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Joel Brown has the details on an award in which the recipient does not have to dress in drag.
Megan Johnson reports some reality show that will pit teams of "successful" siblings against each other is looking for large Boston clans, or maybe just one large family that can rip itself apart for the amusement of viewers across the country; the message isn't really clear.
Boston Rob returns as a villain (of course) in the upcoming season of Survivor.
Bryce Lambert introduces us to A Far Cry, which, in addition to not having a conductor, also has no chairs.
She'll be giving a class, not a concert, at Harvard, but still. Joel Brown has the details.
The Fenway Recordings Sessions is bringing Atlanta's The Constellations, Montreal's We Are Wolves and Boston's own Bodega Girls to Great Scott in Allston next Thursday, Feb. 4th. Tickets are cheap at $8, and available online here and at Great Scott. Come on down!
Sam Baltrusis has a write-up and photos from her Hasty Pudding visit today.
Boston Food Diary reports an open casting call on Feb. 8 at the Lenox for a show in which teams have 24 hours to plan and design and open a restaurant.
I believe the word they use in New York is chutzpah.
Via Carly Carioli, who doesn't believe it for a second.
People who really want the Sandbox back on WFNX stage a protest outside 'FNX/Phoenix offices, 126 Brookline Ave, on Thursday. The protest is listed as starting at 9:30 a.m., but organizers are asking folks to be there as early as 8 a.m.
They may be able to block our emails but they can't block the street.
Tufts Daily interviews a couple members of the Beelzebubs, the Tufts a capella group that went pretty far on "The Sing-Off:"
... On the plus side, Flynn's shirt includes real buttons. For the show's live finale, the Bubs donned shirts and ties attached with velcro — things they could change out of quickly during commercial breaks.
You had to be like Superman and rip out of it," Flynn said. ...
Want to buy a child? Seriously. It will only cost you a bag of millet. Leila was sold ... traded really. For a bag of food that would feed her family.
If you're not interested in purchasing a child, what about children who work as many hours a day as they are old just to support their family. Read more
This missed connection ad on Craigslist reads like a modern day love poem. Bearded men of Boston...pull your faces out of the PBR pitcher, it looks like someone has their eye on you...
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/mis/1567745744.html
The AMC Movie Blog compiles a list, unfortunately, with its own stupid headline that suggests the author is not really from Boston, either. Also, they left out Kevin Costner in that Kennedy movie.
Something called "Massholes" would be an excellent follow-up to Jersey Shore!
http://www.slate.com/id/2242202/?from=rss
Tom Flanagan tweets maps showing towns north of Boston that voted heavily for Brown also have "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" high on their Netflix queues.
Via Aaron Cohen.
Also, Hitler reacts badly to the news of Coakley's defeat.
Jersey Shore Party at the Bleacher Bar.
Orange tans and blowouts are required. Over the top gold chains are optional.
Hollywood East Connection reports that the latest required Boston-area contestant on a reality show is a woman from Salem who is a witch appearing tomorrow on TLC's "What Not to Wear."
Emily Sweeney has the details on a concert next month by bands that played the pioneering music-video station.
The Times posts a Boston-area map that lets you compare the Netflix habits of different Zip codes.
Doff of the cap to Gabriel Fishman.
Really. Chris Faraone at the Phoenix reports the producers of "The Biggest Loser" are looking to do what sounds like a Jersey Shore/Biggest Loser mashup. Because apparently, there isn't enough of this guy to go around.
John Carroll reports on last night's woefest at Old South Church about what WGBH is doing to classial music on air - which seemed to consist mainly of people complaining about crappy reception of WCRB.
Laurence Glavin files a report as well, notes "several rows" were set aside for the media, so expect a flood of stories about "Whither Classical?" over coming days.
Garrett Wollman was there as well, notes only one person asked why any of this matters in an age of iPods and wondering why people aren't so heated up about "the health of the cultural institutions that produce the music they value."
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