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Monthly Archives: January 2015
The Ruins of Paul Rudolph’s Architecture
The hardworking staff has long admired the architectural work of Paul Rudolph, especially his Blue Cross Blue Shield building at 133 Federal Street in Boston. (Our 2008 WGBH commentary here.) But not everyone does. So we read with interest in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 133 Federal Street, After You Left/They Took It Apart, Art & Architecture Building, Blue Cros Blue Shield building, Chris Mottalini, Martin Filler, New York Review of Books, Paul Rudolph, Renzo Piano, Steve Belkin, The Architecture of Paul Rudolph, Timothy M. Rohan, Tommy's Tower, Tuskegee University Chapel, Yale University
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For the Love of God, Put #MuseumSelfie on the Shelfie!
The hardflinching staff has noted on several occasions the recent proliferation of museumgoers whose sole purpose is to record their presence adjacent to works of art, rather than actually looking at them. As if that wasn’t bad enough, now the art … Continue reading
Erin Andrews Is Not a ‘Journalist’ – She’s a Huckster
First: The hardworking staff is at great pains to say that this is no Kirk Minihane-esque hit on Fox Sports personality Erin Andrews. We have no idea how good she is at her job since we’ve never seen her doing … Continue reading
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Tagged @ErinAndrews, Erin Andrews, Fox Sports, King Air 350i, Kirk Minihane, TruBiotics, Wall Street Journal, WEEI, Wheels Up
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Boston ‘Dream’ Doc Thomas Graboys Gets Elegant Farewell
Tom Graboys was someone special. From his sweet Boston Globe sendoff by Bryan Marquard: Dr. Thomas Graboys, 70; cardiologist, writer On hospital rounds Dr. Thomas Graboys listened carefully to a chorus of beating hearts, placing his stethoscope on the warm, damp … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Zuger, Bernard Lown, Boston Celtics, Boston Globe, Bryan Marquard, Caren Solomon, Caroline Rigby Graboys, Dream Team, Dysrhythmics, Lewy body disease, Life in the Balance, Masters of the Universe, New York Times, Parkinson's disease, Penelope Graboys Blair, Peter Zheutlin, Reggie Lewis, Sam Roberts, Sarah Valeo, Thomas Graboys, Tom Wolfe, Victoria Tenney Graboys, William Rigby
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Quote o’ the Day (Jimmy Tingle Edition)
The hardworking staff yields to no man in our admiration for local comedian Jimmy Tingle, but we really must take issue with his statement in yesterday’s Boston Globe piece by Eric Moskowitz about whether the Hub of the Universe has an … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston, Boston Globe, coffee shops, Eric Moskowitz, inferiority complex, Jimmy Tingle, Joe Cocker, New York, traffic lights
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Liz Warren Groupies Ad to Their Daft Draft
For months now the Loony Left has been chasing Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Sort of No) to join the presidential scrum the way Vladimir Nabokov chased butterflies to join his collection. Now they’ve ad-ed this (via Politico Playbook) in the Concord Monitor. … Continue reading
Wait! A City Hall Plaza Redesign! (Exhibit Chumpteen)
From our Late to the Renovation Party desk Here we go again. In his State of the City address on Tuesday, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh promised to “reimagine City Hall Plaza as the thriving, healthy, innovative space that it should … Continue reading
Scott Brown Is the Political Equivalent of Bubbles in ‘The Wire’
Downturn Scotty Brown (R-Girl Trouble) has now been reduced to this (via John DiStaso in NHJournal): BROWN OFFERS HIS HELP. Scott Brown told us back in December that he intends to play a role helping Republican presidential candidates get to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bubbles, Downturn Scotty Brown, John DiStaso, New Hampshire, NHJournal, R-Girl Trouble, Scott Brown, The Wire
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