Author Archives: acrimer

So this is it: the final throes of a summer that wrestled hard at every bell. It’s nowhere near submission, and I won’t pretend I’ve ever been in control, but the fight’s almost over. Soon, the bookies will go home … Continue reading →

This weekend, following a concert featuring Kurt Vile & Real Estate, my friends and I stumbled onto what appeared to be an all-night rager in the parking lot and disused garage behind the converted warehouse in which former Voice multimedia … Continue reading →

Amidst cries of “out of the sidewalk, into the street” and “si se puede,” with American Hi-Fi’s “Flavor of the Weak” stuck in my head, as I threw my fist into the driving bullet-sized rain and pulled parsley leaves off … Continue reading →

Last night at approximately three o’clock in the morning, as a small green trolley of inscrutable intention slowly cruised down the train tracks across the road [me: “So if you don’t mind me asking, whatcha doin?” man standing on back: … Continue reading →

As the resident Boston blogger, I feel obligated to address the slap in the face we received in the form of a basketball loss by our locally-marketed corporate entity, the Celtics. But obligations… well, let’s just say I’ve ignored them … Continue reading →

There are three windows at street level in my living room, which afford a gorgeous view of some trees, one fence, and four bicycles as well as a bush and part of another building. They do not afford much sunlight. … Continue reading →

It’s four AM on a Monday and I am reading about an elementary school in Brighton, Massachusetts. Conn, in its infinite wisdom, gave me three thousand dollars to do basically that. This is the life of a journalist: take the … Continue reading →