On the musical frontier

By Marc Levy

Published: May 28, 2009

Outpost 186 hosted a three-part microtonal-music night Wednesday, playing up the touring Thomas Helton on upright bass but including locals the Trio Microcosmique and bass clarinetist Todd Brunel. (The trio was formed a week ago just for this gig and comprises Scott Dakota, Lainey Schulbaum and Rachel Jayson.)
“Microtonal” brings to mind what to Western ears [...]

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By Marc Levy

Published: May 12, 2009

I think one of the laziest people in the world lives on Walden Street in Cambridge, near Masse’s Hardware. As you will see in this picture, a Christmas tree was put out on the curb sometime Monday — four months and 17 days after Christmas. Now, I too can be a bit of a procrastinator, [...]