From the Wilbury Theatre Group: It’s time to get real and rock out about the one thing we all have in common: We’re Gonna Die. Actor Helena Tafuri takes over the role originated by playwright Young Jean Lee. The work is a blend of storytelling, stand-up, music, and theater, and “lets us know we may …
(10.24) Sad news — John Brown is dead. This year the Rhode Island Historical Society takes a unique approach to What Cheer Day by reliving a day of mourning. Head over to “Celebrating the Life & Death of John Brown” and learn how affluent Rhode Islanders would have processed a death in the family in …
(8.7) This week the Burnside Music Series features Death Vessel — with Joel Thibodeau — fresh from their performance at the Newport Folk Festival. What a set of pipes on this guy — their album Island Intervals, recorded in Iceland with Sigur Ros, is brilliant. (The DV website has designated the remainder of the tour …
(5.30) Taxidermy — at least vintage taxidermy — has been all the rage in recent years. Whether its the kitschy decorating aesthetic or nostalgia, one certain well-studied and much commented upon species — Hipsteria masonjariensis — has been hunting down these specimens to near extinction. Certainly the prices have gone through the roof. (Time to …
(4.17) Head over to the Lippitt House Museum Thursday for “Unearthing the North Burial Ground: Online Walking Tours of Providence’s Largest Historic Public Cemetery” another of the Providence Preservation Society’s spring programs. Professor Francis Leazes of Rhode Island College will discuss the North Burial Ground Project, an experiment in education that seeks to present a wide range of …
Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols, and the Ramones there was a band called Death. This pioneering ’70s proto-punk black Detroit band are the subject of a new music documentary ‘A Band Called Death’ opening tonight at the Cable Car. Formed in the 70’s by the teenaged Hackney brothers — Dannis on drums, Bobby on …
No iconic hot ‘n heavy saxophone or ears being chopped off, but I think “Right Down The Line” — simple love song, simple melody — was Gerry Rafferty’s best. I’m sure Beth hates the music, but can’t help but dig this album cover. [youtube]5sedPivIxfM[/youtube]
As we take time to mourn the passing of Bugaboo Creek, let us fail not to rejoice upon the birth of the 100th Ocean State Job Lot. [youtube]vX07j9SDFcc[/youtube]
There’s been a lot of talk in the news lately about gay suicide, and while I have kind of mixed feelings about the media’s panicky sensationalism (and posting that poor Rutgers guy’s terribly awkward photo on the cover of every magazine in America), I think we can all agree that teen suicide is never a …
According The Providence Journal the City of Providence Board of Licenses has heard a proposal for a new pub in the Wayland Square area, . . . the proprietors of Monahan Drabble & Sherman Funeral Home propose to open a pub in an old garage space attached to their business at Wayland and Waterman avenues. …
[youtube]kXVnjm-jrXc[/youtube] Malcolm McLaren, perhaps the only person to have ever worked with both KRS-One and Yanni, has died. Primarily known in America as the manager of the New York Dolls and the Sex Pistols, McLaren was also responsible for the success of Adam and the Ants and Bow Wow Wow, and he also released several …
What percentage of Americans, would you guess, are familiar with the Tiger Woods fiasco? Maybe 80%? And what percentage of Americans can name Sarah Palin’s out-of-wedlock granddaughter? Maybe 60%? And how many Americans, would you guess, knew that yesterday was a national holiday? Well, now you know. March 25th is National Medal of Honor Day. The …
Maybe you really just have to be there, to understand what it is about Oscar that gives people comfort, and not just heebie-jeebies: “Obviously we’d love to be able to say that he’s helping the dying,” Dosa says. “That’s something we all hope for. We all have a fear of dying and the idea of …
[youtube]TTOTop3At1c[/youtube] Pretty much everything in the world worth knowing can be found somewhere in this clip of Cyndi Lauper and the elastic-wearing Lou Albano on Rowdy Roddy Piper’s fake talk show from 1984. The big lug died this morning at the age of 76. Albano didn’t retire from the WWF until he was fifty-three, which …
Target! The new Dethklok album, Dethalbum II, goes on sale today. Purists can buy it on vinyl somewhere, all others can buy the cd at Target for $7.99. That is very good value. Dethklok will perform two shows at the Boston House of Blues, October 27th and 28th. Brendon Small is an insane guitarist, but …
Frank Santos, the R-Rated Hypnotist, is dead. Santos was working at Big G Supermarkets and saw a hypnotist perform at a company party, Michael Janusonis reported in a story about the entertainer in 1990. Santos took classes in hypnotism, opened a hypnosis center in Cumberland and put together an act, which quickly packed rooms. “We …