The lowlights of the Mass House Ways and Means Committee FY 2017 state budget proposal
AUSTERITY BUDGET: PART 2
Archives for April 2016
DEAR READER: 4/28/2016
Letters from us and you
DIG THIS: THE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON
Special IFFB event showcase
IFF YOU BELIEVE IT: ON THE 2016 INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON
This year’s Independent Film Festival Boston is filled with weird fiction and weirder nonfiction, from ticklers to a “Weiner”
INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON REPORT: ON FOUR NONFICTION FILMS
A spotlight of the non-fiction films of the IFFB
TABLE FOR ONE: JULIANNA BARWICK CREATES A MUSICAL FEAST ALL BY HERSELF
Experimental electronic musician Julianna Barwick on how she enters a studio empty-handed but leaves with more magic than she can hold.
BORN TO DIE: OBEHI JANICE STARS IN WE’RE GONNA DIE
Obehi Janice stars in We’re Gonna Die at OBERON
FOTOBOM: AMON AMARTH, ENTOMBED A.D., EXMORTUS @ HOUSE OF BLUES, 23APR16
The first thing I saw upon entering the main room of House of Blues last night was two guys wearing full chain mail armor. Slightly later, I spied someone with a drinking horn fastened to his belt. Yes, Viking metal has arrived in town. For those not in the know, Tumba-based Amon Amarth is a ...
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: MARRIED FILING JOINTLY
THE STRANGERER
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? PETTY
STRIKE MATTERS: VERIZON’S UNION EMPLOYEES FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN WORKING CLASS
The general public may be aware that 39,000 unionized Verizon workers (out of a total of 178,000) have been out on strike for a few days—including many here in Boston. But the vast majority of onlookers don’t understand the stakes.
TOO CLOSE: TALKING “GREEN ROOM” WITH DIRECTOR JEREMY SAULNIER
Up close with director Jeremy Saulnier
THE MYSTERY OF CHEZ TORTONI
The Gardner theft’s biggest question mark
MASKING THE APOCALYPSE: MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY
Authentic Italian mask making, with a touch of yellow
SALES: THE DIY DUO THAT COULD
How two kids from Florida won over the internet with their own brand of indie pop.
DEAR READER: 4/21/2016
Letters from us and you
VICTORIA’S DINER
Open 24 Hours… Sometimes
DIG THIS: PHILLIPPE APELOIG, THE NEW ENGLAND CANNABIS CONVENTION, AND THE ROCK & ROLL RUMBLE FINALS
Your to do list for the week.
VIDEO PREMIERE: HALLELUJAH THE HILLS – “THE MOUNTAIN THAT WANTED MORE”
Trippy overlapped clips, severed hands, and a sea of people rallying behind our favorite local frontman? Count us in.
A DEPARTURE: AFTER FOUR YEARS OF BLISTERING COLUMNS, A FREE RADICAL CHANGE
I’m glad this column has allowed me to shine a light, however small, on the ills that plague the city. But we need more voices like mine, and more willingness to take risks.
AN OPEN INVITATION FOR BAKER, WALSH, AND DELEO
Though the mayor’s behavior routinely reveals that he is blinded by a crude stubbornness on this issue, this past week all three of you exalted leaders stumbled face-first in the stupid pile with your Campaign for a Safe and Healthy Massachusetts.
BROKEN RECORDS: THE PITTS ARE DEEPER THAN WE THOUGHT
In response to our recent column, Pittsfield police say they will not prevent future loss of evidence, while Berkshire DA calls his office’s failure to review evidence before a court date fair and ethical
SPECIAL AUTHOR INTERVIEW: THIS BOY’S KNIFE
"Keeping people behind bars for longer and longer periods of time does not help."
BLEACHED, PLEASE: WHY DITCHING ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS MADE THE TRIO STRONGER
Grunge pop act Bleached overcame a world full of hidden pain to become both stronger sisters and musicians.
SPECIAL FEATURE: BOSTON’S MARATHON APOCALYPSE
In hashing out what happened on that dark day three years ago, it’s important to consider the Bay State’s history as an apocalyptic ground zero
How Bostonians Are Reimagining Their Tax Refunds
When faced with using their bonus or tax refund, Boston respondents have two primary reactions – spend it or save it. While 44% of Boston residents say their first instinct is to sock their bonus away for a rainy day or retirement, more than a third (39%) say their first instinct is to use it to cut down their debt and make needed purchases.
FOTOBOM: IGGY POP @ THE ORPHEUM, 4/11
The last (original) Stooge standing, Iggy’s back at it. Has he ever stopped? Nothing seems to be able to slow down this force of nature, not his outrageous actions on or off stage, his previously enormous appetite for drugs ...
MAD MEN, AD WOMAN: ON JEAN-LUC GODARD’S “MARRIED WOMAN”
Jean-Luc Godard’s Married Woman gets a revival
DEAR READER: 4/14/2016
Letters from us and you.
