Chicagoist’s “Countdown to Rahmageddon” concluded with the election of Rahm Emanuel as Mayor. With Emanuel’s election, the epic “Mayor Emanuel” Twitter feed came to a glorious end, and they broke the feed down by the numbers. Massachusetts wandered into Wisconsin territory with a Unions vs. Tea Party rally on Wednesday at Beacon Hill. A Tea Partier said unions were "perverted," and Congressman Michael Capuano said people should get "a little bloody."
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Last night, Bostonist had the pleasure of meeting the Portland Cello Project, an enjoyable blend of classical, rock, and pop songs played out on cello strings. From Manuel De Falla's "Danza Del Fuego" to Britney Spears' "Toxic," the group ran the gamut of sounds both typical for and atypical of the classical instrument. PCP member Anna Fritz played her own composition, "Breath and Bone," a gentle rumination on interpersonal relationships. The band moved through other arrangements, including a Norfolk and Western song and the Halo theme. Adam Thompson of Thao and the Get Down Stay Down judged an audience singalong to a string version of Outkast's "Hey Ya," accompanied by Thao member Willis Thompson on drums. Boston received a 7.9 on the Pitchfork scale for its "Hey Ya" skills, besting Milwaukee, tying Urbana, Illinois; and eking by Montreal. Toronto, however, remains in the lead. Justin Power joined the group on for a few songs, upping the indie ante on stage. Throughout the evening, PCP seemed perturbed by the noise from Throwed, the "Indie / Electro Dance Party" happening upstairs at the Middle East, so finish the evening the band fought back with its "Toxic" cover, creating a clash between cello and silicone as disturbing as the clown mobs PCP frontman Douglas Jenkins described encountering at a dual ICP/PCP show in Detroit.
Isn't it fitting that the Boston Herald can provide an entire Oddbblotter by itself? Dudes, thanks for always delivering our crazy crime fix.
An editorial in yesterday's Globe swiftly rose to the top of the "Most E-Mailed" ranks. The title alone was a grabber: "Go-Go Dancing All Over Red's Grave."
First, there were the rumors about Tom Brady getting hair plugs. Now, our Governor shaves his head. The state of the Commonwealth's hair is in flux.
This week's Project Runway made us think one thing and one thing only: Britney Spears totally has a career in professional wrestling if she makes it out of the hospital (which, apparently, she just did). The runway challenge this week was to design an outfit for a female professional wrestler in the WWE. Some designers took the challenge to heart and ran with the campy sexuality of it all, while others were blinded by the sequins and rhinestones and came up with poor imitations of real wrestling outfits.
--Haven't you always wanted to go to an event called HARVAPALOOZA? Well, now you can. Local band The Franklin Kite bring a special combination of musical prowess and astrophysics knowledge to Tommy Doyle's, where they'll play alongside Maya and The Trolleys to commemorate the palooza that is Harvard. Or something like that? Anyway, the show starts at 9 and it's totally free. A dance party will follow, so put your best foot forward. Hopefully it's not the left.
--Boston wins again! ...in the plane delays department, at least.
We weren't surprised to see Manny Ramirez selling a car on eBay, but the news that someone was selling Red Sox manager Terry Francona's chewed gum on eBay thoroughly disgusted us. The fact that people were bidding on it disgusted us even more. And how are you going to know it's Terry Francona's gum, anyway? That's like selling Britney Spears' Dorito Dust. The seller told the Inside Track that she got it from the dugout...
--Miguel Perez, 22, was shot around 1:00 am while standing in the rain outside the bar Gigi's Palace. Brian Ballou at the Globe writes that the owner of the bar didn't let Perez in because he thought Perez was "trouble" and may have been involved with a shooting that happened inside the bar two weeks ago. The owner, Andy Barros, can't be blamed for not wanting trouble--his cousin died outside Gigi's Palace last year, and...
--Everyone's got an opinion about Governor Deval Patrick's casino plan. Dan Kennedy at Media Nation, who also cross-posts at Blue Mass Group, has been taking the anti-casino view and offers an interesting post about how the new revenue Patrick has been discussing is just "rearranged money."
Okay, okay, this edition of "Series of Tubes" isn't all about Britney Spears, but local bloggers had plenty to say about her dopey performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. --Karen is far more sympathetic to Britney's case because America can't resist a story of someone like Spears. --Rude Boy finds similarities between Miz Spears and Family Guy. A debate then ensued as to whether or not it was appropriate to discuss Spears in the...
--Tom Finneran of WRKO tried to join the Britney Spears VMA Performance Conversation. His input, which he probably thought was witty and snappy, left everyone just feeling uncomfortable. He declared that he would have given Spears a "black eye" and a "dope slap" if she kept him waiting just as she did her dancers during rehearsal. Yes, that's the way to tame those women who can't keep their clothes on, Mr. Finneran - just...
Ah, the New York/Boston debate. While many point their fingers at Boston for stoking the flames on a regular basis (chants of "Yankees Suck" heard everywhere might have something to do with it), we can now point a little of the blame back to NYC. Gawker, having decided that they'd chastised Britney Spears' parenting techniques enough, shocked readers across the globe today by turning its typically New Yawk-centric eye beyond the boroughs. But, in characteristic...
It's so hard sometimes, trying to track down the perfect gift for that theatrical friend who seems to have everything. Or giving your Upstairs/Downstairs or Heaven/Hell party that certain something to stand out from all the rest.
We were diligently writing today's Redux and thinking of lecturing Dan Shaugnessy for committing the major journalism fallacy of assuming everyone "stopped eating and sleeping" when Dice-K touched down in Fort Meyers. Not everyone is tracking every move of Dice-K. Everyone is actually obsessing over tracking every move of Britney Spears. OK, that's not true. But the 24-hour-cable-news channels are, anyway. You probably already heard about it - Britney Spears up and shaved her head....
The Massachusetts midterms were downright sane compared to what happened in the rest of the nation. There was voter deception in Virginia. A poll worker strangled a voter in Kentucky (you'd think it would have been the opposite). Computer glitches slowed down voting across the nation. South Carolina's governor wasn't able to vote for himself. Britney Spears divorced K-Fed, which may have been a cultural sign that "The Man" was about to get stuck....
Celebrate Ben Franklin's 300th birthday with the Bikini Bandits and Phillyist! (NSFW). Speaking of Mr. Franklin, send in a picture of Ben (or Ed Rendell) with a red tongue and win a free t-shirt. And they might have the next YearlyKos in Philly. You know who's going to be upset about those Bikini Bandits? The Houston school system. Houstonist also reports on some redevelopment shenanigans over a landmark theater. LAist's sex advice column on...
Britney Spears is for not for sale...well, at least her themed room isn't at the Onyx Hotel, which was sold to LaSalle Hotel Properties for $28.6 million this week. The group decided to hold onto the pop princess's hotel room and hopefully it will attract some more attention to the Bullfinch Triangle area hotel. In case you missed it, Spears invaded Boston this past fall by transforming a room into a simulacrum of her childhood...
The 47th GRAMMY Awards aired last night on CBS and while Bostonist was hoping for something exciting to happen, like a wardrobe malfunction for example, nothing out of the ordinary really occured. Ray Charles was the big winner with the his collection of duets (completed a few months before his death), "Genius Loves Company" winning Best Album and "Here We Go Again," a duet with songstress Norah Jones, picking up Record of the Year. Charles...
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