F*CK PROHIBITION! PARTY @ BUKOWSKI TAVERN
Opinion’s divided on that whole “prohibition” thing. Some folks think it was a terrible idea, while others think it was the absolute worst idea that anybody has ever had in the history of ideas....
View ArticleDIG THIS: TALLAHASSEE @ MIDDLE EAST UP
folkbluesrocksoundnoiseyay Yes, their name is also the capital of Florida. No, we’re not going to focus on why they chose that for a name. Boston was already taken, folks. All we want to discuss is the...
View ArticleSPRING AWAKENING @ OBERON
We don’t need to say that puberty sucks. That’s a given. (But if we did need to say it, we’d say that Jenna Baker next door totally went out with the wrong guy to prom). However, to put things in...
View ArticleFEED ME BUBBE @ BROOKLINE BOOKSMITH
Out of all the popular web cooking shows out there, Avrom Honig and his grandmother (co-hosts of Jewish cuisine cook-along Feed Me Bubbe, are perhaps the best suited to write a book (Feed Me Bubbe:...
View ArticleARS MORIENDI PROJECT @ MIDDLESEX LOUNGE
The Ars Moriendi Project, coming to the Middlesex Lounge tonight, is a collection of skulls painted and/or otherwise art-ified by local artists. Yeah, skulls. That whole “ars moriendi” bit is Latin for...
View ArticleDIG THIS: MINDY KALING @ BRATTLE THEATRE
deadpan look at documentary crew You probably know this comedienne/off-Broadway performer/The Office writer-producer/Ben Affleck impersonator/ and now author (whew) as Kelly Kapoor of the Dunder...
View ArticlePREVIEW: THREE PIANOS
Try saying “Schubertiads” three times fast—and make a drinkin’ game out of it. In the early 19th century, composer Franz Schubert would have friends come over to listen to his newest works....
View ArticleTORI AMOS @ THE ORPHEUM
For many, Tori Amos is just another one of those names folks can throw out when they want to be an ironic ass reference the 90s. (‘Course, by “folks” we mean “us,” and by “another one” we mean...
View ArticleDIG THAT: THE OXFORD COMPANION TO BEER
EDITOR | GARRETT OLIVER PUBLISHER | OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS RELEASE | 10.7.11 Since this book found its place on my coffee table several weeks ago, I’ve learned about Thomas Jefferson’s house brewery,...
View ArticleDIG THAT: CALIFORNICATION SEASON FOUR
STARRING | DAVID DUCHOVNY, EVAN HANDLER CREATOR | TOM KAPINOS STUDIO | SHOWTIME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE | 11.1.11 Hank Moody has always been a magnet for lady parts and disaster, and in this season finds...
View ArticleDIG THAT: DESERT COMMANDO
PLATFORM | XBOX 360 DEVELOPER | BIG HEAD GAMES RELEASE | 10.27.11 It makes sense that independent game developers often shoot for “old school charm” in their titles. Indie devs generally can’t...
View ArticleWEEKLY DISS: SUPER 8
STARRING | JOEL COURTNEY, ELLE FANNING DIRECTOR | J.J. ABRAMS STUDIO | PARAMOUNT PICTURES RELEASE | 11.22.11 I don’t care that it’s Spielberg and Abrams. I don’t care what Roger Ebert or IMDB says. To...
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