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...BUTTERCAKE BAKERY "It's two doors down from the store, so it's a regular stop for a lot of my customers. There are so many cupcakes in this town, but nobody really makes the red velvet like this...
...stage” —a loosely defined floor space bordered on three sides by meager seating and obstructive structural pillars—necessitates a close proximity between performer and audience. The décor is comfortable and loungy, with soft reddish light and red velvet curtains softening the stage. Perhaps the greatest draw to the Lizard, however, is free live music from 7:30-9:30pm on Tuesday through Friday. Obviously, you’re not likely to see anyone big, or even someone whose name you recognize, but chances are you’ll be treated...
...Pistols covers (“everyone hated us,” he recalls). The more tempered, thoughtful songs of the Galaxie 500 project emerged after college, in the broader Boston scene. “We gravitated toward a sound that was based on more American bands…Velvet Underground, Jonathan Richman, Modern Lovers…there was a punk rock ethic to it, but it was no longer loud and fast. Which we were just bad at.” The band grew in the bar by North Station where anyone could play; in the underground network that...
...hint of Marc Bolan vocals. But it's the less cool, neglected hits from the mid-'70s that most enthuse Murdoch, who still sings in his local church choir. "People really think you are taking the piss when you say you liked Hall and Oates more than the Velvet Underground," he says. The Life Pursuit takes in more familiar country and '60s soul sounds, gets funky at times and then tender when it needs to, and lyrically the characterization is as deft as ever. From the snapshots of a romance taken during a football game in Another Sunny Day, Murdoch...
...libraries in order to "stay close to books." She developed an interest in lesbian and gay genre fiction, and completed a Ph.D. on gay and lesbian historical fiction. Her associated research into London's colorful demimonde of music halls and vaudeville led directly to her first novel, Tipping the Velvet (1998), a picaresque romp - and an unabashedly lesbian love story. "Writing it was a breeze," she recalls with a grin. "I wrote it in about 18 months, right after I finished my Ph.D." Her second novel, Affinity, followed in 1999, delving into the 19th century worlds of spiritualism and women...