Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts honor the late Tim Brennan; seek nominees for Exemplar Award MassLive.com 5/3/2021 Jim Kinney, masslive.com
SPRINGFIELD Even though Tim Brennan would have wanted to step back from the spotlight, colleagues from the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission and Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts have created an award honoring of the man they remember as the “face and voice for the region.”
And the organizations are seeking nominees from among the Pioneer Valley’s nonprofit organizations that mirror Brennan’s dedication to community while adapting to changing economic and cultural landscapes.
Turn Up That Dial, is available today, via band-owned Born & Bred Records. Produced by Ted Hutt, Turn Up That Dial is the band’s 10th full-length studio album. Turn Up That Dial is available for streaming and purchase here.
With the 11 tracks on
Turn Up That Dial, Dropkick Murphys celebrate the simple pleasure of music, the relief and release from worry that comes when you “turn up that dial” and blast your troubles away.
A number of tracks from the album also have accompanying music videos: “Smash Sh t Up” speaks for itself, capturing the thrill of recreational demolition, while “I Wish You Were Here” is a moving tribute to DKM co-lead vocalist Al Barr’s late father, and “Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding” recounts a hilarious memory producer Ted Hutt shared with the band of the time The Clash guitarist swiped Ted’s dessert from the fridge of a studio in the UK. “Middle Finger” features a Kes Glozier-directed video shot in London just before the band’s las
Breaking Down Frisco’s ‘Break Camp’ Roster
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There will be minor league baseball in 2021. Which, y’know, wasn’t the case in 2020.
That reminder is one of the first things that jumped out to me while reading the “Break Camp” roster released by the Frisco RoughRiders yesterday, the full version of which features a column labeled “last team” that notes when and where each player suited up most recently.
Twenty-two of the 24 names listed haven’t played in a professional game since 2019, with the exceptions being Sherten Apostel, who got into seven games with the big league club last season, and 2017 fifth-round pick Jake Latz, who killed off some pandy time in indy ball with the Sugarland Skeeters.
Book review: A generous and heartfelt biography of Edward Said
An intimate portrait of the public intellectual by a former student underlines Said’s mastery of several fields and, 20 years after his death, his contemporary relevance
By Ahdaf Soueif / The Guardian
“Long after his death in 2003, Edward Said remains a partner in many imaginary conversations.”
The opening line of Tim Brennan’s biography of Said is true it’s hard to come up with another thinker who remains so present in his absence. Some 50 or so books have been written about him. His writings are taught in universities across the world. Look on social media and you’ll find him constantly referred to, in easy, familiar terms, by the young across the globe. His portrait is on the walls of the old cities of Palestine, in the company of the martyrs. The events of the past years, not least the Arab uprisings and the counter-revolutionary triumphs that followed them, have been for many of us occasions whe
Dropkick Murphys’ Ken Casey: “I’m only a few bad decisions away from turning back into the savage that I was”
Dropkick Murphys vocalist Ken Casey reflects on the band’s longevity, sobriety, growing up and why getting emotional is punk as fuck…
Words: Mark Sutherland
It’s taken 25 years, but Ken Casey’s life has finally come full circle.
On May 2, it will be precisely two-and-a-half decades since he first stepped onstage with Dropkick Murphys, at the 60
th birthday party of one of his friend’s fathers. As you might expect, the Dropkicks’ bruising brand of Pogues/Clash-inspired Celtic punk rock didn’t go down particularly well with the assembled sexagenarians, but Ken wasn’t too bothered. After all, it was the Dropkick Murphys’