CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | Dec 24, 2009 | Music

Mojo NixonWhiskey Rebellion(Mojo Nixon)Psychobilly and roots rocker Mojo Nixon came out of musical retirement this fall with Whiskey Rebellion, a collection of outtakes, experiments, soundtrack songs and sports anthems. As he explained in a press release, "While...
Jah Yule

Jah Yule

by | Dec 24, 2009 | Music

The Equalites have shaken the derrieres of Valley audiences for more than two decades now, and continue to live out a history that's been written in clubs and studios from Cambridge to Conway to Kingston, Jamaica, with frequent summer stops on Cape Cod (to beat...
Imagine Big, Play Local Games

Imagine Big, Play Local Games

by | Dec 24, 2009 | Leisure

Pillage & Plunder: The Viking Longship GameMonadnock Region of New Hampshirechrisvnh.bizland.com/pillageplunder.htmlThough the name might suggest otherwise, Pillage & Plunder is appropriate for all ages. In the game, the looting and ravaging is over, and the...
The Clarity of Clarence

The Clarity of Clarence

by | Dec 24, 2009 | Film

Director Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life is a slightly religious/spiritual parable about a man (played by Jimmy Stewart) who is forced by an angel, at the moment of his Christmas Eve suicide attempt, to reflect upon what he sees as a failed and relatively...
CinemaDope: Army Fatigue

CinemaDope: Army Fatigue

by | Dec 24, 2009 | Film

The MessengerDirected by Oren Moverman. Written by Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman. With Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Steve Buscemi, Jena Malone, Eamonn Walker, and Yaya DaCosta. (R)It's easy, perhaps dangerously so, to think that we know all...