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The Boston Globe may be cutting their news room staffers – but they're scraping together some funds to push through some new media. According to the Pop-Ed site, where the videos are posted, "Boston.com is proud to present 'Pop-Ed,' a daily original song and accompanying video written and performed by local musician Jake Brennan, focusing on news and events that take place that day. Jake will find news of interest in the morning and then start writing." The composition is featured with video on Boston.com in the mid afternoon and aired nightly on WBOS around 9 pm. The Pop-Ed feature has been given a trial run that wraps up at the end of the week – Boston.com won't say if Jake will be renewed or if they'll give a shot to another local artist. Today's installment embedded below is based on a piece about Parker Posey in her latest film role. In the spirit of participatory new media, you can help Jake write tomorrow's feature.

First Keith Lockhart got himself an official website. Then the Boston Pops started teaming up with pop/rock/alternative musical acts. Now Keith and Company are taking to YouTube for some "American Idol"-style action. The Boston Pops - not your average orchestra!

The Pats took one with ease on Sunday, defeating division rival Miami Dolphins by a score of 20-10 at sold out Gillette stadium. The boys at the Bostonist satellite office in Foxboro have now defeated all three of their divisional foes, posting an early 3-0 record in the division, which is critical down the line for playoff scenarios.

We're not talking publishing here – we're talking Brit Rock. The post-punk revival has brought Editors into the public eye with their album infused with sounds of some greats like Joy Division, Doves, and Echo and the Bunnymen. They caused quite a buzz last year when they hit the world with their debut album "The Back Room." They're out on a world tour now, appeasing UK audiences who can't seem to stop clamoring for more. You can listen to the track (RA | Windows) watch the video (RA High | Low) for their single Munich or keep your eyes open for them on one of the few US dates on this tour - ten to be exact. Paradise Rock Club is on the list, Boston is one of the lucky ten cities in the US, for a July 30 show. Grab your tickets fast, the NYC date (the night before) has already sold out and they're playing the Paradise with local favorites the Bon Savants. But you know, Bostonist is your friend and we like to give you stuff. Today we're kicking off a set of contests to get you in to the Editors show for free. Take the jump and slip us your email address in our super fancy electronic submission form. Winners will be drawn at random and notified by email. Or just go add them to your myspace friends.

Bostonist loves the fact that the Boston Globe has employed a full time arts writer to blog for them several times a day. Geoff Edgers has been doing a good job with Exhibitionist, even if they don't have comments open on the site. Today we caught a piece where Edgers points out the PORT's most pretentious art writing contest. Hilarious. There's enough pretentious art writing on the Internets for everyone to have too much of it. While it's fun to look at pretentious musings on the internets in other parts of the country it may be more fun to look at the interactive contests. Take Boston Sports Media Watch's write-like-Dan contest that challenges readers to write Dan Shaughnessy's column about the Mets match up with the Sox before he does. The world of the comic strip never fails to entertain. If Zippy and Family Circus are the cup of tea that keeps you caffeinated all afternoon might we suggest that you go check out someone who will point out the daily shortcomings and oddities that are arguably more amusing that the actual comics. Joshreads.com, or the Comics Curmudgeon as he's called, will bring you running satirical comments on every comic included in the Herald and Globe – and even those that aren’t. Expect regular appearances from the Apartment 3-G crowd and especially the Family Circus.

While perusing this week's issue of the Boston Phoenix we came across an ad for Old School Prom on the back page. It featured a young woman in yellow strapless prom dress, updo, and attitude-full look holding a massive mirror with the words "Now who's the fairest of them all?" written on it (as if to appeal to all the 'ugly duckings' out there who want to set the record straight). The details were...

It is now a week gone by since St. Patrick’s Day and ye olde Evacuation Day gripped the Hub and spilled from every bar with a little bit of Irish in it (or at least a bit of green in the window). At five days since we stood with Solo in hand atop Telegraph Hill watching the parade, Bostonist has become a little nostalgic for last week - already.We thought it appropriate last week to...

David Wells, Mr. I-can't-go-out-to-eat-without-being-papparazzi'd-to-death, no longer wants to be traded. Hmmm...now that there's a question of his paycheck (and his $200K bonus per start), he's a dedicated Red Sox pitcher. Can you say flim flam? Flip-flop? Hey David, if you want privacy at a restaurant, give them a call in advance, tell them who you are, and get a private table. When you're famous and the city of Boston pays your salary, part of the deal is putting up with fans (note - fans, not people that want to beat you up or steal your Rolex) who might want to interact with you. Get over it; you've been in the bigs for 19 years.

Before Bostonist could make it to one of the hundreds of Dunkin’ Donuts locations to try their Caramel Creme and Mocha Almond latte flavors (just released for the holidays), we heard about a contest: Free coffee for life - could it be true? Dunkin’ Donuts is asking patrons to tell their story about the great lengths to which they’ve gone for a cup of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee. With a location within arms' reach* anywhere in the city, Dunkin’ Donuts is exceedingly convenient, but Bostonist has to admit that sugar and cream with a little bit of coffee tastes just as good no matter where we buy it. Entries in the contest must be received by next Monday (November 28) to qualify. If you’ve descended Mt. Washington, Mt. Everest, or Mt. Kilimanjaro just to grab a cup o’ arabica, Bostonist is sure you’ve got a leg up on this contest. John Glenn can’t claim a return trip to Earth for this contest, though: it isn’t open to Ohio residents.

About a month ago Bostonist went in for our facelift. Our skin tightened up a bit but it left us with a problem. No, we didn’t have an onslaught of suitors since we are looking so hot. We’re clashing. As you may notice when visiting our site, other cities are promoted with the banner spot at the top of the page. The position, when not occupied by an advertiser or a group of google-relevant ads, contains a one-color banner for Bostonist (like that above) or another network site. We’re tired of the black on blue logo that we see when we’re checking in with chicagoist, miamist, or the like. We want your help to remedy the situation, so we’re holding a themed internet open-studio for local artists and internet juggernauts.

This weekend the City of Boston and Life is Good hope that 30,000 carved up pumpkins show up on the Boston Common. This Saturday, October 22, carved pumpkins, or pumpkins to carve can be brought to the Common with a votive candle to be included in the record breaking attempt. Keene, NH owns the current record of most lit jack-o-lanterns in one place. They managed to get 28,952 pumpkins lit and in one place to...

The most watched contests last year (Yanks v. Sox, duh) resulted in a nearly 20% drop of the average volume in the ER during the game. Though they pointed to an increase during a game against the Yankees which most took for a guaranteed loss, viewers were few in numbers, Emergency Room traffic increased. After taking the obligatory course in statistics in college we’ve only applied that knowledge recently to poker hands. We can apply it here and draw the conclusion that though traffic is down during the games, there may not actually be fewer illnesses. The analysis done in this study shows a dip during key Red Sox games in ER traffic, perhaps at 10:45 p.m. when the last out is caught the ER fills up. So it could very well be all about waiting it out. As if 86 years of practice wasn’t enough…