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Dead Blogging ‘Regarding America’ at the Addison Gallery
Well the Missus and I trundled up to Andover yesterday to wander around Phillips Academy’s Addison Gallery of American Art and say, it was swell. The major exhibit there right now is Regarding America: 19th-Century Art from the Permanent Collection (through July … Continue reading
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Quote o’ the Day (To Know Trump Edition)
We are reminded every day that Pres. Donald Trump (R-Donald Trump) is, for all practical purposes, pre-verbal. See the transcript from his recent Time interview for the gory details. But every once in a while we get a glimpse of … Continue reading
Ask Dr. Ads: How Pretentious Is This iPad Air Spot?
Well the Doc opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, I was just sitting there on Sunday watching the New England Patriots get shredded by the Denver Broncos when this iPad Air spot popped up: … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (Miss Da Mayah Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk What will the Boston Herald do when Tom Menino vacates the corner office at City Hall? Probably a lot more of this: Inside, Menino sort of answers the question . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (‘National Honor’ Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk The Boston Herald’s incessant Garage Broadband Radiostream gets front-page treatment for the umpteenth time in a row today. And what is this “National Honor”? 36th place in a list published by a radio industry website whose traffic … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (A-Roid Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk Well our feisty local tabloid won another big award yesterday – a coveted Top Ten Front Pages nod from the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages. Judgment Day Today is the day that Major League Baseball is expected to suspend … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (Internet Radio Edition Umpteen)
From our Walt Whitman desk It’s time someone called Social Services. The Boston Herald’s abuse of its news pages is now bordering on the criminal. For months the Herald has been flogging its Wayne’s World webcast Press Party in the news pages, à la … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (More Internet Radio Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk Hey, kids! Mark your calendars! It’s Day Two of the Great Herald Radio Countdown. As the hardreading staff noted yesterday, the Boston Herald devoted two full pages of Monday’s edition to the gala announcement of an Internet radio stream … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (Internet Radio Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk Say, that’s some big news about the feisty local tabloid launching Boston Herald Radio, yeah? All the details were, well, detailed in the Herald Radio Countdown that ran in Monday’s edition: Herald internet radio to get Boston connected The … Continue reading