An Often Mysterious Life

An Often Mysterious Life

by | Nov 5, 2012 | News

Florence has had a long history of supporting lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender, questioning and intersex (LBGTQI) rights. It’s just little known. In a series of lectures entitled Stories of Our LGBTQI Ancestors, researcher Bet Power and the Sexual Minorities...
Behind the Beat: Something From Nothing

Behind the Beat: Something From Nothing

by | Nov 5, 2012 | Music

Though it’s only taken to area stages under its current name since the spring of 2012, Valley band Empty Banks has a history that extends back to 2006. That was the year when Dan Vaccari (drums), Joel Cameron (electric and upright bass) and Dan Babineau...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | Nov 5, 2012 | Music

Chris DanielsBetter Days(Moon Voyage) Does the name Chris Daniels ring any bells? How about Sam Bush? Daniels has been in bands with him. Lloyd Maines? Check. Richie Furay? Yep. Béla Fleck? Uh-huh. He hangs with half the bluegrass, folk and country pantheon,...

Feeling Slap-Happy

by | Nov 5, 2012 | Leisure, The V-Spot

Last night I ate six bowls of Rice Krispies. This represents half the number of orgasms I had 10 minutes prior, compliments of some stellar, dominant BDSM performances by my favorite male porn star James Deen on KinkOnDemand.com. It’s obvious why a few bowls of...
CinemaDope: Identity Crisis

CinemaDope: Identity Crisis

by | Nov 5, 2012 | Film

As I write this column, Hurricane Sandy is just beginning to beat down upon our shores. Friends in Northampton and Brooklyn alike have trees down in their yards; relatives in Rhode Island are dealing with ocean flooding and power outages; and everywhere, things are...