BJ RAY: AN OPEN LETTER TO JAMAICA PLAIN
The Dig received this unsolicited Letter to the Editor from our old friend BJ Ray, regarding the recent announcement of Whole Foods moving into Jamaica Plain. No one knows JP quite like Mr. Ray and...
View ArticleTHERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD
What is happening in Jamaica Plain? If gentrification is a problem, why only now has the community awoken to its impending descent? How did Whole Foods become the target for the anti-gentrification...
View ArticleSOMERVILLE VS. CAMBRIDGE: REAL ESTATE
Cambridge vs. Somerville is boiling over. Could there be a border war? Maybe. If so, we though to ask our resident real estate expert: On which side should we buy our new condo? He gave us about as...
View ArticleOFF THE WALL: WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED
Kelly Creedon’s exhibit We Shall Not Be Moved: stories from the grassroots struggle against foreclosure opened up last Friday, September 29th at The Joan Resnikoff Gallery in Roxbury Community College...
View ArticleTHE MORNING AFTER, WEEKEND HANGOVER EDITION: 1.13.12 – 1.15.12
This MLK Day, let’s celebrate the life of Dr. King the only way we know how: with 1999′s time-traveling masterpiece, Our Friend, Martin. While it does contain vital history for the kids, and an...
View ArticleINSECURITY DEPOSIT: BOSTON LANDLORD REVIEWS
“Only saving grace is that it’s cheap as hell.” They bust into your apartment with no warning. They sell you a house resembling the one in American Horror Story, Season 1, and charge you $800 a month,...
View ArticleINSECURITY DEPOSIT: BOSTON LANDLORD REVIEWS
“Hey, its the projects” They bust into your apartment with no warning. They sell you a house resembling the one in American Horror Story, Season 1, and charge you $800 a month, utilities not included....
View ArticlePEER REVIEW: CONVERSE RUBBER TRACKS LIVE @ THE SINCLAIR
Photos By Andrew Nguyen There’s a delicious central irony at the heart of Brooklyn four-piece Yeasayer’s music. Their sound is clearly influenced by the native music of far-off lands. The frantic...
View ArticleWHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? CONDOMINIUM
www.whats4breakfast.com www.pattkelley.com Own this original strip (watercolor and ink painting) Comes with the book WFB The First Forty, only $25/shipping included. Buy it HERE
View ArticleRUN FOR COVER: THE STROKES VS. REAL ESTATE: “BARELY LEGAL”
Run For Cover is a weekly music column comparing cover songs to the original version. Prepare for a major bending of rules as we hear musicians throw around genres, tempos, style, and intent. Whether...
View ArticleSON OF A PITCH: SLUMMING IT WITH FLIP ADVANTAGE IN A HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM
I slip out the back, no richer than I was when I walked in, but no poorer either.
View ArticleSOLID SOUND FESTIVAL 2015: WILCO, MAC DEMARCO, RICHARD THOMPSON, ETC @ MASS...
Wilco and their various side projects take over the grounds of Mass MoCA once again for the fourth time, along with invited bands such as Mac DeMarco, Richard Thompson, Real Estate, Parquet Courts,...
View ArticleTRINKLES: THE NEW KID MOUNTAIN ALBUM THAT’S (ALMOST) HERE
Four years ago, Kid Mountain introduced themselves to Boston with one of the best debut albums our city has ever seen. Now they're gearing up for round two.
View ArticleTOWNIE: A WORM’S EYE VIEW OF THE MASS POWER STRUCTURE
Students at rally at Boston City Hall by NewtonCourt (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons From the guy that brings you Apparent Horizon The rich and powerful interests that control...
View ArticleTOWNIE: CITY ON A HILL
Global warming will flood Boston. Why not move the state capital to Worcester? Many small American cities have boosterish metro research organizations that look like a cross between a public...
View Article‘WALK THE TALK’
Climate protest outside June 8 US Conference of Mayors meeting in Boston. Photo courtesy Mass Sierra Club. Mayor Walsh needs to act faster to mitigate regional global warming threats Environmental...
View ArticleFAIR HOUSING WHACKED: TUFTS STUDENTS FIGHT ADMIN PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH...
Tufts students march against tiered housing policy. Photo by Amira Al-Subaey, Tufts class of 2019. More than 200 Tufts University students, faculty, and allies from surrounding communities held a...
View ArticleA WINDOW INTO THE STATE HOUSE
Rep. Mike Connolly’s blog offers a critical look behind the curtain of Mass politics The Massachusetts State House is not a bastion of democracy. I think a growing number of people in the...
View ArticleIT’S TIME TO BRING BACK RENT CONTROL IN MASSACHUSETTS
Some cause for hope in new tenant protection legislation being filed at the State House Yesterday, I saw some good news in the local press. A rarity to be sure. The Boston Globe reported that Rep....
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