November 2008

Monthly Archive

You may have won, but at least we didn’t have to grow up in Westborough

You may have won, but at least we didn’t have to grow up in Westborough thumbnail “You never look past Thanksgiving,” said [Acton-Boxborough] coach Bill Maver. “Thanksgiving is very important in Massachusetts, if only because alumni come back and compare us to their teams.

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gobble gobble

gobble gobble thumbnail Here are the discarded parts…

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Harvard Square is Over

Harvard Square is Over thumbnail “The possible demise caused shock and dismay yesterday in Harvard Square, where shoppers took it as a wrenching sign of a rapidly changing world, where print news is dying and chain stores have taken over, even in a square once celebrated for its eclectic diversity. To many, Out of Town News had seemed an unmovable part of the Harvard Square experience, as likely to disappear as Harvard University’s wrought iron gates across the street.”

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Cover Version

Cover Version thumbnail The question is not whether this is a good cover song, but whether it’s one of the greatest ever. I need not state my opinion. First, the original Rihanna song… And the cover by the Manic Street Preachers: So what makes a good cover song? Any songs you’d like to hear us play live? Let us know, and we’ll try to make that about to happen.

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I may not get there with you

I may not get there with you thumbnail

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Future Shock

Future Shock thumbnail Let’s talk about branding.

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Your Century’s Waiting For You

Your Century’s Waiting For You thumbnail “The baby boomers, who entered adulthood promising a lifetime of activism, have been a politically undistinguished generation. They produced two presidents, neither of whom lived up to his potential. They remained consumed by the culture war that divided their generation. They pass their political

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