YEAR ENDER: Goodbye 2016…Hey 2017, What’s Good?
Two thousand and what now? Yeah, 2016 was a weird blur culminating with a quiet, understated, ‘getting-too-old-for-this-shit’ kind of death. A lot…
End of Year Lists
Top 10 Bones 2016 by Jeff Balter
Jeff Balter is the drummer everyone wants. He plays in most bands in town (Harmoos, Sun Young, Listening Woman, etc.). You…
Ian McGregor’s TOP TEN LPs/EPs Locals Only
Ian McGregor organizes and has long organized events in the Boston area under the Eye Design name. He also runs Eye Design…
Who’s Dazzled Distant Castle: in Under One Minute
It's Been A Rough Year, Dad.
A little piece for the Year-End Hasslesquad from Christina Schneider
The cult figure that musical group/ loosely knit balm sales entity CE Schneider Topical named themselves for/ have given their lives to (natch)….
Andy Houldcroft’s Best of Bathrooms: Movie Theater Edition
Andy Houldcroft is a part-time complainer, full-time worrywart, and a regular contributor to the Boston Hassle Film Flam section. They’re trying to…
SERIES IN WESTERN MASS 2016 by Matt Robidoux
2016 saw western Massachusetts sprawled towards its outer reaches with fluid, unofficial sites rising in places as disparate as Holyoke, Millers Falls…
Dicky Stock shares with us 10 of his Favorite Aspects of Boston from 2016
Hey, my name is Dicky Stock. I’ve spent most of my life playing music and doing comedy in and around Boston so…
Things Bonnie Kane is Happy About from 2016
Things I am Happy About from 2016: – All of the great shows and tours that I played, solo and in bands….
10 Jewels For Astral Digestion In 2017
Father Alexander is not weird. Father Alexander is not dead. He was excommunicated for being honest. He is now a master dishwasher….
Sam Potrykus’ 2016 Year Ender
Sam Potrykus plays/ has played in lots of bands. He co-founded the Boston Hassle and it’s mother non-profit BRAIN Arts Org. He’s…
A Year Ender from Greg Kelley
Greg Kelley moved to Seattle and we are all sad about it. Watch out though! Sometimes he and his trumpet still come…
