The World This Week: On Disbelieving Atrocities

by | Apr 24, 2008 | News

This week we officially learned what we already knew: Bush and his posse authorized torture of terrorist suspects. Last Friday, Bush told ABC News, "I'm aware our national security team met on this issue, and I approved." The following people signed off...
Soundcheck: Houdini to Hip-Hop

Soundcheck: Houdini to Hip-Hop

by | Apr 24, 2008 | Music

Built in 1890, the Academy of Music Theatre (pictured) was given to the city of Northampton in 1892 by Edward Lyman, a Northampton native who spent most of his adult life in New York City, but viewed himself as a "trustee" of Northampton. The first...
Nightcrawler: Rock 'n' Casserole

Nightcrawler: Rock 'n' Casserole

by | Apr 24, 2008 | Music

His stint with the seminal jam band From Good Homes had already furnished Brady Rymer with years of invaluable industry experience. But as a man who's released records on major labels and shared stages with the likes of the Dave Matthews Band, Blues Traveler and...
Behind the Beat: Drunk at Heart?

Behind the Beat: Drunk at Heart?

by | Apr 24, 2008 | Music

Alex Johnson, sometimes known as "Freddy Freedom," and fellow Drunk Stuntman Steve Sanderson have been staples of Pioneer Valley music since moving to the area in the early '90s from eastern Mass. The Stunt-front boys have also recently become attached...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | Apr 24, 2008 | Music

Big DipperSupercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology(Merge)How could Big Dipper have been forgotten? It's not fair. They were as big as other Bostonian late-'80s alterna-idols like the Pixies and the Lemonheads. Big Dipper offered a smart melodic and jumpy twist...