Our editor picks up the hot new toy habit, predicts the fidget spinner’s here to stay
MEDICINE FOR A MENDICANT MEDIA
Is there a better alternative to today’s busted model of mendicant journalism? I think so. The one least discussed in this country in this era, but perhaps the most important.
INTERVIEW: JOHN HODGMAN
“That’s what put me on The Daily Show as the resident expert, the kind of person that would say with a straight face that Franklin Roosevelt had a hook for a hand but you never noticed it because it’s shaped like a wheelchair.”
HOT READS: OUR TOP 10 MUSIC BOOKS FOR SUMMER
Books + music + beach = your summer reading roster
DIG THIS: VIDEO GAME NIGHT, JAD ABUMRAD, AND TOGETHER BOSTON
Your week in awesome events around Boston.
INTERVIEW: PROTOMARTYR ON CRITICS & CURVEBALLS
“Nothing brings a band together better than shit-talking other bands.”
WONDERS-FUL: VAUDEVILLE VARIETY SHOW WORKS MAGIC IN SOMERVILLE
While none of the shows follow a specific theme, Cabinet of Wonders is driven by three intersecting tenants: music, literature, and comedy.
CLEANING OUT OUR POST-ELECTION CLOSET
Cute dogs go viral for a change, John Oliver smacks state legislatures, Breitbart is dead but still incredibly dumb, and the Facebook movie is a lie
DIRTY OLD BOSTON: CANDIDS FROM EVERY NOOK IN THE HUB
Old Dirty Boston skips over the safe stuff and picturesque renditions of the Freedom Trail. As Botticelli explains in the intro, his book conjures “a place where you could find a parking spot if you needed it.”
