Imperium Watch: Flying Girders, Falling Towers

by | Oct 22, 2009 | News

In the lofty auditorium of Northampton's First Churches on October 10, an audience of perhaps 200 listened as San Francisco architect Richard Gage presented evidence that the World Trade Center's Twin Towers and WTC Building 7 were brought down on Sept. 11,...

The World this Week: “Give It Back, Barack”

by | Oct 22, 2009 | News

Barack Obama should apologize for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. He should really be big about this and just give it back to the socialists in Norway. Because if he doesn't give it back, then he really is the Antichrist. These and other similar sentiments are...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | Oct 22, 2009 | Music

Yo La TengoPopular Songs(Matador)Yo La Tengo's Popular Songs opens with the promise of something new. "Here to Fall" features dramatic, swooning strings pitted against processed organ drones, a thrilling combination of '70s soul swagger and modern...
Sound Check: Paternal Instincts

Sound Check: Paternal Instincts

by | Oct 22, 2009 | Music

Having begun as something of a randomly assembled, overtly casual supergroup, World's Greatest Dad has gradually transformed into something really, really cool. Having just won the Advocate's Grand Band Slam award for Folk (which hardly describes them), WGD...
Nightcrawler: Lean and Green

Nightcrawler: Lean and Green

by | Oct 22, 2009 | Music

Like any aspiring musician with a newly pressed studio effort, Shelburne Falls' Seth Glier has dreams of gold and platinum. He's just looking to obtain his precious metal without leaving a trace of a carbon footprint."There's so much waste that gets...