The World This Week: Rice a Rickey

by | Jul 23, 2009 | News

This Sunday, July 26, the fearsome hitter Jim Rice, who played his entire 16-year career with the Boston Red Sox, will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Joining Rice will be Rickey Henderson, the all-time stolen base leader who seemed to...
Bridge Salvation

Bridge Salvation

by | Jul 23, 2009 | News

Massachusetts is blessed with many magnificent bridges crossing the Connecticut River.In Springfield, there's the Memorial Bridge with its towering sconces perched upon mighty white pillars. In Northampton, the Calvin Coolidge Bridge's Art Deco eagles welcome...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | Jul 23, 2009 | Music

MaplewoodYeti Boombox(Tapete Records)Maplewood stirs up a pot of heady harmony on Yeti Boombox, nodding toward the breezy country rock of California in the early '70s. Much of the record features swirling melodies and lazily drifting, reverbed guitar. There's...
SoundCheck: Ursine Emanations

SoundCheck: Ursine Emanations

by | Jul 23, 2009 | Music

Cave Bears, an experimental noise duo from Turners Falls featuring Carrie Strimbeck and Nick Williams, prove that you don't need to play guitars, drums or keys to put on a good show."We are prone to wrecking our guitars and drums live," explains...
Behind the Beat: Constipated Duck?

Behind the Beat: Constipated Duck?

by | Jul 23, 2009 | Music

Cold Duck Complex, a live funk/jazz/hip-hop staple of the Amherst scene for nearly a decade, was, according to Joey Freshwater (a.k.a. Joe Cardozo), running out of steam when he essentially commissioned his mates to make one more recording, calling it Cold Duck...