BRAIN Reminder: What We Do Here BRAIN Arts Org -- the non-profit entity that organizes Boston Hassle shows, the BH website, and this here paper, Boston Compass -- has a clearly defined mission: Foster an innovative, compelling, and interconnected music, art, and film community in the greater Boston area through grassroots and inclusive participatory culture. But we still get asked all the time what it is that we do. So what is it, really, that we are up to every Monday night? Well, Boston’s music and art communities have suffered due to the combined forces of rising rents, a lack of available real estate, a dearth of creative jobs, and a lack of state and city level support. BRAIN Art’s true goals revolve around figuring out solutions to these problems, and in the meantime creating as many opportunities for artists and musicians to exposure locally and around the world via the ever-growing reach of our media efforts. Shows and performances, dance nights, art / artisan markets, the Hassle website & the Compass newspaper: all have potential to grow. With our show booking concern alone we generated $22,000 last year to pay touring and local bands to do their thing, including our annual Hassle Fest and NEUMF.
We exist to be used by the creative people of Boston and New England as a medium to further the reach of their music, art, and ideas. No one in the organization gets paid for making any of the aforementioned happen; we are all volunteers acting with a love of the arts and a love of New England. It is an exciting time for us: we have an amazing new website (bostonhassle.com), great new web content, more shows than ever, and new projects afoot such as our burgeoning education initiative. We meet every Monday in Harvard Square @the Democracy Center if you ever want to stop by. BRAIN Arts Org is here to stay.
ART BLAST.............................................................PAGE 2 kijidome,
Flash
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student
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aplenty
HASSLE BRIEFS & PURE IMPACT.......................PAGE 3
Anasazi, Gas Chamber, Dark Sunny Land, Bastard Sapling, D’Angelo
HERE BE THE SHOWS.....................................PAGE 4-5
Buck Biloxi (NOLA), Protomartyr (Detroit), Raw Distraction (Japan)
THE TARDY EAGLE..............................................PAGE 6
What Pickle Are You, What Happens When We Die, What Comedy
-Dan Shea
FILM FLAM............................................................PAGE 7 Puppets,
Muppets,
Animation,
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Texarkana
Horror
COMICS.................................................................PAGE 8 Out
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The Boston Compass is produced by the BRAIN Arts Organization Email us at ThatBostonCompass@gmail.com Visit us online at www.Brain-Arts.org
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Protect Ya Neck: Free Women’s Self Defense Class
BACK 4 /26
The next installation of or our regular roaming BLACK MARKET flea market with Ignore Rock’n’Roll Heroes is heading to Cambridgeport (sandwiched b/t Lower Allston and Central Sq). Take a walk down Western Ave on Sunday 4/26 to the Cambridge Community Center (5 Callender St) for a bevy of budget friendly local finds - from astrology readings to zines, vintage to vinyl, and all things handmade. Get psyched on the new spacious spot and expect 75+ vendors, artists, record labels, small businesses and deadbeats to tempt you from their tables. Got something to sell? Sign up to be a vendor at BostonHassle. com/BlackMarketVendorForm right now and be there. - CEEK
New OLD WAVE, Good. Buy 5/3 You know people who say “I like all music except rap and country”? Well, those people suck. But I still want to welcoome them into the light whenever possible. And one worthy glow shines from right here in JP - OLD WAVE. This crew is by far the best band to aid the masterful songwriting of Pancho the Kid, and they’re dropping their first official Compact Disc on us next month, 5/3 @Deep Thoughts, in all its funky, country-rock songsmithery and Grateful Dead and Neil Young-channeling glory. A rare breed in this day and age indeed. Appreciate country. Appreciate Old Wave. Playing the Boston Hassle-booked Wake Up The Earth Fest afterparty @Spontaneous Celebrations on 5/2 too. - Sam Potrykus
DISCWOMAN X BOSTON Really good techno music is like really good science fiction, because it helps you to imagine possible futures and can strengthen a more human relationship with technology by overcoming the alienating effects of mechanization on our modern consciousness. DISCWOMAN is a NYC based platform showcasing and representing the wealth of female identified DJ talent in the electronic music community. They’re going to be in town on April 25th first doing a li’l panel at the Vibrary at the Democracy Center in Harvard Sq from 4-6 and then they’re bringing DJ UMFANG to Pink Noise at the Milky Way in JP. $7 9:00PM-1:00AM. Afterparty in a basement? Yes. www.DiscWoman.com XOXO DAYGLOW
If you’re a lady who likes to loiter when it’s dark out, or loiter just whenever you damn please, get the skills to take care of yourself out there! Take the trek out to Charlestown any Saturday from 10-11am to get trained in Krav Maga Yashir, an Israeli self-defense program, which teaches women to predict, prevent and protect themselves from oncoming violence. Don’t allow yourself to be physically overpowered due to something as trivial as size. These classes are FREE to all female MA residents and are located under the Tobin Bridge at the Charlestown Maritime Center. Empower yourself to be the guardian of your own safety. WomensSelfDefenseBoston.com - CEEK
A RIVER COURT RUNS THROUGH Last month I cruised north to Portland with my #1 QT to celebrate her 27th and lay out a contingency plan were she to be the next rockstarheartthrob inducted into a club of immortal contemporaries. At STRANGE MAINE I snagged a copy of RiVER COURT, a charming piece of print stylistically similar to MOTHERS NEWS with the sardonic introverted air of our own TARDY EAGLE page, including full page prints and my favorite: lists. One highlighted feature: “Objects Most Likely To Be Stared At This Year When Zoning Out As You Hear They Don’t Love You Anymore.” Hitting a total wall finding the folks involved with this mystery rag. If you can help, or wish to request a birthday date, text 508.410.8286 - Anthony Richards
TAKE THE HIGHWAY TO THE RANGER ZONE Most comedy hosts don’t actually act like hosts in the truest sense of the word. Thankfully, there is Aimee Rose Ranger! Her welcoming style + fan-fucking-tastic, imaginative storytelling + stand-up that immerses you into her world + wonderful variety of Boston’s best stand-ups + other dope storytellers and poets thrown in for measure = one of the best and most engaging nights that’s popped up in some time. You’re always in for a surprise: Rob Crean pretending to be a snowplow, Aimee Rose dismembering a teddy bear, whathaveyou. Also how could the Kenny Loggins reference in the show’s name just not completely win our hearts and minds? See ya there, every 1st and 3rd Sunday 4/5 and 4/19 @ZuZu 10pm Free - Katie McCarthy
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Get Weird in th
Every Wednesday night at 9:00PM (or sometimes 10), you can find me, Angela Sawyer, hosting an open mic at King’s Bowling Alley. All types of weirdness are encouraged, so you’ll see comedy, poetry, music, unmusic, strange rants, awkward fun and much more. Come to watch the parade of humanity while you eat tasty treats or have a cold one from the bar. And if you’re feeling a little brave, put your name in the bucket and get five minutes to empty your very own skull onto the stage. 50 Dalton St near Hynes T. - Angela Sawyer
Pull Focus on the Future of Film Flam: Seeking Website Managing Editor
The Film Flam has been a treasure to behold as I’ve sat at its helm for the last two years. Now I need YOU (a dedicated, motivated, and devoted cinema enthusiast or professional) to help steer us toward bigger and better things by running our corner of the website. Responsibiltiies include developing original content for the site, organizing online writers, maintaining the only comprehensive film calendar in the city, and working closely with me to infuse our local scene with energy. This management position can help bring YOUR cinematic dreams to life. Let’s make it happen! Send inquiries to BostonHassleFilm@gmail.com - Ari Shvartsman
ART BLAST SEEKS WEBSITE MANAGING EDITOR
Paper Circ u
s Comes T o Town
THE PAPER CIRCUS IS COMING TO TOWN! Since Day One of the Film Flam, we’ve dreamt of hosting our own screenings. Who wouldhave guessed that one would drop into our laps from heaven? Or rather, from Italy. Luca Dipierro is an illustrator and animator worth his weight in gold. Paper Circus is his collection of animated shorts featuring sorrowful puppets cut out from old book cloth and paper, ghosts, a woman giving birth to a fish, etc., etc. Dipierro teams up with fellow countryman, dear friends of the hassle, total sweethearts but also rather unnerving experimental noise band Father Murphy to perform a live soundtrack to the screening! @Out of the Blue Too Gallery on 4/21. - Ari Shvartsman
Our woman/manpower is maxed out, and we’re looking for a fresh face to help turn Art Blast online from a girl into a woman. Art Blast aims to make Boston art more visible and visited by the public with a focus on the FREE and educational, while serving as a platform for opportunities and resources for the local art community to reach a worldly audience. What does this editorial role require? Developing and managing featured art contet (daily events, past event coverage, videos, interviews, profiles, etc.). Managing and working with volunteer writers, copy editors and social media team weekly. Working with our growing A/V crew to create more original content (interviews, studio visits, demos, event coverage) and anything else you want to bring to the table. This is a great opportunity for someone with a genuine drive and interest in local and worldly art to gain experience as a Managing Editor for a website. Wanna know more? Reach out and touch somebody at CompassArtBlast@gmail.com. - CEEK