Behind the Beat: Unquantifiable

Behind the Beat: Unquantifiable

by | Apr 15, 2010 | Music

A Troop of Echoes jam a lot of different influences and styles into their brand of “saxophone and snarly guitar-driven instrumental rock.” “Having totally schizophrenic tastes in music helps our writing, actually,” says drummer and UMass grad...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | Apr 15, 2010 | Music

Alvin CurranSolo Works: The ’70s(New World) Best known as a composer in the new classical mode, Alvin Curran did solo recordings in the 1970s that are nothing short of a revelation: startlingly accessible, surprising, fresh and fun. It’s an enthralling...
CinemaDope: Classically Trained

CinemaDope: Classically Trained

by | Apr 15, 2010 | Film

If you’re a fan of jazz, you’re probably familiar with the idea of standards, maybe even without realizing it. Standards are those chestnuts that you hear on dozens of different recordings: take, for instance, the 1931 song “All of Me.” Louis...
Dining: Before the Bloom

Dining: Before the Bloom

by | Apr 15, 2010 | Food + Booze

All of last year’s harvest was gone from the freezer. Then, as we got ready to till the garden to plant the early spring crops of spinach and peas, we noticed tender green shoots coming up all over. Dandelions! We went to work and harvested two bushel baskets of...
Art in the Jar

Art in the Jar

by | Apr 15, 2010 | Food + Booze

Unless you’ve sampled Greenfield’s Real Pickles, chances are the pickles you’re familiar with have been made with vegetables that have first been cooked and then marinated in vinegar. While this process has been around for a long...