Behind the Beat: Ca$hing In

Behind the Beat: Ca$hing In

by | Oct 21, 2010 | Music

Easthampton Savings Bank made the similarly named Easthampton Savings Band (often written with a dollar sign in place of the first “s”) an offer: change your band name and our marketing department will design two free logos for you. In response, the Valley...
Nightcrawler: Wishful Thinking

Nightcrawler: Wishful Thinking

by | Oct 21, 2010 | Music

Ricky Phillips still isn’t quite sure what was more surreal to him as he sat in a Reno, Nevada movie theater one summer afternoon in 1991: that the feature, Terminator 2, turned out to be a juggernaut sequel to a film he helped score, or that he was flanked in...
Behind the Beat: Shiny Funky People

Behind the Beat: Shiny Funky People

by | Oct 21, 2010 | Music

Glitter Guerrilla works overtime to get bodies on the dance floor. While you’re curled up in bed having work nightmares, members of the Northampton hip-hop collective are pulling all-nighters crafting bootylicious jams. The Northampton hip-hop...

Potty Talk

by | Oct 21, 2010 | Leisure, The V-Spot

Like many queer Northamptonites, I regularly pay my dues to the dance floors at Diva’s. When it’s time to do my private business, it warms my heart to see signs informing the club’s multi-gendered clientele that both bathrooms are open to everyone...
CinemaDope: Francophilia

CinemaDope: Francophilia

by | Oct 21, 2010 | Film

At the age of 32, actor James Franco has already had quite a career. After starting out on the television series Freaks and Geeks—canceled despite overwhelming acclaim from critics—he went on to win a Golden Globe for his surprisingly rich portrayal of...