Both directed by Jay Hunt of Smoke House Media, they’re back-to-back proud Boston bangers with enough fuel to power the region through the winter and spring until we get the next crop of summer anthems.
FICTION EXCERPT: THE ART OF DYING
“You guys saw the lab results. They say I took a bunch of sleeping pills. Now, why would I do that? I was so wasted my buddy Ryan practically had to carry me upstairs. You don’t need sleeping pills when you’re half in the bag.”
CENTRAL MASS ROAD TRIP: THE WONDERFUL WIDE-OPEN WORLD OF WEED IN WORCESTER
Sort of like the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, which this month packed its bags and set up shop in Worcester’s historic Union Station, we left the Hub in order to get closer to the center of the Commonwealth’s cannabis community.
PAGING ALL DIG READERS: WHAT’S WRONG WITH BOSTON? WHAT’S RIGHT WITH BOSTON?
We are doing two issues of DigBoston—What’s Wrong With Boston (#WWWB), and What’s Right With Boston (#WRWB)—that will ride the holiday slide into 2020. It’s a big deal that we’re hurtling into another decade, and so we wanted to do something different from the regular look-back and look-ahead spreads.
EXCERPT: EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT MARIA BALDWIN
Baldwin was a significant figure for both white and black publics, but her work as an activist seeking justice in a deeply divided society was unmentioned in the many testimonials to her by white observers.
STL GLD + SLAINE TEAM UP FOR ALBUM RELEASE PARTY, PLUS VINTAGE LEE ON THE MBTA
“I was frustrated [after getting sober] that I couldn’t write songs in a half-hour without the cocaine, but I hit a creative burst this year. I’m sharper, I’m more on top of my game.”
BMA SETS, BOSTON CALLING VETS, SXSW TREKS
“We were waiting around to be plucked from obscurity and then we got the email we’d been picked. We actually tend to keep our expectations pretty low.”
PHOTO FEATURE: THE VIEW FROM MASS AVE
An idea for an exhibition sprung from what seemed like a simple objective: Karl could spend a year and a half recording life along Mass Ave from Arlington to the Charles River. But, of course, Mass Ave is vividly complex.
THE BOSTON COMEDY FEST TURNS 20
From Lewis Black saving the day to hanging with Caroline Rhea, BCF maestro Jim McCue tells all
WITH VAPE BAN ALREADY HOBBLING SMALL BUSINESSES, FLAVORED TOBACCO PROPOSAL FURTHER THREATENS STORES THAT SELL MORE THAN JUST SMOKES
“If policymakers move forward with these regulations, there is a wide network of gangs and organized crime that will be ready to fill the void.”
