Tag Archives: Radio Boston

Twitter to Campaign Outsider: No Blue Check For You!

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

No man with a good car needs to be justified. – Hazel Motes in Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood So the other night the hardhoping staff tried to get our Twitter account verified. According to Twitter’s Help Center, an account must be “notable and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BBC News, blue check, Flannery O'Connor, Hazel Motes, Help Center, Radio Boston, Twitter, WBUR, Wise Blood | Leave a comment

Round Midnight at the Global Worldwide Headquarters (Guitar-Gently-Weeping Prince Edition)

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Hard on the heels of the hardtracking staff’s post about the classic guitar duet between George Harrison and Eric Clapton comes this performance of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” – featuring Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne, and Dhani Harrison (the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2004 Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame Inductions, Alex Kingsbury, Dhani Harrison, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Prince, Radio Boston, Steve Winwood, Tom Petty, WBUR, While My Guitar Gently Weeps | 3 Comments

Dead Blogging ‘Avant-Garde Japanese Fashions’ And ‘Impressionists On The Water’ At PEM

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled up to the Peabody Essex Museum over the weekend to catch Future Beauty: Avant-Garde Japanese Fashion (through January 26, 2014) and Impressionists on the Water (through February 17, 2014), and, say, they were . . . underwhelming. From … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Caillebote, Claude Monet, Future Beauty: Avant-Garde Japanese Fashion, Impressionists on the Water, Issey Miyake, Peabody Essex Museum, PEM, Radio Boston, Rei Kawakubo, Renoir, Sacha Pfeiffer, Sebastian Smee, Signac, Sisley, WBUR, Yohji Yamamoto | Leave a comment

Twenty Years After: The 1993 Boston Mayoral Ads

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Several weeks ago the hardtalking staff did a segment on WBUR’s Radio Boston about the TV spots in the 1993 Boston mayoral race. That segment came about because we’ve still got a dozen VHS tapes of the ’93 ads, having … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1993 Boston mayoral ads, Bill Carrick, Bob Rufo, Bruce Bolling, Chris Lydon, Dan Payne, Diane Moriarty, Francis "Mickey" Roache, Jim Brett, Ken Swope, Mayberry USA, Mike Shea, Radio Boston, Ray Flynn, Rosaria Salerno, Tom Menino, WBUR | 8 Comments

Zander’s Theater

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff (and the Missus) walked by the Copley Plaza Saturday evening and encountered maybe two dozen protesters holding signs that said “Reinstate Zander.” That would be Benjamin Zander, late of the New England Conservancy Conservatory, which cashiered him after … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Benjamin Zander, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Copley Plaza, Feast of Music, NEC, Peter Benjamin, Radio Boston, Slipped Disc, WBUR, Youth Philharmonic Orchestra | 1 Comment