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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

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG EPISODE 1: 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

ONE FROM THE DIGSTORY BOOKS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 1, 2019 Filed Under: Dear Reader

The nightmare that is the contemporary media considered, it’s a miracle the Dig is still standing 20-plus years after we started as Shovel in the distant ’90s.

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: AAN, alternative journalism, Astral Weeks, DigBoston, Journalism, oral history, Shovel, Weekly Dig

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