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THE BIG WHOOP INTERVIEW: THE RARE OCCASIONS ON THE MOVE FROM BOS TO LA

Written by ROB DUGUAY Posted July 12, 2021 Filed Under: MUSIC

“We realized that we’re three nerdy guys and we like weird music so we embraced it.”

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Interview, Los Angeles, Music, The Rare Occasions

RECYCLING FOLLOW-UP: THE ROAD TO ZERO

Written by COLE ROSENGREN Posted July 2, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Despite a relative win for recycling workers, living wage advocates pledge to keep on fighting

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACE, ACORN, Activism, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, casella, charlestown, curbside recycling, Dorothy Kelly Gay, Fight For 15, Fighting for a Living Wage, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Joe Curtatone, KTI Recycling, labor, living wage, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, MassCOSH, mayor curtatone, mayor Marty Walsh, menino, New York, OSHA, recology, recyclable, recycling, Seattle, SOMERVILLE, Stephanie Luce, Teamsters, union, wages, workplace safety, zero waste

WILL BOSTON SET A NEW REGIONAL PRECEDENT AND FINALLY PAY RECYCLING WORKERS A LIVING WAGE?

Written by COLE ROSENGREN Posted April 12, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

For the first time in the city’s history, Boston’s living wage ordinance might finally get applied to low-paid workers sorting the city’s recycling ...

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACE, ACORN, Activism, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, casella, charlestown, curbside recycling, Dorothy Kelly Gay, Fight For 15, Fighting for a Living Wage, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Joe Curtatone, KTI Recycling, labor, living wage, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, MassCOSH, mayor curtatone, mayor Marty Walsh, menino, New York, OSHA, recology, recyclable, recycling, Seattle, SOMERVILLE, Stephanie Luce, Teamsters, union, wages, workplace safety, zero waste

WHEEL OF TUNES: YOUNG JESUS

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted November 3, 2018 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

The Los Angeles emo act talks grandmother genes, Saganism, and more for our recurring series.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: 2018, Allston, Bad History Month, Boston, Dig, DigBoston, great scott, Ian Sweet, Interview, Los Angeles, Music, Saddle Creek, Sean Henry, The Whole Thing Is Just There, Wheel of Tunes, Young Jesus

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: LIVING ON SCRAPS

Written by COLE ROSENGREN Posted July 12, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Boston is aiming to achieve “zero waste,” which some say can create more living-wage jobs. Is part of this lofty goal rooted in the region’s dirtiest hypocrisy?

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACE, ACORN, Activism, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, casella, charlestown, curbside recycling, Dorothy Kelly Gay, Fight For 15, Fighting for a Living Wage, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Joe Curtatone, KTI Recycling, labor, living wage, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, MassCOSH, mayor curtatone, mayor Marty Walsh, menino, New York, OSHA, recology, recyclable, recycling, Seattle, SOMERVILLE, Stephanie Luce, Teamsters, union, wages, workplace safety, zero waste

ERICA RHODES: A COMEDIC PRAIRIE HOMECOMING FOR A NEWTON NATIVE

Written by DENNIS MALER Posted May 3, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

“You’re so great. Wow, you’re so talented.” And I’m like, there is no way they could hear it. They liked how I looked playing cello. … I was like, wow, this is so different than Boston, it’s like you don’t have to be really good to to impress people in LA, you just have to hold a cello.

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: Erica Rhodes, Los Angeles, newton, Prairie Home Companion

WHEEL OF TUNES: OPEN MIKE EAGLE

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted February 5, 2018 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

The Los Angeles rapper talks basketball trophies, airport bars, and mafia-style weddings.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: 2018, alternative, Boston, Brick Body Kids Still Daydream, Cambridge, Chicago, Dig, DigBoston, hip hop, Interview, Los Angeles, Michael W Eagle II, Music, Open Mike Eagle, rap, The Sinclair, Wheel of Tunes

STONEWALLED: MEET THE ACTIVISTS AND BUSINESSPEOPLE BACKING #DISOWNSTONE IN BOSTON

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted August 28, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth

“Roger Stone coming to the city of Boston is another indicator of racism, misogyny, and sexism being accepted in this city by people in power."

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: #disownstone, 4Front Ventures, Beth Waterfall, Boston, Boycott, Canna Care docs, cannabis, Cannabis World Congress & Business Exposition, Charles Laquidara, CWCBE, Daniel Fishman, Donald Trump, Kris Krane, Los Angeles, Marijuana, Marta Downing, Mass Growers Advisory Council, Massachusetts, MCBA, Minority Cannabis Business Association, Monica Cannon, Peter Bernard, Roger Stone, Scott Giannotti, Stephen Mandile, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, The Young Jurks, Tito Jackson, Violence in Boston, WEMF, Women Grow

LION CHEF: TV COOK AND MC DANIEL PONTES-MACEDO BRINGS VICTORY HOME TO BOSTON

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted August 10, 2017 Filed Under: A+E

Just like Exposition handled stages, Daniel owns the cameras trained on his stovetop performances. Over the past several weeks, he’s also demonstrated the same kind of endurance that Audible brought.

Filed Under: A+E Tagged With: Audible Mainframe, Boston, Daniel Pontes-Macedo, Fox, Gordon Ramsay, Lion Chef, Los Angeles, MasterChef, MC Exposition, television, The Metro, TV, Victor Pontes-Macedo

VULNERABILITY IN TRANSITION: GIRLPOOL PREPS FOR ROUND TWO

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted July 8, 2016 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

The Los Angeles duo talk about their upcoming record, honest songwriting, and the search for a perfect pair of pants.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: 2016, Before the World Was Big, Boston, Cambridge, Dig, DigBoston, folk punk, Frankie Cosmos, French Vanilla, Girlpool, Horse Jumper of Love, indie folk, Indie Rock, Interview, Lady Pills, Liz Phair, Los Angeles, middle east downstairs, Music

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