
The next time someone makes a movie that’s specifically about my life, almost line for goddamn line, it would be great if one of you told me ahead of time.
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Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: A+E, Dear Reader, Film
The next time someone makes a movie that’s specifically about my life, almost line for goddamn line, it would be great if one of you told me ahead of time.
Written by BARRY THOMPSON Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
Contrary to rumors, the distribution manager never lived in the delivery van
Written by BARRY THOMPSON Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
"It was psychotropic. It was insane. Shit glowed. Literally glowed green. Would change anybody’s disposition."
Written by BARRY THOMPSON Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
Since the start of this verbal record, the Weekly Dig ascended from ziney origins to become a legit voice from the underground amongst the cluttered, otherwise risk-averse landscape of Boston print media. But success enhances ambitions, ambitions lead to stress, and stress makes everybody cranky. Cranky, and the opposite of sober.
Written by BARRY THOMPSON Filed Under: FEATURES
"We couldn’t pay the rent early on, so we figured out a way to supplement that. We held parties. Like, keg parties."
Written by BARRY THOMPSON Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
The Dig goes to war with the Phoenix, or something like that
Written by BARRY THOMPSON Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
The Dig goes to war with the Phoenix, or something like that
Written by BARRY THOMPSON Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
Attentive readers may notice sources contradicting each other now and again. I should explain that I knowingly left a few such discrepancies in the text, because especially with regards to decades-old events that may have occurred in the midst of heavy alcohol and/or drug consumption, sometimes folks simply remember shit differently.
Written by BARRY THOMPSON Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
Attentive readers may notice sources contradicting each other now and again. I should explain that I knowingly left a few such discrepancies in the text, because especially with regards to decades-old events that may have occurred in the midst of heavy alcohol and/or drug consumption, sometimes folks simply remember shit differently.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: Dear Reader
The nightmare that is the contemporary media considered, it’s a miracle the Dig is still standing 20-plus years after we started as Shovel in the distant ’90s.