Fans of Pearl Jam would be wise to start plotting a feigned illness now. That’s because the band’s guitarist, Stone Gossard, will be performing a show on Wednesday night at the Wilbur Theater and the best way to get tickets is to volunteer to plant trees in Mattapan on Wednesday morning.
Save the Planet, See a ConcertPosted by Amy Derjue on 9/29/2008 at 3:45PM | No Comments
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Spanning the WebPosted by Amy Derjue on 9/29/2008 at 2:22PM | No Comments
Taking you around the Internet for your afternoon enjoyment.
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Sports MondayPosted by Paul Flannery on 9/29/2008 at 12:34PM | 2 Comments
In the six years I spent roaming baseball clubhouses as a vagabond beat writer, I was never invited to join that prestigious group of booze-hounds known as the Baseball Writers Association (Warning: Hilariously outdated green background will wreck your retina). This was unfortunate on a couple of levels. First, the Baseball Writers get these handy press passes that get them into any ballpark in the country, so if you’re say, called to fly down to Miami at the last-minute to cover a weekend series it’s a lot harder to talk you way past security when all you got is, “Please let me in, sir. I’m missing Larry Bowa’s pregame, and I think he might finally lose his mind today.” The real reason to be a dues-paying member is you get to vote for the annual awards, which allows you to stop things like this from happening. My vote still doesn’t count, but let’s surge ahead with the first-ever Boston Daily Baseball Awards. (Winners to receive some left-over Mitt Romney for President swag |
Will Rockefeller Get Out On Bail?Posted by Francis Storrs on 9/29/2008 at 12:14PM | No Comments
There was good news and bad news for Clark Rockefeller—I mean Christian Karl Gerhartstreiter—at his indictment this morning in Suffolk Superior Court. The good news first: His case is being fast-tracked, so his trial is set to begin on March 23, 2009 (that’s really fast, believe it or not, his first option was waiting a full year). Even more important for him, I’d guess, is that the magistrate decided to set bail. If he posts it, he’ll be able to leave jail and wait for his case to begin as a free man. Continue reading “Will Rockefeller Get Out On Bail?” » |
One of These Stories Is Not Like the OthersPosted by Amy Derjue on 9/29/2008 at 11:56AM | No Comments
So we got a case of journalistic whiplash when we read the Globe’s story about the opening of the Mandarin Oriental. Continue reading “One of These Stories Is Not Like the Others” » |
Mitt Being MittPosted by Amy Derjue on 9/29/2008 at 10:37AM | No Comments
But it didn’t happen that way, so Romney has spent the past few months acting as John McCain’s surrogate. And it looks like it’s starting to wear on him. |
Weekend Redux: What You MissedPosted by Amy Derjue on 9/29/2008 at 9:34AM | No Comments
Just because you spent all weekend stomping through puddles, it doesn’t mean the world stopped moving. We round up the notable stories you missed. Saturday
Ted Kennedy had another seizure on Friday. But he was back in Hyannisport in time to watch the debates. Don’t they have televisions at the hospital? Stay put if you need to, Teddy. We believe that asking Pike drivers to pay for the Big Dig is unfair. But we also don’t feel like watching the gas tax jump three or four cents a gallon in order to end tolls on the east-west highway. When life’s inherent unfairness works to our advantage, we’re OK with it. (Apologies, commuters.) |
What’s NewsPosted by Amy Derjue on 9/29/2008 at 8:39AM | No Comments
Your condensed guide to today’s daily papers.
But will it actually help? Since the package doesn’t fix the systemic problems that got us into this mess in the first place, probably not. [Globe] |
The Week That WasPosted by Amy Derjue on 9/26/2008 at 5:01PM | No Comments
Chronicling the past week via quick links and pithy commentary (it’s the end of the economy as we know it, and we feel fine edition).
Reefer madness! Keohane examines the controversy over Question 2. Will OT mean a win or a loss? We examine the Globe’s new sports magazine. A race about race: Dianne Wilkerson vs. Sonia Chang-Diaz is going to be ugly. |
Boston Daily’s Rainy DayPosted by Amy Derjue on 9/26/2008 at 3:52PM | No Comments
Today, I am blogging the way God and Al Gore intended—in my pajamas, from the comfort of my own home.
But the news isn’t all good here in Somerville. |
Apocalypse now? The latest bailout plan didn’t pass the House, and the stock market is down hundreds of points as a result. [
For the past week, the headlines have had a similar theme—the end of the American economy as we know it. Politicians who were once against interfering in Wall Street’s affairs are now offering troubled firms billions in bailouts. Congress and the White House worked all weekend to hammer out a plan that will satisfy everyone enough to pass and hopefully stop the bleeding.
The economic crisis must be driving Mitt Romney crazy. If the situation had gone to pot a year sooner, nervous Republican voters probably would have overlooked Romney’s flip-flopping in favor of his business experience, and he’d be the one flying to Washington to offer his unsolicited advice to Congress.
Instead of sitting in a damp and dreary Fenway Park, we had a few beers and suffered through the 
Let’s try this one more time: After the first round of bailout legislation failed, Congress has devised another plan to save the economy. [
We’re pretty sure it doesn’t have bedbugs, guys: 
When I heard the weather forecast yesterday, I decided that slogging into the city on a rainy Friday was less fun than trying to hammer out a bailout package, or 
