From celeb nugs to LED light shows, we glimpsed the future of cannabis on our Mango Tango fandango
WE SAW THE FUTURE OF CANNABIS IN GRASS VEGAS
Archives for December 2018
HOME ALONE WITH THE BOSTON POPS
Q&A w/ Kevin McDonald and two high school chorus members
On December 29-30, the Boston Pops will perform the score to the Christmas classic movie Home Alone in sync with the film on screen at Symphony Hall. The Pops will be joined ...
WHEEL OF TUNES: HOP ALONG
the Philly indie rockers talk therapeutic journals and zip line accidents for our recurring series.
MY RESOLUTION: TO RECOVER THE BUST THAT WAS STOLEN FROM MASS AND IS SITTING IN STORAGE AT THE LACMA
Since state leaders, LACMA directors, and even the Beacon Hill auction house that sold the Brooks bust have all stonewalled me over the past eight years, I have resolved to do whatever it takes (so long as it’s legal) to get the bust back for Mass in the new year.
RESOLUTION #19: HOW WE PLEDGE TO BE BETTER BOSTONIANS IN THE NEW YEAR
Instead of trying to get ripped next year, we have some far more sensible ideas for how to improve our city, selves, and community while having loads of fun.
THE BEST LOCAL EPS OF 2018
Lilith, Boogie Da God, Firewalker, mmph, Billy Dean Thomas, and more top the list of our 15 favorite local EPs.
BOOK REVIEW: ANXIETY AND THE EQUATION
It’s not a textbook, but there’s “something you can learn from it”
Ludwig Boltzmann was an excruciatingly anxious person and also one of the best scientific minds of his generation. Boltzmann’s revolutionary work on entropy paved the way for Einstein’s quantum revolution of the early 20th century, and yet he still spent ...
REVISITING A FAR CRY
With new grant, Boston’s guerilla chamber orchestra plots orchestral future
Michael Unterman is a professional concert cellist, but his morning routine is decidedly computer-based.
Most days, the musician goes straight to his laptop to answer emails and write blog posts and program notes. As a member of the Boston chamber orchestra ...
HUMBLE PI: HOMEBOY SANDMAN, EDAN, AND THE GENESIS OF HIP-HOP’S MOST DYNAMIC ALL-STAR DYAD
"I’m less enthusiastic about the cyber collab—I don’t want to live my life that way. So just the fact that he was down to make the trek repeatedly and be here, and even be here in those instances when I’m looking through records, he was patiently just around."
20/2018 VISION: REVISITING OUR AWESOME HELLISH YEAR ONE FINAL TIME
No outlet can cover everything. It’s not worth trying. But in reading back through several hundred pieces that we published in the past 12 months, I’m more than satisfied to say that we hit hard and often on a range of topics
2019: WE HAVE 11 YEARS TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE
In last week’s column looking back at “2018: The Year in Global Warming,” I reviewed the dire threat posed to humanity and our environment by climate change, and concluded with the following:
The big question for Bostonians and anyone ...
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? BONELESS CHICKEN STRIPS
THE BEST LOCAL ALBUMS OF 2018
Sidney Gish, Mal Devisa, Fiddlehead, Vein, Dutch ReBelle, and more top the list
2018: THE YEAR IN GLOBAL WARMING
“We are the first generation to fully understand climate change and the last generation to be able to do something about it.” —Petteri Taalas, secretary-general, World Meteorological Organization
Given all the developments I could review from the year ...
A TRANSFORMATIVE YEAR IN MASS CANNABIS
Searching for the common thread in this year’s sea of political and social coverage
’18 AND LIFE TO GO: OUR YEAR IN ALTERNATIVE MASS MEDIA
It’s anybody’s guess why cheeseball mainstream outlets tend to ignore topics such as poverty, surveillance, and climate change. Whatever the reason, we don’t spend too much time worrying about them; as you’ll see below, we had our hands full all year covering the stuff that they missed.
KILL WHITEY: A LOOK BACK AT WHY THE GOVERNMENT MAY HAVE WANTED BULGER DEAD MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE
While Whitey was doing time in Atlanta, a 16-year-old math prodigy named Ted Kaczynski enrolled at Harvard. Soon, he was reluctantly participating in experiments, likely funded by the CIA, that aimed to develop ambitious interrogation techniques.
DEVOURING 2018: A LOOK BACK AT SOME DINING AND DRINKING FAVES FOR 2018
Last year, we ran with some specific dishes and dining/drinking spots, and this year is no different, with an ambitious random sampling given below.
OUR GUY BRANUM INTERVIEW: PEACH COBBLERS WITH THE VIDEO GAME GODDESS OF WRITING AND COMEDY
"The thing about writing for a TV show is you have a boss who is going to yell at you, or potentially fire you if you don’t do your job."
BEST OF BOSTON THEATER: 2018 EDITION
This 2018 edition of the best of Boston theater is the fourth time I’ve sat down to compile such a list but the first time I haven’t struggled to fill it. Last year, I capped the list at seven because the thought of shoving things in just to get to 10 hurt my soul.
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FOTOBOM: RYLEY WALKER, MUTE DUO @ GREAT SCOTT
There are a few ways of getting your name into the music press headlines, with some methods a whole lot better ...
WHEEL OF TUNES: MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA
For our recurring series, the heavy alt-rockers talk signed Pinkerton vinyl, loud sneezes, and impulsive grocery purchases.
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? SAW HORSE
CHRISTMAS RAPPING: THE LOCAL MUSIC GIFT GUIDE
Our handpicked holiday shopping guide focuses on 10 Boston-based gifts for the music lover in your life.
BRICKBOTTOM FOUNDERS SPEAK
Pioneering Somerville artist live/work co-op celebrates 30th anniversary
NORTHBORO COUNTRY: HOW CHRIS MORENO GOT TO NASHVILLE … FROM BOSTON
“The more I started getting into country and the storytelling through the lyrics,” he says, “the more I sort of realized that this was the right fit for me as far as genre.”
ROLAND IN THE DEEP: FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE DEBUTS AT THE LYRIC STAGE
★★★★★
The Front Porch Arts Collective raised a few eyebrows this past spring when its name was found in the season announcements of three prominent Boston theater companies: Central Square Theater, Greater Boston Stage Company, and the Lyric Stage, Boston’s ...
A FRENETIC BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES AT A.R.T.
★★★☆☆
Nigerian playwright Inua Ellams’ Barber Shop Chronicles—a smash in the UK—has been on an American tour since October and has just settled into a month-long run at Cambridge’s American Repertory Theater, where it will run through Jan 5.
Directed ...
IT’S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL
Winter People at the Boston Playwrights’ Theater
★★☆☆☆
It’s a particularly East Coast feeling—the eeriness of a summer resort in winter, when February winds blow through the dormant wooden roller coaster at the amusement park or an empty plastic bag blows across the frozen, barren beaches ...
AND NOW A WORD FROM THE BOSTON YOUTH TRANSPORTATION PROJECT
Transit policy has historically focused on expansion through suburban systems—serving White and wealthier constituents more reliably than those living in inner cities.
