Imperium Watch: Sweatshirts in Orbit

by | Apr 2, 2009 | News

April 1: The Advocate has learned that, in an unprecedented federal, state and local partnership, the town of Amherst has been given the go-ahead to send its solid waste into orbit. On April 2, Amherst's coffee grounds, battered sneakers and greasy pizza boxes...
Warp Factory

Warp Factory

by | Apr 2, 2009 | Music

The Springfield Symphony Orchestra promises a performance that's not of this world in Flights of Fantasy. Narrated by George Takei (the original Star Trek's Mr. Sulu), the program features scores from that television series and other well-known space films....
Nightcrawler: Days Of Our Lives

Nightcrawler: Days Of Our Lives

by | Apr 2, 2009 | Music

He was platinum-haired… and platinum-selling by his teens. But after a series of well chronicled clashes with management, the complete gutting of his core musical group and ultimately, a meth habit that landed him as the unwitting star of an A&E...
Behind the Beat: Here, There and Everywhere

Behind the Beat: Here, There and Everywhere

by | Apr 2, 2009 | Music

Musicians often pass around recordings in progress, getting other musicians to add parts until there's sufficient material to mix everything into a finished product. But Amherst College visiting professor Jason Robinson and his collaborators go one...
Sound Check: Vinyl Fantasy

Sound Check: Vinyl Fantasy

by | Apr 2, 2009 | Music

The students at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst radio station are resolved that if you're going to give them money, you're going to enjoy it. In that spirit, they host the second annual WMUA 91.1 Record Fest. Music vendors from across the Northeast...