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...name of his latest CD, "Brooklyn Basement Blues," may smack of high school amateurism, but Poppa Chubby is truly cosmopolitan. A blues guitarist extraordinaire, Poppa toured Europe earlier this year (and his posters dotted the Paris metro). See him this weekend. Johnny D's, 17 Hancock St., Somerville...
...suite of three rooms: two bedrooms, study with fireplace, and bath, second floor front in Westmorely Court in Mt. Auburn Street. In the basement was the only swimming pool in Cambridge in those days. Boston newspapers referred to this neighborhood as the Gold Coast. The study proved to be an ideal spot for poker. The pool was a handy bit of moisture into which to dunk unsuspecting and slightly alcoholized guests, without bothering to remove their clothing--often white tie and tails and a two-quart hat. This seemed to have a sobering effect...
...Fastidious youths who wanted plumbing had to room in private houses," writes historian Samuel Eliot Morison. There was no heat in any of the Yard buildings, and students bought their own coal and stored it in the basement of Grays Hall. An editorial in an 1895 Crimson vehemently protested the lack of bathing facilities and lamented that the only water to be found was in the basement of each building or from the pump outside of Hollis. Today, the pump rests as a bizarre monument in the Yard, but to the boys banished for lack of money, the pump...
...definitely do not envision a room in the basement of UHS that no one knows about," Karteron said. "People don't want to go to UHS when they have the flu, let alone when they've been raped...
...this afternoon, before you attend the official welcoming by Dean Lewis, give your parents a tour of Thayer's basement. Show them the luxurious office-space that the College provides student groups. Then, when the Dean's speech is over, your parents might be inclined to ask a few questions...