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October 2009 Issue
Theospeaker
Your words are empty, as are mine, but claim themselves to be sublime; pious praise, and blinded gaze by cataracts of light-divine. “Why are we here, the end is near” Your empty phrases are quite smug and claim you know what we should fear and what should make our heartstrings tug, but Drugged. That’s what […]
B.O.M.S. slams into session!
The first thing you notice when attending an open mic session is the vibe. You don’t feel the vibe at an open mic. More like, you feed it. You and every attendee, performer, observer and passer-by, are all distinct parts of the energy of a session like flames are part of a throbbing fire. With […]
Lights out for director Roman Polanski
Last Saturday, director Roman Polanski (“Rosemary’s Baby”, “The Pianist”) was arrested in Zurich after 32 years of fleeing the American justice system. But how do we punish the artist, and what impact does that have on his art? The facts of Polanski’s case are pretty much incontrovertible. Polanski was conducting a photo shoot with a […]
Mike Judge’s “Extract” lacks new flavor
As I watched the movie “Extract,” I was prodded by a weird feeling and it wasn’t just a progressive sense of boredom. Rather it was a remarkable sense of déjà vu. Two hours and one Google search later, it clicked. It turns out that “Extract” is the product of Mike Judge, who also wrote and […]
Bullseye offers a whole new view
Life lessons come in odd places. Sometimes you find them beneath the chuppah at your cousin’s wedding, as I did nearly a month ago, and sometimes you find them inside of an Irish pub on your friend’s 21st birthday. Last Saturday evening, I boarded the 8 p.m. shuttle to Boston to celebrate the 21st year […]
