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UNDER THE UNDERGROUND: AN ORAL HISTORY OF BOSTON DIY LABEL CITIZENS’ LOFT

Written by N. MALTE COLLINS Posted May 10, 2021 Filed Under: FEATURES, MUSIC

With their 100th release out, founders and members look back at the history, mission, and goals

Filed Under: FEATURES, MUSIC Tagged With: Boston, feature, features, Music, oral history

STILL SPINNING: HUB VINYL ICON SKIPPY WHITE AND THE TUNES BOSTON HAS HUMMED SINCE THE ’60S

Written by BRIAN COLEMAN Posted December 26, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Interviews, MUSIC, Non-fiction

"Skippy’s been around since, what, 1961? Skippy is Boston history."

Filed Under: FEATURES, Interviews, MUSIC, Non-fiction Tagged With: arts, BINJ Arts, BINJ music, Boston, Boston music history, Brian Coleman, history, Jamaica Plain, LPs, Music, Noah Schaffer, oral history, record stores, records, Roxbury, Skippy White, throwback, throwbacks

MUSIC SPECIAL: ROCK AGAINST RACISM TURNS 40

Written by C. SHARDAE JOBSON Posted November 20, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Interviews, MUSIC, Non-fiction

Here, five individuals associated with RAR share their memories of Boston back then, what they gained from having RAR in their lives, and how, in 2019, we can continue to honor the groundwork RAR laid for a better Boston.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Interviews, MUSIC, Non-fiction Tagged With: 1980s, 1984, bboys, bgirls, Boston, Boston Hip Hop, Boston History, Boston rap, BPS, breakdancing, breaking, Dorchester, hip hop, HONK!, Madison Park, oral histories, oral history, race, racism, Rapperteers, Reebee Garofalo, Rock Against Racism, Roxbury, Spiun City Rockers, UMass, UMASS-Boston

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: EPISODE 6

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

Contrary to rumors, the distribution manager never lived in the delivery van

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alternative journalism, DigBoston, Hunter S. Thompson, Journalism, oral history, Shovel, Weekly Dig

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: EPISODE 5

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted April 21, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

"It was psychotropic. It was insane. Shit glowed. Literally glowed green. Would change anybody’s disposition."

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alternative journalism, DigBoston, Hunter S. Thompson, Journalism, oral history, Shovel, Weekly Dig

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: EPISODE 4

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted March 30, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Since the start of this verbal record, the Weekly Dig ascended from ziney origins to become a legit voice from the underground amongst the cluttered, otherwise risk-averse landscape of Boston print media. But success enhances ambitions, ambitions lead to stress, and stress makes everybody cranky. Cranky, and the opposite of sober.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alternative journalism, DigBoston, Hunter S. Thompson, Journalism, oral history, Shovel, Weekly Dig

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: EPISODE 3

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted March 15, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES

"We couldn’t pay the rent early on, so we figured out a way to supplement that. We held parties. Like, keg parties."

Filed Under: FEATURES Tagged With: AAN, alternative journalism, DigBoston, Journalism, oral history, Shovel, Weekly Dig

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG PART II: THE FIGHT FOR FREE

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted February 27, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

The Dig goes to war with the Phoenix, or something like that

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alternative journalism, DigBoston, Journalism, oral history, Shovel, Weekly Dig

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG EPISODE 2: THE FIGHT FOR FREE

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted February 27, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

The Dig goes to war with the Phoenix, or something like that

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alternative journalism, DigBoston, Journalism, oral history, Shovel, Weekly Dig

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG PART I: SHOVELIN’

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted February 1, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Attentive readers may notice sources contradicting each other now and again. I should explain that I knowingly left a few such discrepancies in the text, because especially with regards to decades-old events that may have occurred in the midst of heavy alcohol and/or drug consumption, sometimes folks simply remember shit differently.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alternative journalism, DigBoston, Journalism, oral history, Shovel, Weekly Dig

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