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News of the Weird: Even Baking Soda is Dangerous
Almost all law enforcement agencies in America use the Scott Reagent field test when they discover powder that looks like cocaine, but the several...
At the Iron Horse: Dylan. Disco. Dixieland.
Brass on the Tracks
It seems Bob Dylan has a real pair of rolling stones on him. The guy wins this year’s Nobel Prize for...
Saturday: Dinosaur Jr. is Back for More
Musical Dinosaurs
As much as we first loved the music of screamy, crunchy, blissfully tormented alt-rockers Dinosaur Jr. — an act formed in Amherst in 1984...
Blaise’s’ Bad Movie Guide
I hadn’t flown on a plane in almost 30 years. So when my family and I took our first vacation trip to Florida, naturally...
Introducing: Advocate Sessions
Giant Talent. Tiny Stage.
For more than 40 years now, the Advocate has covered politics, local news, and entertainment from an alternative angle. But nothing...
The Beerhunter: Over the Borderline
Filling a glass where Connecticut meets Mass
Most night owls are easy when it comes to shifts in ambience, but I can’t say that many...
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The Angel’s in the Details
The only thing more astounding than writer and illustrator Ruth Sanderson’s young adult and children’s books — which are painstakingly rendered...
Qualifications are for Losers
Since the election of Donald Trump, anything seems possible. Pigs can fly, hell can freeze over, your parents will apologize for that thing they...
More Room for Military Women
A rocky path led veteran Mary Wilson to the doorstep of the Soldier On Women’s Program. “The gift of desperation,” she calls it.
A former...