I spent 2 months researching this for college. I might as well put it up.
The life of Attila the Hun, the way I interpreted...
The Intermodel Center
When it was built, it was envisioned as one of the major travel hubs in western Massachusetts, but Pittsfield’s bus and train station is far from a bustling cross road. It’s more like the dead transit stops you find outside of gas stations in the mid west. By that I mean its a pain in...
How Changes in our Society Caused Dumber Kids
Within the last twenty years kids have become dumber and dumber. I watched the change as it happened. It was fast and disturbing. When I started in elementary school, we were taught the competitive system that had kept America on top of the world since my grandfather was born. Kids were expected to learn every...
Why Do Club Owners in the Berkshires Make Promoting All-Ages Concerts A Pain in the Ass? Part II of An Endless Series (Unfortunately)
I received a few interesting responses to Part I of this series and while reading them, I came away with the same feeling each time: hopelessness. Yes, hopelessness not hope. I would’ve been far more positive had I felt hope but I didn’t, which is sad. In reality, it’s sadder for the kids who actually...
Why Do Club Owners in the Berkshires Make Promoting All-Ages Concerts A Pain in the Ass? Part 1 of An Endless Series (Unfortunately)
It’s rather funny to me that I wrote the headline a day before writing the article, but my prediction could not have been more accurate. Generally speaking, producing all-ages shows in the Berkshires has always been met with more roadblocks and red tape than the Beacon Cinema construction project on North Street. On less than...
The Destruction of Dalton’s Country Road
Recently I traveled from East Street in Pittsfield to South Street in Dalton (which never made any sense, when you think about it) and I noticed trees were tagged and marked for future removal. As I started to get sick, I quietly wished the “gangs of Housatonic” (hello Scorsese, here’s your next picture!) had come...
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