Familiar, gloomy sight photographed by Paul Keleher The remains of Lawrence soldier Alex R. Jimenez were brought home today. [Globe] Inspiring Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch died. [Globe] Boston defense lawyer Robert Egbert also passed away. [Herald] The Cape Cod man who beat a Yankees fan with a baseball bat has been released. [Globe] In less depressing news, we'll soon be able to boogie at Nico in the North End. [Boston Herald]......

COLOR Friday, December 7th Milky Way Lounge 403 Centre Street Jamaica Plain, MA 9pm / 21+ / $5 MySpace w/ resident Joseph Colbourne special guest: David Shaw A recently added night to Boston's blossoming dance party scene, COLOR - hosted by Ben Sisto - takes on a handful of meanings. Open to all, the genres spun cover a vibrant variety. The idea behind it, too, is to join art and music, bringing in guests......

The April rain is seemingly behind us, the flowers are springing, but we're not yet upon summer festival season. Soon enough we won't be able to go a weekend without a sleepless night with ringing in our ears as we spent too many hours in the heat a little too close to a bank of speakers broadcasting to the masses. Well, that or a sweet show at Harbor Lights The Pavilion. Tuesday, 5/8 Grant-Lee......

There may or may not soon be an interesting auction on eBay for Dresden Dolls fans. Earlier this evening, Bostonist was in the process of writing about the auction Boston rocker Amanda Palmer had put into motion on the online site. We were intrigued partly because it featured a neat bit of Dolls memorabilia: the 1992 Volvo 240 station wagon that Palmer has owned since 1999 and included into various band video footage (including the......

Theo Epstein, the "Once and Future King" of the Red Sox front office, is now officially back on board with the team in a full-time role to be determined. Bostonist doesn't care if he's part of the clubhouse cleaning crew; it’s good to have Theo Epstein, the man that built three straight playoff appearances and the 2004 World Series win, back in a full capacity helping the Red Sox become a better squad and......