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Entertainment
“New Girl” — Valentine’s Day episode review
It’s sickening how much weight is put on the perceived stability of our love lives.
2012 Grammy Awards Live Blog
LL Cool J will host and Diana Ross will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award
Life/Style
Dress to impress: The four office fashion must-haves every girl’s closet needs
They make it easy to transform from day to night
“The Mind’s Eye: 50 Years of Photography by Jerry Uelsmann” exhibit at Peabody Essex Museum
Exhibit on view until May 13
Dorchester theater artist Adobuere Ebiama “Can’t Wait”
“Stories of inner city. Stories of people of color that aren’t always tragic. Stories of Boston. There’s a chunk of people like me who just aren’t being represented enough.”
Video Games
Assassin’s Creed III confirmed, will release October 30
New game will feature brand new protagonist.
Sci/Tech
A simple, straightforward, cheap guide to buying cables and wires
Don’t pay more … or anything sometimes
Fact: Carbon emissions are making our oceans acidic
Goodbye coral. Goodbye shellfish.
Top stories in this month’s issue
A simple, straightforward, cheap guide to buying cables and wires
Here's the one thing you need to know about computer and audio/video cables: They're cheap. "NO!" you exclaim, perturbed by my obvious and odious lie and my use of purple prose in this paragraph. "YES!" I retort. Cheap indeed and not … [Read More...]
“Doing It Big†with Cody Simpson
It must be difficult for anyone making a career decision to move to another country, let alone to make the decision when you’re thirteen. Cody Simpson -- a cute blonde Australian boy -- posted a couple videos of himself singing and playing guitar … [Read More...]
Looking closely at the Oscar nominees
The nominees for the 2012, 84th Annual Academy Awards have been released and the film industry is already buzzing with speculation on who will take home the Oscar on February 26th. Here's my two cents about the nominees, who got snubbed, and an early … [Read More...]
Interview with Andrew McMahon of Jack’s Mannequin
In almost every article or interview of Jack’s Mannequin, two details about Andrew McMahon -- Jack’s front man -- are always mentioned: (1) he was in Something Corporate and (2) he has lymphoblastic leukemia. But with Jack’s Mannequin now on … [Read More...]
“Twilight’s” Chaske Spencer — The Blast Interview
More than anything, Chaske Spencer just wants to keep it real. This may seem strange coming from the man who just wrapped up a multi-film stint in the massively successful fantasy-laden Twilight series, but a brief conversation with him makes this … [Read More...]
Getting To Know: Boston musician Amory Sivertson
Amory Sivertson -- a piano playing folksy pop singer-songwriter reminiscent of Sara Bareilles and Feist – recently released her third album titled "Human." The song of the same name begins with the line, “sometimes I do things that could either … [Read More...]
Sex pheromones in a bottle
I’ve long been fascinated by the subject of pheromones, specifically in the context of sexual attraction. For those of you not familiar with the term: A pheromone, according to Wikipedia, is “a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a … [Read More...]
NFL Blitz review: A sack in time
My dad loves football, but he finds football video games too complicated. I can't really blame him either; I've tried to get him into Madden, but when you really break the 800 LB gorilla of a gaming franchise down, it's tough to explain; even if it … [Read More...]
