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Monthly Archives: December 2010
They Just Don’t Make Orgies Like They Used To
If it’s December, it’s Orgy season at WHRB. (Fall 2010 schedule here.) Not to get technical about it, but the old ‘HRB orgies were better than the present ones. Back in the day, the orgies were, well, orgiastic – 90 … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Boston Magazine Edition)
Yet another Boston magazine editor has hit the ejector seat. Andy (We Hardly Knew Ye) Putz has exited the publication – which couldn’t create buzz if it whacked a beehive – after all of 17 months as editor. That much … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Putz, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston magazine
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The Unkindest Cut Of All
Splendid reader Arafat K. sent this along: Bridalplasty: “The only competition where the winner gets cut.” If you don’t fear for the Republic now, you never will. Hey – new reality show! Fear for the Republic: The only thing to … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Jeff Derderian Edition)
While the Boston Herald most often serves as a lively index to the Boston Globe, sometimes the feisty tabloid kicks the boring broadsheet’s ass. Case in point: Saturday’s dead tree editions of the local dailies. The Herald, for its part, … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, GoLocalProv, Jeff Derderian, New York Times, Station nightclub
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Conan The Borebarian
Finally (at least to my knowledge) someone has called Conan O’Brien out for his relentless self-pitying and Irish Alzheimer’s grudge-holding. Laura Bennett’s dope-slap in The New Republic begins this way: “Welcome to my second annual first show,” said Conan O’Brien … Continue reading
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Tagged Conan O'Brien, Irish Alzheimer's, Laura Bennett, The New Republic
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Scott Brown: Punchline
Another milestone/millstone for Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R-OMG! Am I Still Wearing Button-Down-Collar Shirts?). Brown has effectively clowned his way into a Gail Collins piece in the New York Times about food safety legislation on Capitol Hill. To wit: Not … Continue reading
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Tagged food safety legislation, Gail Collins, New York Times, Scott Brown
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LeBron Shames
From the time he announced (on a self-debasing ESPN “special”) that he would “take my talents to South Beach,” we knew LeBron James was clueless. Now we know he’s also classless. In the wake of his return to Cleveland with … Continue reading
Brubeck And Call
Swell piece by Marc Myers on Dave Brubeck in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal. Lede: Shortly after I arrived at Dave Brubeck’s home here last week, the jazz pianist insisted we move to a glass- enclosed deck with a view of pine … Continue reading
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Tagged Clint Eastwood, Dave Brubeck, Ken Fallin, Marc Myers, Turner Classic Movies, Wall Street Journal
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