The good news is that Osheyack and the rest of RLTMs have outgrown these antagonistic instincts . . . sort of. Nowadays, they focus their aggressions on the thin line between the mundane and the preposterous. Sometimes, that means a big mess.
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The ensuing batshit hysteria of this gathering was probably as close as one can realistically and safely get to a temporary autonomous zone.
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After the Fantasy Mirrors show at Great Scott last Thursday, singer Nathanael Bluhm wasn’t feeling so hot, and since he was already wearing pajamas, I offered him and his bike a lift home.
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In last year’s “Circuits” year-end wrap-up, we heralded the reach of Boston out to the world at large. This year, things got pretty radical inside the Hub. We Are Cassette, "Angels We Have Heard on High" (mp3)
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I didn’t really get the Campaign for Real-Time until some time after my lengthy interview with the band. Campaign for Real-Time, "In Your Dreams" (mp3)
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Boston's Irepress weren't supposed to be an instrumental band. What they've evolved into just happens to be too stylishly sinuous to lend itself to lots of words.
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Okay, so Dead Cats Dead Rats are not actually from Boston.
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Subcultures all need their touchstones: entities that over time assume the stature of full-fledged institutions.
- Amateur overture
Even at Harvard, with its many time-honored traditions, the best rituals involve kazoos. Lots of kazoos.
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There is an outstanding possibility that your high-school band sucked.
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If you're inclined to play punk rock, chances are you've got a self-esteem problem. It's not an æsthetic that attracts the well-adjusted. Exhibit A: Mark Lind. As bassist and frontman of the Ducky Boys, he's opened for Rancid, U.S. Bombs, and Flogging Molly.
- Sick sense
We've been told there's no such thing as a new idea, but that may well be bullshit. The new ideas are out there, they just need bands like Bunnies to root them out.
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