CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | Oct 7, 2010 | Music

Alasdair Roberts & FriendsToo Long in This Condition(Drag City) Alasdair Roberts is a profoundly original songwriter whose work combines ancient themes with a lyrical syntax that’s utterly modern. After the tour de force Spoils, it was initially...
One Man's Trash

One Man's Trash

by | Oct 7, 2010 | Music

When I first meet Matt Lorenz for our interview, he’s crouched low in the kitchen, watching like a lab attendant as the product of his labor bubbles away: a 10-gallon carboy filled with bright wine, busy fermenting and outgassing. In context, that seemed a...
Fired Up

Fired Up

by | Oct 7, 2010 | Music

Being rowdy punk players, Ready Aim Fired were a little apprehensive about their 2 p.m. time slot for Holyoke’s Labor Day weekend Great Block Party. Once they were convinced that the family-friendly crowd knew what it was in for, they—guitarist/vocalist...

Penis Envy

by | Oct 7, 2010 | Leisure

Not much can make me jealous of you penis-toting folks. I heart my vagina–complicated orgasms, periods, hidden G-spot and all. When it comes time for a little… me time… I’ve got vibrators, dildos and hands to play with plus many more nerve...