: DONKEY SHOW, OLD SCHOOL GAME SHOW, WOLFMOTHER
Your week in things to do
KELLEY SQUARE PUB
A Place for Lovers of Old-School Dining and Drinking at Its Best
LIVE REVIEW: CANNIBAL CORPSE @ PARADISE ROCK CLUB
Boston frequently loses some of the best metal shows to Worcester, but when a great bill does come through, it’s often a must-see. Case and point: this show.
PURPLE BAT WINGS: BAT HOUSE TALKS BREAKING INTO THE BOSTON SCENE
Boston's Bat House talks feeling like an outsider when you're a rock band educated at Berklee as they prepare to release their first full-length.
INFO WARS: THE PERILS OF REPORTING IN MASS (A MEDIA FARM UPDATE)
Please excuse any sentimental camaraderie, but we do hope that you’ll join the chorus and echo our complaints.
THE THIN BLUE PAYWALL
If my public records request had been an embryo, my paper baby would be a month old by now.
TRACK REVIEW: MILK – “AT THE BOTTOM OF A LAKE”
Milk's latest track shows off their more tender side. Their first EP Contact announced that Milk was here, and “At The Bottom Of The Lake” straddles the line of showing that they have the staying power they need.
JOB BLOWS: A MAN, A MISSION, A MODERN MASSACHUSETTS UNEMPLOYMENT ODYSSEY
Clearly, I thought, the state’s joke of an unemployment system has been covered and gutted. But it hasn’t been gutted enough.
DOC’S ORDERS: SPRING PROGRAMMING AT THE DOCYARD
Spring programming at the DocYard
FOTOBOM: LAURA JANE GRACE AND THE DEVOURING MOTHERS AT THE SINCLAIR
Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers performed on a stripped down stage of intimate lighting, accented by the lo-fi twinkle of white Christmas lights strewn about. It was clear that the transcendent show was one of pure passion.
THE STRANGERER
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: CAMPAIGN TRAIL
SWEET SPOT: CHERRY GLAZERR ARE COOKING UP AN EXCELLENT ALBUM
California power pop band Cherry Glazerr spill about their new album, jagged guitar style, and death row meals.
OFF THE PAGE: ON THE NONFICTION FILMS OF SPIKE LEE
On Spike Lee’s latest Michael Jackson pop-doc
PORKING PERMIT: FOR NEW PARKING APP, BOSTON ENTRUSTS COMPANY THAT COMPROMISED CITY DATA
Last year the Dig revealed that Xerox left a trove of license plate and home address information exposed online.
SOMETHING WONDERFUL: KELLI O’HARA
A conversation with Kelli O’Hara
