Without disparaging the good name of The Pretty Things, The Who really put the term ‘rock opera’ on the musical books when they created not one but two enduring works in Tommy and Quadrophenia. So what do you do when you’ve done countless tours and it seems like you’ve done it all? You go full […]
EVEN WITH YAWKEY BANISHED, THERE’S WORK TO DO IN RIDDING BOSTON SPORTS OF RACISM
If Boston sports enthusiasts are angry that the city continues to be tarnished by a bad reputation for bigoted fans, perhaps their anger’s misdirected.
CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL: A MULTIGENERATIONAL COMMONWEALTH CAPER FIT FOR STEPHEN KING
“The Gardner heist happened while I was in school here, though. I was going to completely fictionalize it—make up the name of the museum, and the paintings and everything—and then I just thought to pull it out the ’90s and stick it in the ’40s, when security would have been even worse since they didn’t have cameras.”
FOTOBOM: FOO FIGHTERS, DINOSAUR JR., SPEEDY ORTIZ @ FENWAY PARK (NIGHT TWO)
You gotta hand it to Dave Grohl. In a world where rock songs are largely irrelevant to the pop culture, where radio support and record sales are a quaint reminder of days gone past, he and his band of fellow Foo Fighters managed to bang out Fenway Park for two consecutive nights. The second […]
PUBLIC SERVICE DENOUNCEMENT
Boston teams begin addressing racism, but have a lot of hard work and practice ahead of them
EXCLUSIVE BOOK EXCERPT: ICE BUCKETS AND EDIBLES
The brothers started giggling at nothing. They felt warm and happy. Pete was relaxed and felt fantastic, the woes of his body’s deterioration faded away.
LAWMAKERS PUSH TO RENAME THE YAWKEY MBTA STATION
“I think [the proposed bill] makes perfect sense… I’m confused how it’s named ‘Yawkey’ anyway, in light of what we know about him.”
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE YAWKEY WAY
Offensive comments and controversy aside, these hosts are winning in the ratings, proving that there is indeed a massive audience for such bigoted rhetoric in Greater Boston.
FOTOBOM: PEARL JAM AT FENWAY PARK
Boston; Aug 5 and 7, 2016
FOTOBOM: PAUL MCCARTNEY @ FENWAY PARK, 17JUL16
At the risk of starting this review on a morbid note, the sudden and unexpected deaths of music giants this year has been nothing short of brutal. David Bowie. Prince. Paul Kantner. George Martin. Just the other day Alan Vega left us. So when an ex-Beatle plays in your backyard, it’s a good idea to […]
