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...apocryphal story has it that several years ago, Dave Matthews traveled to London and began to play on the street in Time Square, while Time Out watched to see what happened. In the end, a group of cell phone-equipped American exchange students showed up and got autographs, while the passing Britons were unmoved by the man who commands a greater following than any other musician in America. The British do not dig Dave. What have they got against...
...band from many of their peers as they can manage. This phenomenon exists in the US amongst those who enjoy name-checking monumentally obscure indie bands or unsigned underground rappers. Besides the reality glitch that was the Spice Girls, Britain seldom supports the monolithic popularity that, say, Eminem or Dave Matthews enjoys in the U.S. British artists endure by never getting too big, so that the armchair music fiends who judge the Mercury can nominate them with their consciences clear of the crime of supporting anything obvious or too populist...
...thought I had my very first unqualified success when Lia, the QuincyHouse checker stopped me in the lunch line and said, “Honey, I saw your picture in the paper today!” That is, until she followed up with “Hi Dave!” This is particularly odd because I’m fairly certain that Lia has addressed me by my proper name before, or at least something vaguely approximating it. I’ve attributed the miscue to the pollack, which was on the lunch menu that day and has sometimes...
...renew my pledge to return every hello in kind for yet another week. I will not, however, reciprocate any hello addressed to Dave, Phil, Rick, Bill, Mary or any other four letter word that is not Pete. Well, not unless I’m feeling especially lonely or vulnerable...
...residents settle into long-term housing and sustainable employment. The four student directors, in addition to overseeing the daily operation of the shelter, each handle three “cases,” putting their clients in touch with professional non-profits like Boston Home Start and the Piano Dave Project. The directors meet with each of their clients on a weekly basis, but Hammond insists that these meetings are strictly for administrative purposes. “I don’t think you build a trust within that meeting. I think it’s how you carry yourself...