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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

DIG THIS: CAROLE KING, ART GARFUNKEL, AND MARY LAMBERT

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 11, 2015 Filed Under: DigThis

A week of pretty amazing music you guys

Filed Under: DigThis Tagged With: 6B Lounge, Art Garfunkel, Boston Opera House, brighton music hall, Carole King, laughing liberally, Mary Lambert, Modern Underground, The Riot Theater, wilbur theatre

INTERVIEW: JOHN HODGMAN

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted August 13, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

"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."

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: bill burr, Boston Comedy, Brookline, Coolidge Corner Theatre, doctor who, John Hodgman, Jon Stewart, Judge John Hodgman, Louis C.K., Mayor Walsh, NPR, podcast, The Daily Show, wilbur theatre, wyatt cynac

LEAGUE PLAY: STEVE RAZZANNISI ON DEFLATEGATE, NICK KROLL, AND BOSTON

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted June 18, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

He rolled down his window as he drove past, after I almost shit my pants, and he just yelled: “Get the fack outta heah.” And I was like, “Ah, welcome to Boston.”

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: comedy central, Deflategate, fantasy sports, fx, nick kroll, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Steve Rannazzisi, The League, wilbur theatre, Yankees

UNQUIET RIOT: MAYOR WALSH PROCLAIMS APRIL 9 “RIOT GRRRL DAY”

Written by SPENCER SHANNON Posted April 8, 2015 Filed Under: MUSIC

“Riot grrrl” is more than an idea for many: It’s a music genre, a subculture, and a way of life.

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Bikini Kill, bill blumenreich, chief of policy, joyce linehan, kathleen hanna, mayor Marty Walsh, procolimation, riot grrrl, wilbur theatre

WRIGHT STUFF: COMEDY LEGEND STEVEN WRIGHT ON LOUIS C.K., LAUGHING, AND DREADING BOSTON2024

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted March 14, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

On the prospect of the a 2024 Boston Summer Olympics: "It's like really really expensive vandalism."

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: #Boston2024, big dig, comedy connection, don gavin, emerson college, fx, george carlin, giggles, half baked, harvard squre, jimmy smith, kevin meaney, lenny clarke, Louis C.K., mike donovan, mike mcdonald, natural born killers, Olympics, paula poundstone, Saugus, stand up, steve sweeney, steven wright, the aristocrats, wilbur theatre, Woody Allen

UN-QUIET WYATT: WYATT CENAC ON SNOWY BOSTON, BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND JOHN OLIVER

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted February 25, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

I’ve nothing but nice things to say about Boston crowds. I have nothing but terrible things to say about your sports teams.

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: bill blumenreich, black history month, comedy central, david cross, Deflategate, hits, john oliver, johnny d's uptown, larry willmore, nike, snow, stand up, the daily show with jon stewart, Tom Brady, wilbur theatre, Wyatt Cenac

ROB DELANEY: HOMEGROWN COMEDY KING CROSSES THE POND FOR TV

Written by SPENCER SHANNON Posted February 20, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

“The word ‘meat’ just makes me laugh,” he says.

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: amazon prime, catastrophe, London, meat tour, rob delaney, sharon horgan, Twitter, wilbur theatre

STONEHAM-ING IT UP: STAND-UP JOSH GONDELMAN ON WRITING FOR JOHN OLIVER, BOSTON, AND WOMEN’S MAGAZINES

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted December 26, 2014 Filed Under: Comedy

Photo courtesy of Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman

 

You may not even know it, but you’re probably already familiar with the wit and humor of Stoneham-born stand up comedian Josh Gondelman. If not from his stand up, which he’s been doing since 2004 after his freshman year at Brandeis University ...  read more

Filed Under: Comedy Tagged With: brandeis university, cosmopolitan, Dig Boston, DigBoston, elle magazine, HBO, jimm fallon, john oliver, Last Week Tonight, modern seinfeld, nick's comedy stop, Sinclair, stoneham, Waltham, wilbur theatre

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