Boston -- Classic or Dirty Water?

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Did you not read my semi-glowing review up there, Brian?

― David Raposa, Monday, 10 December 2001 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

I did. But as you said, it was semi-glowing...as opposed to, well, full on SPARKY!

― Brian MacDonald, Monday, 10 December 2001 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

Boston is the devil's city.

― Ally, Monday, 10 December 2001 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

b-but...well, Johnathan Richman wrote some good songs about Boston. That's the best I can do. And it has a cool aquarium.

― turner, Monday, 10 December 2001 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

The 1 AM curfew sucks ass (though, going up there on a Saturday night, things seemed to be A OK around 2 AM - must depend on the section of town, I dunno), but there's plenty to do & see, plenty of pollution and crime to be had, and loads of overpriced joints to patronize. Just, please, for you own safety, DO NOT DRIVE IN BOSTON. There is public transportation in that city for a very good reason.

So, yeah, Bri, visit, ya fule.

― David Raposa, Tuesday, 11 December 2001 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

I think, dear Brian, you should persuade all these Bostonians to visit YOU. Then they'll move. ;-)

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 December 2001 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

Boston is classic cos E.T.J.F.N. lives there.

― youn, Tuesday, 11 December 2001 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

To think, some people laugh at me when I tell them that Philadelphia is immeasurably better than Boston. I'll point them to this thread and laugh at them. And at least the Phillies have won a World Series during my lifetime!

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Tuesday, 11 December 2001 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

Dude, getting a kick in the balls is better than Boston, of course Philly is better. I went up there to visit my sister and we could literally see where she was from all points driving but had no discernible way to GET to her because the roads just don't go anywhere but a big circle.

― Ally, Tuesday, 11 December 2001 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

I couldn't agree more with Sue Shapiro's post. I've been here for four years now, and the first two were not bad (honeymoon period, I guess). I have never witnessed so much rude and cold behavior in any city. It's really a shame, because the area is nice, the city a manageable size and nature is close by. It's really the people that are ridiculous. I think the key is to stay friendly with people from other countries, they are much more open. If you must visit here, just be aware that this is not a friendly place. My friends in other places always warn me not to become like the typical person here.

― Theresa Smith, Sunday, 13 January 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

I am amazed by the fact that my not-so-innocent query all these months ago has turned into a venting session that makes all the complaints I've ever run into about LA seem like mere grumbles.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 13 January 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

Wow. You people sure do hate this town. I don't know anyone here in this room, and the only reason I ran into this page is because I was trying to find the lyrics to the song "Dirty Water", which is the title of this room. Maybe you folks are familiar with it, maybe not, but chances are you didn't know that The Standells were an LA band who wrote the song about a time their lead singer got mugged while he was in Boston. The folks at Fenway play it every time the Sox win a home game. Every time. To me, that is beautiful. The trick to Boston is you gotta have a knack for appreciating these people rather than shitting on them. Boston is not a town for soft pricks and we don't need your condescending bullshit. Just move to New York, become a Yankees fan, and live your lives in comfortable normalcy.

― bj winter, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

yeah... sue shapiro, if you're so goddamn unhappy, just MOVE... prolly people tell you to go fuck yourself because you're annoying as hell... jesus...

― bj winter, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

And people wonder why I say New Yorkers are nicer than Bostonians!

― Dan Perry, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

I've been here since August 2000, and I'd like to tell all the Bostonians to get over yourlseves. It seems that things (clothes, food, music) get popular in Boston about five or six months after they hit NYC. After trying to find any form of culture or racial integration in this backwoods town (I refuse to call Boston a city), I've determined all Boston is is a gigantic college town, just a larger version of Hanover, NH where I went to college. And all these college students are exactly the same. Same personality, same interests, same wants. And they all listen to Jamn 94.5, which might be the absolute worst radio station ever. Same ten songs on repeat, same five artists. Even when the "turntablists" take over, it's still the same ten songs, just in a different order. What it comes down to is that there's no variety. If you want to live in a Puritanical town that closes down when NYC wakes up, has no variety at all, let alone racial integration, and is full of Abercrombie clad frat-boys and recent graduates who want to relive their frat-boy glory, come to Boston. Personally, if I didn't absolutely love my job, I would have moved back to NYC a long time ago.

― T. Kayas, Saturday, 23 February 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

I find these criticisms interesting, because so many of them are like...seeing Oxford Street and coming to the conclusion that London sucks, or going to Fifth Avenue and deciding that NYC sucks. Why bother listening to "Jamn 94.5" bullshit commercial radio when there are so many great college radio stations here? Turn that dial leftward! We've got some of the greatest college radio stations in the country--WMBR, WZBC, and WHRB, to name but a few.

First off, I've been living here going on five years now. I've never lived in "Boston" proper--I lived in Cambridge for 4 years (MIT), and now I work on documentary films for WGBH (the Boston PBS affiliate) and live in Somerville. I think in order to love/hate this place fully, you've got to experience all the parts of it.

Of course most of Boston--the rich, snotty parts, like the Back Bay--suck. Avoid them like the plague. Yes, Central Square (which is in Cambridge, not Boston) has become more gentrified..but look beyond Central; explore the outer edges..Jamaica Plain, Brighton, Allston, Somerville. South Boston. The parts of Cambridge that aren't directly on the T but still within walking distance. The parts that are less traveled.

There is beauty here; you just have to find it. And as much as I sometimes think I hate living here, I find myself getting defensive about it. Today in Central Square I ran into a group of kids from Berkeley. They were walking down Mass Ave, and one of them said "Dude, this is nothing like Telegraph." Of course it's not.. keep your alterna-hippies to yourself, I say. Sure, we don't have Amoeba Records, but we do have some fucking good record stores here! I live a stone's throw away from Other Music, Planet Records, Disc Diggers, Twisted Village, and Nuggets, to name but a few of the great independently- minded music shops around here.

So I found myself walking these Berkeley kids around Central Square, pointing at things and saying "See this bank? This used to be an anarchist bookstore. See this Gap and this Starbucks? This block used to be full of great independent coffeehouses." I felt terrible, and cheesy, a back-in-the-day geezer even though I'm in my 20s. But this small-town city is a part of me. Then I pointed them out to some interesting places that they should go. I cheer for the little independents around the city that are still thriving, and support them as much as I can. Central Square still does have things going for it. The Middle East, for one, (with many great & cheap shows this year!), Harvest, 1369 Coffeehouse, etc. I live near Davis Square now, which has got a good amount of independent coffeeshops, bookstores, and bars...good restaurants, and its own modest little art scene that isn't New York in scale but doesn't try to be. Everything here is in miniature, but there's something odd and wonderful about that sometimes.

Sometimes I feel like I'm living on a sinking ship--like this place has had it's day and now it's over. But that's like crying and saying that you'll never listen to an other band after the Pixies broke up, because they were the best band ever. (Mind you, I did this.) You've got to keep looking around for the interesting bits of life. And when I move out of here for good in August for grad school, I think I will miss it sorely, because for as many faults as Cambridge/Somerville/ Boston/etc have, they've still got a lot of good, and a lot that we take for granted.

And hey, if anyone is visiting the Boston area, send me an email and I'd be glad to show you around to all the glorious weird bits that still lie below the surface.

― geeta, Sunday, 24 February 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

Geeta, I think you've hit the exact reason why I can't stand being here. I've tried going out to the places "off the beaten path." And you're right. There is a quaint charm about a lot of these places. But you also say that it's smaller and quieter than NYC. And that's what bugs me. One of my friends who moved from Mattapan to NYC told me that NYC will spoil you silly. You can find things there that you can't find anywhere else, at whatever time in the day or night you want. The fact that I can't find a good pretzel, or a good knish, or Thai food at 4 in the morning makes me want to return. I think that if I were from anywhere else in the US I would enjoy my time in Boston. As I was born and raised in New York, my views are somewhat skewed.

― T. Kayas, Sunday, 24 February 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

Inman Square rocked when I lived there, and still rocks as of last summer's visit.

― Colin Meeder, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

Geeta, you make many valid points about the Boston area. One thing I find frustrating about living here is that so many of the cool things are "hidden". Inman Square does indeed rock; I lived there for two years. It's a 15-20 minute walk away from the train, though, which is going to be daunting to casual visitors or people without cars. There are many cool places in Allston and Brighton, but it takes forever to get anywhere on the B line and the C line isn't much better. Somerville has many cool spots, but the T doesn't go to many of them. There's a lot of stuff to do in the city, but it closes down a lot earlier than you would think a town full of college students should.

Really, a lot of the problems Boston has could be marked down to poor transportation infrastructure. Make it easier for people to go places and more people will consider going to them.

― Dan Perry, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

OK.. now what is this supposed time that all of Boston closes down? 'cuz, for all practical purposes, most of southern California closes down at 9pm... for the sake of comparison.

― Brian MacDonald, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

Anywhere between 1 AM and 2 AM. Orange County must be very different from LA, because the times I've spent in LA I've been able to find public venues where I could entertain myself until 4 AM.

― Dan Perry, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, OC is its own strange locale...

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

1 TO 2AM? GASP! WHAT KIND OF BARBARIC FASCIST STATE IS THIS? :P

Hell, Seattle pretty much winds down at 2am on any given night, with the exception of a few later places... and that doesn't seem too, ur, restrictive... Or is everyone in Boston an excommunicatee from New York?

― Brian MacDonald, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

Orange County must be very different from LA, because the times I've spent in LA I've been able to find public venues where I could entertain myself until 4 AM.

Same deal with OC.

What I define as "shutdown" time is the time where 80% of nightlife retail shuts down, therefore making barhopping, convenience store loitering, and various shopping vices difficult. The odd open late night joint or rock venue doesn't count.

― Brian MacDonald, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, but that's the thing; there's no such thing as a rock venue or club that's open after 2 AM here. NOTHING. 24 hour convenience stores aren't that hard to find and I can think of at least three restaurants/sandwich places which stay open late on weekends, but that's it. If you want to dance until dawn, you can't do it in Boston (unless you "know someone" or host it in your house, which has its own drawbacks).

― Dan Perry, Monday, 25 February 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

ok, I grew up in the Boston area and I have to agree with pretty much all of what has been posted on this site. After moving to Seattle, which is abundant in both nature and friendly people- then moving back here- it is clearer to me than ever that Boston is dirty, rude and outrageously over-priced. Yea, Cambridge is cool if you can AFFORD to live there without 7 roomates (if you are a young married couple forget it!) and god forbid you have a car because you can't park it anywhere without it costing a fortune. - all this headache for what??? Its not worth it in my opinion especially when you have angry (and thats putting it lightly) people all over the place (the response from the angry Bostonian on this website is a perfect example)-they are probably pissed off because they are broke from paying too much rent, can't find a parking spot, was just given the finger by some idiot who cut them off and has no place to go because its 1:30am! Not to mention this place is so SEGREGATED!!! But I don't think that NYC is any better in the rude department- I do business mostly with New Yorkers and they seem to think there is nowhere else on this planet except New York. They are impatient, rude, not to mention stuck up as all hell. They have much better restaurants and theater though :) I vote west coast - Life is much more simple out there and people aren't so pissed off (unless you're in L.A)

― melysa, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

OK. Boston is not NYC or San Francisco. The people are rude and the driving sucks. But where else would you want to live? I was recently in Charlotte, NC, which is roughly the same size as Boston, and boy did it suck! I've lived in Minneapolis, and I must say Boston is so much better! I've also lived in Chicago which definitely sucks. There's more to do after dark, but it is so sports obsessed (surprisingly more so than Boston) and it's pretty racist too. Also, it's so much uglier than Boston. I would choose to live in NYC or SF over Boston any day, but Boston could be A LOT worse.

― Eliza Sherman, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

OK, now that I've spent a little time in Boston... or more specifically, Cambridge... I dug it. I don't know how long I'd last there if I lived there, granted -- but I lucked out in staying with an extremely friendly group of people, and meeting other amazing folks along the way (Dan, as one of many examples).

I did arrive there when the weather became really good, so maybe that's why everyone along the way was so friendly (I'm talking passerbys here, not just friends). And the public transportation is good...

I'm very likely coming back for Terrastock in October...

― Brian MacDonald, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

Boston is a great city, I lived their up until August 2001. Moved out because it did get way too expensive. The cities great, the people are great, and the RED SOX are great.

― Chris, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

I'm very likely coming back for Terrastock in October...

Woo-hoo!

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

I'm going to have to save up for this Terrastock. $70 is hard to come by these days.

― Chris, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

i take back everything i once said on this thread: visiting = classic, living here for five fucking years = dud absolute

― geeta, Friday, 10 May 2002 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

Oh, don't say shit like that - I'm thinking of moving there in 2-20 years! Dang, yo.

― Daver, Saturday, 11 May 2002 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

to bj -- I've completely changed my mind about living in Boston -- it's more wonderful than I can imagine and so I'm never leaving. In fact I'll be moving right next door to you. Ta Ta!

― Sue Shapiro, Monday, 20 May 2002 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

I love this city, so having read through all these emails, I have to respond. I could talk about how much I love it all day, and this email will probably take about that long to read.

Note too that I don't need to trash other cities to defend here. The great things about Boston speak for themselves. If you want to hate Boston, it's easy to do, but it's also easy to do that anywhere. I know grass-is-always-greener type of people. But if you want to love Boston, it's really easy too. It's a great walking city with a lot of fun things to do.

People talk about the lack of integration, but I don't know how many of you have walked through the South End, where you'll see people from every continent in the world and other diverse backgrounds all on the same streets. And people say hello to you when you're walking down the street there. JP is really integrated too. Or check out Cambridge or Maverick Square in East Boston. Since the 1990 census, every area that had predominantly one racial group lost people from that group and gained people from other groups. We also have the university with the most nations represented (BU) of any university in the nation.

Things close at 2 and it's definitely annoying, but you can go to the North End, Chinatown, or certain bars after and hang around for most of the night. Boston's great in the day too. You're never more than two blocks from a great park of some waterfront, and there are some of the most beautiful skyline views in the world here. Check out the view from the East Boston waterfront, or the view when you're landing at the airport or the view from the Mass Ave Bridge. Walk along the harbor walk throughout the north end and South Boston.

As to friendly people, try really smiling and saying hi to people as you walk in the morning. Sure, many will look away or not say hi. I've tried the same experiment in a bunch of cities and that's true everywhere, but some people will say hi. And people are much more likely to say hi if you're just a bit further from downtown or the touristy areas- once you get into neighborhoods.

We definitely have great culture at a manageable size. We spend the most on culture per capita of any major city in the US. Our Symphony Hall is one of the three best, acoustically, in the world. Our Museum of Fine Arts has the second largest art collection in the Western Hemisphere. Then we also have several university art museums, the Museum of Bad Art, the world's largest outdoor modern art exhibition center (in the western part of the state), and a great sculpture park in Lincoln, MA.

Our local music scene is great. Listen to 101.7, WFNX radio, or the college stations and check out the bars around Central Square.

And it's a city of today. Where else can you find two of the nations top universities (three of the top 25) within four stops on a public transportation line? Where else do you have 5 of the top 10 hospitals in the nation? The largest music store in the world? The largest university library collection (the third largest library collection in general)? The most books per square mile in the nation (Harvard Square)? People who don't need to spend an hour getting ready to leave the house every morning? The city ranked healthiest in the nation by men's health? And the most liveable by some Swiss Magazine.

Then Massachusetts is ranked the second best place in the nation to raise a child for a combination of safety, education and other reasons. This is one of the best job markets in the nation, and has the most college-educated population of any state.

Boston brought you the telephone, the Internet, anasthesia, the nation's first subway, the nation's first post office, the nation's first police department, the nation's first YMCA, the birthplace of two churches, the bulk of 19th century literature.

Then let's talk about people. Harvard educated 7 of the nation's presidents. 4 presidents called MA home. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X both called Boston home at one time or another. We were the birthplace of the abolitionist movement and a center of the women's rights movement. We are undoubtedly the nation's greatest sports town, but if you don't like sports, it's not hard to find ways to avoid them altogether.

We had the most breweries per capita in the nation at the turn of the 20th century. Today, we have much of the best beer again. Sam Adams is great and a tour of the brewery, including 4 samples of beer and a free souvenir glass is only $1.

We have two of the nation's top 10 beaches, aesthetically, within this state. 3 of the top four liberal arts colleges (including the best women's one). The best roller coaster in the world, according to Park World Magazine (at 6 flags New England). We have one of the lowest murder rates in the nation in this state, and we have been held up as a national example of crime prevention.

We've also been seen as a national example for tobacco prevention, public health, and foster care and adoption services.

This is a city filled with life and on the cusp of more great things. The completion of the Big Dig will bring beautiful parks. We're updating our waterfront, our airport, and our sports parks. There's construction all over the city. Sure the construction doesn't look that great, but it's a sign of a city that's very alive.

We have always been a leading architectural city in this nation, and our building codes work very hard to ensure we keep things to scale. That's why our tallest skyscraper is only 60 stories. We have architecture from 4 centuries here, from famous names including I.M. Pei and Le Corbusier (Harvard's campus is the only place in the nation with architecture from him). We have intricate sculptures on the storefronts in downtown crossing and the building fronts in the financial district. Our skyscrapers show a lot of variation. Trinity Church is considered one of the top 10 architectural structures in the nation.

our ice cream is great; try Herrel's in Harvard Square, especially for their frappes.

If you know where to look, we have every ethnic food imaginable. And we continue to keep the independent stores alive. Some unfortunately are being lost to chains, but we still have many. Check out places like Arlington Center and other small town centers for these. The strip mall is not as ubiquitous here as elsewhere, and we have nice town centers.

Then the history is awesome.

Also, we're actually not as expensive a place for housing as many had thought. Recent census info showed that.

So I have way too good a memory for this stuff. I love my city, and if you have a pre-determined opinion, it's easy to remember the stuff that confirms it.

I think the windy streets bring more life to the city. It's awesome that cows were urban planners, though the signs could be better.

There are plenty of nice people around here. Don't complain about their city so much, and you'll find more of them.

― JP, Friday, 28 June 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

Jesus Christ. All I wanted to know was where to find a white hooker.

― Pissbreath, Saturday, 29 June 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

Le Corbusier (Harvard's campus is the only place in the nation with architecture from him)

By the way, Harvard's campus, or at least the Sert Gallery and the VES department, isn't in Bosting, asshole.

― Pissbreath, Saturday, 29 June 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

Ladies and gentlemen, the thread that keeps on shredding!

― Brian MacDonald, Saturday, 29 June 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

You almost had me convinced until you listed 101.7 as a positive about the city. That station has been shit for the past five years.

― Dan Perry, Saturday, 29 June 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

BEAUTIFUL this time of year (Summer), late Spring and early Fall. SUCKS the rest of the time (i.e. most of the year)........and I was born and raised here. Now I'm just trying to convince my significant other to move back to the west coast where I lived for 4 winter-less years.

― Paul, Saturday, 10 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

I came here looking for the lyrics to "dirty water" RI 0wnz

― h4h4h4, Friday, 8 November 2002 01:54 (10 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

All of you who claim to hate Boston or who are bashing it on here, are not true Bostonians. I, like BJ, stumbled across the page and refused to leave it until I found some normalcy, some person who was a Bostonian, not a bunch of whiners who talked smack about to me the greatest city I have ever known. He gave the noramlcy along with only a few others. While you all have this page to say this stuff on, Bostonians go on, living it up and loving every moment of it. I never hear this there, because you are the bitter minority on the topic and I was shcoked to see this page online was so full of people badmouthing Boston. I grew up just outside of Boston and have lived there my whole life. I have spent months though living in other cities all over the nation. Everyone I know from home and everyone I meet from there and especially those form other states, like Boston as much and usually more than theirs. New York has its downfalls although I love it too. I would never love it more than Boston. I recognize things about NYC that I dislike, but I still enjoy it there and would not make nasty genralizations about it, because I enjoy it so. Ironic you all say Bostonians are so rude, you outta read your own mean messages. I love Boston, and know it a lot better than many of you seem to, like JP wrote, 'it is easy to harp on a place'. But I know Boston is a place that if you really knew it, you probably wouldn't want to harp on, and yet I wonder if you people would ever take the time. Maybe you are knew to the area and feel lost. I would never, ever talk bad about it. I do not know who any of you are, but you people are uninterested in the city you live in and you miss the entire true spirit of what this historically old city is all about. It will leave you behind with an attitude like that. Bostonians generally are funny, fun-loving, true sports fan, outgoing people with sharp minds, down-to-earth attitudes, and welcoming personalities! It has some of the best schools in the nation, it has famous restraunts, it had many "firsts", it has plenty of fun things to do, it has so much to offer families, relatives can drive to each other an all live in different parts of the state, and it is not hard to do, and lastly, the people from Boston stand out....they are funny, they have accents often, they are smart, they know their history, they are culturally and racilly diverse, they are liberal, they speak their mind, and they are proud, not cocky (overall) and they should be. They should be because they are Bostonians. They would tell you about your bad attitudes in a heartbeat, and I am glad, that is the way to handle such negativity. I love it in Boston and you people 'can all move' like BJ says, if you want to trash it so hard. I read his e-mail and grinned. He said he doesn't know who any of you are, and neihter do I, but I know I am glad that people who want to talk like that about Boston are NOT REAL BOSTONIANS, AND UNLIKELY TO LIVE THERE IF THEY GET THE CHANCE TO MOVE...PLEASE DO IF YOU CAN...YOU'LL BE HAPPY ABOUT IT AND SO WILL WE. BJ said you could all just move to NY and become Yankkes fans for life....I couldn't agree more and hopefully you will, and for those who are rude in NY (not all are) you can join their ranks or be your happy selves, and then let Boston not have to hear that trash talk again or deal with your bad attitudes, why ever you claim to have them. Oh yeah and talk about snobby...again read your own messages about "how NY is the best...." and all your generalizations...it isn't really. Everywhere has its good and bad. And overall Boston has its great.

― Cass, Sunday, 24 November 2002 02:05 (10 years ago) Permalink

"real Bostonians" clearly = dud

― M Matos (M Matos), Sunday, 24 November 2002 02:08 (10 years ago) Permalink

Oh and as JP wrote...we have the best medical centers in the world, leading medical research, and we are improving Boston to beeven greater, every day. I have been around the world, and nothing ever compares, to coming home to Boston. And it probably never will.

― Cass, Sunday, 24 November 2002 02:10 (10 years ago) Permalink

Matt--

What do you mean? I like CA lots, but what is 'dud' to you? Just curious, nothing more though.

― Cass, Sunday, 24 November 2002 02:12 (10 years ago) Permalink

I mean M Matos...not Matt...

― Cass, Sunday, 24 November 2002 02:14 (10 years ago) Permalink

I was kidding. I do a lot of joking about my dislike of Boston on the boards based on one weekend there (and the weekend was great but I could not see myself living there) and it was meant to be in-jokey in that manner. Hope that clears it up

― M Matos (M Matos), Sunday, 24 November 2002 02:23 (10 years ago) Permalink

M Matos.....

:) :) Cool...by the way...I may have mixed you up with someone and you may not livein CA. If so, my bad...Thanks and Happy Holidays. :) :)

― Cass, Sunday, 24 November 2002 02:27 (10 years ago) Permalink

nope, I live in NYC

― M Matos (M Matos), Sunday, 24 November 2002 02:33 (10 years ago) Permalink

I was born in Boston but spent my first four years in Lynn. Does that count? "The armpit of Massachusetts" was great to me. It's still beautiful when I go back. Give me the ocean. Give me people living on top of each other. I was in this little multi-ethnic working class neighborhood, this cul de sac where all the kids played and taught me to talk. I thought my name was Peedah until I moved to Madison, Wisconsin.

― Pete Scholtes, Sunday, 24 November 2002 03:37 (10 years ago) Permalink

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My plans still hold true. Looking at 6 to 6:30.

― Jeff, Thursday, 18 April 2013 14:42 (1 month ago) Permalink

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On my way.

― Jeff, Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:59 (1 month ago) Permalink

I'm walking in now

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Is Barrack and/or the persons of interest there?

― Jeff, Thursday, 18 April 2013 22:03 (1 month ago) Permalink

hey guys, gonna be at Tavern Road on Congress tonight between 6 and prob 7:30? it's an Opus Affair thing, you should swing by

― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 17:55 (1 month ago) Permalink

aw, i was working down there yesterday but not today

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:11 (1 month ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

ATTN ATTN

sic has a very impt proposal for us

― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Thursday, 23 May 2013 14:00 (2 days ago) Permalink

is it indecent?

― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 23 May 2013 14:01 (2 days ago) Permalink

it could be!

― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Thursday, 23 May 2013 14:02 (2 days ago) Permalink

WHO WANTS TO SEE THE PET SHOP BOYS, TOURING THEIR NEW ALBUM OF alleged DANCEFLOOR BANGERS, AT THE (house of blues) ON 21ST SEPTEMBER

― ¬╡▫ ▫╞⌠ (sic), Thursday, 23 May 2013 14:06 (2 days ago) Permalink

hi dere

― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Thursday, 23 May 2013 14:07 (2 days ago) Permalink

people who don't, let's FAP beforehand anyway

― ¬╡▫ ▫╞⌠ (sic), Thursday, 23 May 2013 14:13 (2 days ago) Permalink

yes to this too

― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Thursday, 23 May 2013 14:15 (2 days ago) Permalink

OMG ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! YES! YES! YES!

― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Thursday, 23 May 2013 15:30 (2 days ago) Permalink

To both FAP and PSB.

(RS and I saw them at that venue a couple years ago and they were AMAZING)

― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Thursday, 23 May 2013 15:31 (2 days ago) Permalink

When does this go on sale? I am in without question.

― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Thursday, 23 May 2013 15:31 (2 days ago) Permalink

it is ON SALE

can someone grab me a ticket when y'all guys are getting it sorted?

― ¬╡▫ ▫╞⌠ (sic), Thursday, 23 May 2013 22:41 (2 days ago) Permalink

sic, I'll get yr ticket

― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Friday, 24 May 2013 19:19 (Yesterday) Permalink

GA standing room I assume?

― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Friday, 24 May 2013 19:21 (Yesterday) Permalink

I will have no need nor desire for a chair

hi-five

― ¬╡▫ ▫╞⌠ (sic), Friday, 24 May 2013 23:58 (Yesterday) Permalink

― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Saturday, 25 May 2013 00:12 (3 hours ago) Permalink

hi-ten

― ¬╡▫ ▫╞⌠ (sic), Saturday, 25 May 2013 01:27 (2 hours ago) Permalink

― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Saturday, 25 May 2013 02:09 (1 hour ago) Permalink

whther or not i can fap will depend on whatever's going down then, but i would just like to say that i can't name a single pet shop boys song

― markers, Saturday, 25 May 2013 02:11 (1 hour ago) Permalink

― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Saturday, 25 May 2013 02:19 (1 hour ago) Permalink

― ḉrut (crüt), Saturday, 25 May 2013 02:23 (1 hour ago) Permalink

― markers, Saturday, 25 May 2013 02:25 (1 hour ago) Permalink

― ḉrut (crüt), Saturday, 25 May 2013 02:26 (1 hour ago) Permalink

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