by Our Readers | Dec 31, 2009 | News
False Alarms:Chris Matera's vision of Massachusetts being clearcut at an ever-accelerating pace (Letters, Dec. 10, 2009) is simply false. Endless repetition of the claim does not make it any more true. Matera's photographic sleights-of-hand, fanciful rhetoric...
by Maureen Turner | Dec 31, 2009 | News
In response to a recent article on our "On Springfield" blog about the controversial proposal by Palmer Renewable Energy to build a $150 million wood-burning plant on Page Boulevard—a plan that activists argue poses significant public health and...
by James Heflin | Dec 31, 2009 | Music
On Unit7's website, a curious collision of fonts occurs. "Unit7" sleekly scrawls across the top with that arcade/skating rink style that rose to prominence around the late '70s. Right next to it, however, you'll find a bunch of Art Nouveau...
by Gary Carra | Dec 31, 2009 | Music
Many is the act eager to lend a hand—or the sounds of its band—to the area's preeminent New Year's eve gala, First Night Northampton. And with more than 100 performance slots to fill at no less than 17 venues over the course of 12 hours,...
by Advocate Staff | Dec 31, 2009 | Music
The Black CrowesBefore the Frost… Until the Freeze(Silver Arrow)The newest release from the brothers Robinson is an experiment combining technology with down-home boogie rock. It's really a double album. Included with disc one is a download code that lets...