Nightcrawler: Can't Find a Better Band

by | Nov 5, 2013 | Blogs, News, Nightcrawler

The name of the new disc and tour—Lightning Bolt—may suggest a quick, intense burst of energy. But as Pearl Jam pushed its way past the 30-song, three-hour mark at Harford’s XL Center on Friday, Oct. 25, it was evident to all in the sold-out audience...
News Briefs

News Briefs

by | Nov 5, 2013 | News

Racial Shock at Hampshire Halloween By Pete Redington   On the homepage of its website, the Valley band Shokazoba highlights a quote from Bluebird Reviews describing it as “an Afrobeat ensemble that blends jazz and old school funk, with a West African beat...
Monty Python, Meet Young Frankenstein

Monty Python, Meet Young Frankenstein

by | Nov 5, 2013 | News

The Mystery of Irma Vep is a parody with a gimmick: all the roles, half of them female, are played by two male actors in a whirlwind of instant costume changes. Charles Ludlam’s outrageous homage to Gothic horror and B-movie monsters touches all the...
The Neew Populists

The Neew Populists

by | Nov 5, 2013 | News

On September 15, the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, progressives toasted a victory. True, thanks to Congressional timidity, the biggest banks have only gotten bigger since the financial crisis five years ago, and the men (yes, mostly men) in...
Splash Page

Splash Page

by | Nov 5, 2013 | News

A fter the blood and sweat, now the tears: The Norwottuck Shoppes mall in Hadley was totally destroyed by a fire on October 26. The simple wooden structure was home to mom-and-pop businesses, some owned by immigrants, that kept going on more hard work than capital. A...