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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

Luke O'Neil

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. II, EPISODE 11 (2004 – 2007)

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted January 1, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

“Sure! I’ll run into an abandoned subway tunnel for a freelancer I just met! No problem!” 

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alt media, alt weeklies, alt weekly, Boston, Boston Magazine, Deadpool, DigBoston, Fight Club, Harrison Ford, Jeff Lawrence, joe keohane, Kelsey Bennett, Luke O'Neil, media, Metrocorp, Weekly Dig

10 OF OUR FAVORITE NONFICTION READS OF 2019

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 26, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Books, Poetry

Here’s a rundown of some of our favorites from 2019, including several whose authors we were lucky enough to interview this year.

Filed Under: A+E, Books, Poetry Tagged With: 2019, books, Christina Thompson, Disgraceland, Elaine Welteroth, fentanyl, Hard Times, Ibram X. Kendi, Jake Brennan, Juliet, Luke O'Neil, Our Market Season, Porsha Olayiwola, Welcome to Hell World, Westhoff

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. II, EPISODE 10 (2004 – 2007)

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted December 15, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

"It was kind of a perfect storm moment. Gay marriage was on the ballot. When you get a cover like that, it sticks with you for a while."

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alt media, alt weeklies, alt weekly, Boston, Boston Magazine, Deadpool, DigBoston, Fight Club, Jeff Lawrence, joe keohane, Kelsey Bennett, Luke O'Neil, media, Metrocorp, Weekly Dig

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. II, EPISODE 9

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted November 25, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

I asked Billy Joel fans questions that a fundamentalist Christian would ask after a Marilyn Manson concert in 1997, swapping the names “Billy Joel” for “Marilyn Manson.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alt media, alt weeklies, alt weekly, Boston, Boston Magazine, Deadpool, DigBoston, Fight Club, Jeff Lawrence, joe keohane, Luke O'Neil, media, Metrocorp, Weekly Dig

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. II, EPISODE 8

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted November 25, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

The intern wrote something like, “The ’80s! It’s fun! Dance party!” I looked at that and said, “No, this is too earnest. I will destroy it.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alt media, alt weeklies, alt weekly, Boston, Boston Magazine, Deadpool, DigBoston, Fight Club, Jeff Lawrence, joe keohane, Luke O'Neil, media, Metrocorp, Weekly Dig

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. II, EPISODE 7

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted October 29, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

We’re like, “Sure! That should go in a newspaper! Put that in there!”

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alt media, Boston, Boston Magazine, Deadpool, DigBoston, Fight Club, Jeff Lawrence, joe keohane, Luke O'Neil, media, Metrocorp, Weekly Dig

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. II, EPISODE 6

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted October 9, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

The Dig at that point was more of a Dadaist prank or a piece of performance art—almost a metacommentary joke about having a newspaper—as much as it was a newspaper.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alt media, Boston, Boston Magazine, Deadpool, DigBoston, Fight Club, joe keohane, Luke O'Neil, media, Metrocorp, Weekly Dig

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. II, EPISODE 5

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted October 2, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

"The effect that Jeff’s nipples had on me is similar to if you look at an eclipse for 30 seconds, and then you just see it in your eyes for the rest of your life."

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alt media, Boston, Boston Magazine, Deadpool, DigBoston, Fight Club, joe keohane, Luke O'Neil, media, Metrocorp, Weekly Dig

WELCOME TO HELL WORLD: DEMONSTRATORS IN BOSTON PROTEST AN UNRESPONSIVE AMAZON OVER ICE SALES

Written by LUKE ONEIL Posted September 10, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“They like to present these tools as being neutral ... but these tools are being sold to ICE and DHS specifically to track immigrants, to track activists, and to use that information across law enforcement networks to terrorize communities and split families apart."

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Amazon, Boston, DHS, ice, Luke O'Neil, Never Again Action, protests, Welcome to Hell World

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. II, EPISODE 4

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted September 5, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Lulz

He made up a fictitious ideal reader named Spike. The memo read, “Spike works in advertising, but he goes to punk clubs at night,” and this and that. Fuck you and die.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Lulz Tagged With: AAN, alt media, Boston, Boston Magazine, Deadpool, DigBoston, Fight Club, joe keohane, Luke O'Neil, media, Metrocorp, Weekly Dig

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