Recent Entries in Arts & Events
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Photo of the Day, November 25, 2009: Boston as seen from the harbor
Jeanette Runyon has today's potd taken near Central Wharf. The burst of sun in the upper corner initially caught our attention, and the smooth color transitions of the sky are what kept our interest....
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Wednesday Happenings
Bands Whose Name One Cannot Say on Radio
Fuck Buttons brings back the days when rock shows were a shambles of drone and melody and shrieking. Performing with Brooklyn stoner band Growing. Great Scott, 1222 Comm. Ave., Allston, 9 p.m.
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Photo of the Day, November 24, 2009: Hook, Line, and Sinker
In this "Better late than never" editon of the PotD, we have this picture that several of our Bostonist photo walkers picked as one of their favorite photos from the walk. It's definitely more of a fun photo than a serious piece of art, but fun is one of the things that makes a photo walk a success. Thanks to Jeff Tamagini & Brian Arsenault for having some fun with us!...
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Tuesday Happenings
Spazz
It's been 15 years since the release of Speak Squeak Creak, Melt Banana's ineffable debut album, and the Japanese spazz-rock band has shown no signs of mellowing. For those who like their songs the way they like their sentences: short but convoluted. Performing with Captain Cutthroat and Exusamwa. Middle East Downstairs, 472 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 8 p.m. $14.
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Why Does the Wilbur Theatre Suck? Better Rock Shows in 5 Steps
Photo by Wikipedia user Twp, used under a Creative Commons license. The commenters on yesterday's post about the unforgiveably awful Sonic Youth-Feelies show at the Wilbur Theatre have raised a lot of thoughtful points about the state of touring rock shows in today's world. Sound techs on the professional message board ProSoundWeb noticed the post yesterday and chimed in with their own advice, which has given this Bostonist a much better understanding of what...
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Photo of the Day, November 23, 2009: Stark
In the Viewfinder was kind enough to fill in as leader of our monthly photo walk at the last moment. It's no surprise that today's PotD comes from him, as his eye for interesting photos is incredible. At first glance we thought this was a picture taken last year during one of our many snowstorms, but is in fact a great utilization of high contrast techniques. The vanishing point is interesting with a human...
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Sonic Youth and the Feelies vs. A Giant Hole of Suck
Photo of Theater District tagged "Bostonist" by Antydiluvian. Boston's worst live music venue, the Wilbur Theatre, on the left. Is there a shittier live music venue in Boston than the Wilbur Theatre? We hope not. Let's just say that it takes an advanced level of suck to cancel out the awesomeness that is a Sonic Youth-Feelies concert and that the Wilbur Theatre managed to conjure it. We watched the show last night while standing...
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Monday Happenings
Dancing Hipsters
Brooklyn DJ Kingdom has been burning up the hipster dance circuit with his bass-heavy R&B remixes. He spins a "Brooklyn take on the UK garage sound" that incorporates Latin rhythms, dusty vocal samples, kuduro and juke, for a sound that might be the future of dance for the people in the tapered jeans. Performing at the always reliable Beat Research dance party. Enormous Room, 567 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 9 p.m. Free.
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Book It: Book Events November 22–28
Events are a little slow this week thanks to Turkey Day, but maybe you can power through your food coma to read Mr. Mani and participate in the Harvard Book Store book club next Monday. Monday, November 23 7:00 pm, Harvard Hillel (sponsored by Harvard Book Store) Elisa New, Jacob's Cane: A Jewish Family's Journey from the Four Lands of Lithuania to the Ports of London and Baltimore 7:00 pm, Porter Square Books John...
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Sunday Happenings
Throwbacks
After 28 years, 16 studio albums, and countless other recordings, you've had enough time to decide whether or not you like Sonic Youth. The standard-bearers for the avant-garde impulse in rock need an army of guitars to play their repertoire, but not a detuned string or sawn-apart bridge is wasted. Less familiar to younger fans might be the headliner, the New Jersey strum rock band the Feelies, which has the existence of R.E.M. on its hands. It's the Feelies first appearance in Boston since the band broke up 17 years ago. Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont St., 7:30 p.m. $29.50.
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Gordon Willis, the Man Who Plays Peekaboo
Gordon Willis Showcase
Harvard Film Archive (24 Quincy St, Cambridge)
Pennies from Heaven, The Parallax View, The Purple Rose of Cairo, The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, The Landlord
Through November 30
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Photo of the Day, November 20, 2009: Red Leaf
Photo by SW Awesometown. Winter is nearly upon us. Please take clever photographs of fallen leaves while you can....
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Friday Happenings
Movies
Want to know why Woody Allen's Manhattan (1979) looked so good? Tonight, you'll have the rare chance to ask cinematographer Gordon Willis just what he was up to. The classic film might be the best cinematic rendering of the city and its architecture, and it doesn't hurt that it was one of Allen's funniest and least beset by distracting tics. Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 7 p.m. $12.
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Photo of the Day, November 18, 2009: Park Plaza and Murphy's Law
Shady757 didn't get the shot he wanted, but the shot he ended up with is terrific. With excellent black and white processing, and the motion of the light trails, this shot stands out as a great example of night photography....
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David Plouffe on The Audacity to Win
Last night, Barack Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe came to the First Parish Church to preach to the Cambridge choir about the great 2008 presidential campaign (and to promote his new book, The Audacity to Win, which covers the campaign process). While the evening progressed mostly as expected (Gobama!, softball questions at the end), Plouffe did toss out some decent soundbites throughout, and perhaps said a word or two that could benefit our state's...
