Peace actions, Harvest Co-op needs help
So I’m writing on a holiday weekend that began with my joining DigBoston and Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism colleague Chris Faraone in having some fairly nasty ...
MEMORIAL DAY NOTES
Archives for May 2018
BOOK REVIEW 5.31.18
There There by Tommy Orange
In America we always seem to be in search of the authentic. Whether it’s Jay Z or Cardi B, we like our artists to keep it real. So it’s not surprising that there is a lot of buzz about a novel written by a Native American set in Oakland. It’s a world ...
SPECIAL FEATURE: MORE POTENT THAN RODENTS
Poisons meant for pests are killing animals and impacting humans in Mass
LAURIE KILMARTIN: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MOM, WRITER, AND ORPHAN AUTHOR
"The book came out in February and it’s called Dead People Suck. It’s about my dad. It’s a comedic memoir about my dad dying of cancer. It covers hospice care, things you want an old person to do before they die, how you want to prepare yourself for your parental death, and ultimately your status as a middle age orphan."
DRUG WARRIORS: CIA-CONTRA COCAINE CONSPIRACY FALL GUY “FREEWAY” RICKY ROSS TALKS OLIVER NORTH
As outrageous amounts of cocaine entered the country, guys like Ross bought and sold it, and the boys below him cooked it up and sold it as crack, creating an epidemic in neighborhoods that cops couldn’t give a shit about—at least until they could arrest everybody for the drugs the government allowed into the country with a wink and a nod.
INTRODUCING: BOSTONERS
I often wonder if when I’m 90 on my deathbed if I’ll look back on the 100 hours I spent playing Skyrim fondly, or as a waste of time. Hopefully I’ll be so baked I don’t give a shit.
FIDDLEHEAD: HOW TO HAVE HEART POST-DEATH
After the loss of his father, frontman Patrick Flynn threw himself into the debut album by Boston's new melodic post-hardcore group, featuring members of Have Heart and Basement.
MEDIA FARM: AS THE GLOBE BURNS
While McGrory’s staff letter noted that he “was not anticipating the situation,” only a crash test dummy hibernating in a bunker underneath the Globe’s hermetic bubble could have missed the warning shots.
DAY THREE: LOCAL MUSIC AND THE ALLURE OF BOSTON CALLING’S CHILL VIBE
From Cameron Esposito to Weakened Friends, the closing day of Boston Calling had a laid back vibe more festivals need.
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: HALFWAY
DAY TWO: NATALIE PORTMAN AND THE BEST OF BOSTON CALLING RAP
From Tyler, the Creator to Manchester Orchestra, emotional honesty and technical transparency go a long way at Boston Calling.
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? EGGS
THE WAY WE WEREN’T
DAY ONE: BOSTON CALLING AND THE IMPOSSIBLE BARRIER FEMALE HEADLINERS MUST SCALE
Paramore dominated day one of Boston Calling. So why weren't they a headliner?
NOCTURNAL MURAL
Artist Dan Masi spends six months painting a Goya-esque mural, entirely at night
For 260 hours under the cover of darkness, Dan Masi painted.
Over six months, entirely at night, Masi painted, combining his own artistic style with the colors and themes of Francisco Goya to create a mural that now envelopes the Lilypad collaborative ...
BOSTON CALLING: 7 TIPS TO MAXIMIZE YOUR FEST
Consider this your insider guide to surviving the music festival without breaking a sweat.
THE RED SEA: TEACHERS WANT BETTER PAY, LAWMAKERS WANT CORPORATE TAX BREAKS
Since gaining control of the legislature in 2011, North Carolina Republicans have been on a singular mission to make life better for their wealthy and corporate allies.
FOTOBOM: MELVINS, ALL SOULS @ THE PARADISE
Like a lottery machine with fifty balls bouncing around inside of it and only ten coming out for the nightly draw, The Melvins are masters of new combinations and endless variation. After more than thirty years of making records, they still find new ways of self-reinvention while not abandoning ...
TOWNIE: CITY ON A HILL
Global warming will flood Boston. Why not move the state capital to Worcester?
Many small American cities have boosterish metro research organizations that look like a cross between a public policy outfit and a chamber of commerce, and the Bay State’s second biggest urban area is no exception. The Worcester Regional ...
SUBTERRANEAN CENTENNIAL
Monthly guide to Boston’s music and arts underground reaches milestone issue
MEDICAL CANNABIS SPECIAL: TREATING YOURSELF
When Western medicine failed, these patients designed their own successful cannabis regimens
OH, SULLIVAN: I BRAVED THE NOTORIOUS CROSSHAIRS OF CHARLESTOWN, EVERETT, AND SOMERVILLE AND LIVED TO WRITE ABOUT IT
Even for this tortured region, Sullivan is something of an evil clusterfuck oasis, an otherworldly portal into gridlock that uniquely cripples multiple municipalities at once.
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? LAUREL AND YANNY
THE WAY WE WEREN’T
THE FRESHMAN 15: RISING LOCAL MUSICIANS TO WATCH
While these artists aren’t new to making music, they're at the early stages of their careers — and we can’t wait to see how they flourish.
A TERRIFIC LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! AT ZEITGEIST STAGE
★★★★☆
There’s no getting around the fact that Love! Valour! Compassion! Terrence McNally’s 1994 Tony-winning dramedy, is beginning to show its age.
It was the talk of the town 24 years ago when it opened at the Manhattan Theater Club and ...
SOME CLOSURE FOLLOWING THAT HELLSTORM WE UNLEASHED ON SOCIAL MEDIA LAST WEEK
Those who choose to stay informed should understand how in addition to financial strains and the resulting brain drains broken budgets have led to across our industry, journalistic entities are also often at the mercy of technocrats and new media gurus.
THE CASE OF EMILIO GUTIERREZ SOTO POINTS TOWARD A GRIM FUTURE FOR PRESS FREEDOM
Gutierrez knew they were serious. In April 2007, he shared a byline with a reporter named Armando Rodriguez. The story was about a third reporter, Saul Noe Martinez Ortega, who “was found wrapped in a blanket and appeared to have been dead for several days, possibly after his kidnapping that took place last Monday, April 16, in the city of Agua Prieta, Sonora.”
THE BITTERER THE BETTER
Fernet Branca: It’s not just for industry heads anymore
LOUD AND CLEAR: BOSTON MUSICIANS TAKE THE LIVE STAGE
If you want to understand Boston’s local music, then you’ve got to see our city’s musicians perform live at these five shows.
