If you haven’t been scared off by unfunny hipster parodies of the genre in the New Yorker and want to hear some live jazz, I salute you. I’m here for you. As a musician, jazz writer, and longtime denizen of many local joints, I will try to make the process of choosing a place to go as undaunting as possible.
WELCOME TO THE CLOSET: A Q&A WITH JENEE HALSTEAD
“And that’s why we made the closet bigger… anything that holds someone back in their life or anything that they’re suffering under. “
RAGE AGAINST THE MAGAZINE: COUNTERCULTURE IS ALIVE AND WELL
A friendly reminder that Boston is a city that runs on cyclical demolition and rebirth. Counterculture never left.
THAT WHICH WE CALL A ROSE: JENN OF CARISSA’S WIERD ON DITCHING HER “GHETTO” MONIKER
S frontwoman and ex-Carissa’s Wierd member Jenn Champion talks about the dangers of perpetuating racial stereotypes through nicknames and beyond.
SWEET CHILD O’ MINE: FOR STREIGHT ANGULAR, THE BABY AND BAND GO TOGETHER
“If I was a kid, I would love for my dad to do that,” says Yoshi, on the phone, back inside his apartment. “That’s how I look at parenting. I have a kid now, so I might as well give them the best fucking life ever.”
BOSTON NOAM
Some words from Chomsky on the sad state of international media
TARANTINO BURLESQUE + RUBY ROSE FOX + TAROT CARDS
What to do and where to do it.
