"it’s getting those fucking awesome repetitive sludgy riffs that you hear at the most fuzziest of tones that just make you want to get really fucking baked and fall into the riff forever, and then slam it, head-on collision, with the speed, intensity, and ferocity of the punk rock sound. When those come together, the coolest shit happens. Some galactic thing like when two planets or two suns collide. It’s like, fuck.”
Dig Boston
REVIEW + FOTOBOM: THE APACHE RELAY AT BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL
The Apache Relay won many converts, me included, with their ambitious American Nomad in 2011. And an impressive early morning set at Newport Folk festival confirmed the band as a dynamic force within the wide world of folk rock.
STEALING HARVARD: ENJOY THE NEWLY REOPENED HARVARD ART MUSEUMS FOR FREE
If your schedule doesn't align with the Harvard Art Museums' opening celebration freebies, there are still a couple of ways for your shoes to be among the first to scuff the floors on the cheap.
PUNCH-ING IN: DAVID WONDRICH ON BOSTON BARS AND DRINKING RUM AS A CHILD
"Boston bars are very smart. There used to be such a divide. [But] there seems to be a bridging of the gap between the town and gown, of the two Boston's."
THE MEDICINE
With winter right around the corner, I thought I, your friendly neighborhood bartender. would share three solid tips on how to get through the next four miserable months.
THE IMPORTANCE OF NOTHING
Peace comes from within rather than without, that the road to fulfillment is one that leads inwards rather than away. Meditation is the road less traveled for you, but as anxiety, depression, lethargy begin to slip away, the contentment and presence that takes their place as a result could become the reason your family members remain alive this holiday season.
BROAD STREET RIOT SOFT-OPENS IN FORMER BLUE INC. SPACE DOWNTOWN
back bay harry's, Barbara Lynch, Beer, Blue Inc., Bourbon, broad street riot, closings, crudo, Dig Boston, Doors, Financial District, fried chicken, Gordon Ramsay, Hell's Kitchen, jason santos, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, no.9 park, openings, Oysters, Seafood, ship, Stoddard's, tables, twiggy, WWI
COUNTER SERVICE: EXPERIMENTAL DINING SPACE LOOKING TO OPEN IN EARLY 2015
Tasting Counter will be 20 seats wrapping around three sides of the kitchen, with a tiny back of house area and everything else stored out in the dining room (see: dry goods, perishables, etc.). The goal is to bring the guest as close as possible to the origin of the food being produced, cooked, and plated. In short, the whole space is basically one big “chef’s table.”
LIQUID MEAT: THE NEARLY EXTINCT SMOKEY GRODZISKIE IS MAKING A COMEBACK
Limited-release, small-batch New England Grodziskie's you should grab before they go extinct.
GUMMI SITUATION: GETTING DRUNK ON CANDY AT MAST’
“I can get you drunk on candy,” he says with a mischievous laugh. “One hundred percent.”