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JimSullivanINK
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Sun. March 14 Duncan Wilder Johnson has made quite a bit of noise in Boston, both with his now destroyed metal band, Destrut-a-Thon and his spoken word act. It's the latter persona that Johnson - and others - will embody...
JimSullivanINK
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Tues. March 9 Jazz-rock fusion has a negative connotation in a lot of people's minds because they invariably think each genre is compromised, not enhanced. They have a point. The Boston quintet Esthema makes a very good...
JimSullivanINK
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Thurs. March 25 - Mon. April 1 We've been embarrassed; we've been grossed out; we've been titillated and, yes, on occasion bored. (The latter is the real failure in this world.) But this year, theorganizer of...
JimSullivanINK
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Wed. March 17 KISS is the greatest marketing machine the rock world has ever known. I glimpsed this back in the mid-'70s when I first saw KISS live, bought the Love Gun album, with its cardboard gun and its groan of a...
JimSullivanINK
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Sun. April 4 4 A.D. has been one of those labels where you see a band that's on it and immediately you're interested. Cocteau Twins, Pixies, Throwing Muses, This Mortal Coil, Scott Walker, the National, TV on the...
JimSullivanINK
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Tues. May 4 – Sun. June 20 The Boston Pops are celebrating their 125th anniversary. You’ll hear the ghost of Arthur Fielder, the man who was at the podium longest. You’ll see John Williams, the man who has...
JimSullivanINK
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Wednesdays in March The biggest band on the Cape - well,they certainly have a lot of players - is at the Midway Cafe on Wednesdays, the month of March. This wild bunch is known as the Chandler Travis Philharmonic. What gives...
The Dot Matrix
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Dorchester gentlemen are known all over Boston for their savoir faire. Sometimes though, some mealy mouthed schlub from another neighborhood shows up and does his best to spoil Dot's well earned reputation. Good...
Blue Mass. Group
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Today is International Women's Day. News to me. Maybe news to you, too. No mention of it, for example, on Boston.com. Perhaps that is because it was started by Socialists in New York in 1909. Whatever. Today it's just a day...
Blue Mass. Group
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PoliticsDaily:
On his daily radio and television shows last week, Fox News personality Glenn Beck set out to convince his audience that "social justice," the term many Christian churches use to describe their efforts to...
Blue Mass. Group
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Sarah Palin: We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada. And I think now, isn't that ironic? "
BSMW Blog Headlines
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Let’s provide some linkage today. Plenty of stuff to get to.
We begin with Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk who writes that the NFL Network has been approached by the Atlantic Coast Conference on carrying a package of...
One Smoot Short of a Bridge
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Why I don't use the word "retarded," posted on Kate Harding's blog by Sweet Machine.
Boston Biker
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Holy crap! Have you all seen, there is a big glowing hot thing in the sky that hurts your eyes when you look at it. I don’t know where it came from, but I am pretty sure it hasn’t been here for the last couple...
BSMW Blog Headlines
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Ray Allen nailed a three-pointer with 17 seconds left to give the Celtics a victory over the Washington Wizards at the Garden last night. The Celtics trailed by 13 points midway through the quarter, but managed to turn it on...
Off On A Tangent
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George Clooney: Nicest Guy at the Oscars 2010
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College Basketball
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Colonial Athletic Association Championship – Richmond, VA
Old Dominion vs. William & Mary – ESPN, 7 p.m.
MAAC Championship – Albany, NY
Siena vs. Fairfield – ESPN2...
HubArts.com
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Went to a play last night and still managed to get home in time for the Best Original Score dance medley. The horror, the horror. But we didn't go to the play just to avoid Oscar bloat.The Huntington Theatre Company...
HubArts.com
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I've been skeptical all along about the prospects for a revival of Beverly's North Shore Music Theatre, but new owner Bill Hanney announced a season schedule that looks like the real deal. The dates: "Gypsy,...
Lovers, Muggers and Thieves
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In case you missed it, I posted LMT Weekend Edition Vol. 1 yesterday. I now update on Sundays.Brian Mooney examines Governor Patrick and labor in the Globe. Relations are shaky because of moves Patrick has...
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by Chris Warner, Patriots Daily Staff
While most football coaches preach the importance of special teams, Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer practices for success. Hokies punter Brent Bowden reaped the rewards, earning All-ACC...
Hub Blog
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Peter Porcupine answers the call for a list of contested legislative races and adds a few other observations: Mr. Hub Blog – Here is a link to what I think is the most comprehensive list of contested legislative races via...
Pundit Review
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Last night we had our first chance to welcome Jeff Perry to Pundit Review Radio. Jeff is a state representative running to replace retiring Bill Delahunt in Congress.
Jeff was personable, likeable and direct. He is that...
