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Love is in the air at Chuck E. Cheese Shaun Connolly Special to Worcester Magazine USA TODAY NETWORK
DEAR SHAUN: WoMag sux! After years of Harvey’s ranting and raving, her distorted political opinion or bias. Now if this Connolly is gonna spew his liberal again biased opinion. It looks like I won’t be delving any further into Worcester Democrat Magazine! Just my opinion, and hopefully the silent majority. — Disgruntled DEAR DISGRUNTLED: I am so sorry to hear this. While I do not see a specifi c question in your email, it seems you are in dire need for some life advice. First, continue to work on your vocabulary, whether it is the crossword, jumble, spelling bee, Wordle, etc. “spew” and “delving” are some great words and I am honestly im-
pressed. Your fi nal words read, “hopefully the silent majority as well.” Every time I read “silent majority” I think of farts. The majority being the smell that can take over a room, the silent is that noise you hope you don’t make. Sometimes, though, farts can be a loud minority. Which is honestly disappointing. If you are going to have such an impolite noise you might as well have the smell match, am I right? The silent majority is really the times when it sneaks out like a gas leak and then the acrid sewage smell engulfs the nostrils of those around you. Then you think to yourself how could such an awful thing come from me? This smell, something I produced, is ruining the mood and well-being of See ADVICE, Page 11
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones perform at Bash Festival in Phoenix, Ariz., on May 11, 2019. KEITH SPARBANIE/SPECIAL FOR THE REPUBLIC.
Bosstones call it quits; Rosen stirs the pot Victor D. Infante Worcester Magazine USA TODAY NETWORK
BOSSTONES BOW OUT: Were you at the Punk in Drublic concert Sept. 26 outside the Palladium? If so, then you were present for the last concert by Boston music legends, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. The iconic ska/punk band wrote on its Facebook page, “After decades of brotherhood, touring the world and making great records together, we have
decided to no longer continue on as a band. Above all, we want to express our sincere gratitude to every single one of you who have supported us. We could not have done any of it without you.” The Bosstones has always had tight ties to Worcester, and played here frequently, including a show for Worcester Artist Group in 1991, the Cranking & Skanking Fest in 2018 at the Palladium, and of course, last year’s Palladium show, where the band opened for pop punkers NOFX.
“I’m glad I got to catch them one last time at that show,” says Ted Kistner, former owner of the Cove Music Hall and current owner of Drafter’s in N. Grosvenordale, Connecticut. “I thought they were great, they put on a solid performance … they came out and just just did their thing. They put on a show. They’re one of those bands that go out on stage and leave it all out there.” No public reason has been See BOSSTONES, Page 11
