May 9, 2008
-- Boston police arrested a woman for setting the fire that killed two young girls, Acia Johnson, 14, and her 3-year-old sister, Sophia, in South Boston last month. Nicole Chuminski, 25, will be arraigned Monday on two counts of murder and one count of arson. Chuminski was reportedly the girlfriend of the victims' mother, and the alleged arson may have been the outcome of a vicious spat. [Globe; Herald]
-- The truck driver whose careering vehicle led to the massive pile-up in Allston yesterday has been charged in connection with the incident. Timothy Newton, 38, of Revere, was charged with with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage, leaving the scene of an accident with personal injury, and driving to endanger. [WBZTV; Herald]
-- Bostonist never gets tired of pointing out how polite Cambridge's criminals seem to be. A man who allegedly held up a hair salon on Hampshire Street apologized on his way out the door. [Cambridge Chronicle]
All charges alleged until proven under law
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doktor cocacolamacdonalds has the strangest name of any of the comedians performing at this weekend's AltCom 2008 festival. Bostonist got the jet-lagged doktor to answer a remarkable number of questions before he performs tonight at the Somerville Theatre.
Hey, doctor. Where are you from?
The city of Derby in England, birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, the home of the Jet Engine and the owners of the worst premiership soccer club of all time.
Some comedians are asked if they were the "class clown." How would you describe your youth experience? Were you a quiet, artistic type? Do you have a juvenile arrest record?
A skinny runt with below average intelligence who couldn't tie his own shoelaces and constantly forgot things with no fashion sense or sense of direction.
How long have you been known as Doktor Cocacolamcdonalds?
About three or four years depending on whose opinion you believe. Some people tell lies!
There are a bunch of influences listed on your MySpace page. Was there someone who was most pivotal in your artistic development?
Seeing Fred Armisen open for the Chicago rock band Shellac at festival in England.. I thought.. I want to do that!
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May 9, 2008
The weather forecast makes us cry, cry, cry. [Weather.com] If you're using tricky methods to avoid tolls, watch yourself--because the police are watching you. [WBZTV] Pangea Day works to promote unity and tolerance. [Pangea Day] Ooooooh oooh oooh oooooh ooh ooh oooooooh--Liv Tyler and Spacehog rocker hubby separate. We're just glad to have been reminded of "In the Meantime." [Boston Channel] Crazy Vermonters race around contiguous U.S. in just 106 hours. No word number of...
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Alternative Comedy Festival Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square May 9 and 10, 8pm [ Website | Tickets] Yes, Virginia, comedy can be funny and unpredictable again. Don't be lulled by jokesters treading over the typical, fallow topics trying to be the next Jerry Seinfeld or Ray Romano. In what will hopefully be the first year of a new local institution, the Somerville Theatre hosts the Alternative Comedy Festival tonight and tomorrow. Some may roll...
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It's funny that Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz's new film is called What Happens in Vegas. It implies the usual counterpart to that line, "...stays in Vegas," but sadly the film doesn't take its own advice. This movie should have stayed in the film reel, or in the writer's head, or in Ashton Kutcher's pants, or any other place it didn't have the opportunity to enter the collective American consciousness. If there's anything we don't...
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A lovely moment in time captured by amythyst_lake. Great bright color and contrast. Happy Weekend All!...
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(CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE) "Tales Of Mere Existence" By Levni Yilmaz Z.O.G. Buy a Comic/DVD set from Lev! http://www.ingredientx.com/buy/main.htm For more comics, animations and correspondence, kindly visit http://www.ingredientx.com If you gravitate towards isolated, obsessive nerd habits like I do, also consider a visit to: http://www.myspace.com/tales_of_mere_existence...
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--We are deeply in love with Beyond Boston Chic, a local blog celebrating Boston's on-the-street style. The posts feature Bostonians of every shape, size, color, and age. The one thing they've all got in common, as the site says is "that little sumthin', sumthin', that confidence or creativity that you're trying to get through." We commend fab Bostonian Martini for showing the blogosphere that not all of us dress drab. --If you're coveting the...
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Fareed Zakaria’s new book, The Post-American World, deals with “the rise of the rest,” the great successes that traditionally poorer and less powerful nations (particularly India and China) have achieved in the past few decades. Harvard Bookstore brought Zakaria to First Parish Church last night to discuss his book and politics in general with Harvard history prof Niall Ferguson. Bostonist was there to get the Post-American scoop. The evening started with Ferguson asking some broad...
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Music -- Swedish performer El Perro Del Mar (the nom de pop for the improbably named Sarah Assbring) makes gentle music with flutes, high harmonies, and repetition. It sounds sort of like what Lee Hazlewood would have written for France Gall if he had been a god-fearing eunuch and she couldn't swing. Middle East Upstairs, 472 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 8:00pm. $15. -- Liverpool band Clinic makes woozy, droney rock music that's heavily indebted to the...
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Hey, remember when the knock on the Celtics was their depth? Remember when everyone assumed Ghidorah would play great and then all hell would break loose when the second unit came in? Think Cleveland is remembering those predictions wistfully? The first quarter last night was a hangover from Game One. Ghidorah was still struggling (we were ready to call for a wheelchair to escort Ray Allen off the floor, if not a gurney). LeBron James...
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