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04.30.09At Somerville’s Open Bicycle, PBR OptionalRepainted, 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 ...
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Arts
From the Archives: Artageddon at the Distillery Gallery»
In art, as in love, things can get a bit messy when the Internet is involved. In the old days of aesthetic courtship, the rules were simple: artist toils in obscurity; gallery discovers artist; the Whitney calls and they fall in love at the Empire State Building. Gallerists were the gatekeepers to the art world, [...]
Music
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Style
Glam Shots: Common Goes Goggling; House Of Pain Goes Green»
Photos by ThinkCommon.com Ever vigilant, our dude Brandon spotted these photos of Common doing some boutique goggle shopping in Cambridge. The southside rapper stopped by Concepts in Harvard Square last month and mugged for some photos.
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