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Brendan McSheffrey has a great shot of Tremont street for today's Film Friday shot. This photo is a good piece of street photography.

Isn't it fitting that the Boston Herald can provide an entire Oddbblotter by itself? Dudes, thanks for always delivering our crazy crime fix.

--Violent revelers turned a party for "Girls Gone Wild" at Aria on Tremont Street into a full-on fracas early this morning: "Two people were shot, a state trooper broke his arm and a Boston police officer was in a cruiser crash." A brawl involving 20 to 35 people swinging champagne bottles broke out, and then one armed man started firing into the crowd. [Boston Herald, BPD News]

With over 20 million accounts, Second Life has become a pop culture phenomenon. An Internet-based virtual world, the metaverse in which we can be the person we've always wanted to be (without putting in the hard-work of exercise or educational training) have very few competitors. Currently, there is an exhibition going on in Boston called Mixed Realities - an exploration of real and synthetic places made possible by computers and networks.

Rob Vassegh of Cheap Thrills Boston sent Bostonist an interview he did with the amazing Titler, who will be performing tonight. For more about getting your kicks in Boston on the cheap, go to Cheap Thrills Boston.

Last night WFNX radio put on their "Miracle on Tremont Street" Holiday concert at the Orpheum. The show featured recent alt-rock favorites Spoon, The Cold War Kids, Against Me!, and Mute Math. By the time Bostonist got there to check out the headliner Spoon, the crowd seemed to have thinned considerably. We're going to assume that the Tuesday night date and bitter cold helped to keep attendance lower than would be expected. The Orpheum's...

--Boston Daily has been following the story of Bernard Margolis, the Boston Public Library president who got fired by Mayor Menino. And Margolis has plenty to say about it. [Boston Daily] --The South End Is Over isn't over. And the incoming yuppies South End Is Over doesn't like better watch out: "If the Eagle ever closes, which I hope it will not, if only to annoy the pretentious Atelier dwelling yups across the street, I...

TGR "Lost and Found" Screening With Bang Camaro and the Marc-Andre Belliveau Band For Labels Are for Jars Friday, November 16, 7:00 pm The Roxy, 279 Tremont Street, Boston $20, Tickets TGR Official Site Labels Are for Jars Teton Gravity Research is in town, combining extreme snow sports, massive rock, and philanthropy. TGR, as they call themselves, will be screening "Lost and Found," which is a compilation of what the company calls the "sickest skiing...

Boston Vegetarian Food Festival Saturday, Oct 20, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Reggie Lewis Athletic Center 1350 Tremont Street Free More info Boston is proud of its efforts to become a foodie-haven; and the success of such chefs as Ken Oringer, Barbara Lynch, and Michael Schlow have brought well-deserved publicity to the Hub. So while cutting-edge cuisine is on the rise, Beantown has not been known to fully live up to its legume-y name....

--Just because you're old doesn't mean you're done running from the law. 69-year-old Sean Bennett, of Somerville, was driving--badly--on Tremont Street. Although he tried to drive away, the law won. --Forget cuddling up with a blanket. Some guy got plowed on half a bottle of Captain Morgan and snuggled up with a firearm early Sunday morning. Police found 20-year-old Nestor Rosado, of Hyde Park, "passed out on the steps of 19 Mariposa Street." (Yes, we...

--Cookie Monster would be very, very sad. An employee of the Bon Appetit restaurant inside Lesley University lost his mind on Saturday morning and told his boss exactly how he felt. Jose Arevalo's boss told him to plate some cookies. He didn't feel like plating any damn cookies, so he said he "wasn't listening to her because she was a woman," shoved her, squeezed her neck, and threw her into the door of the walk-in...

--Yesterday, a guy in the North End gave police a 30-inch-long baby boa constrictor inside a Crown Royal bag. We're not sure if toting a snake in a Crown Royal bag is animal cruelty or public disturbance or what. It's definitely weird and kind of cool. The unnamed man said he "found it on the street." The bag was also wet, and the Herald didn't know why. One can only guess. The optimistic answer would...

There's a little trick we've picked up. Walk a little bit and shave $5 off your cab fare. Not only are you more likely to find an empty cab on Tremont Street at 2 a.m. but there will be less navigating one way streets than if you try and pick it up from Faneuil Hall af bar close (when everyone else is looking for a ride). Of course it's not foolproof, luckily most of...

--We're starting with the comic relief because, well, the rest ain't pretty. The Northeastern University Crime Log reports a man who up and peed all over a stack of onions at the Symphony Market. What did the onions do to him?

--In a Tremont Street parking garage early this morning, some alleged thugs from Worcester started a fight and proceeded to beat on their opponents with belts. Usually, when the BPD writes of a perp reaching for something in the ol' waistband, you know they're bracing for a gun. But these guys really were using their waistbands as weapons. In more ordinary crime, someone got shot in Roxbury overnight. --In Spencer, police found the body of...

--Is that a blanket? Is that a pillow? No, it's some random dude sleeping on your sofa! A woman in Hyannis found a stranger sleeping on her couch. He says he thought he was in his sister's house. He was charged with breaking and entering. --More details have emerged about the weekend crash that killed theMark frontman Paul Farris. Javier Morales, the driver who attempted to evade police, was driving with a suspended license at...

--Some young repo men watched the Emilio Estevez movie a few too many times. Or maybe Dog the Bounty Hunter. Michael and Robert Simeone, brothers who work for the family repo business in Brockton, were overzealous when trying to take a car from a woman who fell behind with her payments. It was their job to take Sara Bradley's Ford Focus back. We thought repo men tried to be sneaky, but the Simeone brothers were...

On Saturday afternoon, we reconvene in that big round room in the South End, where the usual suspects will be peddling their cleverly-designed and lovingly-crafted wares: My Paper Crane and their plush groceries; Art School Dropout, who strings together vintage flotsam and jetsam into ornate necklaces; Bright Lights Little City's paper lanterns made from paper cocktail umbrellas; Vonica and her baby-animal bags; Coffee Drinker's Pacman-adorned iPod cases and wristbands; Candy Thief's extreme collars and felt-flower brooches; and loud, articulate UtiliTies from Truth Serum Productions.

Both hungry and curious will be pleased to know that the Boston Vegetarian Society is holding their 11th annual Food Festival. Past attendees have said the event is often flooded with people, as it attracts the vegan, vegetarian, and inquisitive carnivores. Year-round, the BVS is a an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that has been going strong for twenty years, and are supported by a main staff who are welcoming and helpful to everything from planning gatherings, hosting events, or simply answering inquiries through e-mail. The Food Festival, as you can imagine, is a larger than life presentation of the progress BVS has made in being a stable, influential facet of Boston’s progressive culture. Taking up the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center on Tremont, the festival will feature cooking demos, dietician consultation, children’s activities, discounted shopping, and – of course – free food.

While some parts of the country saw massive marches and demonstrations during yesterday's "Day Without Immigrants," Boston's turnout was relatively modest. (The Hi-Spot Deli downtown was totally closed, though.) Nevertheless, the Bostonist team diligently snapped a few photos of events downtown, in Harvard Yard, and at Cambridge City Hall (yeah, we know we have too many pictures of Middlesex County. We're working on it.), and here they are. You can see links to more pictures at Universal Hub.

As promised, Bostonist attended our fair city's contribution to today's so-called "national day of action" to oppose a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would make illegal immigrants' presence in this country a felony, and to support legislative efforts to grant amnesty to undocumented workers. According to the Associated Press, there were between 5,000 (the police estimate) and 8,000 (the organizers' estimate) marchers. On the ground, with no crowd-counting skills and only the...

Just in case the 106th annual St. Patty’s Day parade doesn’t satisfy your thirst for Irish fun, join Bostonist on March 16th for the Saw Doctors show. With the Dropkick Murphys show sold out, Bostonians can head over the Roxy on Thursday to get their energetic Irish fix by a group of pure-blooded blokes.

Springtime is on the horizon, the days are getting longer, and that means (in addition to baseball, and a young man's fancy lightly turning to thoughts of love) bicycles. Bostonist, of course, persists with the bicycle, without respite, through the punishing winter months, but soon the narrow lanes of Cambridge streets will be practically choked with two-wheelers, and bike ticket revenues will once again skyrocket. Perhaps in recognition of this perennial reawakening, the Boston Bicycle Show will take place this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the Cyclorama on Tremont Street.

The search for the perfect cheap haircut is, to a certain degree, a quixotic one. On one level, since Bostonist sports nothing more than a glorified buzz cut, it's hard to go wrong. But on another level, there is frequently much room for improvement. Our last two haircuts have been unhappy studies in this phenomenon. Luzia's Broadway between Sargent and Marshall Somerville First, we found ourselves in Winter Hill with some time to kill...

In the land of Bostonist, two whole days before Xmas means dedicated shopping to ensure that this year, no friend or relative receives something chosen randomly from a drawer in the kitchen and wrapped. Open markets, fairs and bazaars abound on Saturday and Sunday, with lots of variety for all styles...so come all 'ye (consumer) faithful!

Stop Snitchin’ shirts have reportedly been pulled off the shelves in a number of local stores. Boston Police, with their shiny new blog, apprehended 77 persons on outstanding warrants over the weekend. Crime statistics still say that Boston has hit a ten year high for violent crime, as measured by the murder rate. Bostonist often touts the merits of the libertarian values. Be that as it may we still wonder how 77 people were walking...

One last reminder for those people who can't remember what they had for dinner last night, nevermind something like a Happy Hour announced last week.

Start off the upcoming holiday weekend early on Thursday night at the first (of many, hopefully) Bostonist Happy Hour at the Beantown Pub. Put it in your Blackberry so you won't forget (or just write it on your good ol' desk calendar like the technologically savvy Bostonist). We hope to see you all there!

Now that summer is officially here, Bostonist has decided to celebrate with a beer. We'd like to invite you out there to join us for a few drinks at the very first Bostonist Happy Hour next week. Stop by and say hello, give us feedback/ideas, and of course inform us of the grammatical errors you've come across on the site during our first few months. We might have to call into work sick Friday if you come out and give us good reason. We hope you will come out and kick off the Independence Day weekend right, on Thursday!

Due to the vagaries of using frequent flier miles on holiday weekends, Bostonist's mom visited from Thursday to Sunday, causing us to take Friday off and work today. This has given us the rare and pleasurable opportunity to see downtown Boston in a state of slumbering not-quite-readiness: At 10:00 this morning (when the swan song of coffee drew us out of the office) the streets were warm and empty. Short of a few tourists, there was hardly a soul to be seen and Tremont Street was practically carless (which warms the heart of this recently-knocked-over-by-a-car cyclist). Our local Dunkin Donuts was thoroughly underpopulated in both staff and clientele, and Downtown Crossing was so quiet it was almost spooky. But the weather was grand and we realized, once again, that we live in one hell of a town: even without the usual sea of suits and Sox hats, this place is pretty nice. We realize that this little meditation isn't of much use to you today, since by the time you see it the city will be overrun with parades and duck boats, but keep it in mind the next time a summer holiday rolls around: staying home and sleeping honoring our nation's fallen war heroes is nice, but getting to see our city quiet, uninhabited, and bathed in spring sunlight is a worthwhile treat.