1 THIS MONTH'S MUSIC
I thought it prudent to give some love to the MONTHLYS and gosh darnit, the WEEKLYS that are on offer on the regs around here. No I don’t mean rags like this here paper you’re reading, I mean recurring events that provide a guaranteed good time. Do you long for sleepy afternoons down by the river and classic, Americana-infused country tunes (before all the Miller Lite and short shorts ruined the genre)? Well hazy, sun-lit houses of internal worship and glorious musical praise abound every month for Jesus Drinks Free at the Jeanie Johnston in JP. Gospel, soul, classic country—all on tap and spun by a couple atheists. Pour one out for whatever deity can’t partake on the first Thursday of EVERY MONTH. If you’re looking for something a little harsher, with some live tunes to go with the ample amounts of wax, check out Shea’s Lounge (also @ Jeanie Johnston). Street punk, hardcore, proto-punk, thrash, English punk...you get the idea. Classic and contemporary tunes make up a different black leather clad, studded theme on the third Thursday of EVERY MONTH. The March theme is Post-punk, with a special guest live band Gizzards!! Or if you’re in the mood for a laugh and feel like lettin’ loose yourself, head to the Midway Cafe EVERY SUNDAY and join local legend Angela Sawyer for Midway or the Highway: Open Mic Night in JP. Music, comedy, stories, noises, you name it—just bring your participation shoes. Finally, for those who wanna get lost in the moment and join with some like minded jam lovers, Deep Thoughts JP has just announced their Grateful Dead Family Night, a new weekly series featuring live musicians playing all your favorite Dead tunes. And maybe contemporary, like minded musicians playing some originals—who knows?! No cut is too deep, no solo too long. Join hands with your fellow family members and experience the love for yourself EVERY FRIDAY at Deep Thoughts. Take comfort in the fact that you literally can’t miss these events, because the next is just around the corner. —Mike Achille
MOMENT OF CLARITY: WTF IS NET NEUTRALITY?
You may have heard some buzzing about Net Neutrality, big telecoms, and the FCC’s chairman Ajit Pai lately. If you’re out of the loop, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) chaired by Ajit Pai recently voted to repeal Title II classification for the internet—which had established the internet as a public utility—to almost unanimous public reproach. Regardless of the brouhaha leading up to this decision, it’s worth more to look ahead at what the vote means for you and, frankly, to everyone connected to the internet. Applying Title II Classification means that ISP’s (Internet Service Providers) must treat all internet traffic equally, without slowing down or stopping individual websites or charging consumers more for access to any particular services. While Title II didn’t cover Internet service until 2015, it’s worth noting that ISPs have an extensive history of abusing customers: blocking apps from working, blocking website access, hijacking people’s browsing experiences, and more. Clearly, Verizon, Comcast, AT&T, and the other major players stand to tighten their stranglehold on consumers’ relationship with the rest of the web. The repeal of Title II, a vote made late last year, could very well bring anti-consumer changes to your Internet plan very soon. Don’t trust that any ISP or cable backed ‘Net Neutrality bill’ will do anything but cement relaxed regulations into codified law—ISPs have spent over half a billion dollars since 2008 lobbying against net neutrality, and for the time being, it appears to be paying off. —DLM
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THE 20 ANNUAL BOSTON UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
Wed 3/21 - Sun 3/25 @ BRATTLE / HFA Ticketing info available at http://www.bostonunderground.org Ahh, spring—when the post-Oscar b-movie dump makes way for a fresh crop of film festival darlings. But what if you like film festival prestige and brain-assaulting weirdness? For that, one need only turn to the Boston Underground Film Festival (or BUFF), currently entering its 20th year. According to program director Nicole McControversy, BUFF “celebrates unconventional stories, idiosyncratic voices, fever dreams, nightmarish visions, and all manner of cinematic forms, in service of an audience ravenous for an annual sensory bacchanalia from beyond the mainstream.” In a typical year, BUFF’s programming ranges from horror (“We like film to be confrontational about the many unpleasant facets of life,” says McControversy) to foreign film and dark comedy, as well as multiple blocks of short films, a program of music videos, and even a kid-Friendly block of Saturday morning cartoons. Notable features this year include Gus Krieger’s much-buzzed psychedelic hip hop musical MY NAME IS MYEISHA (with the director and star Rhaechyl Walker in attendance) and LET THE CORPSES TAN, the new horror head trip from Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani, as well as a 35th anniversary of the cult classic LIQUID SKY, introduced by director Slava Tsukerman! Check out the fest’s official website (above) for full schedule and ticket info, and, as always, keep an eye on the Hassle site for our extensive coverage of the fest’s offerings! —Oscar Goff
PLACES YOU CAN HANG
Ever dream of finding out what’s really going on in that wild old sourdough starter in your fridge, or what makes your body odor different from your friends’? Or are you just wondering about what the hell they do in biotech labs, for real? Just outside of Davis square, there's a place where you can explore all your micro- and molecular bio-wonderings. BosLab and their crew of underground researchers run a space where anyone can do experiments. Membership fees are reasonable and access is, well, accessible. Don't know much about biology? Never worked in a lab? They have a cache of resources to help you catch up, and attendants are on hand to help you with getting the hang of operating in a laboratory. Their setup has everything you need to explore real research questions in biology. The staff takes care of all the equipment and basic lab supplies you'll go through while you’re investigating. If you need anything special, they'll help you with ordering it. No hassling with permits or figuring out where you get these things from. If you don't even know where to start, there are always group projects that need more hands. If research projects aren’t your thing, or if you already work in the field and don’t want to do the same thing on the weekends, BosLab always needs volunteers. Their org is always looking for people who want to help in their mission of bringing molecular biology to the people, from teaching labs to administrative work or event coordination.
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TRACE: A SOLEI ART EXHIBITION
On March 3rd, from 6 to 10 p.m., the South End’s historic Piano Craft Gallery is hosting the opening reception of Trace—a Solei Art Expo. The event will feature an artist talk at 7 p.m. as well as a live musical performance by Solei at 8 p.m. What began as set backgrounds for Solei’s band Atlas Lab’s performances has evolved into a body of work exploring themes of time, boundary, repetition, and control. To begin her process, Solei dilutes acrylic paint until it is close to water texture. Then she drops cupfuls from a height of up to six feet—in the artist’s words, “harnessing gravity and fluidity to create large natural splatters.” Once the paint dries, Solei balances the chaotic freedom of her splatters by tracing focused, specific details around them. Outlining the edges of her lawless splotches becomes a devotional practice. “To me the process of creating Trace paintings is like replicating history,” Solei says—“Drop, splatter, trace, repeat.” For more information on Solei’s Trace paintings, you can read her artist statement at www.soleiarts.com/ trace. Solei is an interdisciplinary artist living in Somerville with roots in Maine. A graduate of Tufts University, she has previously exhibited work in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, New York, and Maine. When not creating art, she works as Designer-in-Chief of Boston Compass and Art Director at the nonprofit Brain Arts. The Piano Craft Gallery is located at 793 Tremont Street, a five minute walk from the Mass. Ave. T stop. If you miss opening night, the exhibition can still be seen on Fridays from 6-8 p.m. and Saturdays & Sundays from noon-5pm between March 3rd and 25th. A closing reception will be held March 24th from 6-9 p.m. —Caitlin Thornbrugh
NOTES FROM THE CREW
At my second Brain Arts meeting there were donuts. I’m not saying I joined Brain Arts as an admin intern for the free baked goods, but I’m not going to say they hurt. After all, attending weekly Monday night meetings isn’t always an exciting prospect. Yet honestly, as far as reasons to return each week go, I’ve found that no sugar glazed delight comes close to the laughter, mutual respect and joint purpose shared at each meeting. The first time I met with the organizers, someone said “sometimes people flake out. It’s taken me a long time to say that without judgment, because volunteering is hard.” It is; I’m still figuring out how to best use my time usefully each week— and go to shows and be a part of other exciting projects in the org. There’s almost too much to do. But from all I’ve seen, there’s love, and patience, and then some for that development. Something else I’ve loved seeing firsthand is Hassle’s dedication to collaborating with other organizations. Volunteering at January’s Teen Band Night at the Newton YCCA, co-hosted with Girls Rock Camp, Zumix and Brookline Teen Centre, I got to see teens from across Boston sing their little teen hearts out. Not only was that event a joyful, amazing, and at times beautifully awkward thing to see, for me it encapsulated an important ethos: not only is it less fun and harder work to organize without the involvement of other groups, it’s also less worthwhile. I’m excited to help build more bridges with the org, and keep up with the ones that are already there. —Lauren Shapiro
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New Hampshire
3/2 Greed Island, Babylawns, Amanda Glasser (of Purrer), Renata Zeiguer @Sue's 8:30pm All Ages $5
Vermont
3/7 Jonathan Richman with Tommy Larkins @ArtsRiot 8pm All Ages $17-20 3/16 Screaming Females, Radiator Hospital @The Monkey House (Winooski, VT) 9pm 21+ $12-14
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3/1 Reception: Language Producing Factory @East Meets West Bookstore 6:30-10pm 3/1 Reception: Rose Art Museum Spring Opening Celebration @Rose Art Museum 7-9PM 3/1 Reception: All in Allston @Harvard Ed Portal Crossings Gallery 5-7PM 3/1 The Artist’s Voice: Trevor Paglen and Jimena Canales @ICA 7-9PM 3/2 Opening Reception: In the Annex @Fountain Street 6-8PM 3/2 Reception: Mujeres—“La Tierra del Olvido” @ Villa Victoria Center for the Arts 6:30PM 3/2 Opening Reception: Scientific Purposes @ Abigail Ogilvy Gallery 6-9PM 3/2 Poet/Author Series: Zora Neale Hurston @Haley House Bakery Cafe 7:30-9:30PM 3/3 Opening Reception: TRACE—A Solei Art Expo @ Piano Craft Gallery 6-10PM 3/3 Aviary Gallery’s 7th Birthday and Opening Reception for Natural @Aviary 5-10PM 3/4 Reception: Brother Thomas—Seeking the Sublime @Fuller Craft Museum 2-5PM 3/5 Artist Talk: Immersed: Video Art Technology @ MIT List Visual Art Center 7-8PM 3/5 Dance: Kelley Donovan & Dancers @Mills Gallery 6-8PM 3/7 Artist Talk: Aram Han Sifuentes @SMFA 6-8PM 3/7 Museum Tour: Copy of Gay Secrets of the MFA @MFA 6:15-8:15PM 3/8 Art On Tap—Small works sale @Doyle’s Cafe JP 6-9PM 3/8 Workshop: Aram Han Sifuentes—Protest Banner Library @SMFA Anderson Auditorium 12:30-2PM 3/9 Lecture: Don Ihde | Postphenomenology: Experiencing Materiality @MIT Dept. of Architecture 5-6:30PM 3/9 Discussion: Urethane Resins and Foams @ Reynolds Advanced Plastics 1-3PM 3/9-3/10 Performance: Okwui Okpokwasili, Poor People’s TV Room @ICA 8pm $25 3/10 Hops & Crafts: Beer and Art event @Brookline Art Center 2-5PM $20 (21+) 3/10 and 3/11 Workshop: Amanda McCavour Experimental Surfaces @Shepherd Studio 10AM $150 3/11 Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race Fundraiser @ Lowell (Location TBD) 2-5PM 3/11 Fashion Show: Finding Hope with Fashion BAGLY Benefit @Andover Doubletree Hilton 6PM 3/11 Fashion Show: Olé @Veronica Robles Cultural Center 4-8PM $30 3/12 Opening Reception: Senior Illustration Thesis Exhibition II Reception @MASSArt 6-8pm 3/13 Lecture: George Nick @BU Peter Fuller Building 7:30-9PM 3/14 Curatorial Workshop and Info Session @New Art Center 7-9PM $10 3/14 Reception: Let Us March On @Boston University Art Galleries 7:30-8:30PM 3/14 Museum Tours: Shady Ladies of the MFA @MFA 6:15-8:15PM 3/15 Artist Talk: Becky Margraf, DIY.org @MASSArt 12-1PM
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3/16 A Tribute to Jason Molina @The Apohadion Theater 7pm All Ages $ome Cost 3/26 Worriers (solo), Crunchcoat @The Apohadion Theater 8pm All Ages $ome Cost
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3/15 Symposium: Creative Counterpoints @MASSArt 6:30-8:30PM 3/16 Artist Talk: Nam June Paik, Charlotte Moorman, and the Video Body @MIT List Visual Art 12:30-1:30PM 3/16 Reception: full collabs with Juan Obando @ Distillery 7-9PM 3/16 Lecture: Behnaz Farahi @MIT Department of Architecture 5-6:30PM 3/16 Tour: Harvard Carpenter Center @The Carpenter Center 12:30-1:30PM 3/17 Fashion Show hosted by Bentley University’s Black United Body @Bentley University 5PM $10 3/18 Marketplace: Style Revival @Elks Lodge 11AM-5PM Clothing swap ft. a variety of local repair tradespeople/businesses, artists, craftsmen, manufacturers, and quality-centric merchants 3/18 Making a Difference—Craftivism Event @Fuller Craft Museum 2-5PM 3/18 Dance and Performance Art: The Thing @ Green Street Studios 1-4PM 3/21 Lecture: How We See Art & How Artists Make It: Stephen Grossberg @Boston University Photonics Center, Room 206 6:30-7:30PM
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Exhibitions to check out: 3/3-3/25 TRACE: A Solei Art Expo @Piano Craft Gallery Sanctuary @Gallery 263 thru 3/17 Mujeres - “La Tierra del Olvido” @Villa Victoria Center for the Arts 3/1-3/22 full collabs @Distillery Gallery 3/2-4/12 All in Allston @Crossing Gallery (Harvard Ed Portal) 2/27-3/22 3/1-3/16 Senior Illustration Thesis Exhibition II Reception @MASSArt President’s Gallery
MARCH FILM CONTENT Managing Editor: Oscar Goff Contributing Writers: Kyle Amato, Anders Croft, WL Freeman, Oscar Goff, Matthew Martens, Nick Perry Thu 3/1 BLADE RUNNER 2049 (2017) dir. Denis Villeneuve @BRATTLE Harrison Ford in a plain grey t-shirt. Thu 3/1 LADY BIRD (2017) dir. Greta Gerwig @ EMERSON You’ll call your mom afterwards. Free! Fri 3/2 MILLER'S CROSSING (1990) dir. Joel & Ethan Coen @MFA Fedoras have never been this cool. Fri 3/2 FÉLICITÉ (2017) dir. Alain Gomis @HFA Impressionistic immersion in Congolese beauty and difficulty. Director in person—free! Fri 3/2 EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE: THE GREAT SATAN @BRATTLE Satanic found-footage stage show extravaganza Sat 3/3 RANGO (2011) dir. Gore Verbinski @BRATTLE Animated western lizard romp Sat 3/3 A PAGE OF MADNESS (1926) dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa @SOMERVILLE Long-lost silent J-horror. TERRIFYING. Live score by Alloy Orchestra! Sun 3/4 WAJIB (2017) dir. Annemarie Jacir @MFA Complications precede a Palestinian wedding. Also screens 3/8 Sun 3/4 UNDER THE SKIN (2013) dir. Jonathan Glazer @MFA Wanna date? Also screens 3/9 & 3/16 Wed 3/7 FITZCARRALDO (1982) dir. Werner Herzog @ COOLIDGE [35mm] A man, a plan, a boat going up a mountain Thu 3/8 A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (2014) dir. Ana Lily Amirpour @MFA Black-and-white Iranian vampire tale Also screens 3/9 & 3/14 Thu 3/8 THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (2007) dir Andrew Dominik @BRATTLE Revisionist western true crime Thu 3/8 SID AND NANCY (1986) dir. Alex Cox @ BRATTLE Isn’t it romantic?
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Sat 3/17 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) dir. Norman Jewison @SOMERVILLE [35mm] “They call me Mister Tibbs!” Double feature w/ GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER Sat 3/17 LEPRECHAUN IN THE HOOD (2000) dir. Rob Spera @COOLIDGE Lep’s in the Hood. Fri 3/23 DER FAN (1982) dir. Eckhart Schmidt @ COOLIDGE [35mm] Pop hurts, love kills—guten appetit. Fri 3/23 ALICE IN THE CITIES (1974) dir. Wim Wenders @HFA Crest of the New German Wave. Sat 3/24 MISERY (1990) dir. Rob Reiner @COOLIDGE [35mm] Misery Chastain cannot be dead! Tue 3/27 BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY (2017) dir. Alexandra Dean @COOLIDGE Hollywood icon, inventor of WiFi Science on Screen! Speakers TBA Fri 3/30 RE-ANIMATOR (1984) dir. Stuart Gordon @ COOLIDGE [35mm] Cat lovers beware! Fri 3/30 M (1931) dir. Fritz Lang @VU Peter Lorre: O.G. creep. Sat 3/31 DEAD ALIVE (1993) dir. Peter Jackson @ COOLIDGE [35mm] Jackson’s best. FIGHT ME. LISTINGS NOTE: Below is the venue abbreviation key: BRATTLE - Brattle Theatre COOLIDGE - Coolidge Corner Theatre EMERSON - Bright Lights Emerson HFA - Harvard Film Archive MFA - Museum of Fine Arts Boston SOMERVILLE - Somerville Theatre VU - Video Underground (JP) [35mm] – Projected on ACTUAL FILM! (35mm unless otherwise noted) Please see our sister website BostonHassle.com/FilmFlam for our full listings w/ showtimes and other info. FILM FLAM SEEKS VOLUNTEERS!!! If you would like to get involved with our film section or submit listings, e-mail our film editor at Oscar@Brain-Arts.org
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3/3 Kal Marks (LP Release), A Deer A Horse, Baked, Maneka @Brooklyn Bazaar 8pm All Ages $8-10 3/3 Wendy Eisenberg, Lina Tullgren, Zach Phillips, Ryan Power @The Glove (Brooklyn) 9pm $8-10 3/30 The Flex, Arms Race, Cadaver Dog, Krimewatch, Suburbanite, Terrorist @Sunnyvale (Brooklyn) 8pm All Ages $12
Sat 3/10 SOUTHLAND TALES (2006) dir. Richard Kelly @HFA Pure American mania. Kelly’s magnum opus. Sun 3/11 JOHNNY MNEMONIC (1995) dir. Robert Longo @HFA I want room service!!! Mon 3/12 THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (1928) dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer Legendary silent cinema with an exciting new score Score by members of Portishead, Goldfrapp, & Sigur Ros! Sat 3/17 STRANGE DAYS (1995) dir. Kathryn Bigelow @HFA Eerily prescient cyberpunk masterpiece.
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@jake_ursino Future Haircuts [ 1, 2, 3]
@bad_gal_fi_fi A R I E S For Aries, every unopened message is a Schrodinger’s dick pic. Lucky Show: PILL @ Deep Thoughts
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S C O R P I O If poison is only poison when it’s digested and spicy ramen is indigestible for Scorpio, then ramen is the hippest poison or non poison, regardless of which hole it exits. Lucky Show: Brittany Karlson @ Lizard Lounge
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S A G I T T A R I U S Best part about having safe sex in public is the amusement strangers experience when they find your used condoms dried on a rock. Lucky Show: Damon & Naomi @ Lilypad
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A Q U A R I U S The problem with keeping your acid diluted in a bottle of water next to your bed is how likely it is that you’ll accidentally dose yourself or, if you’re lucky enough, your date! Lucky Show: Chill Sesh & Friends @ Deep Thoughts C A P R I C O R N Capricorn has a knack for buying bags of chips in which all the snacks are completely crushed. Which is great news for the mice in your apartment! Lucky Show: Weeping Icon @ O’Briens P I S C E S Your car is haunted. The electrical will go on and off, it’ll start and stop when it wants to. Next time don’t go to a dealership shrouded is fog and flames. Lucky Show: Jonathan Richman @ Somerville Theatre
T A U R U S For Taurus, fences are not insurmountable. If they want to shit on your lawn, they’re liable to bound right through your chain link façade of safety and security. Lucky Show: Sarah Louise @ Dorchester Art Project G E M I N I For Gemini the deadliest sin is lighting scented candles in your closet (to the perfume your clothes!) and the price you pay is expulsion from the dormitories. Lucky Show: Sammus @ ONCE C A N C E R The only thing that could make a sad emo adult sadder is answering a security question from high school: “What Is Your Favorite Band?” and seeing how their sad taste has aged over the years. Lucky Show: Elizabeth Colour Wheel @ Deep Thoughts L E O Leo’s fiery hatred for humanity is as subtle as the B in Subtle. Or Bus. Lucky Show: Weird Al @ the Wilbur V I R G O Any pizza can be a personal pizza when Virgo opens their mouth wide enough. Lucky Show: Andrea Pensado @ Deep Thoughts L I B R A Libras in stone houses shouldn’t throw glass. Lucky Show: Olden Yolk @ Lilypad
The lyrics, Jump in the cockpit and start up the engines, Remove all the wheel-blocks there's no time to waste, Gathering speed as we head down the runway, Gotta get airborne before it's too late, might seem like a fantasy or metaphor for your average musician, but not so in the case of enterally youthful frontman Bruce Dickinson of British Metal legends, Iron Maiden. Bruce is a full blown pilot. Since 2008 he has been flying the band and their gear around the world on their custom Boeings named,, Ed Force One. He also flew planes for now-defunct UK charter company, Astraeus, even serving as their director of marketing. After that company folded, Dickinson started his own business, an aviation repair company called Cardiff Aviation. In 2005 he hosted the show, Flying Heavy Metal, where he explored and often flew planes from the history of commercial aviation. In addition to being an aviator, Bruce is a bit of a beer snob. In 2013 he teamed up with Robinsons Brewery to create The Trooper, which was a smash success selling 2.5 million bottles within its first year. Fasten your seat belts and let’s hope he doesn’t combine his love of beer with flying. Zach plays guitar in a band called Throbbing Chakra, and lives in Philly with his girlfriend Christina and dog snowflake. Christina does the drawings. Email him zacharyfairbrother@gmail.com or listen throbbingchakra.bandcamp.com. twitter/insta @avantlard