The day after thousands waited in the snow and cold for one last glimpse of Mayor Tom Menino, many more returned to Faneuil Hall for his Hizzonner's final send-off. As the media waited for the casket to be carried out, Bostonians scrambled for the few "Thank You Mayor Menino" signs available and rapped with dozens of police getting the route ready.
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FROM CITY HALL TO HYDE PARK: A WAKE TO REMEMBER AND A FINAL RIDE FOR MENINO
Sometimes you just have to suspend the fantasy that we live in a Utopian democracy, and bow to the king. Even if that king felt passionately that every individual should play a special role in their community.
Yesterday was such a time. Everyone who flocked to Faneuil Hall for the memorial service ...
DOWN WITH PRONOUNS, UP WITH ‘THE DISPLACED HINDU GODS TRILOGY’
I’ve never cried during a stand-up routine, at least not until I saw “Brahman/i: A One Hijra Stand-Up Comedy Show.”
MAYOR MENINO WE MISS YOU ALREADY
With news that Tom Menino passed this morning, Charlie Baker now has a reason to cry, as do millions of Massachusetts residents who the longest-serving mayor in Boston history impacted through the years.
RE-ANIMATING POE: AN INTERVIEW WITH JEFFREY COMBS
"There were stories of Poe being in the gutter, literally. But he always pulled himself up and tried to not do that again."
FOTOBOM: WEEZER AT SINCLAIR
Waiting in the will-call line for my ticket to the Weezer I overheard a fellow fan's conundrum: "Mike from the fourth floor offered me $500." Her friend replied, " I was offered box seats to the Sox versus Yankees next season." When Weezer stops through Boston, it's typically a hot ticket.
TALKING WITH MEATBODIES (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH MEATLOAF)
Chad Ubovich has been hiding behind Ty Segall, FUZZ, and Mikal Cronin onstage. But on his friends’ tours, Ubovich was busy writing his own material under the moniker Meatbodies, and now he's making a remarkable debut.
REVIEW + FOTOBOM: FLYING LOTUS AT PARADISE ROCK CLUB
Flying Lotus, like Thundercat, is proof that the easiest way to be cool is to be good at what you do.
GETTING CHILE: A DELICIOUS REASON TO ENDURE THE GREEN LINE TREK TO NEWTON CENTRE
A delicious reason to endure the Green Line trek to Newton Centre.
WEIRD SCIENCE: CAFÉ ARTSCIENCE’S TODD MAUL WANTS TO MAKE YOU A DRINK THAT DOESN’T EXIST
“The big thing for us is taking small ideas and seeing how we can build [on them],” says Maul. “But not with gimmicks. We're looking at the future of drinking, [and how] to just make a better drink.”