Super Bowl Media Day is the professional football equivalent of the annual family reunion. A bunch of people get together, often traveling long distances, for the purpose of catching up. There's little that they have in common, but since they sort of fall under the same name, everyone has to make nice. The hijinks on display makes for a hilarious time for those not directly involved. People make nice and dumb down the stories of what they do and who they are in order to appease the extended family, and the whole thing would be much more enjoyable for all involved if alcohol was part of the equation. Someone (or, rather, many someones) wind up doing something dumb that seemed like a really good idea at the time, but is really foolish in retrospect.
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-- Call him Governor Patrick-agressive. Deval Patrick unveiled his 2009 budget, and it had a little surprise. $300 million of revenue is set to come from taxes on three casinos that do not yet exist. Patrick wants to license casino gambling in Massachusetts but faces heavy opposition in the legislature. It's a battle he has already won in his own mind. Nearly half -- $124 million -- of the speculative funds will shore up a projected lottery shortfall. [Boston Herald]
The cold weather - and holiday festivities - descended upon Gothamist. The Rockefeller Christmas tree was lit, Broadway stagehand finally ended their strike, and NASCAR decided to run their victory lap through Times Square. There were disturbing photographs revealing the working conditions in which many city manholes are produced and ninjas were also a hot topic, either robbing homes or entering into alibis. But the city was really rocked by how Rudy Giuliani's visits...
Michael Ondaatje will be reading from Divisadero at Brookline Booksmith Monday, June 4, at 7:00 pm.
Plenty of fascinating news this week for our oft-neglected New England neighbors:
J: Patrice, who is really a heart & soul member of Islands, one of the definitive touches. We also have a fellow name Jim Guthrie playing the guitar and singing. He’s a fantastically gifted performer in his own right; he has his own projects that are amazing and worth checking out. We got the fantastic Chow brothers, Sebastian and Alex, on violins and oboes and keyboards and percussion and everything else. We have got Patrick Gregoire, who’s our new resident heart throb in the band on bass clarinet, and banjo and guitar, and Mark Lawson on the knobs and faders.