CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | Dec 23, 2010 | Music

Ryan Montbleau BandHeavy on the Vine(BMI) Eastern Mass. native Ryan Montbleau started out as an acoustic soloist, but since forming his six-member band, he has branched out to other genres. On Heavy on the Vine Montbleau and crew switch between string-laden love...
Nightcrawler: A Towering Success

Nightcrawler: A Towering Success

by | Dec 23, 2010 | Music

Talk about the power of suggestive thinking. When local party band Orange Crush learned that a new show set to air on Cartoon Network was seeking 1980s-esque tunes for its soundtrack, they promptly sent off their studio calling card, 80s All Over Again, for...
Werewolves, Pandemics and Sinking Islands

Werewolves, Pandemics and Sinking Islands

by | Dec 23, 2010 | Leisure

One of the reasons Timothy Leary was so hot for folks to try LSD during the cultural revolutions of the 1960s was that he felt world peace could be achieved if everyone shared the revelations the hallucinogen had given him. Life is all a game, he had discovered. Or,...
CinemaDope: Light and Dark

CinemaDope: Light and Dark

by | Dec 23, 2010 | Film

First things first: by the time the next issue of the Advocate hits the streets, Christmas will be just a few days away. If you celebrate the holiday, maybe you’re heading to a family homestead, or to the in-laws’ house for a long weekend. Maybe...
Drink: Mojo Rising

Drink: Mojo Rising

by | Dec 23, 2010 | Food + Booze

Historically, Rioja and Ribera del Duero haven’t exactly pumped adrenaline into my palate. And I’m not alone. They’re two famed wine regions in northern Spain but, aside from perhaps a special occasion, average Joes don’t go cuckoo for it. For...