Mike Patton knows his way around a few octaves. And he’s never one for sitting still, so he brought his scientifically-proven super-human vocal range with him and a few cohorts to Royale last week, under the guise of Dead Cross. As the Faith No More return seems to have been put on the back burner, […]
EVERY DAY IS LABOR DAY
DigBoston commits to expanding coverage of workers and unions For the past many years, I’ve written an annual Labor Day editorial for whatever publication I’m running at the time. And it’s always a relentlessly depressing exercise. Because there just hasn’t been much good news for working people in decades. Since the 1970s, […]
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: HERE COMES THE HERSE
THAT ‘FREE SPEECH’ THING
Photo by Kori Feener Mayor Walsh and various police agencies were no friends of civil liberties at Boston’s monster protests against the ultra right Despite the “mission accomplished” happy talk in most of the news media, Saturday’s 40,000-strong Boston protests against extremism—and the tiny ultra-right rally that sparked them— were only wins […]
FOTOBOM: METALLICA @ GILLETTE STADIUM, 19MAY17
Metallica, aside from having the talent and drive to make it where they are today, made two critical and correct decisions very early into their career. The name they chose and the logo they designed helped cement their band as not only the standard bearer for thrash, but for metal in general. That’s a crown […]
THE PROGRESSIVE MASS AGENDA
The advocates at Progressive Massachusetts have an actionable list of promising bills broken down into four categories: Infrastructure and Environment; Shared Prosperity; Racial and Social Justice; Good Government.
BROKEN RECORDS: KAFKACHUSETTS
Mass AG shows just how useless public info laws are, but change is possible
FOTOBOMB: Boston ComicCon Preview
This is Boston ComicCon’s 9th year, and my how it’s grown: This year will feature over 800 vendors/artists on display and 40-45,000 people are expected to attend. While still a notch below the largest industry event (San Diego, New York, Orlando, etc), Boston has quickly risen to one of the 15 or so largest comic/pop-culture […]
SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW
Theater takes center stage this Summer
Beer Camp Returns to Boston!
Cheers to hundreds of beers, live music, food trucks and good times! Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s Beer Camp Across America comes to City Hall Plaza on Saturday, June 18, bringing together craft brewers and fans alike. The beer festival, which begins at 1pm for General Admission, features over 125 unique breweries, including many that don’t […]
