Fresh books: Buy Me, Boston: Local Ads & Flyers, 1960’s – 1980’s Volume 1
A fascinating window into a prior Boston from music historian Brian Coleman
1970’s
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Everybody’s suspect in the sexual revolution. Coolidge After Midnite! Sat 8/25 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) dir. Philip Kaufman 115 minutes…
CISCO PIKE
Kris Kristofferson rides easy, lopes laconic, and tries to get his head together while mired in the post-hip depression, alongside the likes…
Isolation of 1/880000 + Tokyo Cabbageman K
An alienated student in Tokyo drifts Bickleward. Isolation of 1/880000 1977 dir. Sogo Ishii 43 minutes Screening with Tokyo Cabbageman K (1980)…
The Devil, Probably
A career-long penchant for exploring religious and philosophical themes took an ornery turn in Bresson’s final films, nowhere more pointedly than in…
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1975) dir. Jorge Grau
The brains in Spain stay mainly in the . . . well, they stay mainly in well-barricaded basements or other secure redoubts…
INHERENT VICE (2014) DIR. PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
It’s 1970 in California and pot smoking private investigator Doc Sportello (JOAQUIN PHOENIX) finds his ex-girlfriend Shasta (KATHERINE WATERSTON) at the door. Her real…
Gary War’s Favorite Musical Discoveries of 2013
Gary War is a prolific and esteemed Cambridge-born experimental rocker who last we heard was residing in Gloucester. We love many times…
WEIRDO RECORDS RECORD ROUND UP #10
Mark and Angela of WEIRDO RECORDS are back to share some subterranean sounds for the curious, the courageous, the bored and the…
WEIRDO RECORDS’ RECORD ROUND-UP #9
Our resident sonic spelunkers Angela and Mark of WEIRDO RECS return from the depths with yet more deep cuts for us. Mark’s…
