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The exhibit Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914–1939 shows the sharp, mechanical-feeling prints that set the artistic tone for the future. Museum of Fine Arts. Read Bostonist's preview of the show. Runs through June 1.
Like just about anyone who thought their love of music was aptly captured onscreen by John Cusack in "High Fidelity," the folks over at Paste Magazine are fond of The Music List. So we weren't terribly surprised to see (via Stereogum) that the mag created a list of the nation's best music venues, broken down into regions. The criteria, as Paste spells it out in their June issue (Parkey Posey on the cover!): We weighed...
This Sunday Project Bread's Walk for Hunger takes over the streets of Boston, Newton, Watertown…oh, you get the picture. The walk starts in the morning and thousands of people will be walking to raise money to support food banks, soup kitchens, and other initiatives across the Commonwealth. There are lots of good shows going on this week – and it's capped off with a weekend extravaganza that includes both Arts First and Harvard Square's...
Long holiday weekends with the family (families for some) will often lead many to that "I have to get the hell away from here" tipping point. Now, Bostonist isn't intimating that going home is a miserable experience for all. But for those who have been out on their own for a little while now, that shock of reverting back to the days of living under the family's roof is somewhat inevitable. So what options are there for when you have to get out of their the house? Go to the local watering hole for an impromptu class reunion? No thank you. How about an official class reunion? Negative to that one, too. A safe bet is to just hit up the movies. Every year there is a slew of movies released throughout the long Thanksgiving weekend. Bostonist spent the last few days hitting up local pre-release and just-released screenings and we have thoughts on a few of the offerings:
Up in Somerville in Davis Square there lies a little Irish pub called the Burren. Thursday nights at the Burren are straight off of the iPod. Every Thursday night for a $5 cover the back room, as they call it, features the Swingin’ Johnsons (also known as the Johnson Brothers when they’re playing to wedding receptions). Bostonist was a little skeptical about the whole scene until the bar whiskey poured was Jameson. Good whiskey in the well is a pleasant surprise. So were the tunes from the Swingin’ Johnsons. With Jesse’s Girl, Summer of ’69, well, You Shook Me All Night Long with a wide variety of 80’s and 90’s favorites. Chris Marsh leads the band on bass, he had with him the “four piece” which includes guitar, drums, and the fourth is on keyboard. Bostonist can’t help thinking that Chris looks a little bit like John Cusack’s long lost brother. There isn’t much time given to audience banter; the back room is a little too noisy with all the students in attendance for that anyway. The seamless transitions between songs long lost in our memory banks were a pleasant surprise. Isn’t there an old saying, “everybody loves a cover band...sometimes”?