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At Somerville’s Open Bicycle, PBR Optional
Repainted, restocked and rebuilt, the Somerville workshop that spurred a cycling revolution twenty years ago quietly whirred into life again this month with the launch of Union Square's Open Bicycle.
The boutique retail and repair shop is built on the ashes of legendary bike manufacturer Merlin Metalworks in a basement on the corner of Washington and Hawkins streets. Merlin reached cult status after popularizing super-light titanium bicycle frames in 1987 -- an innovation that would retool the bike industry in the years that followed.
Two decades later, Open Bicycle co-owners Zack Teachout, 26, and Joshua Kampa, 29, believe that Boston's resurgent cycling ...
Boston Police Media Relations Fail
Paraphrased from this morning:
Officer: I'm trying to help you, but this sounds like it's your private thing.
Me: Do you give out information differently based on whether it's a news organization or a member of the public calling?
Officer: Absolutely. This is media relations.
Me: Is there a public information officer I can speak with?
Officer: Yah, me.
Frustrated People With Teabags: A Photo Tribute
Photos courtesy Dan Watkins, who had absolutely nothing to do with the title or text of this post.
In a massive display of unfocused agitation, about 400 people gathered at Boston Common on Wednesday afternoon to take part in the national Tax Day Tea Party. A separate group also gathered in the North End later in the afternoon.
To be honest, I really don't disagree with a lot of the points these people are making. Lord knows Massachusetts has one of the most ineffectual networks of sprawling hackery anywhere in the US, and the incumbent candidates who settle into legacy positions at ...
Countdown To Blastfest: 1 Day
Peace, Loving
S p a ce is t h e m ostimportant p a r t o f
s o u n d.
Per son
(means being) (root of sound)
Space is the mostimportant part of us, too.
Peace, Loving was born of whatever element is given to children who grow up close to the sea. Their sounds roll with the precision of tides. Intuition drives their live performances from the undusted corners of sonic history into the volcanic boiling of their collected gospel.
Peace, Loving creates the music of junkyards in a vibrant heat; the clattering of nails might remind you of scarecrows or hurricanes and it is necessary like the sawing of wood is necessary to build. America was built upon ...
Why The Shepard Fairey Arrest Has Nothing To Do With Shepard Fairey
Photo courtesy Wooster Collective
At first blush, it's tempting to view Shepard Fairey's arrest at the ICA on Friday as the culmination of a masterful publicity campaign. For months, Shep and his crew (inexplicably, every person I talk to uses the word "crew") have been plastering murals around town to hype his Supply & Demand show, and given Shep's guerrilla marketing MO and lengthy rap sheet, it wouldn't be that far-fetched for him to arrange his own arrest.
But in light of the reports that have come out since Friday, the arrest seems to have more to do with Blago-style brinksmanship than ...
The Road To Hope: An Inaugural Sojourn
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Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America . . . Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less.-President Barack Obama
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