Well it’s D-Day….we need to choose who will stand up for us at city hall. The campaign trail has been an absolute brawl. What it will ultimately come down to is how each candidate conveyed the message that regardless of what section of Dot they …
The Dorchester Reporter released a article on Anderson Cooper’s visit to Dorchester and the The Boys and Girls club. You can view the article and video HERE.
11 days to go and they have to be taking action on this out in Vegas. Who’s your boy? I have to admit O’Toole looked like Chuck Norris the other day. Just staring down criminals in the streets of Dot making them surrender out of …
Do you know that SeeClickFix is fast becoming the standard for reporting issues to your city government? Boston is now using it integrated with the Open311 standard. This gives you direct access to their reporting systems at City Hall. Let’s say your rolling down Adams Street and you whack a …
So I got to watch the American Masters documentary Pearl Jam Twenty over the weekend. The early 90’s was an incredible time in music. The Seattle scene landed in Boston with bands like SoundGarden, Nirvana, Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam and it was a phenomenon I never witnessed before or after. The raw artistry and creativity these bands showed was mind blowing and it was a huge departure from anything we witnessed in the 1980’s. The lyrics always seem to resonate….you could find something deep and heartfelt on every album. Our crew of friends were all 16 to 18 at the time…so it’s easy to understand how Seattle provided the soundtrack of our young lives. The first legible song I could play on guitar was written by Pearl Jam. Living in Dorchester gave many of us the access to see shows like this:
Nirvana playing at Axis on Lansdowne Street in 1991
Or Pearl Jam at the Orpheum in 1994
Years back I lost touch with Pearl Jam….The radio beat the sh*t out of their songs so I had to stop listening. But watching the Twenty documentary last night brought back a ton of great memories and made me realize how fortunate I was to witness that whole era in music. I’m probably going to start listening again….
Listen the last thing we need is a bunch of childish drama happening between the Baker and O’Toole camps. Are people passionate about politics here? Of Course…Is this one of the last bastions of Irish politics in Boston? You Bet… Are Dot Rats tough? Sure…..But …
Back in the mid 90’s I was strolling through Quincy and decided to hit a thrift store. At 19 years old I knew how to stretch a buck and liked to dress good like all kids that age. I was cruising the isles when I …