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BOSTON RADIO ICON CHARLES LAQUIDARA RAPS HUB HISTORY AHEAD OF FAREWELL ENGAGEMENT

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 4, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Interviews, MUSIC, Non-fiction, Performing Arts

There’s a debate about what was the golden era of BCN. Was it ’68 to ’72, when announcers were turning people on to music?

Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Interviews, MUSIC, Non-fiction, Performing Arts Tagged With: Boston radio, Charles Laquidara, history, Matt Siegel, throwback, WBCN, wilbur theatre

RADIO DAYS: HOW BILL LICHTENSTEIN GOT THE BAND BACK TOGETHER FOR A CRITICAL HUB HISTORY DOC

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 23, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Film

"The belief was always that this told a story about social change and people speaking up for what is right. If it was just about Boston, it would have a limited appeal, so really from the beginning we looked at how ’BCN in fact had a much broader influence, and then we tried to tell that story."

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Bill Lichtenstein, Boston, documentaries, history, rock, Vietnam War, WBCN

DIRTY OLD BOSTON: THE RISE AND RAGE OF BOSTON PUNK IN THE ’70S, ON FILM

Written by PETER ROBERGE Posted November 2, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dirty Old Boston

Most subterranean icons never got much recognition in their day, but there have been some consolations in the decades since, in part thanks to Boys From Nowhere: The Story of Boston’s Garage Punk Uprising.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dirty Old Boston Tagged With: 1970s, Boston, Boys from Nowhere, Chris Parcellin, Dirty Old Boston, history, Lenny Scolletta, movies, Music, Punk, Sugar Shack, the rat, WBCN

QUIET LITIGATION

Written by DIG STAFF Posted April 24, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Rob Potylo and the ‘Quiet D’ crew sue CBS

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston Comedy, Boston creative community, Boston television, CBS, Erik Angra, lawsuit, local arts, Quiet D, Quiet Desperation, Rob Potylo, Southie Rules, Steve Onderick, WBCN, WBZ

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