On the right night, if you walk out from North Quincy Station, past the “brutalist McDonalds,” following the funk towards Wollaston Beach, you might come across a house that seems to be pulsing. If you fight your way through the mass of burly beards, skateboarders, pitbulls and take a sonic blast to the face, you’ll find yourself in Ugly Robot Studios. If you’re lucky, you’ll be treated to a front-row performance of Fracture Type. Fracture Type, whose debut album, Pickaxe, is set to release on May 13. The band is made up of Jeff Pezzone (drums), Talon Reckhart (bass), Geoff Fischer (guitar) and is fronted by Kevin Grady, who, in addition to songwriting, lead vocals and guitar, is the founder...
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Dedicated to Greg Jacobs aka SHKG Humpty Hump April is the cruellest month, / breeding lilacs out of the dead land, / mixing memory and desire, / stirring dull roots with spring rain. — T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland In April 1964, Rachel Carson was murdered by pesticides and the tyranny of chemical companies. The same year, Martin Luther King, Jr. published his heart-breaking, awe-inspiring Why We Can’t Wait. Exactly five years later in April 1968, Dr. King was assassinated. That day, April 4th, one year before his death, Dr. King presented his “Beyond Vietnam” speech in which he named racism, militarism, and materialism the dangerous triplets afflicting America. In April 1970, American environmentalists celebrated the first Earth Day. However, over fifty...
Winnie Cooper eats a crepe and, like I creep, I eat a crepe too, crushin’ hard on the crepe-eating Cooper. Of course it’s not really Winnie Cooper sitting next to me in Soho’s La Mercerie in a bright-red dress with matching red-lipstick. It’s Danica McKellar, the now 43-year-old actress who played the coolest girl ever on The Wonder Years. Decades removed from the show, McKellar is still — this becomes clear quickly — very cool.Maybe you didn’t know this but after she outgrew the role that made her famous — and after a brief, weird moment as a Maxim sexpot — McKellar, who graduated summa cum laude in mathematics from UCLA, has an Erdos number of 4, and helped develop the Chayes-McKellar-Winn...
Dyslexia in children is typically identified during their early years of schooling and it comes in all shapes and sizes and looks different for each person. We’ve compiled a helpful list of signs to look out for that may indicate your child could be struggling with dyslexia. If your child is presenting with difficulties in multiple areas below, it may be worthwhile discussing your concerns with their school teacher or General Practitioner. 5 signs your child might have dyslexia 1. Struggling with phonological awareness Phonological awareness skills assist in literacy development. Phonological awareness is the ability to recognise that words are made up of sounds and that by manipulating sounds you can create new words and meanings. Impaired phonological awareness...
