Terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden and washed-up yahoo Britney Spears go head-to-head this weekend as both make auspicious and highly-anticipated returns to the media stage. On Thursday, Al-Sahab, Al Qaeda’s media arm announced the imminent release of a new Bin Laden tape. Early buzz said that his formerly gray beard had been dyed a luxurious […]
Craigslist remains the go-to place to peer uncomfortably into the millions of damaged and perverted souls out there. Like the guy sitting right next to you! Seriously! Anyway, don’t ever let this guy do you a favor without saying so much as a thank you, because he will remember forever.
2007 Pawtucket Arts Festival at the awesome Machines With Magnets studio/gallery/hotspot. Performances by Badman, Daughters, Sweetthieves, Howl, Dirty On Purpose and many more. Plus Nice Slice, Recycle A Bike, Kafe Lila…Saturday, starts at noon, goes ’til midnight. $8, Downtown BucketNeon Soul Cabaret at Xxodus Cafe. Get your dancing shoes out for some funk, deep house,
Nothing like starting Friday with a minor hangover, and I’m sure I’m not alone in this. Lots of stuff going on tonight and over the weekend, so keep hitting us up today, good stuff coming!
The latest in a string of endless pieces on how incredibly fucking cute Rhode Islanders talk comes at us today from the usually respectable Phoenix. In it, writer Johnette Rodriguez manages to churn out thousands of words on a topic usually associated with Mark Patinkin’s equally annoying “You Know You’re A Rhode Islander When…”-type pieces
If earsplitting metal and punk is your bag then tonight Jerky’s club for men provides the who what where and when. Expect loudness, screaming, dudes in hoodies and only the bravest of ladies. She Rides Howl Cutpurse St. Jude Fourhorse Jerky’s, Richmond St., 8pm
WRPO has announced what everybody has known all along: Buddy Cianci will make his return to the airwaves Sept. 20 on News Talk 630 AM. Joining Buddy’s Prov-centric laff-fest will be current morning news comedian Ron St. Pierre. Expect intermittent hilarity.
The Board of Licenses has voted to temporarily shut down Westminster Street’s Finnegan’s Wake. Apparently they somehow squeezed about 390 people into the place, which is meant to max out at 220, which seems like a pretty tight squeeze in its own right. Brawls and arrests and robberies ensued. I’m not exactly crying over this,
Tucker Peck’s written in to let us know that he’s just expanded his hegemony over Providence trivia — to 4 nights a week: Hello Providence-area friends, I’m writing with the exciting news that I am now hosting team trivia games four — count ’em, four! — times a week in Providence. Team trivia is free
Celebrate 11 Years with RI Jobs with Justice! Thursday, September 6 Nick-A-Nees 5:00-7:15 pm At the Corner of South & Chestnut Sts. in Providence’s Jewelry District Donations: $5.00- $50.00 A reminder about why JWJ is so important: At 7:15 we’ll all be heading to City Hall, where the City Council will be taking up a