by Rob Brezsny | Dec 16, 2019 | Articles, Astrology, Featured
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The English word “hubris” means prideful, exaggerated self-assurance. In the HBO TV series Rome, the ancient Roman politician and general Mark Antony says to his boss Julius Caesar, “I’m glad you’re so confident. Some would call it hubris.”...
by Advocate Staff | Dec 13, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Podcast
A performance artist eats a $120,000 banana, and then another performance artist writes “Epstien (sic) didn’t kill himself” in lipstick on the wall where the banana used to be. Those stories are among this week’s weird news stories discussed by...
by Advocate Staff | Dec 12, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Staff Picks
Lush Honey, Spinelli, and Honeycomb at the Sierra Grille // THURSDAY The Buzz, A Honey Pot Production along with Reanimate the Bay State will be hosting a show at the Sierra Grille in Northampton this Thursday featuring soul and funk quartet Lush Honey, guitar,...
by Samantha Croteau | Dec 12, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Music, News
David Picchi, who conducts arrangements for jazz quartet FlavaEvolution, labels the group’s sound as “fresh new jazz music for your mind and soul.” “We’re trying to bring something that you haven’t heard or things that you have heard and put them into new contexts to...
by Chris Goudreau | Dec 11, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News
Eric Talbot got his first tattoo at around 19 years old living in Portland, Maine, during the early 1980s. When the veteran tattoo artist who inked Talbot’s first tattoo — a skull and crossbones on his left forearm — saw Talbot’s artwork, he was impressed and told...