REEL TALK: A BAND CALLED DEATH
In the middle of an African-American neighborhood in 1970s Detroit–still caught up in the Motown Sound that is dominating the airwaves–sits a quaint, unassuming house. The music coming from a...
View ArticlePERFORMING ARTS: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST
A Wilde preview of the latest from Moonbox Productions “’Earnest’ is marvelous,” says Allison Olivia Choat, director of the upcoming Moonbox Productions rendition of The Importance of Being Earnest at...
View ArticleNEWS TO US: THE TAO OF MONK
Photo credit: Larissa Burgess ROUND ONE It’s just a few short weeks until the grand opening, and a palpable excitement bubbles at The Club in South Boston. Nas and Tupac blare through an impressive...
View ArticleINTERVIEW: ESCORT
Photo credit: Jody Kivort Brooklyn disco crew Escort has that big room, Casablanca Records-era orchestral dance funk down pat. But don’t mistake them for a nostalgia or novelty act. The trio–made up of...
View ArticleDEAR READER: BACK TO BUSINESS
Now that your intrepid DigBoston team has fully recovered from the assemblance and celebration of our previous issue (see: Dig This Awards 2013), it was back to business for the current sheet you now...
View ArticleDIVIDED WE TROLL
Two new books clip America’s ridiculous right wing. Though it’s difficult to sense the subterfuge from our progressive blue Boston oasis, more or less the rest of the American political landscape has...
View ArticleMEDIA FARM: BILL MAHER PLUS BPD SHENANIGANS AND BOSTON’S LOOMING DAILY WAR
As we learned last week, both the media and public remain more interested in slogans than in, say, the fact that the FBI refuses to share information about the attack. GET REAL TIME We thought the...
View ArticleEATS: YES YOU MEI
Mei Mei Street Kitchen: Brick-and-Mortar The team behind the supremely popular Mei Mei Street Kitchen food truck may have a shimmering new brick-and-mortar restaurant in Audubon Circle, but don’t...
View ArticlePREVIEW: SALSA Y CONTROL’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY
In the super-sexy salsa world, “salsa y control” is a popular phrase that’s often used to describe an ideal musical state in which all members of a band are in synch. “They’re ‘in control’ of the...
View ArticleDEATH FROM A MUG
Death Wish Coffee has been around since 2011, but since it has only been available online, the two of us have yet to cross paths. I prefer to pick up a bag of beans from my favorite local roasters and...
View ArticleBAR HAVOC: GOOD RIDDANCE TO AN A*SHOLE EX
He walked into my bar a few months ago, and I didn’t even recognize him. He had gotten fatter, and was wearing a jacket so I didn’t notice all his shitty tattoos. Then I asked for his ID, and when I...
View ArticleHONEST PINT: THE CAN IS MIGHTIER AT WAREHOUSE BAR AND GRILLE
No skunky taste. Extended shelf life. Beer. Canned beer, that glorious invention, has been around for years. And recently, craft brewers are embracing delicious and interesting brews in aluminum...
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