John Hughes

John Hughes passed away yesterday. Holy shit! He was only 59! Double shit! “I can’t believe it. They fucking forgot my birthday!” I am not embarrassed to admit that I have watched Sixteen Candles something like three zillion times. That’s a conservative estimate. And not just on-in-the-background watching, but with rapt attention. Just a perfect [...]

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Dropped like the Rock Of Boston

Boston music fans and longtime residents received a jolt last week when it was announced that venerable rock station WBCN (104.1 FM) would, as of August 13, be no more.   In its place, Mix 94.5 would move to WBCN’s station address at 104.1 while 98.5 would become Boston’s first FM all sports talk station. While [...]

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Predicting the Migratory Patterns of Favorite Unknowns

Hold on to your lederhosen Science fans, our favorite lo fi trash hero, Joshe Henry, is headed back east. In addition to the announcement of his return Joshe has also just announced the pre-production of his 45th (yes, this is true) album last week, the crassly titled “69 Ways to F**k a Redneck Girl” (I [...]

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Go Speed Reader Go!

Sometimes politics is just too funny.  Like, remember when Dick Cheney countered Barack Obama’s assertion that enhanced interrogation techniques made us less safe by accusing him of “phony moralizing?” Ha!  Or when the Senate passed legislation that would rein in credit card rate increases and excessive fees, a move which arguably ushers us into a [...]

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WHAT WERE THEY DOING IN MEXICO?

Boston.com is reporting that two young brothers from Lowell, MA, who became sick after a trip to Mexico have tested positive for – wait for it – swine flu. The reader comments, of course, are totally unsympathetic, and some are flat-out mean. Here are some highlights: “WHAT WERE THEY DOING IN MEXICO?” “It’s all George Bush’s [...]

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Your Mom Likes This

The first time I ever cursed in front of either of my parents was December 23, 2008. Yes, you’re reading that correctly – three months ago. Oh and I’m almost 30 years old (I know it’s weird, right?). The scene: I was on the road coming home for Christmas when my phone rang. It was my dad, [...]

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Obama on Leno

Jay Leno had a Very Special Guest last night, someone that many people perhaps hadn’t had the option to see in this type of environment before. And that Guest did not squander the opportunity, no doubt winning some converts along the way. Maybe myself included. But before Garth Brooks, Leno spent several segments talking to [...]

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Frontline: Inside the Meltdown

Don’t miss this tonight.

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My A-hole Car

My car is an asshole.   It’s true.   The latest incident to make me call it an asshole?   Wednesday, while leaving my office, my co-worker found that his car had been towed due to snow emergency.   So he asked me for a ride.  I said sure, knowing full well that my asshole car would see this [...]

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