The 2008 Golden Globe nominees were announced yesterday, and to nobody's surprise, they skewed heavily toward the period drama Atonement. Charlie Wilson's War, No Country for Old Men, American Gangster, and Sweeney Todd all emerged with at least 4 noms each. Local fave Casey Affleck was nominated for his (non-Jesse James) title role in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and though Gone Baby Gone didn't get a nod in the......

Bostonist was on hand Thursday when hip hop journalist and SoleSides co-founder Jeff Chang spoke at Tufts. Jeff gave a fascinating lecture about his award winning book Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip Hop Generation. After the lecture, many in the crowd patiently stood in line, waiting for a chance to chat briefly with Jeff while he signed copies of his book. Jeff also asked for questions after his talk. And folks......

Maybe you saw yesterday's Globe article announcing that legendary hip hop artists such as Afrika Bambaataa, Kool Herc, and Grandmaster Flash are contributing turntables and other items for a forthcoming hip hop exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. And maybe that got you jonzin' for some mad science about the history of hip hop. Well, you don't have to wait to trudge through a dusty museum. Instead, Bostonist has just the event......

Lent, what a time to give something up. Over here at Bostonist Headquarters we're thinking hard what we're going to drop come Wednesday. It won't be our MP3 player and it won't be live music. Maybe with this, week four of the now weekly music pick running on Monday we're going to be able to give up our lack of coverage of the local music scene. With fingers crossed we're raising a pint to forty......

With the air outside dropping steadily this December, it’s hard to remember how cold it seemed last Wednesday. As the damp wind whipped through our city’s streets, Bostonist hustled down Landsdowne St. to get to the Avalon for a night with Iron and Wine and Calexico, and was greeted with a warm reception. At this point, midway through Calexico’s set, the temperature in the ballroom was considerably higher than outside, thanks in no small part......