When you get the results of your blood work in the mail you're sort of left to decipher the hieroglyphics on your own.
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LISTEN: DIG MIX FOR WEEK OF 11.5.14
New tunes from Ruby Rose Fox, Hallelujah the Hills, Seer Group, STL GLD, Guerilla Toss, Bent Knee and more.
FOTOBOM: GOLDEN GIRLS DRAG PARODY @ OPUS UNDERGROUND
Every Saturday this October, men dressed as cantankerous old ladies brought the classic sitcom "Golden Girls" to life. I attended the final night.
MY TIME WITH TOM: REFLECTIONS ON 14 YEARS COVERING MAYOR TOM MENINO
I covered his administration. I would often stalk him by his black SUV in the horseshoe driveway in back of City Hall to press him on the news of the day. Some days, he’d be furious with me about something I had written. Other times, he’d shrug the hit off with a snarky quip. The man was not short on wit.
LAST GOOD NIGHT: THE NORTH END’S LONE IRISH PUB IS POURING ITS LAST PINT
Goody Glover's, tragically, is closing up for the last time at the end of the month. And in a neighborhood marred by gentrification and rising rents, the loss will be felt by all who have lingered for hours there over a beer.
TODAY IN CHEFS ON CREDIT CARDS: JASON SANTOS EDITION
That headline pretty much says it all, actually.
SEXUAL FEAR-SUGAR
That sense of sexual arousal triggered by intense experiences is one written deep in our bone. Anyone who has ever been through something beyond the pale of normal interaction, popping out the other side scared half-stupid while simultaneously being more than half-turned on, will recognize the sensation. Personally, I get off on it.
MUSICAL MILESTONE: HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY CONCERTMASTER ON PERFORMING VIVALDI, AND EYEBALLING THE NEXT 200 YEARS
“The material is as exciting and fresh today as when it was written and a musical roller coaster ride to perform. It really needs to be experienced live in a concert hall to be believed, and can’t be copied in any kind of recorded format, or viewed on YouTube.”
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.
PHILOSOPHERS’ TONE: POST MODERN AUTHORS WRITE THEIR OWN FUTURE
When talking with Post Modern Authors, there’s really just one place to start: read anything good lately?