"My new album is called Hard Candy," said Madonna. "And I hope people in Allston, Massachusetts, like it because I like Allston, Massachusetts."
Note: Madonna may or may not have said the second half of the statement; in fact, Allston Proper may or may not have made it up. The only hard facts here are: Madonna is releasing Hard Candy on April 29 (a month from today!); and Madonna's new album will be called Hard Candy (which is not new news by any means, DUH).
29 March 2008
7: tips..
for posting a Missed Connection on Craigslist:
1. Be specific Everyone listens to an iPod; there are probably 20 Starbucks in the area; and a lot of people with hair and cell phones go to work during the week.
2. Don't be predatory! Yeah, you might have wanted to plow your unrequited love interest, but withhold that information until the first date.
3. Do write in euphemisms. If you want a response, don't describe yourself as short, chubby, and wearing a white trenchcoat on the t.
4. Never, ever, say "I don't usually do post on this, but..." It's probably not true, and you probably read the Missed Connections everyday anyways.
5. Keep your interests to yourself. Let the other person find out on his/her own that you're cute and dumb/weird/tasteless.
6. Don't post weird pictures. Or, for that matter: amateur nudes, full-on uglies, or random, irrelevant pictures of animals and/or landscapes.
7. Read, don't write. Craigslist has a cult following, of secretive readers. If you do post, don't give out too much personal information or you'll be the "weirdo who actually posts on Craigslist."
1. Be specific Everyone listens to an iPod; there are probably 20 Starbucks in the area; and a lot of people with hair and cell phones go to work during the week.
2. Don't be predatory! Yeah, you might have wanted to plow your unrequited love interest, but withhold that information until the first date.
3. Do write in euphemisms. If you want a response, don't describe yourself as short, chubby, and wearing a white trenchcoat on the t.
4. Never, ever, say "I don't usually do post on this, but..." It's probably not true, and you probably read the Missed Connections everyday anyways.
5. Keep your interests to yourself. Let the other person find out on his/her own that you're cute and dumb/weird/tasteless.
6. Don't post weird pictures. Or, for that matter: amateur nudes, full-on uglies, or random, irrelevant pictures of animals and/or landscapes.
7. Read, don't write. Craigslist has a cult following, of secretive readers. If you do post, don't give out too much personal information or you'll be the "weirdo who actually posts on Craigslist."
28 March 2008
This week in Allston!
Our posting lagged this week, but, for interest's sake, crime didn't. Let's see what our trouble-making townsfolk were up to this week:
- A college community mourned on 3/22 as Allston said goodbye to three more drug dealers. The men were arrested on the corner of Brighton and Cambridge Streets. If their girlfriends had taught them anything, it should've been to NOT conduct business on a street corner.
- Police got lucky on 3/20, when they stopped a male who looked like a suspect from another crime. Though he wasn't their guy, a little touchy-touchy produced a bag of greenstuffs. "I'm not going to lie; it's weed," replied the 25-year-old.
- Police arrested a 30-year-old male on Ashford Street on 3/20 for looking into peoples' windows. Our advice worked!
- A taxi driver was arrested while dumpster diving for used car parts behind an automotive warehouse on Cambridge Street. He is suspected of stealing during business and hiding his finds in the dumpster. His excuse? He was "trying to pee." If only he were stealing a GPS, THEN we'd rally behind him.
Ohh, and people were arrested for drug possession; someone was robbed at knifepoint; and a man with an arrest warrant ran from the cops. Yawn.
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- A college community mourned on 3/22 as Allston said goodbye to three more drug dealers. The men were arrested on the corner of Brighton and Cambridge Streets. If their girlfriends had taught them anything, it should've been to NOT conduct business on a street corner.
- Police got lucky on 3/20, when they stopped a male who looked like a suspect from another crime. Though he wasn't their guy, a little touchy-touchy produced a bag of greenstuffs. "I'm not going to lie; it's weed," replied the 25-year-old.
- Police arrested a 30-year-old male on Ashford Street on 3/20 for looking into peoples' windows. Our advice worked!
- A taxi driver was arrested while dumpster diving for used car parts behind an automotive warehouse on Cambridge Street. He is suspected of stealing during business and hiding his finds in the dumpster. His excuse? He was "trying to pee." If only he were stealing a GPS, THEN we'd rally behind him.
Ohh, and people were arrested for drug possession; someone was robbed at knifepoint; and a man with an arrest warrant ran from the cops. Yawn.
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25 March 2008
Breaking news, from Planet Claire
What's cosmic, owns a lime-green dog, and sported a tall beehive decades before Wino lit the crack pipe?
The B-52s, duh! Today the cosmic quartet- Keith, Fred, Kate, and Cindy- release Funplex, their first record of the 21st century. "It's loud, sexy rock and roll, with the beat pumped up to hot pink," says guitarist Keith Strickland on the band's website.
I just bought the CD, and, in the words of my father- an elitist new waver, still- it's bumpin' and is full of good tunes (To listen to two new songs and some wedding-reception classics you might recognize, check out the .).
Lucky for us, on April 24 when their Funplex Tour 2008 stops at the Paradise. Tickets aren't cheap, but they put on a pretty stellar performance. Just ask my parents-- for their anniversary, I bought them tickets to the B-52s show at the Pavillion a few years ago. Hm, maybe that's not a selling point...
Anyways, it's not just music for your parents (unless, like mine, yours are of the new wave generation), so ch-ch-ch-check it out!
24 March 2008
It's not fashion, but...
it's better than pink Red Sox hats.
Proximity to Boston, our old uncle that now boasts a mean ball game but moves as quickly on legislation as he does on his walker, means the reinstitution of many bad things when our tights-wearin' ball boys fly north from Fort Myers (i.e. drunk suburbanites on the B line-- because it's apparently the "only" route to Fenway Park).
However, the worst side effect of "Sox" fever sits atop greasy girl hairs everywhere: Yes, I'm talking about pink Red Sox hats. Not only do they flaunt a blatant disregard for the team's blue-and-red policy, they defy basic rules of matching colors. If I recall correctly (which I do; I've a keen eye for color), pink and red match only once a year: February 14.
That's where comes in. It's not exactly Marc or Jack, but it's a step above Champion. Plus, their designs aren't all that bad. A victim of baseball fatigue, even I can get simple pleasure from any examination of a fan's brain that simplifies it to thoughts of (What with the pressures of teknolojee and the interweb, it's nice to know that some people have resisted evolution.)
Sass aside, though, it's a pretty cool website that anyone with some taste and an interest in the Red Sox can appreciate. It launched in 2004, so I'm a bit late, but with baseball season approaching, the site is defintely worthy of a mention. It's the philanthropic rule of thumb: If by posting this I can save at least one person from pink-hat ugliness, I'll know I've something done good for the entire Allston/Boston community.
For everything from Sox-on-the-brain coasters to sexxed-up track jackets and holiday cards, check out The Red Seat online: www.theredseat.com.
Proximity to Boston, our old uncle that now boasts a mean ball game but moves as quickly on legislation as he does on his walker, means the reinstitution of many bad things when our tights-wearin' ball boys fly north from Fort Myers (i.e. drunk suburbanites on the B line-- because it's apparently the "only" route to Fenway Park).
However, the worst side effect of "Sox" fever sits atop greasy girl hairs everywhere: Yes, I'm talking about pink Red Sox hats. Not only do they flaunt a blatant disregard for the team's blue-and-red policy, they defy basic rules of matching colors. If I recall correctly (which I do; I've a keen eye for color), pink and red match only once a year: February 14.
That's where comes in. It's not exactly Marc or Jack, but it's a step above Champion. Plus, their designs aren't all that bad. A victim of baseball fatigue, even I can get simple pleasure from any examination of a fan's brain that simplifies it to thoughts of (What with the pressures of teknolojee and the interweb, it's nice to know that some people have resisted evolution.)
Sass aside, though, it's a pretty cool website that anyone with some taste and an interest in the Red Sox can appreciate. It launched in 2004, so I'm a bit late, but with baseball season approaching, the site is defintely worthy of a mention. It's the philanthropic rule of thumb: If by posting this I can save at least one person from pink-hat ugliness, I'll know I've something done good for the entire Allston/Boston community.
For everything from Sox-on-the-brain coasters to sexxed-up track jackets and holiday cards, check out The Red Seat online: www.theredseat.com.
23 March 2008
Happy Easter!
What to find and where to find it on your Easter egg hunt:
1. For baby-bearing eggs, dive into the closest dumpster!
2. Lost your syringe and need a quick fix? Venture across the bridge to lower Allston!
3. Need an egg with dolla, dolla bills ya'll? Three words: anywhere BUT Allston.
4. Already out of pot and beer, and it's before noon? No worries: Take a stroll down Greylock Street!
5. And lastly, for rat-infested Easter eggs, check out any apartment managed by RCG!
Hope this helps! Hoppy Easter all. (Sorry, we can't resist a good pun when we see one.)
1. For baby-bearing eggs, dive into the closest dumpster!
2. Lost your syringe and need a quick fix? Venture across the bridge to lower Allston!
3. Need an egg with dolla, dolla bills ya'll? Three words: anywhere BUT Allston.
4. Already out of pot and beer, and it's before noon? No worries: Take a stroll down Greylock Street!
5. And lastly, for rat-infested Easter eggs, check out any apartment managed by RCG!
Hope this helps! Hoppy Easter all. (Sorry, we can't resist a good pun when we see one.)
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