“It was a place for unknown bands to play without having to worry about filling the space. It was a place to play that was fun. You could have a fundraiser there and raise money, you could try out new material.”
FIRST LOOK: THE ELLIS ROOM IN BROOKLINE
To find it, you have to walk into the Magnolia Smokehouse and look for a staircase in the middle of the place …
CO-HABITAT: SURF, TURF, MEXICO AND A TOUCH OF AUSTIN, TEXAS CONVERGE IN SOUTHIE
Call it an amalgamation of Mexico and the strewn-lights and naked steel, slate, and wood-lined spots of Austin, Texas.
ON STAGE: LIBATIONS AND LYRA ACROBATS IN THE OLD LIQUOR STORE
The nightclub-meets-performance-theater that’s moved in with five stages and four bars, STAGE American Vaudeville Nightclub, is a new animal altogether. And, well, it’s something to behold.
MUSIC AND MEATBALLS: BREK.ONE TALKS NEW ROLE AS W BOSTON MUSIC CURATOR
“My goal is for people to come and not only obviously hear good music and have drinks, but also to see that there are genuine people behind the product. That’s when something means more, when there’s a story behind something.”
REVIEW + FOTOBOM: ICEAGE AT GREAT SCOTT
Be it Davis Square in Somerville, the wild shoddy badlands of Allston, and even the nooks found around Fenway Park, what you’re about to read is a story involving intoxicated buffoonery all conducted at your favorite (or not-so-favorite) local haunts, be it drinking in public outdoors (but just for a photo), allusions to shooting pornography, and even men in ruffled shirts becoming threatened by small children drinking out of coconut shells in close proximity to them.
