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When two aspiring hip-hop artists from Massachusetts were hauled into court last month and charged with making threats against police in a rap video, everyone in the court room, from the...
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I got my black shirt on.
I got my black gloves on.
I got my ski mask on.
This shit’s been too long.
I got my twelve gauge sawed off.
I got my headlights turned off.
I’m ’bout to...
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Right about now N.W.A. court is in full effect.
Judge Dre presiding in the case of N.W.A. versus the police department.
Prosecuting attorneys are MC Ren, Ice Cube and Eazy muthafuckin E.
Order,...
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In art, as in love, things can get a bit messy when the Internet is involved.
In the old days of aesthetic courtship, the rules were simple: artist toils in obscurity; gallery discovers artist; the...
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After being delayed for a month because of some legal tie-ups, Edo G’s new album with Masta Ace is coming out tomorrow, Nov. 3.
Really loving the new one-shot video in support of the album with...
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Number of comments: 1 With only 20 days to go until the preliminary election, the three men hoping to topple Boston’s longest-serving mayor finally got a chance to land some blows against him in a televised debate...
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Jon Keller: Good evening and welcome to this WBZ TV news special. Welcome also to our listeners on our sister station, WBZ news radio 1030. On Tuesday, Sept. 22, Boston voters will decide which two...
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Charlie Rockwell and the guys from Love In Stockholm will try to cram all of their love, and their band members, onto the stage at the GS this evening.
Music tonight:
» We Met Aliens,...
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A who’s-who of Boston DJs will spin tonight at a fundraiser for local fave DJ Kon at Middlesex.
Music tonight:
» Duc’n It Easy, Gaslight Revival, Pongo’s Groove x Middle East...
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2nd Update: Jose Alicea, the 22-year-old man who was beaten outside the 33 Lounge on Aug. 21, died from his injuries after three days in critical condition, the Boston police said Monday. He was from...
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In a great piece of enterprise reporting, the Globe confirms that the X-Men mural at 510 Lincoln St. is going to be painted over. You may remember hearing something about the story earlier:
Globe: A...
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Maybe it’s because he came out 21 years ago and he’s got nothing to hide. Maybe it’s because he’s won every election in recent memory by a landslide and he has one of...
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Number of comments: 1 “Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker: Does whining come out of my time?”
While politicians in the UK come prepared for a legislative shouting match, Barney took offense when a din rose up...
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Number of comments: 1 “I hadn’t really been expected to be here, but as I was walking by, I heard somebody yelling, ‘The plane, boss, the plane!’ and I wanted to come in and see what was...
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Number of comments: 1 “Here’s the problem with going on your show: you start ranting and the only way to respond is almost to look as boorish as you.”
In this clip from fall 2008, Bill O’Reilly...
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Steve Moore: “The fact that they’re gay republicans is a crime?”
Barney: “It would be if the republicans had their way.”
An economist from the Wall Street Journal tries...
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Number of comments: 1 “Ma’am, on what planet do you spend most of your time?”
This clip from last night is topping our list not only because the woman gets dismantled (after all, a nutjob who tells a gay...
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Number of comments: 1 Ah, the 1960s. Those were heady times.
Cultural norms flew out the window, the doors of perception blew off their hinges and the models that had propped up the post-war generation were, at the...
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Did you pass by a box for the Weekly Dig in the past few days and think a day-glo transit map had exploded inside? You’re not alone.
The Dig ran an eye-catching cover on Wednesday that was put...
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After stirring up controversy in Boston earlier this year, Joe Budden was apparently running his mouth again over the weekend, this time calling out the Wu-Tang Clan at the Rock the Bells...
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Number of comments: 1 Cambridge DJ Wayne And Wax got some praise from the New Yorker blog today for his first-hand account of testifying at the trial of Joel Tenenbaum, a 25-year-old BU grad student who was ordered to pay...
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The problem being the back of this guy’s truck, or any of the other illegally parked vehicles you would slam into if you actually followed this bike lane next to Harvard Stadium.
As of July...
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MTV has announced its list of nominees for the 2009 Video Music Awards and home-fed electronic outfit Passion Pit are in the running for Breakthrough Video of the Year for The Reeling.
If you...
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Number of comments: 4 This spray-painted Sentinel at 510 Lincoln St. is facing an uncertain future after the property owners received "negative feedback" about the mural, though we're not sure from whom.
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Adamg at Universal Hub brings word that a new pirate radio station, HOT 97 Boston, began broadcasting out of Hyde Park last month, and despite an early visit from the Federales, the underground...
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Number of comments: 2 I found this scrawled across the back of a building near the Shaw’s on Comm. Ave. It turns out it’s actually a line from a Demetri Martin joke about indifferent graffiti, and a few other...
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Strumming and picking live every Tuesday night!
1. 5 In The Morning (3:55)
2. Breakman's Blues (2:58)
3. Instrumental (1:51)
4. Why Don't You Tell Me So (3:22)
5. Unknown Rag (4:08)
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Photo courtesy Previously on LOST
Just as the Internet has been a major contributor to print media’s slow demise, the expanding availability of television shows online has also been...
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Number of comments: 1 We tried to tell you about Santogold back in ‘08, but you just wouldn’t listen. Now she’s murdering indie rap/rock beats, and you’re out on your ass on Lansdowne trying to...
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Nick at Vermin Street posts this video wrap-up of what (we would hope) was the most intense portion of the Anime Boston Ball this year.
Zebbler Encanti Experience (ZEE) at Anime Boston 2009 from...
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Number of comments: 1 Entering the darkroom at Blue Zebra Photo Lab in Allston from thathottness on Vimeo.
In the rush to demonize Craigslist, let us not forget that the site is actually useful for more than booty...
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Hey Johnny Diaz…remember that time the Globe stole copy from “Boston’s dailies, weekly newspapers, local blogs, Boston Police Department reports, and Twitter feeds” and tried...
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Dear Grimey Bruce…found your postcard in the laundromat. Where can I find
a copy of your debut album from Brookline, "Creepin While You Sleepin"?
Mobile post sent by thathottness-jim...
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Number of comments: 3 A man was transported to the hospital with head injuries on Saturday morning after his motorcycle crashed in Allston, police said.
The man was riding west on Brighton Avenue at about 2:30 a.m. when...
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What happens when Boston’s top visual artist of 2009 hooks up with a coterie of cutting edge audio/visual theorists, filmmakers, musicians and performers from across the globe for a one-day...
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Number of comments: 3 Repainted, restocked and rebuilt, the Somerville workshop that spurred a cycling revolution twenty years ago quietly whirred into life again this month with the launch of Union Square’s Open...
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The sleep falls away slowly and shards of broken sunlight jut across the shade. A groan — soft, meek. A haze hangs heavy over the room, and you fumble back through the night, grasping...
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Paraphrased from this morning:
Officer: I’m trying to help you, but this sounds like it’s your private thing.
Me: Do you give out information differently based on whether it’s a...
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Okay, I feel really bad for calling these protesters D-Bags today (I’m a sucker for rhyme scheme). It was still a pretty futile event, and I’m still scared of people waving gun flags...
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Photos courtesy Dan Watkins, who had absolutely nothing to do with the title or text of this post.
In a massive display of unfocused agitation, about 400 people gathered at Boston Common on...
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