Blip Bleep
I wandered down to Gowanus' Bell House tonight for the 3rd annual Blip Festival, devoted to the emerging 8-bit scene: an electronica sub-genre which uses modified Gameboys, Commodore 64's and other game […]
More than Four
"I've always wanted the string quartet to be vital, and energetic, and cool, and not afraid to kick ass, and be absolutely beautiful and ugly if it has to be…To
Too Much
That ondes Martenot in Boston had nothing on the unholy din unleashed at Music Hall of Williamsburg Wednesday night. Local trio Growing – veterans of numerous Todd P shows –
Seiji
I have a hard time grasping that the last time I saw Seiji Ozawa was six years ago at Tanglewood, in his final concert as Music Director of the Boston
Soul Men
I'm sure the Harvard kids have been slumming it at the divey Cantab Lounge (est. 1938) since JFK was an undergrad. But, it's new to me. $5 gets you into
Cambridge
Tonight's a free night, so I cross the Harvard bridge over to Cambridge to check out the strip of indie venues on Massachussetts Ave. First stop is the All Asia
Road Trip
I'm off to Beantown to attend this weekend's Boston Symphony concerts, which mark Seiji Ozawa's first appearances at Symphony Hall since his departure in 2002 after 29 years as the
Cocktail Conversation: Becca Stevens
I realized recently that while these Cocktail Conversations may be thought-provoking, they've been pretty homogeneous in terms of their subjects (namely: all white dudes.) So, when I ran into vocalist/songwriter Becca
Outside Time
"I offer to you all the transports of love and joy, the ecstasies, raptures, revelations and heavenly visions of all the holy saints…" St. Thomas Aquinas (from Livre du Saint Sacrament)