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...modern version of the amphora, a tank known colloquially as the Nomblot Egg, was created in 2001 by French vatmaker Marc Nomblot. He was following a whimsical request by Rhône winemaking powerhouse Michel Chapoutier, whose appreciation for harmonious, natural shapes complemented his holistic and organic methods of viticulture. The Egg might have remained a conversation piece in Chapoutier's cellar if word hadn't reached Baux-de-Provence, a progressive appellation where nearly all vines are farmed organically. There, Schlaepfer and partner François Pillon saw a resemblance between the Egg and the dolia, or the large...
...That diversity was on full display two weeks ago at this year’s RH Fest. Around 100 people circulated through on each of the nights, the first of which was held at The Advocate, the second at Holden Chapel in Harvard Yard. Appropriately for a DIY show, the only monetary compensation the bands received was to cover the costs of transportation...
...Connecticut band Dead Uncles, whose Friday set got the crowd slam dancing and moshing with enthusiasm. But this wasn’t the brutal, violent moshing featured on the notorious DVD “Boston Beatdown,” which focused on a different hardcore scene that many on RH deride as “bro-core.” RH comper Jacob N. Augenstern ’10 spent the set moshing with and leaping on a local punk rocker, but afterwards, the two patted each other on the back and introduced themselves. “It?...
...same breath I found out about The Clash I found out about [iconic D.C. hardcore band] Minor Threat,” he says. Augenstern threw himself into Boston’s more hard-edged hardcore scene but was eventually driven away by the violence. Finding RH and the DIY scene it supports has brought him back. “There is definitely a different sense of urgency, of passion, of spirit to it that isn’t there in this fake hardcore, this tough guy stuff,” he says...
...though RH has often had difficulty expanding this alternative form of expression across the student body, it continues to fill an important role for the local DIY scene and its essential community element. “That’s really the closest it gets to a religious experience to me, where a whole community comes together to celebrate whatever it is that a certain band is going on about,” Augenstern says. “[RH is] about preserving that community and that sense of community...