Liverpool prepares for a double dose of funk heaven from Bostonian double team Soul Clap on February 27th. Tweet Date published: 14th Jan 2015Photo:Soul Clap Liverpool's Shipping Forecast gets deep and soulful on February 27th thanks to the silky vibes of Soul Clap, AKA Bamboozle and Lonely C. The Boston based producers and religious crate diggers have made waves with their addictive, groove heavy productions and feel good live shows that embody the spirit of funk and soul pioneers like George Clinton.more info With a slew of productions Continue reading >>>

John Howard, ‘Bostonian To The Core,’ Pumped To Fight At TD Garden Saying Massachusetts has a rich fighting history doesn’t quite cover it. Perennial lightweight contender and bonus check magnet Joe Lauzon calls East Bridgewater home, Gabriel Gonzaga has established Team Link in Ludlow and retired former title challenger Kenny Florian represents Brookline, while Mark DellaGrotte and Team Sityodtong are based in Somerville. Yet as the UFC readies to return to Boston for a third time with a fight card boasting a collection of talent tied to the region, there is Continue reading >>>

Mobile payments technology has made it easier to purchase everything from movies to furniture with the tap of a mobile app. Now it’s making a particularly distasteful transaction just a bit more convenient: paying your parking tickets. The city of Boston is partnering with local startup TicketZen to offer a mobile option to pay parking fines as soon as you get them. Every Boston-issued ticket will come with a barcode that can be scanned into TicketZen’s iOS or Android app via a smartphone’s camera. The app will then pull up a digital copy of the ticket, which you can pay by entering your Continue reading >>>

As a Bostonian, when the news came out that the 2024 Olympics might end up in Boston, every emotion from happiness to full out rage hit this writer's body. If you ask any real Bostonian (When you actually live and work in the city and not living two cities out and don't work in the city), this is a terrible idea. They will tell you that there is no good that can come from this. They would be correct. The bad will certainly outweigh the good. So allow this writer to give you some reasons why the Olympics coming to Boston is a bad idea.  The MBTA Nightmare:   Say good-bye to this if Boston get Continue reading >>>

A locally eatery's crab-themed Christmas tree reigned victorious in the first-ever Christmas Tree Wars. Big Mike's Crabhouse Grill built its tree out of wooden crab bushel baskets. Employees decorated it with bright lights and garland before topping it off with a red lit crab. "It was really a team effort," said Josh Clemens, general manager of Big Mike's. "Everybody kind of had an idea and we just went with it." A panel of six Hanover-area judges selected the tree, which took a week to complete, as the winner in the Best All Around category, according to a news release from Main Street Hanover. Continue reading >>>

The events in France this week are all too familiar. They have left me, a Bostonian, heartsick, thinking about the people who were killed in the name of a religion that does not support killing the way these terrorists believed. I wanted to focus on the victims, but I couldn't stop thinking about how the attack wasn't over. The gunmen were on the loose, and it seemed nobody knew how many were involved or where they had gone. This brought me to the week of April 15, 2013. I lived through the marathon bombings in Boston and the subsequent manhunt. I was not physically injured, but my life was forever Continue reading >>>

Cameron has carried on the long tradition of long throws at Stoke. Each week at ProSoccerTalk we will hear from from U.S. national team and Stoke City defender Geoff Cameron, who is now a special correspondent for NBCSports.com.  [ RELATED: Cameron’s latest on PST ] The proud Bostonian tells us what life is like behind-the-scenes in England’s top-flight with QA’s, first-person pieces and more. This week, he talks us through the long throw which he has taken up this season at Stoke and how he perfects it. You can watch Geoff and Stoke take on Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium this Sunday, Continue reading >>>

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Style mavens and party animals, don’t miss “Status Report” at noon today on Boston Herald Radio.The tagline of the show says it all: “Because everyone’s entitled to our opinion.” The weekly hourlong social briefing is hosted by the Herald’s Erica Corsano and the Improper Bostonian’s Jonathan Soroff.“Status Report” is a fun look at the style and fashion community from the point of view of two Bostonians embedded deep in the culture, the happenings and the soirees you’ll be talking about.Jonathan and Erica enjoy dishing out some good-natured ribbing along with fun and insightful Continue reading >>>

Christmas cards didn’t always have awkward family photos of your neighbors in matching sweaters. They didn’t always flood your inbox with animated prancing reindeer. They didn’t always depict wintery wonderlands with holiday greetings. Louis Prang, the Bostonian who brought Christmas cards to the U.S. in 1874, had a different idea of seasons greeting that has been transformed by societal and technological norms through the years. And now with these advancements, we can “Elf” ourselves. Somehow compared to the nostalgic cards of the past, this seems less than appealing. Sir Henry Continue reading >>>