As of today, Boston is the only city in Massachusetts that cannot decide for itself how many liquor licenses shall be in circulation within its borders.
TERMS OF SERVICE: NEW REPEAL
Archives for November 2016
REMEMBERING THE HUB’S ADORABLE AND EXPLOITED NEWSIES
Through the warts and beauty of it all (but mostly the warts), street photographer, sociologist, and activist Lewis Wickes Hine focused on the seedy underworld of child news distribution
THE FIGHT FOR $15 CONTINUES (WHETHER YOU’RE WATCHING OR NOT)
“I am fighting for a decent paycheck. I never thought I would be in the streets protesting, but I can’t survive on what I make now.”
HOW RORY GILMORE FAILED LOCAL MEDIA
This is not a review of the new Gilmore Girls ... just my cheap personal gripe that seemed worth sharing
FOTOBOM: DINOSAUR JR. + BUFFALO TOM @ HOUSE OF BLUES BOSTON
The holidays are a great time to be with family, but black Friday is a great time to be with Dinosaur Jr. It’s a family gathering, and one of the loudest.
TEMPORARY RADICALS? DISAFFECTED DEMS NEED TO STAY IN THE STREETS AFTER THE GOP MENACE IS BEATEN BACK
As long as the new Republican administration remains somewhere within the bounds of traditional American politics, there is a lot of room for the full panoply of transformative social movements to maneuver.
DISPOSABLE AMERICA: RESTORE YOUR FAITH WITH A NIGHT OF MUSIC
Watch the country waste away with Horse Jumper of Love, Soft Fangs, and more.
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? OUTFIT VETO
FOTOBOM: ABBATH, OBSIDIAN TONGUE, SANGUS, INFERA BRUO @ THE SINCLAIR, 22NOV16
CAMBRIDGE MA – NOVEMBER 22: Abbath, co-founder of seminal Norwegian black metal band Immortal, tours in support of his first solo record. Support acts from local metal bands Obsidian Tongue, Sangus, and Infera Bruo. Shot at The Sinclair on Tuesday, November 22, 2016. All Rights Reserved / © ...
THE STRANGERER
EATALY
Eataly Boston is ultimately a new and unique-feeling space, however, and is set up in such a way that customers can go from one area to another within the shop without getting lost or overly confused.
IN BED WITH NAEL NACER
Nael Nacer is one Boston’s finest actors. From his revelatory performance last season in A Number at New Repertory Theatre to his incredible ensemble work earlier this year in Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play at Lyric Stage, his performances are invariably distinguished.
BACK TO ANATEVKA
Austin Pendleton made his Broadway debut in 1964 when he created the role of Motel in the original production of Fiddler on the Roof. His performance as the nervous, loveable, determined tailor is immortalized on the classic cast album and has served as the gold-standard blueprint to anyone who has played Motel since.
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: ITS OWN STUFFING
DEAR READER: I’M THANKFUL FOR JETBLUE
It turned out my grandmother, who always loved a good deal, was getting buried on the same day of the inaugural trips by JetBlue between my native Queens (LaGuardia) and my adopted home of Boston (Logan).
50 YEARS OF YEAST AND LOVE: AN ORAL HISTORY OF HALEY HOUSE
“First we saw that people were homeless and needed a place to stay. Then we saw that they were hungry and they needed food. Then we figured out that people needed permanent housing. And then jobs.”
THREAT LEVEL: HYPOTHETICAL
It was a standard public information request … until the state set up a maze to block one intrepid reporter’s access to records
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? SLUG
THE STRANGERER
COACH FEST 2: ESCAPE REALITY WITH HALFSOUR, BAT HOUSE, PEOPLE LIKE YOU, AND MORE
Because sometimes you need a day full of music to feel okay.
PARSONSFIELD COMES HOME
In support of its most recent album, Blooming Through the Black, Connecticut-based Parsonsfield brings its tour to OBERON as part of the Sound Society concert series.
WHY NATIVISM REMAINS THE POLITICS OF THE SCOUNDREL
Unless you’re Native American ... then your family crashed a country that used to belong to someone else.
INTRODUCING ‘TERMS OF SERVICE,’ A NEW INDUSTRY COLUMN BY HALEY HAMILTON
There are many talented people in the Boston service industry who have chosen this line of work because we like it ... and we usually do OK for ourselves financially.
VICTORY DANCE IN THE GATHERING GLOOM
for those in Massachusetts, legal pot may be more imperiled here in the state than on the federal level.
SPECIAL FEATURE: HOW TO SAVE THE PLANET FROM ENVIRONMENTAL RUIN IN THE AGE OF TRUMP
“First we need a president who acknowledges that climate change exists.”
FOTOBOM: FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS & BARNS COURTNEY @ HOUSE OF BLUES, 15NOV16
West Coast-based Fitz and the Tantrums struck up a giant dance party on Tuesday night, and the jammed floor was ready for it. The tandem of singers Michael Fitzpatrick and Noelle Scaggs were endlessly roaming the stage, ...
WE THE PEOPLE: BANDS, LABELS, AND RECORD STORES DONATING TO POST-ELECTION AMERICA
A list of local bands, record stores, and music labels donating to charities that support minorities.
FOTOBOM: BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, DFA1979, DEAP VALLY @ HOUSE OF BLUES, 12NOV16
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have made a nice career for themselves by sliding from the reverb-soaked Jesus & Mary Chain territory to more of a roots-oriented approach, but not so much that they’d be snarkily referred ...
A VERY SPECIAL MEDIA FARM: ALTERNATIVE SPIN
Heads are looking for a place to turn. A hopeful place, but also outlets that are down to scrap.
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? TRASH
