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Reflections in Chinatown

Michael — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:51:18 +0000

Originally uploaded by mcolford

My Mom and Scottie reflected in the window of a Chinatown shop featuring duck and squid.

Blast from my musical past!

Michael — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:15:40 +0000

I’ve been grooving on a lot of early 80′s Boston, local music lately, like November Group, Face to Face, Adventure Set, Private Lightning, and this seminal Boston band, Berlin Airlift. Songwriter/leader Rick Berlin is a Boston institution, and you can still find him hanging out in Jamaica Plain. This song, “Over the Hill (I Love You)” and Berlin Airlift the band, was so important to this incipient fag when I was solidifying my identity. The songs were clearly coded and from the point of view of a gay man. What a find this video is!

Augusten Burroughs has a lot of fans

Michael — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:03:56 +0000

Augusten Burroughs came to the Boston Public Library last night and it was one majorly successful event. We filled the 350 seat auditorium and piled an additional 50 – 100 people in the overflow area who watched Augusten read on video. Then they all had the opportunity to get their books signed and have their pictures taken with the very popular author. This is what the BPL needs, more big author events that appeal to a young audience. I’m on the case.