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For Boston…

For Boston…

What has 2 thumbs and is going to the Boston College vs Notre Dame football game tonight? Wait for it….this guy! Your old pal Dot Rat will be sitting behind Notre Dame’s bench tonight making the entire team question whether pursuing football was a smart 

Goodbye Ann…

Goodbye Ann…

An old friend, fellow Dot Rat and wonderful mom, Ann Flynn passed away last night. My thoughts and prayers are with the Flynn family today.

Brokeback Boston…

Brokeback Boston…

It’s another Thursday Massoles episode:
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Aerosmith concert at 1325…

Aerosmith concert at 1325…

I thought it was such a cool thing for Aerosmith to show up yesterday….the boys sound incredible….I only wish they played Seasons of Wither…. Here’s the concert in its entirety… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_ZD74t4Rko]

Is this chick high?

Is this chick high?

So I voted yes on Question 3 today. I don’t smoke marijuana and have no urge to…..but I do believe it’s something that could benefit our Commonwealth. Sure you may have to deal with longer lines at The Fat Belly Deli…..and there will be an explosion 

PS Gourmet- Buy 1 get 1 today…

PS Gourmet- Buy 1 get 1 today…

So the good folks down at PS in Adams Village are offering buy 1 get 1 free coffee all day today. Its customer appreciation day….nice gesture on their part. Place is rocking this morning.

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Luck be a lady tonight…

Luck be a lady tonight…

After a pretty healthy portion of Bud Lights for Halloween. I think it may be time to retire my beer of the summer and go straight winter on my liver. It’s back to my favorite winter beverage, Ciroc vodka. It can be a bit pricey 

To infinity and beyond!

To infinity and beyond!

It’s time for Massholes Episode 6! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6knraWUGS1w]  

Bigg Dee is a Dot Rat!

Bigg Dee is a Dot Rat!

That’s right….this guy feels a bit like Sean John this morning….well minus the 400 million dollars.  I wouldn’t even care if the roof blew off my house because my boy Bigg Dee is sporting a Dot Rat “DMC” shirt in his latest video with Chris Classiqk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Ik3fjLu5k

Now I know not every reader on my site is a fan of hip hop. I happen to love it…probably because of growing up in a diverse neighborhood. I was exposed to it at a very young age and can remember tuning into NYC radio stations with my cousins tubeset radio back in the early 80’s. Back then there wasn’t a station in Boston that played hip hip. I remember being floored by what I was hearing…it was amazing to me that someone could rhyme, string it into a story and hold the beat. Within those first few years it’s all you started to hear in the halls of the public schools around Dorchester. I think it’s one of the great American art forms that should be held in the same regard as Jazz or Blues. If you disagree….try doing it yourself. It’s as if you’re trying an instrument for the first time. All the credit for the founding of Hip Hop goes to DJ Kool Herc

Recently a student at Boston University by the name of Lee Feiner did a documentary called “The Zone”. In this doc he takes a peek at athletes, professionals and artists and how they tap into this place in their conscious where they are able to excel at their craft. To apply some science to it is very interesting…..here is Bigg Dee and the Chef Boyz in their segment of that documentary.

Keep your eyes open for Bigg Dee’s newest album “Fashionably Late” which should be released very soon. Check out his pages below and make sure you support a fellow Dot Rat!

http://www.facebook.com/biggdee617

http://twitter.com/Bigg_Dee_

http://www.reverbnation.com/biggdee

Want your own DMC? Go to the swag shop : http://dotrat.spreadshirt.com/

Scenes from Florian…

Scenes from Florian…

Well it was good while it lasted…but some people just can’t handle themselves properly. We do appreciate those folks who came out to celebrate….the costumes rocked! Photos courtesy of Pat Curtain and Mike Matta