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ADAM AT THE MASSACHUSETTS BREWERS FESTIVAL, FRIDAY 8.24.12 If you could get one brewery’s logo tattooed on your body what would it be? Cisco. It’s one of my five nationwide favorite breweries. Where...
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“Jay was always putting the challenge out; he was never really aiming to be liked. He’d say, ‘The film doesn’t have to make people like me, it just has to be honest.’” To know garage punk idol Jimmy...
View ArticleOILHEAD: MAKE YOUR MOVE
GENRE | Synth-Pop-Metal-Fusion VERDICT | Paramore-esque LABEL | Self-Released RELEASE | 8.31.12 Nothing says “girl power” louder than a badass female vocalist. Oilhead makes that statement and more on...
View ArticlePOP SMEAR, KRISTEN FORD BAND @ BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL
In a world where ignorance of bodily functions is a political boon and statements to the effect of “Rape is a thing?” count as campaign slogans, it’s nice to see that the Pop Smear show at Brighton...
View ArticleOH, CRUEL WORLD!: HEALTH CLUB
ILLUSTRATION BY CONER CORBETT Dear Alma Mater, Today, there still exists an assumption that universities are filled with the best and brightest. From my last three years of experience, I’d describe it...
View ArticleREEL TALK: MOVIES RATED BY OTHER BULLSH*T TODD AKIN PROBABLY BELIEVES
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO “THAT WHOLE THING” IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR “UTERUS” Disney caught some flack some years ago when they brought Princess Mononoke to American theaters and ran it under the Disney banner,...
View Article2012 SUMMER HIP HOP FEST @ MIDDLE EAST DOWNSTAIRS
Here’s the deal: we give you the deets on Akrobatik—Dorchester rapper and committed collabo-king—and you tell us what you know about Blacastan, Retrospek, Rite Hook, Stu Cat and all the other talent...
View ArticleKINGSTON GALLERY: ANNUAL MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION
To most people, the “contemporary art world” is a place as obscure and abstract as the art itself, glamorized by a few flamboyant eccentrics (mostly men) and their well-heeled patrons. But for the past...
View ArticleREVIEW: SLEEPWALK WITH ME
Feeling sub-self-conscious with Mike Birbiglia. Mike Birbiglia has two problems. One—juggling the pressures of post-grad life and creative ambitions with personal responsibilities while coping with a...
View ArticleTWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB: BEACON
GENRE | INDIE DANCE ROCK THAT ROCKS VERDICT | JUST ADD COMFORTABLE SHOES LABEL | GLASSNOTE RECORDS RELEASE | 9.3.12 This Irish trio didn’t depart too far from their 2010 release, Tourist History, as...
View ArticleSAVAGE LOVE: LET SLEEPING DOGGIES STYLE
Not sure that even you can help with this one, but I’ll give it a shot… My husband and I enjoy a solid, trusting BDSM relationship, and we’re both quite happy with not only our sex lives but our lives...
View ArticleSOAPBOX: BACK AWAY FROM THE MAC
There is no specific date as to when it happened, but it has happened—the smart phone has become an extension of the human hand. Pair this with the fact that we spend a majority of our time with our...
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