It begins in a motel room, a cinematic shorthand that tells you things aren’t quite right for the characters staying there.
SHINE A LIGHT: ON “MIDNIGHT SPECIAL” AND ITS BRAND OF SEEING
Archives for March 2016
DEAR READER: 3/31/16
Letters from us and you
JUST IN TIME: ON RICHARD LINKLATER’S “EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!”
Richard Linklater’s latest comedy is another of his time capsules
THE DISAFFECTION OF TIBETAN ELECTIONS
Part III in ‘A Higher Allegiance: The Rise of a Transnational Identity in Boston’s Immigrant Communities,’ a BINJ series
SIZING UP THE SEASON
Big plans ahead for local theaters
FOTOBOM: JOSE GONZALEZ + YMUSIC @ BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER, 3/25
Jose Gonzalez’s music still sounds removed from space and time.
ADORE LIFE: SAVAGES FIND RAW BEAUTY IN OPENNESS
The London punk rock act talk love and stress in the wake of their intensive, emotive sophomore album.
JACK’S ABBY HOUSE LAGER
Holy shit is this a good bier
DIG THIS: GOGOL BORDELLO, STELLA STARSKY, AND THE ROCK & ROLL RUMBLE
Your week in stuff to do
WHY ARE SO FEW ‘HIGH SCHOOL QUIZ SHOW’ CONTESTANTS BLACK?
Structural racism is the problem … now what’s the solution?
MASS CANNABIS UPDATE: WE COULD LOSE THIS
BIG LIES emerge against legal marijuana in Mass
FOTOBOM: MEGADETH, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, AND CHILDREN OF BODOM @ HOUSE OF BLUES BOSTON, 3/21
Pioneers of thrash, Megadeth stopped by the House of Blues Boston with new album Dystopia to shake perineums and fatigue necks.
THE STRANGERER
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? HERMIT
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: BEETHOVEN REVISITED
SATIRICAL SATIVA SPECIAL: THE CANNHATTAN PROJECT
The White House, Office of the Press Secretary ... For Immediate Release ...
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 5
General Electric’s Boston charm offensive presents dilemma for Boston nonprofits, others
GAZ COOMBES RETURNS: THE SUPERGRASS FRONTMAN IS A CHANGED MAN
Ladies and gentlemen, rejoice. The former Supergrass frontman returns with maybe the best record of his career.
DEAR READER: 3/24/16
Letters from us and you
FOTOBOM: METRIC + JOYWAVE @ THE ORPHEUM, 3/17
Emily Haines guided Metric through an evening of artistic liberation. Dressed in black leather with a golden mic and golden sneakers, she was a musical messiah with a set of new wave and electronic.
NEWBRIDGE CAFE
A Decades-Old Institution, Steak Tips, and More
DIG THIS: B.U.F.F., ANIME BOSTON, AND DUDLEY DOUGH
Your to-do list for the week
STILL B.U.F.F.: GUIDE TO THE 2016 BOSTON UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
Your Guide to the 2016 Boston Underground Film Festival
LICENSE AND REGISTRATION PLEASE: ON POLICE CERTIFICATION
Everyone from architects to barbers needs to be licensed in Mass—should police have the same standard?
THE THIRSTY GAMES: ROUND II – AN EXPLORATION INTO THE QUESTIONABLE FUTURE OF BOSTON’S MODERN PROHIBITION
Has the city’s complicated, problematic, and historically corrupt liquor licensing process guaranteed that Boston will never have a normal or equitable social life? Could lifting the cap on the number of licenses fix it?
HER PICTURE HABIT
Off the Wall: Gardner and Her Masterpieces
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? MOVIE NIGHT
THE STRANGERER
SQUAWK OR WALK: MORE PROTESTERS NEEDED TO SAVE MBTA, PUBLIC TRANSIT STATEWIDE
The problem facing MBTA riders in the Boston area and riders across the other regional transit agencies statewide is a lack of a big enough popular movement to push through such solutions.
STRANGE DADE: ON KELLY REICHARDT’S “RIVER OF GRASS”
On Kelly Reichardt’s Floridian time capsule
