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Tim Collins @ Night

by Erin Byers Murray | July 25, 2008
Music man Well-known Lansdowne Street DJ fixture Tim Collins used to work solely with the Lyons Group. Now he’s out on his own, and his creative juices are running rampant. His spanking-new Saturday-night gig at Lucky’s Lounge features a mix of house...

20 years after

by Sara Faith Alterman | July 10, 2008
Local bartenders gather to celebrate — and ridicule — the Tom Cruise classic Cocktail two decades after its release The seven of us giggle and scoff as Tom Cruise deftly flips a bottle into the air and catches it, pouring a perfect stream of liquid into...

The secret life of bartenders

by Heather Bouzan | July 10, 2008
Meet the publicists, property managers, musicians, and lobbyists who just might make your next martini. We'd been working with Regan Communications publicist Arika Beaudry for months before she casually dropped into conversation that, after putting...

Say anything: More straight talk from the DJ roundtable

by Heather Bouzan | April 07, 2008
DJ Melee: The better the party, the better the vibe, right? *** Eli: I think most of us here probably use some aspects of the new technology in everything we’re doing now. But it’s really to try to push new things and open up new doors. *** DJ Knife:...

From the turntable to the roundtable: One room. Eight local DJs. Countless opinions.

by Heather Bouzan | April 07, 2008
REPEAT AFTER us: a DJ is not a jukebox. If there’s anything that echoes in our head on a recent Friday afternoon, as we sip beers around a table in the back room of the Boston Billiard Club, it’s those six words. At the table with us: eight of the city...

A makeover story: Local band Baker gets a whole new look

by Heather Bouzan | April 07, 2008
(From left) Conan Skyrme, Steve Lord, James Tracey, Nicole Boudreau, and Andy Casey TO MAKE IT in the music business, the essentials are — like it or not — simple: the sound, the skills, and the look. Sure, there are exceptions, but the band that rolls...

What do you want? Stuff@Night readers share their favorite splurges

by Heather Bouzan | March 24, 2008
THE IPHONE. Super-fancy underpants. The triple-chocolate-orgasm-fudge-explosion ice cream that’s forever leering at us from inside its frost-bitten glass case. What do they have in common? All three rank on our list of must-have splurges. But what about...

Bodies by Boston: Our second annual list of the city's finest physiques

by Heather Bouzan | January 14, 2008
NO ONE SAID the journalism business was easy. When everyone else is all bundled up to fight Mother Nature’s harsh winter chill, we’re peeling away the layers of fleece, down, and flannel to expose some of the city’s most well-sculpted physiques. And it...

Work it Out: Surviving seven exercise classes in seven days

by Heather Bouzan | January 08, 2008
IT'S NOT LIKE I'm obese or anything. It's just - well, let's just say I was never the athletic type. My parents pushed me into a childhood's worth of ballet classes when it became painfully obvious that I preferred practicing my twirls...

Testing My Resolve: One man’s (embarrassingly public) quest to choose a New Year’s resolution

by Michael Diskin | December 17, 2007
I'VE NEVER been a big New Year's resolution kind of guy. I can't remember the last time I resolved to stop doing anything on the first day of the year. (Except in 2002 when, face down in a hotel toilet, I declared I would never, ever drink...

In Recovery: The holidays are finally over. Here’s how to unwind and chill out, stat.

by Heather Bouzan | December 17, 2007
ALL THE THINGS we love about the holidays - the expensive bottles of wine, the multi-course meals, the fancy soirées that end with breakfast - are also the things that leave us bleary-eyed, pudgy, and hating ourselves come the season's proverbial...

Planning committee: What are you doing for New Year's Eve?

by Heather Bouzan | December 14, 2007
NEW YEAR’S EVE: we can never decide whether to love it or hate it. Somehow we’re always making grand plans that never materialize — and when things have panned out, too often we’ve spent the evening nine cocktails deep and making out with whomever happens...

Gifted: Find out what local notables are hoping to get - and give - for the holidays this year

by Heather Bouzan | December 03, 2007
Greg Pic, DJ/producer Last year I got: an incredible number of Starbucks gift cards! I’m seriously addicted to the iced mochas — can’t start my day without one. This year I want: I hate to be a “band geek,” but since I spend more time in my studio than...

Better to receive: Having trouble forgetting the worst gifts you've ever been given? Purge your memory with these cooler alternatives

by Heather Bouzan | December 03, 2007
Worst gift: Rocking the reindeer sweater won’t win you any style points. And if Rudolph’s nose blinks, all the worse. BETTER ALTERNATIVE: SNUGGLE UP IN THE PRINGLE CABLE-KNIT SWEATER ($175) FROM INTERMIX (186 NEWBURY STREET, BOSTON, 617.236.5172). IT...

Socked in: Stocking-sized holiday treats for all kinds of people

by Heather Bouzan | December 03, 2007
WHENEVER WE’RE desperately seeking inspired gifts for those random people on our holiday shopping lists, we inevitably settle on the themed stocking — with unanimously positive results. Want to do the same? We’ve put together six stockings for the personality...