Category Archives: Discussions

It is said that the ‘60s ended in 1974, with Nixon’s resignation. On the one hand, there was nothing left to believe in. On the other, there was nothing left to protest. Early in the decade, Timothy Leary preached acid … Continue reading →

Drew Dougherty was a loveable mischief-maker in my eighth grade English class. He had an older brother who was introducing him to the newest music, so he was hip to us. One day in class he came on in full … Continue reading →

The Rotten Apples, “the tightest out-of-tune band in the world,” had an antecedent in guitarist Keith Waters’ Belmont High School band (Belmont is a town just north of Boston). Even that early evolutionary ancestor of the current band blew effortless … Continue reading →

Painter and poet Greg Ford led the Boston poetry scene in the 1980s, giving electrifying readings throughout the Boston/Cambridge area, achieving great fame within that environment. “I basked in it,” he has said. The new leg of his life odyssey … Continue reading →

Friend of Boston musicians from the punk and hardcore scenes, to the jazz and experimental, for years Sam Leviazar was simply a modest, model listener—and avid follower of the respective live scenes—of these musics. About a year ago, something changed. … Continue reading →