DIG THIS: JIM JAMES @ ROYALE
jamboree The cool kids will already know who Jim James is, but for the uninitiated (read: losers) here’s a little intro: he’s appeared on albums for such biggies as The Decemberists and The Roots,...
View ArticleEXIT POLL: MARY @ THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY @ THE COOLIDGE
MARY @ THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY @ COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE, MON 4.22.13 Have you seen this film, or read the original story, before tonight? No, I haven’t, but I’ve heard the synopsis from a...
View ArticleCOMMUNITY FORUM: THE FOG OF NEWS
From the moment the first bomb went off last week, we’ve been witness to some of mainstream media’s worst journalistic tendencies, from outlets big and small, national and local. When a massive story...
View ArticleCRAIG GASS @ THE WILBUR
Craig Gass, funny guy extraordinaire, will be at the Wilbur Theatre this weekend, belting out his spot-on impressions of Will Ferrell, Frank Caliendo, and the requisite Al Pacino. Gass is good—we swear...
View ArticleCLOSER @ CALDERWOOD PAVILION AT THE BCA
You’ve got jack shit as an excuse for not having seen Closer, now in its closing week at Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. Well, other than your deteriorating relationship. Compare that to the romantic...
View ArticleOH, CRUEL WORLD!: DEAR [CYCLIST/MOTORIST]: [CRUDE SUGGESTION] YOU [INSULTING...
Illustration by Courtney La Forest Dear [cyclist/motorist] [Crude suggestion] you [insulting gerund] [unhygienic thing]. Recently, I was minding my own business [biking/driving] in a cautious,...
View ArticlePRETTY & NICE: GOLDEN RULES FOR GOLDEN PEOPLE
GENRE | HAPPY-GO-LUCKY GUITAR POP VERDICT | GOOD, CLEAN FUN LABEL | RORY RECORDS/EQUAL VISION RECORDS RELEASE | 4.30.13 To anyone not yet acquainted with this quartet, the combination of band and album...
View ArticleJILLY’S DVD CORNER OF SHAME: K-11 + BAD KIDS GO TO HELL
K-11 | DVD & BLU-RAY 4.23.13 Can you believe that a movie featuring a drug-addled protagonist thrown into a special ward of a prison reserved for homosexuals (what?) who then has to navigate prison...
View ArticleTITUS ANDRONICUS @ MIDDLE EAST DOWNSTAIRS
Where all our English majors at? Word(s). Now, as we’re sure you all know from your studious studies, Titus Andronicus is a Shakespearean play about some graphic violence in old timey Roman days. But...
View ArticleMAGIC MAGIC, SUMMER OF ADEN, ANIMAL FLAG + ANGRY ELEPHANT @ O’BRIEN’S PUB
In the mood for some breathy, jazzy, lounge music? Don’t let the term “lounge” scare you off; this isn’t going to be some skeezy, smoke-filled room, crowded with old men and an awful red interior. And...
View ArticleFILM PICK: THE YELLOW TICKET @ COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE
This Monday, catch The Yellow Ticket, a silent film about a woman in Tsarist Russia, playing at Coolidge Corner Theatre. Accompanied by a live piano-violin duo, this event will transport you back to...
View ArticleTERA MELOS @ BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL
Math rock trio Tera Melos is coming to Brighton Music Hall. No, you won’t have to do complicated formulas and equations to get a kick out of their ambient electronics and unconventional song structure,...
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