A hunter can track Brad Neely by his videos and animations, left like a trail of hilarious droppings across the forest of the internet. His breakout success Wizard People, Dear Readers provided an alternative soundtrack to the first Harry Potter movie, a narration in which Harry Potter is a boozehound, Hermione is known as "Wretched Harmony," and Snape is a woman. More recently, he has published a series of crude animations for the website SuperDeluxe,......

In Boston, a commemorative plaque is mounted on every other building, tree and rock... and we're proud of it, b'gum'! We just checked the historic museum gift shops and the coast is clear of tourists, stoners and field-trippers until February vacation. Here are a few gift ideas for the history buff (or the ignorant). The people at Historic New England do not mess around. We're getting misty about their spectacular historic photos of Boston. Their......

Boston Tea Party Sunday, December 16--Today Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington, 5:30 pm $5, free if you're dressed up Old South Meeting House site One lump or two? Two hundred and thirty-four years ago, Bostonians rebelled against the British by gathering at a massive protest and dumping tea into the harbor. Re-enactors will be at the Old South Meeting House to perform the debate that led up to the tea party. You'll see......

--Bad sound at the Iron & Wine show launched a debate about bum acoustics in most Boston venues. (Bostonist can feel their pain after multiple sound issues during Sxip's Hour of Charm at the A.R.T.) --Adam G at Universal Hub saw the craziest advice at Paul Revere Park. --Bad Transit made another brief appearance by posting a commuter's tale of woe when his monthly pass triggered a "See Attendant" message. --Joel Brown muses upon the......

With out of town guests visiting the cradle of the Revolution over the Fourth of July holiday, Bostonist made the pilgrimage down the red bricked freedom trail. In the North End near the Old North Church the fountain at the Paul Revere Mall was dormant. Dormant and disgusting. Full of nasty greenish stagnant water that sat in the pool without any flow whatsoever. It seemed an inviting pool for West Nile and EEE carrying mosquitoes......

We're not quite sure how the day is going to end. We could see 100% voter turnout (not likely), a huge upset in the democratic gubernatorial race with a write in campaign for Dukakis (also unlikely), September 19, 2006 being declared Fox News Channel Day by both the City of Boston and the State of Massachusetts (boy, we thought this was impossible), people roaming the streets with speech peppered with Yarr and Matey (how is......

We here at Bostonist have chosen not to do a play-by-play of this past weekend’s Sox series against the Yankees. We’ve decided to take the high road and analyze who the hell we can blame for the awfulness that ensued against New York. While some look to Varitek’s absence as a major reason for losing, we’ve heard others point fingers at a slew of people. Could it be the grounds crew and their lack of......

So we have a weekend full of holidays, Jewish, Christian, and secular, and many in our fair city will be traveling to other states to see family, or welcoming out-of-state friends into town. Invariably, Massachusetts-related questions will arise. Let us provide some basic info: 1. That revolutionary new universal healthcare plan everyone's been hearing about all over the country, the one that is supposed to solve all our problems by placing responsibility on individuals......

Every time Bostonist walks from the Back Bay Station to the Prudential Stop on the E line there are one or more people taking pictures of the fountain. This week there was a couple in full formal attire against the fountain in “the Shops at Copley Place” but that was unusual. Often times there is just a single girl with some guy taking her picture, or, even more frequently, digital shutters snap pictures of a......