In Case We Missed It (ICWMI): June-July 2020
I humbly introduce the content series, “In Case We Missed IT” (ICWMI). This bi-monthly compilation of reviews seeks to fill in the…
A SELF-GUIDED WALK THRU UNION SQUARE | JUNE 2020
Photographer/filmmaker Ramón Galván captures lonely Union Sq in the summer of our discontent
Buoyed by Billions, Law Enforcement Has Little Incentive for Meaningful Change
On June 24th, the City Council approved a budget of $3.6 billion for Boston’s fiscal year 2021 in an 8-5 vote. According…
Five Questions with Walter Wright on his split with Pain Chain, Bloom
From the mind and electronic styling’s of Pain Chain and Walter Wright, we have the electronic elegy Bloom to remind us that…
BLACK LIVES MATTER DONATION AND PETITION HUB
DONATIONS Want to do your part in redistributing wealth and helping the Black community? Consider donating! The Minnesota Freedom Fund has been…
Music
The Difference Engine – Anomaly
Funeral Cone – “ABBA.C.A.B.”
Hassle Plague Series #1: Lauren Tosswill streaming live
In Case We Missed It (ICWMI): June-July 2020
Five Questions with Walter Wright on his split with Pain Chain, Bloom
Many Blessings – Emanation Body
Film
REVIEW: We Are Little Zombies (2020) dir. Makoto Nagahisa
REVIEW: Relic (2020) dir. Natalie Erika James
REVIEW: The Old Guard (2020) dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
REVIEW: The Beach House (2020) dir. Jeffrey A. Brown
“GO-TO”: Shanghai Triad (1995) dir. Zhang Yimou
CINEMA QUARANTINO: Room (2015) dir. Lenny Abrahamson
Arts & Culture
Letter to Harper’s Magazine Re: “On Justice and Open Debate”
Tomorrow Today S01E01
A SELF-GUIDED WALK THRU UNION SQUARE | JUNE 2020
Book Review: Barbarian Seasons by David Blair
Speaking w/ Nicole, a nurse in Boston working on the front lines
Buoyed by Billions, Law Enforcement Has Little Incentive for Meaningful Change
REVIEW: We Are Little Zombies (2020) dir. Makoto Nagahisa
Now streaming via the Coolidge Corner Theatre’s Virtual Screening Room
Letter to Harper’s Magazine Re: “On Justice and Open Debate”
So FYI, Harper’s Magazine wrote this letter about cancel culture without saying they were specifically talking about cancel culture and I in…
Tomorrow Today S01E01
A new live-streaming video variety show employing the arts and improvisation to envision and enact a just future.
REVIEW: Relic (2020) dir. Natalie Erika James
Available Friday, 7/10 on VOD
REVIEW: The Old Guard (2020) dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
Streaming Friday, 7/10 on Netflix
Funeral Cone – “ABBA.C.A.B.”
New England punk weirdos make weird video, natch.
Hassle Plague Series #1: Lauren Tosswill streaming live
Lauren Tosswill is the curious performer playing on Boston Hassle’s Instagram Live on 7/26.
REVIEW: The Beach House (2020) dir. Jeffrey A. Brown
Streaming 7/9 on Shudder
Fresh Stream
The Difference Engine – Anomaly
Funeral Cone – “ABBA.C.A.B.”
In Case We Missed It (ICWMI): June-July 2020
Five Questions with Walter Wright on his split with Pain Chain, Bloom
Many Blessings – Emanation Body
moedotcom – Moe
Hassle Ear Burn
The Peanut Gallery
@ Fireworks = Protest
Good to see that even as a 40 year old Dan Shea doesn't really care about anything except getting drunk…
@ ‘VILLE COMMUNICATION 1: LICENSE TO ‘VILLE
How come 7ate9 is ok and Bloc isn't? Both over fancy sandwiches that I (the last artist/landlord-to-artists in the last…
Book Review: Barbarian Seasons by David Blair
Barbarian Seasons by David Blair $19.95 Madhat Press Cheshire, Ma 01225 https://madhat-press.com/products/barbarian-seasons-by-david-blair Barbarian Seasons by David Blair off Madhat Press is a…
Speaking w/ Nicole, a nurse in Boston working on the front lines
As terrible as this whole experience has been she hopes it brings about some form of change to the power structures and systems we've come to accept.
Boston Hassle GoFundMe Update: Please help us reach our goal by August!
We've raised $3,000 over three months!
“GO-TO”: Shanghai Triad (1995) dir. Zhang Yimou
Now available via Brattle Theatre's Virtual Screening Room
Boston Hassle Interviews Anna McClellan
The piano ballad is a tricky thing, always teetering on the edge of camp and sentimentality. There’s a reason most indie rockers…
An interview w/ Veronica Bettio of Cowboy Initiative
The show organizer is fully engaged in this moment.
Punk Rock Aerobics at Home Series: The Cavemen
My Punk Rock Aerobics at Home Series: every week I feature a new song, teach the moves to that song, and…
CINEMA QUARANTINO: Room (2015) dir. Lenny Abrahamson
Now Streaming on Netflix
Not to be confused with moe. scene favorites and performers of well loved tracks such as "Rebubula", "Plane Crash", "Captain…