WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? THE DESCENT
Archives for December 2017
THE WAY WE WEREN’T
30 BEST LOCAL ALBUMS OF 2017
Pile, Hayley Thompson-King, Cousin Stizz, and Exit Order top the list in a year of incredible albums for Boston.
THE YEAR IN DIGBOSTON
Let them call us rebels, and welcome…
If you had asked me 14 months ago if I thought that I’d have a shot at taking over the management of DigBoston with my partners Chris Faraone, John Loftus, and Marc Sneider, ...
15 BEST LOCAL EPS OF 2017
There was no shortage of musical talent in 2017, and bite-sized EPs from Rams, Littlefoot, Haasan Barclay, Lilith, and more prove so.
THE YEAR IN MASS CANNABIS
As expected, the struggle continues in the recreational era
OUR YEAR IN NEWS + FEATURES: FROM HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, TO THE POLICE STATE, TO TRANSPORTATION
As we strive to communicate every time our keyboards get clicking, the stories we bring you in DigBoston is either news you aren’t getting elsewhere, or the people’s version of the capitalist rubbish found in mainstream media. And man oh man, we unearthed a lot of those critical hidden nuggets in the past 12 months.
THE YEAR IN HIDDEN EATS
A look back at some dining and drinking faves for 2017
FAIR AND VALIANT: VOLS DELIVERED $200 MILLION OF AFFORDABLE FOOD OVER 30 YEARS
A lot of folks I spoke with came across the group at random and have returned to help out regularly. Like Habibo, who was just walking by the First Church of Roxbury on a Saturday when she saw people sorting vegetables.
GREATER BOSTON LAUGHS FOR NYE
From the Hong Kong to the new Chevalier
FOTOBOM: MOGWAI, XANDER HARRIS @ ROYALE
With this year’s Every Country’s Sun, Mogwai’s quietly (or not so quietly, depending on the song) put out seventeen records, and the first one (well, non-soundtrack recording) ...
10 INSANE TRUMP TWEETS FROM THE PAST YEAR
The complete cynicism of the entire administration becomes painfully clear here.
HOW THE GOP SCREWED CYCLISTS WITH ITS TAX SCHEME
That’s right, in a move that will save the federal government a mere estimated $5 million a year—and as part of an overall overhaul that will, by all trustworthy accounts, deliver more to the haves at the expense of have-nots—the Trump army is removing the tax incentive to cycle to work.
THE YEAR WE LOST NET NEUTRALITY
If we want a free and open internet, we should build one
BEST OF BOSTON THEATER: 2017 EDITION
A year to remember, from 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf' to 'Merrily We Roll Along' to 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? CAUSE OF DEATH
THE WAY WE WEREN’T
WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR XMAS?
An illustrated holiday feature
THE YEAR IN HATING YEAR-END LISTS
The next couple of weeks, in this publication and in virtually every other outlet as well, will yield an endless flurry of year-end lists. Some will be interesting, a lot will be informative, and more than anything else, they will all be seriously subjective.
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: LAW & ORDER (DUMB-DUMB)
Jeff Sessions goes after the wrong gang
MACRO AGGRESSIONS: TRUMP FLAGS, RIGHT-WING MEMES LINE WALLS AT BOSTON COMPANY, WORKERS BE DAMNED
Incendiary Pepe the Frog memes, printed out and hung around the office. A Trump Make America Great Again flag covering a large portion of a workspace wall. An image of Bernie Sanders with the word “Cuck” printed over his chest.
ON MAKERSPACES AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Making can be cool, but conscious making is cooler
For many of us living in and around Boston in recent years, it has become common to see lots of communications from makerspaces around holiday time. Which is totally understandable. Such creative centers produce neat things year-round, so it’s only natural ...
THE GENTRIFICATION OF WEED (OR THE YEAR I DITCHED MY MASS MEDICAL MARIJUANA CARD)
I will no longer participate in the gentrification of weed after my card expires in February, and I apologize for wanting something so badly that it took me so long to see what was going on. I just wanted a good night’s sleep, man.
SEASONED SAN FRAN TATTOO ARTIST SETS UP SHOP IN BRIGHTON
Erik Rieth, one of the owners of the legendary Seventh Son Tattoo in San Francisco, recently recruited an all-star squad, including Hemming, to open his new shop Ghost in the Machine Tattoo in Brighton.
RACE TO NOWHERE: WALSH DODGES TOUGH QUESTIONS AT RACISM SUMMIT
During the Q&A, Walsh sparred with audience members who questioned his effectiveness and suggested that the Walsh administration has taken actions that hurt communities of color.
THE YEAR(S) IN CASEY OVERPASS REPLACEMENT PICS
with another year of congestion and fumes behind us, we dipped into our thickening folder of Forest Hills images, and also pulled a couple of ringers from Instagram.
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? SEND NUDES
THE WAY WE WEREN’T
EXIT INTERVIEW: BENT SHAPES
Allston’s indie pop punk act answers questions before its final show at Great Scott this Saturday.
WHEEL OF TUNES: MUNICIPAL WASTE
The thrash metal band talk bong water, dog shit, and the grossest meal they’ve eaten — which, fair warning, may scar you for life.
