Quiet Loudly here to play, nearly, from stunning album, truly

By Marc Levy

Published: August 14, 2009

Quiet Loudly’s Sal Garro, on drums, and Max Goransson played in Boston's Pinocchio Syndrome before moving to Chicago and finally to Brooklyn, N.Y. Their back with their trio for an Aug. 22 show and release party for their album “Soulgazer.” (Photo: Lisa Noble)

Quiet Loudly’s Sal Garro, on drums, and Max Goransson played in Boston's Pinocchio Syndrome before moving to Chicago and finally to Brooklyn, N.Y. Their back with their trio for an Aug. 22 show and release party for their album “Soulgazer.” (Photo: Lisa Noble)  | read this item

This site doesn’t usually cover out-of-town bands performing in Allston — which, in its hyperlocal sensibility, is also considered out of town — but Quiet Loudly deserves to be the exception.

In taking down “birthers,” Review reveals blind spot on Iraq

By Marc Levy

Published: August 2, 2009

To their credit, the editors of the conservative National Review have written and syndicated an essay attempting to end the “birther” controversy. This is the theory Barack Obama can’t be president because he isn’t a “natural-born” U.S. citizen as required by law. The National Review presents evidence to the contrary, ridicules true believers and notes [...]