THANKS FOR PICKING UP COMPASS #47!
Last month I mentioned how important supporting TOURING BANDS is to our culture and the culture of independent music everywhere. But how do you support them? The easiest way is by donating $$ at shows and purchasing their wares. Simply put, showing up to a concert, film or gallery with a little to contribute is the least thing we can do for the hardworking people who give us a nightlife worth speaking of. Supporting independent art is truly righteous because you leave knowing you’ve contributed to the betterment of local culture and it’s karma back on ya for helping outta towners (a double win every night). But dollar bills aren’t the only way to contribute to the cause. You can organize yourself!
Monetary contributions are a necessity in this society but you can donate your mind or your time just the same. Aside from shelling out bucks, bringing artists to town, providing them a place to show their stuff and introducing them to like-minded Boston heads is one of the most noble and beneficial things you can do for your community. And you CAN do it. No matter what medium, you can take part in the sharing of art and ideas with the world around you. It’s more involved to be an organizer, but it’s more rewarding than just taking in these inspirational events. Either way you go is cool, being there is what’s important. So get in the flow and throw down at shows! - Sam Potrykus
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ART BLAST
Cambridge & Phone Pics & Fairs...Oh My! ........... pg 2
FILM FLAM
The Coen Bros., Truffaut, Toontown, & More ...... pg 3
TARDY EAGLE
Resolutions For Those Accustomed To Failure ....pg 6
BOSTON HASSLE BRIEF
Saralee, Form A Log, Soupcans & More................. pg 7
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GUERILLA TOSS/BLANCHE BLANCHE BLANCHE EUROPE 72’ TOUR USA 2013!
Local favorite freak funk punks Guerilla Toss are hitting the holy road this December. They are teaming up with the now full band beat-up pop spazz attack Blanche Blanche Blanche to trounce all over the country with their unparalleled head crushing New England noise rock. They will be joined by Toupee and Wishgift in Chicago, Gnarwhal in Nashville, Chain and The Gang in DC, PC Worship and Buck Gooter in NYC and even more sick shit beyond that. Full rundown at BostonHassle.com - celebrate the ill pilgrimage - SP
BOSTON HASSLE TOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENT!
Starting next month Boston Hassle will be making tour announcements for Boston’s most radical bands. Just as we’ve always done here in the Compass, Hassle Tour Announcements will keep you posted on where your favorite bands are at, musically, mentally and physically. With a full schedule of dates posted up on BostonHassle.com you can check in on Boston’s most excellent exponents any time you want. You could even spread the word to your friends in other states that a killer show is comin at em. It feels really good to share such information, trust us. BostonHassle.com -SP
AYKROYD - NARC DREAMS 7” OUT NOW ON BUFU RECORDS!
Carrying the torch of Boston’s weirded-out hostile rock scene and addressing last year’s house show scandal in song Aykroyd made a minor dent in 2013. Starting in February, doing two mini tours and shitting out a 7” inch before the end of the year ain’t too shabby. In 2014 they go on indefinite hiatus but thanks to Bufu Records Aykroyd will live on, on a 7”, on a shelf, on the floor in your house, on earth. Get yours at Weirdo Records in Central Square or Deep Thoughts in JP! BufuRecords.com -WB
RADICAL FLICK THANKS TO BALAGAN FILM SERIES!
This month The DocYard and Balagan Film Series Co-present The Punk Syndrome, a film about the essence of punk. It’s the story of Finland’s most kick-ass punk rock band, Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät, whose members are all mentally handicapped. It’s about handicapped people rebelling against the mainstream and a band’s journey from obscurity to popularity. Plus filmmakers Jukka Kärkkäinen and J-P Passi will attend through Skype for Q&A! As always the Balagan crew is bringing a radical piece of film and its creators directly to you. Catch it Monday December 2nd @Brattle Theatre 7:30pm All Ages $10, $8 for students. -SP
VIC RAWLINGS: SOUND INSTALLATION @MOBIUS!
Explore the transformative nature of sound in Central Square! For three days only, a raw recording of Susan Howe reading from two of her early poems, “The Nonconformists Memorial” and “Articulation of Sound Forms in Time” will be dispersed and abstracted via 54 varied speaker elements to create something entirely new. Experience a sound installation @55 Norfolk St which reconstructs spoken word, shifting it through space and time while bringing new meaning to the poetry itself. If you want the full effect, make sure to go early on Friday or Saturday to hear vocalist Liz Tonne augment/join the installation. Mobius.org 12/6, 6-10pm // 12/7, 2-10pm // 12/8, 2-6pm -CEEK
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BOSTON COMPASS SEEKS MARKETING/ADVERTISING PRODS!
We feel good about our ability to organize within the art community and inspire others to do so, but we have some roles that need filling on our Marketing team. That’s why we are looking for folks who have some experience to join up and help keep this thing alive! Here’s your chance to employ your natural business talents while championing for independent press at the same time. Ensure the future of this damned rag by dedicating some serious time to hunting down supporters for it. This is a volunteer position, unless of course you’re nasty at it, then there’ll be money. Got a better idea? Let’s hear it! BostonCCC@gmail.com
DAVID DOMINIQUE’S NEW CD “RITUAL” OUT DECEMBER 3rd!
David is a composer and performer living in Somerville. He’s also a legit scholar of some of the most historically important experimental stuff that inspires so much of our culture. RITUAL for example is like a Charles Mingus record, a comparison that hardly ever gets drawn in our world because nobody’s got the right pencil. Well, Dominique and his band have GOT IT. Interesting and unique big band arrangements make his experimental jazz compositions both fit in traditionally and stand out entirely in this day and age. We highly recommend picking up his self released disc and getting to know this relevant musical mind. DavidDominique.Bandcamp.com -SP
IT’S GETTING COLD - CURL UP WITH A MOVIE!
Whether you’re watching from home or taking advantage of Boston’s cinema scene, movies are the perfect cure to those winter blues. This month catch the Coen Brothers series at the Brattle and French New Wave hero Francois Truffaut at the MFA. For more info check out the Film Flam on Page 3 of this issue. Interested in putting your love for a good flick on paper by writing for the Compass Newspaper or Hassle website? Email us today at BostonHassleFilm@gmail.com! - AS
BOSTON COMPASS SEEKS DISTRIBUTION COORDINATOR!
We hate waste. We’re always trying to reduce the amount of paper wasted each month and find better homes for the stacks, but our crew is maxed out! We need a fresh head. We need a capable and dedicated person at the helm of this imperative honing process. Talkin’ taking initiative, organization, good communication skills and perhaps a knack for Greater Boston’s best haunts. This distro role is a VOLUNTEER position. Too busy for a real commitment? Feedback is helpful too! Tell us if our distribution sucks or not, we want to know: BostonCCC@gmail.com
GONDOLIERS - TONIGHT’S WHISPERING LP OUT NOW!
Last month Boston’s own Midriff Records released veteran twisted rockers The Gondoliers’ debut record! These dudes have been at it for some time, consistently combining nasty guitar and powerful synth sounds, primal drum fury and an in your face front maniac to make their point heard. Fresh off a European tour last month there’s no doubt you will be seeing these mad men back on the Boston grind in no time. You’ll know it’s them cause they’ll all be wearing the same outfit and bringing their noise rock shenanigans to the max in a dirty show space somewhere. MidriffRecords.com to scoop it! -SP
MANAGING EDITORS: Sam Potrykus, Dan Shea, CEEK, Ari Shvartsman LAYOUT TEAM: James Staub, Rose Parry, Anya Kanevsky, Doug Katz, Jim Leonard CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS: Alizée De Pin, Sylvie Mayer, Jack Schneider SHOW COMPILERS: Chris Collins, Sam Rogich COPY-EDITORS: Jonathan Donaldson, Sydney Kinchen, Natasha Mogilevskaya, Nabeela Vega FILM CALENDAR: Pablo Torroella, Oscar Govv, Amy Keresztes, Michael Madden, Jon Meyer, Alex Schab
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FIRST FRIDAYS
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
BY WAY OF BANGKOK: NEW WORKS BY BEA MODISETT @HallSpace Gallery On view 12/7-1/31 Opening 12/7, 3-6pm An opportunity to witness a life changing journey through an artist’s lens—BEA MODISETT’s first solo exhibition is worth the trek to Dorchester (right off the red line @JFK/UMass Station). Inspired by her recent solo backpacking trip through Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Burma, the abstract paintings are her way of connecting with the landscapes from her travels and attempting to understand her own experience. Join her at the opening reception and get lost in the possibilities of space and adventure. - Nabeela Vega
ROUND: CAMBRIDGE @Cambridge Now - Dec. 2014 Artist HALSEY BURGUND has enriched the bounty of public art in Cambridge by creating a free app that allows users to interact with specific sites by recording responses to what they see, as well as listen to what other users have recorded. ROUND: CAMBRIDGE works by layering users’ recordings over top one another and playing them back relative to listener’s location. It’s an experience that includes storytelling, listening to others and experimental, crowdsourced sound all at once. Find it on iTunes or Google Play until 2014. - Rose Parry
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CHAIN REACTION @BrickBottom Artist Gallery On view 12/5-1/18 Opening 12/8, 3-5pm If you haven’t been to Somerville in a while, this is good reason to hop across the river. BRICKBOTTOM ARTISTS ASSOCIATION welcomes ART CONNECTION and their new show. Curated by Jamaica Plain’s Hallway Gallerist, BRENT REFSLAND, this group show boasts a selection of work from artists who have given their talent and artwork to Art Connection over their 18-year history. Celebrating the transformative power of art giving and its fulfilling effects on our community. -Caitie Moore
Another month, another First Friday @450 Harrison Ave in the South End! Friday 12/6 from 5-8:30pm the free booze will be aflowin’ while the 15 galleries and 50 artist studios, that make up this epic plaza of Art, let you poke around their new exhibits. This is a FREE monthly block party that you should be hitting up regularly, especially if you’re involuntarily a cheapskate. - CEEK
ANYALEE SUDERMAN: DRAWINGS ON PAPIER @Out of the Blue Gallery On view 12/6- 1/6 Opening 12/6, 7-9pm Local lovely ANYALEE SUDERMAN shows her range in Central Square this month. A resident artist known for her large scale canvas’ and mixed media work, gives the public it’s first glimpse of her framed watercolors, sketches and intimate illustrative narratives. You may already know her hand, as she’s created some of the sickest flyers in the Night of the Living Deadhead series. BYOB to the opening and enjoy some food and live music by JENNIFER MATTHEWS. $5 Suggested Donation. -CEEK
OH SNAP: CELL PHONE PHOTO SHOW @Fourthwall Project On view 12/7-12/30 Opening 12/7, 7-9pm The most accessible (and least intimidating) form of art being practiced today gets its own show: Cell phone Photography. FOURTHWALL PROJECT hosts yet another conceptual exhibit that represents right... Now. And they know how to throw a fucking party. Hit up the Opening @132 Brookline Ave to check out the entire body of sick submissions on loop that night only via projector. Curated by local artist and MassART printmaking grad COURTNEY MOY. www.FourthWallProject.com -CEEK
LIKE A ROWBOAT: LOOKING BACK AND MOVING FORWARD @Aviary Gallery On view 12/1 - 12/31 Opening 12/5, 6pm This show is all about AVIARY, featuring only the gallery’s favorite artists. Visitors will be awash in a vast hodgepodge of color and texture with art covering the walls from floor to ceiling. All of the artists have been working with Aviary since the gallery’s start in March ‘11. Artists include Al Straggas, Genesis Baez, Lindsay Metivier, Shane Godfrey, Quinn Gorbutt, Robin Meyers & more! www.Aviary.com - Rose Parry
@Acme Fine Art Hans Hofmann: Drawings Now-12/7 @Boston Sculptors Gallery Michelle Lougee: Cell by Cell | Nora Valdez: Endless Journey Now-12/15 @Bromfield Gallery Annual Holiday Show 12/4- 12/22 @Carroll and Sons Gallery Tanja Hollander Now-12/21 @Chase Young Gallery Winter Group Show 12/4-12/22 @Galatea Fine Art Members Holiday Show Now-12/31 @Gallery Kayafas Daniel Ranalli: Drawings 12/6-1/18 @Kingston Gallery Mira Cantor: Meltwater 12/4-12/29 @Laconia Gallery Matt Murphy and Sam King 12/6-1/26 @Miller Yezerski Gallery Michael Oatman Now-12/21 @M-Y Projects Sarah Malakoff Now-12/21 @Samson Projects Bernard Berenson: A Life in the Picture Trade (Book signing) 12/6, 5-8pm @Something Felix Gallery Nabeela Vega “Inherent Vice” 12/6 @Steve Zevitas Gallery James Sterling Pitt: The White Peacock Sings Now-12/7 @Vessels Gallery Le Jardin: Ceramics of Anat Shiftan Now-1/5
If you’ve ever dreamt of a collaborative working space that supported creative for-profit and non-profit culture-making and activism—wake up, head down to the South End and boom! You’ll find MAKE SHIFT BOSTON. This creative hub boasts a rotating roster of some of the most passionate and forward thinking visioneers in fields ranging from organizing and developing to producing and directing, all with a social practice slant. With it’s doors re-opening just a year ago, Make Shift has consistently delivered on their ethos by supporting the South End community and the Boston arts scene by and large. With big hearts and open minds, they aim to support by offering their space and expertise to worthy causes. Make Shift recently hosted events with the Fresh Collective, Beautiful Trouble, esGi, Pico Picante & more, offering a safe space for collaboration and celebration over music, drinks and art—offering a take on the quirky idea of nightlife as social practice. Don’t miss future opportunities to get involved — visit their location @549 Columbus Ave. Keep tabs on events thru BostonHassle.com/Art, and check out their facebook page for exciting programming: www.facebook.com/549columbus - Nabeela Vega
HOLIDAY ART & CRAFT FAIRS
(MOSTLY) FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC The holidays are upon us. [bullet to the head] Thankfully, an onslaught of artists and vendors will be popping up all over town with an array of originals to accommodate anyone’s budget. Shop locally made Jewelry, Pottery, Knits, Paintings, Prints, Sculpture, Photos, Handblown Glass, Food, Vintage & lots more! Get something unique for those near and dear to ya while directly supporting our city’s artists! Win, win. -CEEK www.BostonHassle.com/Art for more details @Brookline Village Boston Handmade Holiday Gallery Now-12/24, Tues-Sat 2013 @Summer Street Plaza Downtown Boston Holiday Market Now-12/28 @Cambridge College Cultural Survival Bazaar 12/1 & 12/6-12/8 @First Parish Unitarian Church Harvard Square Holiday Fair 2013 12/6-12/8 @Hynes Convention Center Craft Boston Holiday Show ($15 admission) 12/6-12/8 @Assembly Row Holiday Arts & Eats ($5) 12/6-12/8 @StoveFactory Gallery Handmade and Local 12/7-12/8 @MassArt MASS Market 12/11 @First Parish Unitarian Church Harvard Square Holiday Fair 2013 12/13-12/15 @Cambridge Center for Adult Education Holly Fair 2013 12/14 @Uforge Gallery Annual Holiday Art & Craft Fair 12/14 @Ben Franklin Institute 10th Annual SOWA Holiday Market ($5) 12/14-12/15 @Harvard University-CSIG Cultural Survival Bazaar 12/14-12/15 @Boston Sculptors Gallery Winter Holiday Pop Up Show & Sale of Small Works 12/17-12/22 @First Parish Unitarian Church Harvard Square Holiday Fair 2013 12/18-12/23 @Prudential Center Cultural Survival Bazaar 12/20-12/22
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LISTINGS
FREE AND MBTA ACCESSIBLE PICKS ALLSTON @Boston University Art Galleries (BUAG) (Stone Gallery) Elements, Rudiments & Principle Now-12/20 (808 Gallery) Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial Now-12/20 (Sherman Gallery) Highpoint Editions: Decade One Now-12/13 (Gallery 5) Contemporary Issues Now-1/17 @Refuge Cafe Frankie Nash Now-12/17 BACK BAY @Arden Gallery Sherrie Wolf: Stills & Andrew Woodward 12/3-12/31 | Opening 12/6, 5-7pm @Barbara Krakow Gallery Julian Opie Now-12/7 Clues 12/14-2/1 Fred Sandback: Sculptures for Corners and Related Drawings 12/14-2/1 @Blue Glass Cafe Group 2D Show Now-12/31 @Copley Society of Art Robert Pyle’s Venezia: La Serenissima Now-12/24 @French Cultural Center of Boston Les Nuits de Noël: An American Flâneur in Paris 12/4-1/6 @Gallery 360 (Northeastern) Sister Cities: Tokyo + New York, Kyoto + Boston Now-12/4 (Section A-C) Josh Wisdumb Spivack: connecting the motion of ideas Now-1/15 (Section D) Paintings of Kerry Klemmer Now-1/1 @Society of Arts and Crafts Gallery From Minimal to Bling: Contemporary Studio Jewelry Now-1/11 CAMBRIDGE @Cambridge Arts Association RED 12/11-1/24 (Kathryn Schultz Gallery) The Irony of Movement: Three Artists Now-12/5 (University Place Gallery) A Closer Look: Five Visions Now-12/4 @Carpenter Center (Harvard University) VES Open Studios 12/11, 5-7pm @Maud Morgan Arts Center (Chandler Gallery) Draw From Within 12/6-1/3 @Mobius Vic Rawlings: Sound Installation 12/6-12/8 CHARLESTOWN @Artists Group of Charlestown Charlestown Open Studios 12/7 & 12/8, 10am-5pm (StoveFactory Gallery) Small Wonders 12/7 & 12/8 @Zume’s Coffee House Jamie Valhouli 12/1-2/28 DOWNTOWN @Emerson College (Huret & Spector Gallery) Bálint Bolygó Now-12/18 @LotF Gallery Group Show Now-12/20 @Suffolk Universy Art Gallery From Paper to Pixels Now-1/17 FORT POINT @35 Channel Center Ian Kennelly: Hay Buster and Friends Now-1/31 @Boston Children’s Museum Intercellular Now-12/9 FENWAY @MassART Reality Check Now-12/7 Selections Now-12/7 JAMAICA PLAIN @Arnold Arboretum Anna Laurent: Dispersal Now-1/26 @Boston Cyberarts Gallery Bálint Bolygó Now-12/13 @Hallway Gallery Queenby Bucklaew: Voyages 12/5-12/30 | Opening 12/5, 6-9pm @Uforge Gallery Recent Drawings: work by Julie Martini Now-12/22 | Opening 12/5, 6-8pm KENMORE @Art Institute of Boston (Main Gallery) Imagi(ni)ng India: Kathryn Myers Paintings and Videos Now-12/15 @Panopticon Gallery (Main Gallery) On First Contact Now-1/14 (Private Room) What I Did On My Summer Vacation Now-1/14 (Emerging Artis | Featured corner) No Thoughts Magazine exhibit Now-1/14 SOMERVILLE @Nave Gallery 65 Degrees: An Exhibition of Contemporary Encaustic Art 12/5-12/22 | Opening 12/15, 3-5pm Reliquary Now-12/15 | Closing 12/15 @Tufts University Galleries (Tisch Gallery) Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons: My Mother Told Me Now-12/8 (Koppelman Gallery) Cuban Virtualities: New Media Art from the Island Now-12/8 @Washington Street Art Center Threadbare 12/7-12/8 SOUTH BOSTON @LaMontagne Gallery Andrew Mowbray Now-12/21 @Proof Gallery (The Distillery) All Our Tomorrows and Yesterdays Now-12/14 SOUTH END @Villa Victoria Center for the Arts Paredes en Fuego: Cacique Youth Art Show 2013 12/5-1/15 | Opening 12/5, 5-8pm
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FEATURED FILM SERIES
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THE COMPLETE COENS @Brattle, December 9-19
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Let’s get it out of the way right now: Joel and Ethan Coen are national treasures. If a director is to be judged solely by their body of work, the brothers easily rank among America’s greatest living filmmakers (for my money, their only real competition in this regard are Scorsese, Tarantino, and Spielberg). That body of work is playing in its entirety this month @Brattle, beginning with their audacious debut BLOOD SIMPLE and culminating with INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (which premieres 12/20 @Coolidge). In between, there’s something for everyone, from white-knuckle thrillers (FARGO, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN) to broad comedies (RAISING ARIZONA, THE BIG LEBOWSKI, O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU) to whatever the hell BARTON FINK is. Chances are, you’ve got a favorite film in this series – and if there’s any you missed the first time, you may walk away with a new one. - Oscar Goff
BOSTON VIEWFINDER
The first and greatest of the Indiana Jones trilogy (because we don’t talk about that alien one). The film sees Spielberg and Harrison Ford come together to create one of the most spectacular adventure films ever made. Also screens 12/3.
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A digital restoration of Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme’s dazzling cross-section of Paris circa May 1962 screens at the HFA on 12/1 with Lhomme in attendance and then in a weeklong run at the Kendall Square Cinema opening on 12/6. Adapting the then new lightweight cameras and sync sound capabilities that resulted in the first flowering of cinéma vérité (a label Marker instantly abjured), LE JOLI MAI provides the missing link between the groundbreaking auto-ethnography of Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin’s CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER (1961) and the more aggressive interview-interventions found in
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marionette filmmaking @Coolidge @ Midnite, 12/13-12/14. u You’ve probably seen Frank Capra’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, but have you seen it on the big screen?! One of Jimmy Stewart’s most iconic performances set against a holiday exploration of the void. Includes Lionel Barrymore’s legendary turn as the villain Mr. Potter. An amazing film @Brattle, 12/20-12/23. u If you missed the restored version of THE WICKER MAN, which screened last month, you have another chance! Catch this all-time genre transcending classic at the ground zero source of this rare and unique 35mm print’s discovery. Starring Christopher Lee @HFA, 12/21. u DIE HARD turns 25 with a 12/2512/30 run @Brattle. One of the most recognizable and straight up fun action films of the 80s Absolutely one of Willis and director McTiernan’s best! Go see it on Xmas! - Dan Shea
WHO FRAM R O G E R R A B BE D IT ?
@C OO LID GE 12/9 In the ‘80’s, Hollywood movies became high-concept pinball machines. But WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? has a soul. Its seamless mix of live-action and animation was groundbreaking in 1988 and still works today. Maybe that’s because every other element--while less flashy than a Daffy-Donald piano duel—is a prime example of craftsmanship: the 1940’s period detail, the jazzy score, and Bob Hoskins’ boozy private eye. It has a point, too: A riff on CHINATOWN, its villain is a greedy developer who wants to build freeways through Toontown and erect “a string of gas stations, inexpensive motels, restaurants that serve rapidly prepared food”. You know, the real enemy. - Jon Meyer
A HARD DAY’S NIGHT (1964) @BPL-HA dir Richard Lester Forever changing movie-musicals—and basically inventing the music video— the Beatles’ first feature exuberantly mixes toe-tappers, wacky comedy, and snappy suits. Some of the freewheeling bits hint at the group’s later subversive genius.
Godard’s MASCULIN FÉMININ (1966). The film’s inquisitive organization focuses our attention on the power structures underlying what sociologist Erving Goffman called “the presentation of self in everyday life”. One might easily take it as harbinger for the events six Mays later in 1968, but then radical exercises in empathy never go out of date. - Max Goldberg
THE 400 BLOWS (1959) @MFA dir Francois Truffaut The original adolescent rebel movie follows the exploits and woes of a 12-year-old French boy as he survives the misery around him. A centerpiece of the French New Wave movement.
PSYCHOTRONIC MOVIES IN OUR ZONE The immortal GREMLINS screens 12/6-12/7 at Midnite @Coolidge. Directed by the once great Joe Dante and starring the coolest little creatures (of the little creature movie fad of the 80s). The legendary Dick Miller also makes a memorable appearance (full disclosure, I am a charter member of the Dick Miller Fan Club). Find out what happens when you cook gremlin in the microwave. u THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS is a great film noir starring Kirk Douglas (in his screen debut) and Barbara Stanwyck. Written by the legendary director/screenwriter Robert Rossen, this film screens as part of an amazing overview of Rossen’s tainted career in Hollywood @HFA, 12/13. u Trey Parker and Matt Stone (SOUTH PARK duh) offer up fart jokes and social commentary (their famous special blend) in TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE. Feast your eyes on their foray into THUNDERBIRDS-style
ARMY OF SHADOWS (1969) @HFA dir Jean-Pierre Melville Produced in 1968, but not released in the U.S. until 2006, Melville’s classic is a beautifully shot yet haunting depiction of WWII-era France that tells a story of a few resistance fighters who risked certain death for liberation.
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LE JOLI MAI (1963) DIR CHRIS MARKER & PIERRE LHOMME 12/1 @HFA | 12/6-12/13 @Kendall
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) @Brattle dir Steven Spielberg
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GREMLINS (1984) @Coolidge dir Joe Dante Kick off the holiday season with one of the meanest Christmas movies ever to come out of Hollywood! Join Gizmo, Stripe, and the rest @Coolidge... AFTER MIDNIGHT! Also screens 12/7.
10 OPEN SCREEN @Coolidge Various directors
Open Screen is Boston’s one and only open mic night for filmmakers! Share your film the way it was intended, projected in a dark room with lively strangers. Films (or selections) under 10 minutes. Signup at 7PM, screening at 7:30.
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FARGO (1996) @Brattle dir Joel & Ethan Coen Perhaps the most well known and highly regarded Coen Brothers film to date. A car salesman has his wife kidnapped for money to help ease his financial troubles. Meanwhile, a pregnant cop closes in on the inept and psychotic criminals. SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (1978) @BPL - HA dir Michael Schultz No Beatles here—just the BeeGees, Peter Frampton, Steve Martin, Alice Cooper, George Burns, and more struggling through assorted Beatles songs. It’s a mess—which is what makes it essential.
FINK 12 BARTON (1991) @Brattle
dir Joel & Ethan Coen The film follows on-thecusp-of-fame playwright Barton Fink as he moves to surreal L.A. to be a screenwriter. With a plot that refuses to be categorized into a genre or by the very rules of reality itself, this movie will hold you from start to finish.
13 MILLER’S CROSSING (1990) @Brattle dir Joel & Ethan Coen
A blend of subtle dialogue and gratuitous violence set in the gangster filled days of prohibition, this Coen Brothers film is a spectacular treat.
15 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) @Brattle dir Joel & Ethan Coen
You’ll never flip a coin the same way again after watching this noir/western that’s a masterclass in suspense. A terrifying Javier Bardem plays a ruthless hitman with a strict moral code and an affinity for cattle guns chasing local yokel Josh Brolin when the latter steals mucho mob money.
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(1998) @Brattle dir Joel & Ethan Coen Absurd, quirky, and an instant classic, the Coen’s story about an LA slacker caught up in affairs beyond anyone’s understanding is still as funny as ever. So don your bathrobe, mix a White Russian and—Shut the fuck up, Donny!
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(1973) @MFA dir Francois Truffaut Absurd, quirky, and an instant classic, the Coen’s story about an LA slacker caught up in affairs beyond anyone’s understanding is still as funny as ever. So don your bathrobe, mix a White Russian and—Shut the fuck up, Donny!
WOLF OF WALL25 THE STREET (2013) @Coolidge dir Martin Scorsese
The love affair between DiCaprio and Scorsese continues in this new black comedy that explores the financial “shenanigans” of an unscrupulous New York yuppie. Gordon Gekko approved. DIE HARD (1998) @Brattle dir Martin Scorsese John McClane’s finest hour finds the wisecracking NY cop barefoot in Nakatomi Plaza, outwitting insanely organized German techno-thieves. Exemplary in visual pacing, it’s a classic Western at its core. Screens through 12/30. OF THE 26 BEASTS SOUTHERN WILD (2012)
@BPL-Cen dir Benh Zeitlin A charming fantasy story of a six-year old named Hushpuppy. She must weather a difficult relationship with her father, an enormous storm that threatens their community, and the creatures that appear to her.
DEC. NEW RELEASES NOW—THE GREAT BEAUTY (2013) dir Paolo Sorrento @Kendall 12/6—IS THE MAN WHO IS TALL HAPPY? (2013) dir Michel Gondry ft. Noam Chomsky @Coolidge 12/6—LE JOLI MAI (1963) dir Chris Marker @Kendall 12/20—INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (2013) dir Joel & Ethan Coen @Coolidge LISTINGS NOTE Below is the theater abbreviation key: Brattle Theater - Brattle Harvard Film Archive - HFA Coolidge Corner Theater - Coolidge Museum of Fine Arts - MFA Central Library in Copley - BPL-Cen Honan-Allston Library - BPL-HA Please see our sister website www.bostonhassle.com 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 shoot us an email at BostonHassleFilm@gmail.com
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SUNDAY 12/1 Accomplished Boston area rockers on deck @Great Scott tonight - Thalia Zedek (she of Live Skull and COME) will be putting on a dark indie-rock clinic with The Thalia Zedek Band and her friends in the all-female, pummeling Shepherdess. Plus new garage dwellers Royal Wedding and the mysterious Planet of Adventure will be throwing down as well 9pm 18+ $8 Wild psychedelic African guitarist Bombino is in town! If it’s anything like the other ripping Niger groovy guitar rock and roll we’ve heard it should be one hell of a show. Support from Billy Wylder @The Sinclair 8pm 18+ $20adv/ $22dos PUNKS FOR PUPS is a benefit for PAWS New England featuring what seems to be some fun, youthful pop punk sassafrass from the likes of Mr. Fahrenheit from Billerica, Notches and Physic Dog. See what’s up and support a good cause over @O’Brien’s 7pm 21+ $5-10 Sliding Scale Donation CHEAP SEATS: One Year Anniversary @YMCA 3pm ALL AGES $10 Suggested Donation MONDAY 12/2 Pile brings out some of the best heavy-rock loving, lively freaks in the city with their high caliber melodic rock. Cuffs is sure to deliver a set of sweet, smart indie pop gems and the sweet smart music fans that go with it. I’m excited for these two crowds to get busy together and with mellow country vibin’ rock from Rye Pines and The Cattle Walk. This show will be totally packed, get there early @Charlie’s Kitchen 9pm 21+ $5 Around the corner in Harvard Sq Cass McCombs and Arboretum are @The Sinclair 9pm 18+ $13 adv/$15 dos Down Mass Ave in Central Square Non-Event, Open Loop, WZBC and The Goethe-Institut present a rare appearance of influential German electronic artist Frank Bretschneider! Joined by Isolde Touch (San Diego) and DJ Sam L and DJ Won’t this is sure to be a spanking of challenging electronic noise in the form of ambient soundscapes, killer dance beats and many places in between HIGHLY RECOMMENDED @Middlesex 9pm 21+ $10 Also in Central Sq you’ll find The Series, a live in-store appearance ever Monday @Weirdo Records. This week they’ve got Big & Little (Steve Norton and Peter Gumaskas) who will probably be skronkin’ out and carrying on together with electronic noise and brass in a playful avant-garde style 8:30pm ALL AGES $5 Donation NEW MONDAY STANDBY - RAD CASTLE is taking over for Night Of The Living Deadhead as the rad relevant rock residency of Central Square and their first show has hazy garage psych guys MOONTOWER, fun loving rock from The Freeways and chill songwriting RI native Allysen Callery @ZuZu 10pm 21+ $ome Cost Also MellowHype ft. Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis, and Left Brain of Odd Future will be blowing chunks of sick hip hop all over the crowd @Brighton Music Hall 7pm All Ages $15 TUES 12/3 Extremely excited to announce that awesome Austin banjosmith Ralph White will be in JP with Hyena, NE PATS mouthpiece Colby Nathan cracking wise ideas and music, master of ceremonies and glowing folklore stories Hurricanes of Love and a rare live appearance of twisted musical mind Nate Ventura @Deep Thoughts 8pm ALL AGES $5-10 Sliding Scale Donation Nearby in JP The Whitehaus Family Record Residency continues @ Midway Cafe w/ Con Tex, Free Pizza and Cult and Leper! 9pm 21+ $5 Dirty Dirges, Steep Leans and Fume Hood @O’Brien’s shows that solid local fuzzy rock bands got their grips on Allston tonight as well 9pm 21+ $8 Likewise in Central Square there is a metal and hardcore melee of epic proportions with Ramming Speed, In Defence (MN), Disaster Strikes, Opposition Rising, Terminal Crisis, and Meth Valley @Elks Lodge 6:30pm ALL AGES $ome Cost Also in Central SVVIM will be your techno and house music option tonight with locals General Motor, Roman Perry, Fuzzy Fotch and Brad Mood @ Middlesex 9pm 21+ Free The Return of “The Jesus of Diseasus” legendary Boston DJ Peter Mork plus DJ Ghost spinning sick punk jams at PUNKS DEAD LONG LIVE PUNK night @Ramrod in Fenway 10pm 21+ FREE For the live punk experience head out to Western Mass for the nasty, noisy pop punk of Perfect Pussy from Syracuse, a punk slap from FAKE and Neoteric’s sick grungy hardcore, plus one more TBA @Flywheel in Easthamption, MA 7pm ALL AGES $7 WED 12/4 Killer monthly, pRIMORDIAL sOUNDS night sees GUERILLA TOSS and BLANCHE BLANCHE BLANCHE off to their December US tour with local favorites Fat Creeps @Middlesex in Central 10pm 21+ $3 Rootsy group of playas coming together in Cambridge: Adrianna Ciccone and Friends feat. Neil Pearlman @Outpost 186 8pm ALL AGES $5 students, $10 public Plus The Dying Falls, the sweet strumming harmony utilizing pop of Peachpit and indiepop rock of Vundabar @TT the Bear’s 8: 30pm 18+ $10 THURS 12/5 The inspiring New England folk romp of Ralph White (Austin), Colby Nathan (ME) and Frank Hurricane (da mountains) continues in Worcester tonight w/ Sister Mary (RI) @The Firehouse 8pm ALL AGES Donate ARTZ Fest, an Artists For Alzheimer’s Benefit, has a mixed up awesome bill of tight ass indie pop beasts Bent Shapes, fuzzy groove mongrels CreaturoS, Boogie Boy Metal Mouth, Ariel & the Undertow and Kangaroo Court @Middle East (Down) 8pm 18+ $10 New Highway Hymnal, Crushed Out, The Dazies and The Televibes perform a heavy rock and roll seance tonight @Great Scott 9pm 18+ $8adv/$10dos For more energetic rock outbursts Grass Is Green, Ex-Magicians, Maura, and Ladybones are throwing down @O’Brien’s 9pm 21+ $ome Cost And Idiot Genes, God Damnit Maverick, Lady Mob and Dan Miraldi are @Club Bohemia 8pm 21+ $8 Plus British singer songwriter King Krule is @Brighton Music Hall 9pm 18+ $15
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FRI 12/6 Get dressed up and step to the BUFU Records Holiday Quasi-Semi-Formal! Featuring the joyous Happy Jawbone Family Band (who we know doesnt shy away from Christmas songs), Dylan Ewen who is a true RnR believer, Luxardo (Simon of Guerilla Toss getting loungy and sassy) and Hot! @JP Drizzle 8pm ALL AGES $5-10 Sliding Scale Donation pRIMORDIAL sOUNDS is releasing their first LP! It’s for chill, inside out indie rockers Whistle Jacket, it’s called “Hold Me While I Fall Apart” and the release show is tonight @Lilypad! w/ The Double Stops and 1 more TBA! Come support PS’s making the jump to vinyl! 10pm All Ages $5 or so Local show throwing legend Deb Nicholson is throwing a birthday-ish rock show w/ her very own sick project With Leagues, the infamous Donna Parker, Steven J. Lawrence and E (Zedek+Sanford+Tisdale)! @Jacques Cabaret 8pm 21+ $ome Cost Out in Lowell it’s no surprise that an interesting weird folk and experimental music
show is taking place @119 Gallery. See Miss Olivia Kennett, mwchins, Lou Bunk and Gelineau Wright Duo join Ralph White and Colby Nathan for their Lowell stop 8pm ALL AGES Donate Banditas, Boytoy and White Light bring attitude and fuzzy jams of several varieties to @Radio 8:30pm 21+ $ome Cost The Other Girls Holiday Rock Show w/ The Upper Crust, Township, TRiPLE THiCK and the nasty garage rock sass of THE MONSIEURS @Midway Cafe 9pm 21+ $12 Crucial Boston artist Pat Chaney makes sick visuals, far out music and plays hosts to countless rad shows along with his equally dedicated homies. We salute him and you can too at Pat’s electronic birthday jam w/ ARU (Iowa), brutally awesome noise beats from Homeworld and the powerful electronic experience of the man himself - Solid State Entity @SBC 9pm All Ages $donations Plus Strange Mangers, Ghost Modern, Polaroids, and Funeral Advantage are @O’Brien’s 9pm 21+ $8 SAT 12/7 Boston Hassle Night is celebrating it’s 10th month of bringing you choice live bands and spinning only the newest and bestest in electronic, psych, punk, noise-rock, experimental and pop. Join them @Lilypad on this, and every first Saturday of the month, to get turned on to the best music murkin’ around us 10pm All Ages $5-10 Sliding Scale Applejam Presents (as they often do) a radical punk rock show on the campus of Tufts University in a sick room at the top of a hill. Witness Western Mass’ California X, Perfect Pussy from Syracuse, Love Pork from Rochester and Boston’s own Earthquake Party! @The Crane Room (Tufts) 8:30pm ALL AGES Free Sick grungy CT rocker’s The Suicide Dolls are in town and they are joined nicely by Slowdim, Chandeliers and that wild bunch of Nice Guys everyone’s talking about @O’Brien’s 9pm 21+ $8 Radical folk punk and poetry ruckus w/ Absinthe Rose, Paths, Rayel, Flatline Poetry and more @The Community Church Boston 6pm ALL AGES $5 Suggested Donation If you’re not familiar with BLOWW, that’s the Boston League Of Women Wrestlers and it is as real and badass as it sounds. Tonight BLOWW will be throwing down along with 6 piece keyboard-heavy dance rock band Adam PC and more @Midway Cafe 9pm 21+ $TBA For what seems like the opposite of pro-wresting the Elliot Street Coffeehouse Presents a trio of Berklee string quartets @First Church in JP. Lovely music to get you in the mood for the holiday season. 7:30 doors ALL AGES students, seniors, and unemployed $10, All others $15 advance, $20 at the door SUN 12/8 Check out the Steely Dan channelin’ Cult and Leper, Slobber Pup (featuring free jazz icon Joe Morris on guitar) and Blue And Gold from Brooklyn @O’Brien’s, it should make for one wild night of improv laden rock mastery 9pm 21+ $8 Or score emocore galore @TT the Bear’s w/ Norma Jean, Vanna, Kenmode, The Greenery and I Am Become Death 8:30pm 18+ $14adv/$16dos MON 12/9 The Series @Weirdo Records has seasoned improvising assembly of Evans-Weiler, Peter Gumaskas, Jesse Kenas-Collins, Howard Martin and Michael Rosenstein 8:30pm ALL AGES $5 Donation RAD CASTLE is the new ill Monday residency in Central Square and tonight they are bringing you tight party rock vibes thanks to Nice Guys and Televibes @ZuZu 10pm 21+ FREE Around the corner Leedz Edutainment presents A$AP Ferg, A$AP Mob, Joey Fatts & Aston Matthews, OverDoz, 100s, DJ Knife & Amadeezy @ Middle East (Downstairs) 8pm All Ages $20adv/ $25dos Plus Steve Junior (Montreal) is @Charlie’s with some to be determined locals I’m sure 9pm 21+ $5 TUES 12/10 Non-Event presents their coffeehouse series @Cafe Fixe in Brookline w/ local renaissance noise man Double Awake 8pm All Ages $5 Right after that we recommend you get your butt down to Harvard Square for the return of Italian prog monsters GOBLIN joined by Zombi from Pittsburgh @The Sinclair 9pm 18+ $25 Or get some quality jams while you circle a pool table in the basement of a bar in the Fenway, DJ Remy Rocker will be there spinning 70’s Punk, Glam Punk and more @Ramrod 10pm 21+ FREE WED 12/11 Ripe are laying down dirty-funk pop tunes with fellow soul suckers Cosmodrome, Dillon N’Ashe and Gang of Thieves @Middle East (Upstairs) 8pm 18+ $10 Lord Geoffrey Presents a night of Celtic and Old Time jams with up and coming student artists. This Berklee & NEC Rising Talent Concert Series continues tonight w/ Jacob Means and Friends @Outpost 186 7:30pm ALL AGES $10/$5 students. THURS 12/12 Sounds like a night of awesome dark songwriters from cool area rock bands what with Sky from the Sour Doo Dah’s, Epic from Fax Holiday, Rick from PILE and Tommy Ghost @O’Brien’s 8pm 21+ $7 Beauchene Skulls, And the Traveler, Parachuter and Connector are doing their thing @TT the Bear’s 8pm 18+ $10 Or get your dance on at Make It New With MK w/ John Barera and Alan Manzi @Middlesex 9pm 21+ $15 FRI 12/13 Stirring songwriters of Boston converge in Cambridge tonight - Bobb Trimble and Karina Dacosta’s Jupiter Transmission, Al Marantz (of Future Days/Fumehood), Jonathon Donaldson (of The I Want You) and Pancho The Kid @Gallery 263 7pm ALL AGES $5-10 Sliding Scale Donation The deeply disturbed feel good rock jams of Rotten Apples will throw you for a loop, so too will the unique experimental cumbia folk romp of Goat of Arms. Two of the area’s most twisted, awesome bands for sure. They will have help from Video Nasties and a secret surprise guest or guests in keeping the mood freaky @Deep Thoughts 8pm ALL AGES $5-10 Sliding Scale Over in Allston NJ hardcore crew Sonofabitch is in town, throwin’ down with Toronto heavies !ATTENTION!, their Canadian bros Junior Battles, and Boston heavy metal’s Truman Highway @O’Brien’s 8pm 21+ $8 SAT 12/14 Boston Hassle & Open Loop present SCANNERS, their more or less monthly underground electronic dance night. This time around Brooklyn’s Jonas Reinhardt and Los Angeles’ Magic Touch are on board, and with releases on Kraak, Kranky, Not Not Fun, and 100% Silk between them you know this is one is going to be special. Boston’s own amazing TAPS will be celebrating a record release tonight as well if you needed more reasons as to why this show is so awesome! DJ sets by Modern Lighting & DJ Won’t @O’Brien’s 8pm 21+ $10 It doesn’t get much grimmer than Seattle’s blackened bastards of industrial noise Blue Sabbath Black Cheer. If you’re in a bad headspace, get here, w/ Whorid, Kintaan, and The Vomit Arsonist @Radio 8pm $10 21+ Massachusetts indie rock legends Dinosaur Jr travel east to rip some glorious good times off for y’all w/ Home Comfort @Sinclair 9pm
18+ $30adv/ $33dos If back out in the wilds of western MA, then you might want to consider this bad noise ripper: Diagram A, Los Condenados, Egg, Eggs, and more TBA @Feeding Tube (Northampton) 9:30pm ALL AGES $5-10 Sliding Scale Donation SUN 12/15 Off With Their Heads make punk pop for the legendary Epitaph Records. And I don’t hate them. w/ Morning Glory, Direct Hit, and Great Lakes USA @Middle East (Upstairs) 7pm 18+ $12 Austin indie folk popsters Wild Child bring it gently which can work well for sunday night w/ Holiday Mountain @Great Scott 9pm 18+ $9 Dinosaur Jr is back for a second night. Tonight they share their indie rock god aura and the stage w/Call of the Wild @Sinclair 9pm 18+ $30adv/ $33dos Cosmicide (mem Secret Machines) offer up a spacey synth pop vibe to soundtrack our descent into winter w/ 28 Degrees Taurus, The Light Machine @TT the Bear’s 9pm 18+ $8 MON 12/16 The country fried wonder of Hoss takes hold amongst the records and the tapas as they continue their Spanish Named Restaurant tout w/ the High Lonesomes @Tres Gatos 7pm All Ages FREE The Series takes into the wild and free electronic world of Boston’s Triode @Weirdo Records 8:30pm ALL AGES $5 Donation Rad Castle goes garage rock wild w/ Earthquake Party! and the Fagettes @ZuZu 10pm 21+ FREE Smash beers and burgers into your face to the punk and garage rock sounds of Lube, Casanovas in Heat, and Non-pareils @Charlie’s 9pm 21+ $5 Reknowned out of bounds Dutch pianist Reiner Van Houdt makes one of his few American tour stops to perform Luc Ferrari’s 36 Enfilades (1985) for piano and tape, and Walter Marchetti’s Concerto Per La Mano Sinistra (1994) for umbrella and piano @Goethe Insitut 8pm All Ages $15/$10 w student ID TUE 12/17 Fast Eddie (Warzone) spins a fat stack of punk records @Ramrod for PUNK’S DEAD. LONG LIVE PUNK’s weekly DJ Night 10pm 21+ FREE Catch Thrifty Time Holiday Explosion @O’Brien’s with Allston alternative rock dude Nicholas Burgess, fuzzy garage rockers Future Days, Elephants and Ric Retro 7pm 21+ $7. WED 12/18 To experience the real deal DIY zeal of Boston underground rock and roll chill with KRILL, bounce around until you’re ill with Cult And Leper and get weirder still with Experimental Santa @ZuZu in Central 10pm 21+ $5 Our beloved Western Mass rock comRADes Speedy Ortiz really made 2013 their bitch. They got signed to Carpark, toured their asses off, put out a killer LP, got sick national press and are now opening for THE BREEDERS on a string if US shows in December. Well done homies! This show is probably gonna be the best one of the tour considering all the love in Boston for y’all, hope yer ready @Paradise 8pm 18+ $25 adv Plus the Berklee-bred broken-hearted bluegrass band High Rock Mountain will be playing their hearts out @Outpost 186 8pm ALL AGES $5 students, $10 public THU 12/19 Each month, Eye Design hosts a multimedia smorgasborg appropriately entitled Treat Yo Self, and of course this month is a special, wintry edition. Virginia’s shimmery post-punks Eternal Summers and local smart poppers Bent Shapes keep us warm and snug.. Local artist Michelle Dugan and Tyeklár Zoárd (who has done many beautiful posters for the Hassle) have their art on display, free delightful treats aplenty @Great Scott 9pm 18+ $8 Get your ha-ha-ha’s with some ho-ho-ho’s at this holiday-themed comedy show in Union Square @The Armory 8:30pm All Ages Free The Thalia Zedek Band rips it up tonight in Central Squeeze with guitar masta Victor Villareal (Cap’n Jazz, Owls,Joan of Arc) and the instrumental indie punk shredding of Ghosts of Sailors at Sea, and Mike Joy @TT the Bear’s 8:30pm 18+ $8
and CK host a special edition of the weekly Punk Is Dead night, appropriately titled ‘Fuck Christmas.’ What’s more punk than that? @Ramrod 21+ Free WED 12/25 It’s Christmas. Everything is closed. Duh. Go Ice Skating On a Bog THU 12/26 Although his genius is underappreciated by his contemporaries, this profound rapper will be recognized by posterity for his progressive flow and iconoclast style; Afroman performs with Stereowolf, Kris Hansen & Big Jon Tierney, Northeast Traffic, Nick Rapoza and many more @Manchester 65 (West Warwick, RI) 7pm 18+ $15
Jeff Johnson
SAT 12/28 The FIRST ANNUAL Opposition Rising year end FREE SHOW is a thank you to all you OR friends and fans out there for all your support. This is an ALL AGES MATINEE show w/ local DIY punk and hardcore gangs Opposition Rising, Done With You, The Nasty (NH), Trashawk, Neighborhood Shit and Red Tape @Midway Cafe 4pm All Ages FREE but donate to the traveling bands The eclectic all female Chillith Fair, curated by Whitehaus shyrmp Kate Lee, gathers for its sixth iteration, and the first in Lowell @119 Gallery Look on THE INTERNET for full lineup, details and other fun things 8pm All Ages Donate MON 12/30 Trust in these two Monday regulars in the heart of Cambridge. Experimental electronic performer Peter Gumaskas returns to The Series @Weirdo Records 8:30pm All Ages $5 And down Mass Ave @Zuzu, new weekly night Rad Castle hosts dreamy pop pushers The Dazies and These Wild Plains 10pm 21+ Free TUES 12/31 There’s a million events happening tonight. The long running First Night was in jeopardy after the non-profit group that organized the event folded last June. Fortunately, outgoing Mayor Menino announced that First Night would continue regardless, with expanded support from the city. They’ve announced a wide range events featuring a gaggle of crooners, DJs and who know what else. One option is much-loved Patti Smith at various locations- visit Firstnightboston.org for more info The Allston rats will come out for ripping noise punk rager with Raw Blow, Choke up, and Lady Bones @O’Brien’s 8pm 21+ $5 Sweet and folky Jason Anderson & The Best warms hearts in Somerville @PA’s Lounge 9pm 18+ $10 Exuberant psych pop rockers Bad Rabbits, indie misfits Bearstronaut and beat house producer Brek.One with surely churn up a frothy crowd @ Sinclair 9pm 21+ $30 And rest assured, Boston Hassle has something special prepared for you heavy hitters, so check in with us at BostonHassle.com for more info about our NYE shindig. For last minute shows, additions and changes, visit BostonHassle.com & da Boston Compass FascistBook page. Whether you LIKE it or not, it’s out there. SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: BostonCCC@Gmail.com
FRI 12/20 Proper local pop showcase in Central Sq. tonight with Providence 8-bit electro punks Math the Band, minimal synth duo The Bynars, power pop devotees Huge Face, colorful philosopher pop tarts Streight Angular @ Middle East (Upstairs) 9pm 18+ $10adv/ $12dos Gruff roots rockers Hudson Falcons rock out with Spectre Hawk, Warning Shots, and The Woods @Radio 8pm 21+ $10 SAT 12/21 Lots of all ages shows for the kiddies and kids at heart alike tonight. The leather clad lot will enjoy the raw spit in your face punk of Belfast’s Leather Daddy, with Sunshine Ward, Knives, Slam Pig and Animal Mother @ Democracy Center 6pm All Ages $6 Lovers of 3rd generation ska punk will enjoy Meracula, The New Limits, A Guy Named Guy, and Llama Tsunami (CT) @Lilypad 10pm ALL AGES $7 If you are inclined to the astral, come celebrate the winter solstice, a dark, holy night in Union Square with interesting new people in unconventional, provocative ways at the Beehive Solstice Mystic Social @The Armory 7-9:30pm All Ages Donate Or headbang along with the heavy metal thrashers Razormaze, Pazerbastard, Acaro, Abstruktor @Great Scott 9pm 21+ $5 Local country fried root rockers Tallahassee play with Van Halen bar rock lovers Mellow Bravo, The Field Effect and Cask Mouse @Sinclair 9pm 18+ $12 SUN 12/22 See socially responsible capitalism in action at the Boston Punk Flea Market. This yard sale style event gathers together Boston’s DIY music, arts and crafts communities. Share skills, support local artists, and buy new records from punk labels Total Fucker, Social Napalm and many more @ Democracy Center noon-5pm All Ages Then get loose at the Flea Market After Party with punks Pogo & Work @ZuZu 10pm 21+ Free Continue the Winter Solstice celebration with this dark electronic night, featuring crafty house head Andre Obin, rap duo Immigrants, BATHAUS, Coracola, subterranean beat bro Homeworld, dark synth pop duo Ruby Ridge, Lord Giovanni, Private Archive, Loomere, Homeowner & DJ Erotic FX @Radio 8pm 18+ $10 If you’re in New Hampshire, check out stormy garage rippers Doomriders and industrial droners KYOTY @Sonny’s Tavern (Dover, NH) 9pm 21+ $10 Get into the holiday spirit with a wizardly twist with Harry and the Potters’ 9th Annual Yule Ball feat. The Potter Puppet Pals, Jason Anderson, Lauren Fairweather, The Whomping Willows @Middle East Downstairs 5pm All Ages $18 adv/ $20 dos MON 12/23 Get over to Central Square to catch local experimental electronic Peter Gumaskas explore the subtleties of static, feedback loops and broken connections for The Series @ Weirdo Records 8:30pm All Ages $5 Donation New promoters Rad Castle take on the Night of the Living Deadhead mantle with Santa’s Gonna Party Tonight Surprise @ZuZu 10pm 21+ Free TUE 12/24 For those disinclined to celebrate the birth of Christ, DJs Ghost
Shannon and the Clams Photo by Mona Marayuma
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YEP, CELEBZ by TD Sidell
HEY BACKWATERERS,
Gotcha! My run does involve you being pelted with colorful dust while you celebrate your healthy living and a je ne sais quoi of joie de vivre. You stand, under a glaring strobe beamed down from my official 5k helicopter, covered in the only rainbow that ever mattered: You.
Let’s play a game called
TRAVEL IN FARAWAY LANDS!
Angela Sawyer played this game recently. She saw 7 train stations, 2 subways, and 4 airports. She learned many secret things. Try to guess what they were!
Which country’s people: • Love words on shirts • Look like living versions of tube sock packs • Slobber all over themselves but never on others • Will kiss the air near other people’s faces for sanitary purposes, if pressed • Do not understand curbs • Know exactly how much liquid to put in a little bottle for poisoning • Never shut up about their favorite hilarious television show stars • Will debase themselves utterly to avoid the passenger seats of larger motor vehicles • Are never homeless • Disappear whenever it is dark • Wear soft baby tigers as neck accessories • Play soft, clear techno music in taxis • Loathe small clocks • Brazenly ignore the invisible movements of air molecules, or those molecules’ group interests • Arrest criminals by whistling • Smell exactly like a deep enthusiasm for goat sausage
Answers: A: Americans; B: Englishpeople; C: The French; D: Belgians
TOTAL REAL THINGS OF HISTORY by Chris Braiotta Last month marked the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy Junior Senior. A mourning nation looked to former Vice President Lyndon Johnson to put its pain into words of healing and inspiration. My fellow Americans, We join in grief at the loss of a shining leader. No words I or anyone else can say will heal the pain in our hearts. But I say this: his work is our work, and our work is not done. I also say this—have you ever noticed that the word “turtle” has “turd” in it? Hahaha I love that. First time I realized that I prayed. Swear to God. I said, “Lord in Heaven, thank you for your loving mercy on my tender ball sack ‘cus that is GOOOOOD.” Let the knowledge of God’s mercy on our nation’s tender ball sack be a light in our hearts at this time. This morning, I took the oath of office on an airplane. That means I am now the tallest president in history. You can check the record books on that. Got Lincoln by a good 20,000 feet.
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The first thing I did when we touched down was
to go to the Oval Office and change out of a pair of chinos I’d had on since the previous day. Polyester is exactly like a widow’s pussy: holds a crease but doesn’t breathe for shit. Now, when I opened the closet to put those smelly bastards away, a piece of paper fell out. It was a patent application submitted by our 15th President, James Buchanan. Turns out he invented truck nutz for horses. Here in 1963 we haven’t even invented truck nutz for trucks yet, and this hundred years ago guy is putting big ol’ nuts on horses, the truck of his day. Hahahaha aw man, you should see the drawing. That ol’ horse was like “Why you gotta nail those things to my leg? I got a giant set of veiny purple bung-dusters as it is! Neeeeigh!” Hahahaha. It’s that spirit of restless imagination that will bring our country through these dark days. Aw fuckbuckles. It’s good to be alive. Until you aren’t. Signed, El BJ. That’s what the Mexicanos call me. Love those guys! Try a tamale some day, you sad honkies! Always put me in a good mood. They’re like wet popcorn with spices!
Rachel Uffner Gallery, LES Honestly, this month was super slow for celeb peeping (so just two this time). But I did see this dude (the guy who played the gross dude in Kids and another different kind of gross dude in The Wire) at an art thing. Having unfortunately seen Kids on a date like a million years ago (yes, I did pick the movie; no, the lady that I took and I are not happily married) I can only associate this dude with giving AIDS to 14-year-old girls. I have been informed, however, that this dude is very nice and has not in real life given AIDS to a 14-year-old girl, so I would like to say sorry I thought you were an AIDS-giving statutory rapist for all these years.
(FOR THOSE ACCUSTOMED TO FAILURE) by Nick Ortolani
• Invest in an electric blanket to help heat the side of the bed He/She used to sleep on. • Plant a vegetable garden in the backyard to remind yourself that once a year things will leave you. • Prepare for the future and enroll in life insurance. Now you just need to find a beneficiary. • Buy some baby clothes at the Salvation Army and fill them with dead leaves. Now you have something to yell at. • Stretch that dollar tighter by eating out less. Besides, there are no one sided tables anyway. • Take a vacation. You don’t have to travel far. Sometimes a vacation can just be you, in your room, wearing a bathing suit and bow tie, drinking clamato out of a plastic turtle, looking up horse pictures on the internet and photoshopping yourself into them. Paradise! • Get ECO friendly: both -ology and -onomy! Use everyday recyclable items around the house. Don’t stop there. Utilize common disposables. Build a trash palace and become the Garbage King of the Stink Lands. • Organize your belongings around the house. Devise a system that makes sense. For instance, locks of hair should be kept away from heat sources, and the clothes your ex left behind should be kept in air-tight plastic bags to preserve maximum memories. • Save money by clipping coupons, then using your saliva to stick them to the walls of your room to make a heat-saving cocoon. • Spend more time with family and friends. They’re all in the same graveyard anyway (the earth)!
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You’ll hear a loud bang, some rustling (or is that your own fleeting breath?), then silence. Suddenly, someone starts running. More people lift and lower their legs, and you follow, because you paid $45 for this run and you can’t waste a minute. If only everyone thought like you, un-
A bang. Then another and another and another. You’re hit, your fanny pack contents leaking without end. You stop. A white light.
LEO FITZPATRICK
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It begins at dusk, in a parking lot outside your city. Any city, really; they’re all the same to me now. You and your fellow runners will stand, making small talk, clad in the requisite uniform of skin-sucking clothing and mesh fanny sacks filled with waters and energy gels. Packing heavy may be at your peril, but you don’t know that yet.
derstood the shrill screams of “carpe diem!” that come from the vultures that are suddenly flying just feet above your head, their heavy wings pounding like tired eyes blinking, your eyes blinking as you strain to see because you can’t see. Your eyes are gaping yawns, the ultimate blind banality, but you can feel the ground, and it goes from concrete to a sticky mud, swallowing your legs whole like a ravenous reptile. Keep going! Keep going! Never mind the giant squirrels nipping at your skin or the cries for help among your fellow lungers. Oh, you’d like to help them? Would you?
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I wanted you to know about the world’s most important 5k. You probably think you’ve heard of my run, but you’d be wrong: it doesn’t involve colorful dust or tutus or the thump-thump of pop hits as you jog by people who pretend they love you. Because no one really loves you. Think I’m wrong? Come, join my run.
In case you forgot, TD Sidell moved to NEW YORK CITY, and therefore has seen many celebrities. He figured that you guys were sick of trading stories about seeing Dropkick Murphy (that’s just one dude right?) at a Shaw’s or Ernie Boch Jr. eating at Whalburgers or whatever and that he would ENRICH YOUR LIVES with some tales of all the amazing celebs he got to see with his own eyes RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS FACE. This list should appear monthly or until all celebrities leave New York.
KENNY ROGERS:
TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN LOVE (VOL. 1) by Jessica Campbell The lights were dim. Or, rather, there were no lights. No, there was no lighting whatsoever, save a tiny sliver creeping in from the small, distant streetlamp through a miniscule window. So, a diminutive amount of light, though certainly enough to illuminate the miniature attic that his hulking mass occupied, almost to the room’s limits. The minute amount of space not filled by his large person was neatly filled with a soiled green easy chair on which he sat, and a side table that was directly adjacent to him. It was also soiled, but not so much so that he was distracted away from what it supported–a faded red rotary phone, long technologically surpassed. No, he would not be distracted from the sole object
How to cope with the holiday season:
KEIRA SAYS:
The Place That I Work, Williamsburg
This person was super super drunk as we were closing the bar down a few weeks ago and it was sad. He/she was all red-faced and stumbling around looking for people to talk to him/her, and it was a serious bummer. I’m choosing not to name this person because who among us has not had one (or many) of those nights. I hope that one day when I’m barely-recognizably famous, I can depressingly wander around a closed bar, staring at the floor and wondering why I only got to barely recognizable when others have totally reached the heights of medium-famous and can get the benefit of the doubt from that up-andcomer behind the bar as he plots to supplant me in the great hierarchy of fame. Besides, I generally like this person’s work, and it isn’t like this dude/lady is super famous/worthy of the embarrassment that comes from my righteous pen. OH HOW I WISH HE/SHE WAS!
ANGELA’S XMAS WISHLIST - A mechanical parakeet - Sorry, that's actually the whole list.
of his attention, for it was so rife with erotic promises that his eyes could not be dragged away. Oh, that it would ring! He suckled his white moustache, bit his upper lip, and expelled a nearly inaudible groan of anticipation.
HOLIDAY EDITION!!!!!
RYAN SAYS:
SEMI-FAMOUS CHARACTER ACTOR
DOs Buy a DVD copy of Crazy, Stupid, Love, “smile” with family, bring a bottle of wine to what people call your room (but you know), play the DVD copy of Crazy, Stupid, Love, staring at the ceiling, holding onto the bottle with both hands, never opening it. DON’Ts Try to express the feelings you’ve never been able to put into words. What Ryan said.
Was he smoking a cigar? He thought of this question too, but the answer was no. No, he knew that the power of his sensually provocative voice could not be tempered by smoke, lest it lose any of its authority. His authority, of course, was the reason for which women around the world could not resist calling his illicit 1-900 number, their husbands and phone bills be damned. True, it had been a risky and costly move, having a phone sex line hooked up to the house, but the hundreds of hours of sexual arousal that it begat had more than paid the phone bills; they filled the wank bank. Building a secret phone room in the home he shared with his wife had been an erotic adventure in itself. Sure, the building of a sound booth for his country music singing career had given him an easy excuse to do the necessary construction, but coming up with reasons why the attic space now seemed mysteriously smaller was increasingly difficult. The real reason was, of course, that part of it was hidden behind an erogenous false wall of lathe, plaster and semen. But this was not an excuse she would have found tolerable and, thus, he found himself perpetually scrambling to keep her from questioning him on the matter. Kenny Rogers was in a bind, and not the kind he liked.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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Sneaky Pinks
Harold Budd
I’m Punk/Puke Pudding Almost Ready Records (2013) I’m pretty sure that listening to this song kills the same amount of brain cells as huffing a garbage bag of glue. SNEAKY PINKS are the stranger and grosser bastard child/sister wife/ slack jawed cousin of the artist who prefers to be known as NOBUNNY, emerging from the loins of the hare sometime in the mid-2000s. They only managed to crap out a couple of 7″s before kind of disappearing but thanks to ALMOST READY RECORDS, our ears can experience a fresh load of sonic diarrhea. There’s nothing to “I’M PUNK”, in fact you already know what it sounds like before hearing it. A little rock-n-roll song that doesn’t stick around for too long, “I’M PUNK” pogos around in your head for a couple of minutes, blowing it’s nose all over your clothes, taking a shit on top of your kid, etc. before collapsing in a pile of it’s own filth. This is exactly what you’d expect from the lyrical savant who is responsible for writing things like “I want a blowjob, I want a hot dog.” Think of “PUKE PUDDING” as dessert you never should have eaten, and hope that there is someone there to hold your hair back. Available on purple vinyl, this would be an excellent gift for that hard to shop for scumbag you wish you weren’t friends with. - Christine Moore
Saralee
Perhaps Root Strata (2013) Performed and recorded in memoriam of James Tenney, his friend and former colleague at Cal Arts, Perhaps (Root Strata) is an understandably reflective and meditative exercise for Harold Budd. Budd is a renowned avant-garde composer and pianist who has long interacted with minimalism and free jazz over the course of his career, and Perhaps, a continuous 75-minute solo improvisation, has the calm, controlled energy of a master. Budd’s use of space is delicate but powerful. With gentle pedal work he streams impressionistic harmonies through clusters and common tones. Interestingly, by allowing the necessary time for each chord to ametrically ring into and away from itself, Budd creates a fluid forward motion though patient restraint. Using the piano’s harmonic decay as a mechanism for musical growth could comment on the nature of death he is presumably addressing in the piece as a whole.I’m sure there are allusions and motivic elements that are way over most of our heads, but analyzing the minutia of this piece seems beyond the point. This is a gorgeous moment in time honoring the passage of a larger-scale “moment” in time. Perhaps is successful because it makes the listener aware of the beauty and finality of both. - Patrick Collins
Godflesh
Self titled Ride The Snake Records (2013) After a couple delicious demos, Boston guitar-drums duo SaraLee have finally released their first full length, an eponymous LP off Cambridge’s DIY pride RIDE THE SNAKE RECORDS. The album is a continuation of their rough and tumble sound, aided by a cleaner production that goes to show these guys don’t rely on the ‘lo-fi’ aesthetic to get their point across. SaraLee recall the exhilaration and emotional tumult of surf rock, yet are bereft of any explicit sonic tropes that characterize Dick Dale era-instrumentation or the hazy garage pop revival of the last decade. Instead, they are a surf band of the heart, one that channels the rapidly changing emotional currents into propulsive streams surging ever forward towards the sea. The stark instrumentation and organic, loosely flowing style make for an emotionally arresting combo. The swelling tempo quickly rises and falls in tempestuous bursts above a deep, earnest undercurrent. The drums roll and crash with a driving tidal rhythm as jangly sharp guitar chords pummel on the beach of disaffection. Themes of isolation, disappointed relationships and the ebb and flow of life’s tribulations are communicated with biting clear insight in singer Sara’s cutting croon. All this makes for profoundly stirring mood, one that paradoxically provokes both quiet introspection and a passionate desire to escape it all in those fast moving rhythms. SaraLee play a kind surf rock for the land-locked, music fit for a goldfish energetically swirling in its lonely bowl, yearning to be flushed - if only to be closer to the sea. - Chris Collins
Form A Log
The Two Benjis Decoherence Records (2013) Actually grabbed a tape copy of this cycle of wheezing bleats from FORM A LOG last they dipped into Jamaica Plain’s basement society. If only we could actually build secret doors between these clandestine venues then we would REALLY have something going on (architects and contractors please get in touch). This is subterranean music right here made by the LOG trio of Schofield (aka Container), Weaver (aka Dinner Music), and Anthony (aka Profligate, who just blasted an intense set out @ Hassle Fest 5). If you like to get freak-ayyy these dudes are speaking unto you. Their live show is an astounding execution of live tape manipulation melded to scattered and skittering electronic beat experiments and musique concrete dispatches. DECOHERENCE RECORDS can be blamed for putting this one to vinyl which jogged my memory eliciting the self directed demand, “I must write about THE TWO BENJIS!” Tape snippets waft in and out of this often woozy beat centered murk a log, mutating and metamorphosing and slowly being absorbed into the slowly growing momentum of the track itself. Industrial thud and garbled transmissions groan beneath ethnic instrumentation and an omnipresent noisy haze. Bass drops coexist with off human sounds and are coaxed along by pulsing techno arpeggios or wobbling creak beats depending on where you dive in. “Diamond Pressure” gives us most of this band’s spectrum in one fell swoop. Bits of tape and cheapo electronic sounds are harnessed initially in creating a maddening and dense pulse until the fade to a foreground arpeggiating synth which eventually delivers us to white noise. These are wild out of bounds sounds for courageous fans of exploring the outer bounds of electronic music making. You must ask yourself, are you with us? - Dan Shea
F.O.D. flexi Released with issue #109 of Decibel magazine The Godflesh – F.O.D. (Fuck Of Death) flexi, released with issue #109 of Decibel magazine, is the first new material by the band to be released since 2001. Recorded by original members Justin Broadrick (Napalm Death, Jesu) and G.C. Green, the song is a cover of a Slaughter song from their 1987 album Strappado. The song shows Godflesh’s signature industrial metal style, equal parts early Swans and heavy metal. While the riffing in the song gets a bit tedious, the song is still a decent cover. More importantly, the flexi – as well as the set lists for the for their recent slew of shows – shows Godflesh playing more in the vein of their earlier releases, with a focus primarily on Streetcleaner and Pure. Broadrick confirms that the new album will be in this style, although he says there will be “a few songs with hip-hop beats,” which sounds more like an indication that songs will sound more like tracks from Songs Of Love And Hate. Either way A World Lit Only By Fire is something to look out for in 2014, along with the rescheduled US tour dates. In the meantime, F.O.D. (Fuck Of Death) is here to whet your appetite. - Chris Defalco
Soupcans
Parasite Brains Telephone Explosion (2013) Alright class, it’s time for a lesson on how to make a gritty, psychotic ripper of an album. Open your textbooks to the chapter on Soupcans; these trashy Toronto punks (Telephone Explosion) are pumping out some of the weirdest, ripest tunes imaginable. Case in point: their new Parasite Brain EP, that reads like a story of the grimiest Saturday night escapade. The album writhes to life with it’s namesake track, pulling you off your couch with its jerking, blistering riffs and pushing you into a night of rage-driven, frenetic antics. “No Teeth” starts up and you’re stealing a motorbike and revving the engine in a backalley until the thing belches smoke as thick as tar. Before you know it you’re in a grimey dive breaking pool cues over the bartender’s head, and as glasses shatter “Weedopolis” keeps crunching away with its booming no-fucks-given guitar. “Crimes of the Future Pt. II” whirls up and you’re stumbling home, head throbbing, leaking vomit on the stack of Yellow Pages you tripped over as those guitars dive and bend. You manage to make it home but can’t get your pants off without throwing a tantrum, so “Lost Drugs” storms along like ultra-pissed out-oftune 80s hardcore sung by a drooling drunk. And as the rotary distortion of “2 Much” howls, as the vocals bark and spin out, you fall face-first into a nightmare landscape, chased a pitchblack landscape by packs of seething wolves… The moral of the story, class, is that there is no excuse for you to not be listening to Soupcans right now. Stream this monstrous EP on the Boston Hassle website and be sure to peep the band’s bandcamp for physical release dates. - Dean Antonio
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Last month I left on the tip of the iceberg of how I hear noise: if most of the music in our lives is a combination of texture, rhythm and harmony, noise is when you remove one of those three. No harmony? No New York is your 101 shit. No rhythm? Black Dice’s 04-05 work comes to mind. No texture? I’d like to hear that. What about when you take away two? Just rhythm… this gets us into a campfire as much as does into Chris Corsano. Square one, linguistically speaking. Just harmony? Well that’s some of the oldest music we’ve got and far away from anyone’s idea of noise. Just texture? Either we’re ambient (noise’s best bro) or waste deep in Raw Meet. Might be cool to get into some “what is texture?” shit down the line. It’s overwhelming to consider. But what this says to me is how resiliently anti-genre noise is. If it doesn’t have a sound, it has a community. What makes this community special is how it brings virtually every discipline together. If you get bored making jazz, electronic, classical or whatever, noise is the Wild West; untamed and unbent to any mainstream/monetary agenda. It’s a place where I see two crazy things happening. First, noise, as music, gets fused with the extra-musical: comedy, dance, storytelling, performance art - anything. Universes collide. Second; new phrases, new rhythms, new colors, as in the straight up invention of music. Sometimes it feels like the last alchemic front we’ve got. - Wes Kaplan
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In Federal Court on December 23 2004 the City of Boston repealed Police Rule 75, effectively permitting busking and the display and sale of artwork in Boston’s public spaces. Police Rule 75, enacted in 1950, placed numerous restrictions on “itinerant” musicians performing for tips. Musicians were required to obtain licenses issued by the police commissioner, and in a large portion of the city including the Back Bay, South End and North End, licensed itinerant music was permissible only from 6-9pm and excluding Sunday. Licensed female musicians had to be accompanied by a licensed male musician.
Stephen Baird of the Jamaica Plain-based Community Arts Advocates filed a federal suit to repeal Police Rule 75 in August 2004 “to protect artists’ and performers’ freedom of expression in Boston.” In the suit Baird describes repeated incidents where Boston Police and Park Rangers violated his First Amendment rights. In one incident a park ranger on Boston Common ordered him to stop playing his hammered dulcimer, insisting that he needed a permit to do so. Neither the Parks Department nor the City of Boston issue permits to play on Boston Common, making it impossible for artists to comply with such demands and thus denying their Consitutional right to free expression. With this repeal no permit or license is required to perform or exhibit art publicly in Boston. If an artist is not blocking the flow of pedestrian and vehicle traffic and is not disturbing the peace, there are no legal grounds for an officer of the law to interfere with the artist’s work. Despite this fact the harassment of buskers continues, as does Mr. Baird’s advocacy. Neil Horsky • horskyprojects.com
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by Sydney Kinchen SoWa Holiday Market, 41 Berkeley St Boston, MA 02116 This holiday season, bypass the traditional mass-produced chain store fodder and spend your hard-earned dollars on some original hand-crafted gifts that are bound to impress everyone on your list. On December 14-15 from 12-6pm the 10th Annual SoWa Holiday Market invades the spacious main hall of the South End’s historic Benjamin Franklin Institute at 41 Berkeley Street for a weekend chock-full of independent artists, crafters, and designers locally sourced from across New England. The SoWa Holiday Market is an extension of the SoWa Open Market which runs seasonally from April to October. Featuring over 80 vendors, you can knock out your holiday shopping in one fell swoop with an impressive array of locally-produced items. Feast your eyes on a wide swath of handmade goods including silk-screened t-shirts, custom-made jewelry, artisan chocolates, letterpress stationery, candles, ceramics, re-purposed wool accessories, baby clothes, and so much more! Looking to maximize your shopping experience and eliminate competition? For $15 bucks you can gain VIP access Saturday morning from 10-11am for an extra hour of shopping before the fest opens to the general public. Skip the dreaded throngs of mall-walkers and elbow-jabbing bargain hunters and score some truly unique treats. Plus, what’s not to love about supporting the local community?
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Brent Pheto
Now’s not the time for competing in water sports unless you’re thinking of skating the ice ramps: all waters, frozen. The cold chills left behind from summers long sweeps of hot balloons and goons traveling long distance for this and there. These have accumulated the tenderest cold chills, and socializing has been made easier. The cold has brought a harsh reality to your lack thereof: 1st place
Capricorn Your lucky pap left you his plow, for in advanced flyer-ing you found your forte, the snow hath been removed and your pocket’s filled with the finest of green cash, the stench of burning death is not apparent dummy! It’s snow. Don’t get mad, get glad: Your favorite colors will be expressed come spring. Is spring after winter? It’s the long nights, consider this: buy your favorite pair of Sketchers that lit up when you were a wee pup.
VIP passes can be purchased through the Market’s official website at: www.sowaholidaymarket.com. Nabeela Vega
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