Michael Ian Black With Michael Showalter Thursday, November 29, 7:30pm Somerville Theatre 55 Davis Square, Somerville (T: Davis Square) Get tickets Listen to the Interview Here: Unless you've been living under a rock for the last 20 years, then you've seen the work of comedian/writer/actor/director Michael Ian Black. Let's rattle off just a few of his accomplishments: co-creator of "The State," "Viva Variety," and "Stella." You've seen him co-star in NBC's "Ed," as well as......

Papercut Zine Library 45 Mt. Auburn St. Cambridge, MA http://www.papercutzinelibrary.org Sunday, October 28, 2007 See schedule below In addition to the many movie marathons to keep you from watching Rocky Horror 5 times on VH1 and eating all of your Halloween candy before Wednesday, the Papercut Zine Library is having a movie marathon from 10am until midnight for a measely $5. These films are unavailable in the US on DVD or VHS. Not only......

Massachusetts Congressman Ed Markey, last seen basking in praise for his support of public television at the opening of WGBH's new building, isn't getting much applause from the founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET). During a House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection hearing, Markey said that BET represented “the lowest common denominator of cheap and tawdry music videos and other questionable programming.” As connoisseurs of lowbrow culture, Bostonist would like to point out......

Boston Craigslist had a reality-tv casting call that caught our eye. Danny Bonaduce, last seen locally getting nekkid for the Harvard Lampoon, is casting for a new VH1 show that will feature aspiring child stars and their parents. We don’t want a pissed-off Danny Bonaduce on our doorstep (would you?), but the new show idea puzzled us because Bonaduce himself was a child star. He has said many times that the experience wasn't exactly the......

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......

As you probably guessed from Bostonist's comment thread, there are many fans of the late Boston singer Brad Delp, who died last Friday. Non-Boston papers are offering their evaluation of Delp's contribution to music. The LA Weekly offered a perfect analysis of Delp's skills, which somehow managed to be distinct and anonymous at the same time: Most of us wouldn’t recognize Delp from a photo, yet his vocal frequencies have been burned into the American......

It was only a matter of time. Our favorite local celebrity in trouble, Bobby Brown, got picked up today on an arrest warrant in Attleboro. He was nabbed for not paying child support - yet again. His own attorney said he's having trouble making the child support payments. Couldn't he just call up Bravo and sign on for another season? Or is the umpteenth season of VH1's the Surreal Life hiring? He must really not......

This past September something innovative happened in Boston. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum launched a webcast. It wasn't just any webcast, it was a creative commons licensed release of concerts performed as part of the long standing museum concert series. It's allowed users world wide to take in a little classical music culture by downloading the file and playing it on their iPod, in the windows media center or whatever MP3 compatible device they choose.......

In the latest installment of Massachusetts Reality-TV men, Mr. Boston of I Love New York leapfrogs past Tim Urban of The Apprentice when it comes to shocking moments. After the elimination of several liars and one guy who called himself "Pootie," Mr. Boston is still fighting for Tiffany Patterson's heart. Tiffany held a "mangeant" in which each cast member paraded himself before her. Mr. Boston's appearance in the Mangeant was downright disturbing because he came......

In the interest of keeping up with how our local boys are doing in Hollywood, Bostonist is going to check in with Tim Urban of The Apprentice: Los Angeles and "Mr. Boston" from I Love New York. In the Apprentice debut, Harvard man Urban was part of the hyperambitious freak parade. Each contestant tried to impress The Donald and the all-grown-up Ivanka Trump (it's news to us that she has business experience) with how......

Perhaps it's because people from Massachusetts are larger-than-life. This television season has more than a few ties to the upcoming crop of reality-show debuts. Here a few notables from the upcoming schedule: Tim Urban, from Newton, will be on The Apprentice and runs the risk of sleeping in a tent outdoors if he doesn't impress The Donald. He's a pianist, he runs a tutoring company, and he is a Harvard grad. The Globe profiled Urban......

Who would have thought that two stars of the early '90s comedy flop The Adventures of Ford Fairlane would converge upon Boston on the same night? And who would have thought that night would be New Year's Eve? Mr. Ford Fairlane himself, tough-guy comedian Andrew Dice Clay, will perform at the Comedy Connection. He made his career insulting practically anyone who stepped in his path, which was part of his downfall. But he's shooting a......

Even though yesterday was November 1, Halloween lasted an extra day on Newbury Street as teens and college kids gathered dressed as rap-icon-turned-reality-tv-star Flavor Flav. Flav, who is known for wearing Viking horns, outlandish shades, and a clock around his neck, was scheduled to visit Newbury Comics to sign autographs and promote his new solo record, Hollywood. These days, more people know Flav for his hot-tub shenanigans on VH1's Flavor of Love than for his......

Given that VH1 is kicking off a new season of "Celebreality," featuring ex-child star Danny Bonaduce running amok all over LA, we at Bostonist would like to check up on our own city's most famous boybanders to see if they have matured into responsible citizens. Alas, Donnie Wahlberg, one of the few boybanders to mature somewhat gracefully, just took a knock this week. The former member of New Kids on the Block has transformed......

There was a time when Weird Al was an idol not to be reckoned with. In the mind of a pre-teen "Dare to be Stupid" was a masterpiece like no other. The parodies kept flowing for a while, and we started losing interest. We came back around to Weird Al when he made appearances on VH1's I Love the 80's 3-D. Now he's back with a new album. Straight Outta Lynwood is set to drop......

Now that we're on this eight days a week kick for doing these picks it seems like it might be time for a new graphic. We'll give you a cookie if you design us a new one. Or maybe a Newcastle next time you catch us at the Middle East. Promise. Monday 8/7 The Roots with Talib Kweli It may not be a Brooklyn block party hosted by Dave Chappelle, but it will be......

The rains come again this weekend and there's something that will keep you busy inside. VH1 and MTV won't be showing you non-stop videos like they once did. MTV2 doesn't even seem to have that type of programming – but the internets is not killing the video star. If anything the flame has been reignited (we haven't watched so many videos for years). YouTube plays host to myriad videos; live and production. Everything from Gnarls......

The season finale has just aired for your favorite TV show. NBC hasn't run Must See TV on Thursdays for a decade. The sun is shining and temperatures will be perfect for showing up jacketless to the next performance. Something to do every night this week – and rock it out for free with the pop tunes from WBOS' EarthFest line up on Saturday, starting at noon. All this and we're tivo-ing the Sox/Yanks games......

We’re working for the weekend and it's only Monday. Rainy day outside and the sun is reported MIA until Wednesday. Despite the current gloom, things are looking mighty green outside - a good sign of spring. Flowering trees have done their thing and soon we’ll be smelling the lilacs. For now we’re settling for another cup of Stella while we soak up the tunes and the increasing temperatures. Monday 4/24: John Vanderslice mk Ultra......

Boy, oh boy. Bostonist has been watching too much of the reality TV these days. We got hooked on this season's Real World one Saturday in the early afternoon when we just sat down to kill some time, 2 hours later and we've got to know what frat boy John is going to do to piss off Svits this week, or why Paula's a bitch for being a lesbian. Don't even get us started on......

Don't forget Saturday is the Bostonist Anniversary Party at the Kinsale. In the interim please feel free to rev yourselves up with some of the great music rolling down the pike. Monday 3/20: Editors Neo-post-punk brits Editors (a la Joy Division & Bloc Party) with appropriately asterisked Stellastarr*. Roxy. Editors: Myspace | All Sparks.ram | purchase Tuesday 3/21: The English Beat, Westbound Train, The Sterns, and DJ Ford E. Buxworth More than just a......

Animal Collective, Avalon, 2.21.06 Avoiding misnomers and labels and subverting expectations, Animal Collective performed a mix of sounds and songs that were incredibly familiar to Boston fans in attendance. Last year at the Middle East downstairs, the foursome worked through material that would become one of the finest albums of the year, Feels, as well as a choice or two from Sung Tongs. That show was veiled in a blanket of shadows and sweat, with......

Totally ready to chalk it up to yet another hare-brained scheme by Menino, we read on and found out that the Walk of Fame idea was presented by one of our favorite city councilors, John Tobin. In even more shocking news Bostonist is on the same page as Globe columnist Brian McGrory. The proposed Walk of Fame, an idea which St. Louis, Mo., Lansing, Mich., and Toronto, Canada among others have already stolen, would spice......