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Lunar Notes: October 2026
Aries: You need the cooperation of others. Sharing and mutual help goes a long way in reaching your goals. This isn’t your usual mode of operation. You usually go lone-wolf style. You are not afraid of change or starting something new. Now you are ready to give this new change a…
Ghosts in The Arcade
help me wash my laundry in the little machines that are kept downstairs. I haul my bag of whites & darks & towels & sheets & they each hold a corner, tossing in the fabric softener, handing me my satin pouch of dirty coins. When I’m lonely, light-blue ghosts help fold my…
THE GRIMWOOD VAMPIRE
As dusk descended on Halloween, Karl Vincent turned on the outdoor porch light of his charcoal gray, gabled house on Grimwood Street in Providence to let the Trick-or-Treaters know that he was now “awake.” For fun, he’d open the front door with a Transylvanian-accented “Good…
BTS with DMK: Meet the Movie Makers of Rhode Island
Do you know how many filmmakers either live or make movies here in Rhode Island? I don’t, but I do know there are quite a few of them creating all kinds of films. In my work as an actor, I have crossed paths with many talented folks on set and at events. Today, I would […]
WALK IN DEAD, FIT RIGHT IN AT DEADBEATS: Runners and crawlers also welcome at scary bar
“October is our Super Bowl,” says Jeff Angell who, with his wife Courtney, owns Deadbeats on Knight Street in Providence. The horror-themed bar has something planned for the good evenings in the lead-up to Halloween and beyond. For instance, every Thursday this month, Deadbeats…
Peace Test
Peace Test wastes no time proving that there are a lot of layers to hardcore with Repercussion, their latest release via Delayed Gratification Records (among others for various mediums). They pack a ton of thump into a mere 12 minutes of music, averaging slightly more than a…
Bands Battle Fiercely in Great Weather
RI Battle of the Bands had a smooth run this year, every performance dodging the monsoons that have plagued past iterations. The year started out with 16 highly accomplished, but not necessarily well known (yet) bands, old and new, selected from 89 applicants to take part in four…
Stop, Rock & Roll: October
As the leaves begin to drop, so too do hot new tracks from RI artists! We catalogue five of them here! endorfins – “bloom” Endorfins recently burst onto the scene with their self-titled debut EP. Opening track “bloom” kicks things off with poise and confidence, calling to mind…
Amplify Her
Amplify Her is a unique fundraising event for Tune In & Tune Up, an organization that provides support and resources for music professionals; the event shines a spotlight on just a small portion of the many talented female musicians this state has to offer. “Women have always…
Roots Report
Okee dokee folks… I mentioned this in my column a few months ago and now it is coming close to being (IS) a major issue. GASOLINE. Before the mango moron started his war of distraction gas was around $2.70. It is now $4.50 per gallon and rising. Diesel fuel is much higher. Most…
WITCHES BREW AND SPOOKY BEERS
We all know that women were the first to make beer, right? It was discovered by accident when grains were used to make other foods digestible. Dried grain was stored and used to make bread. Some of the grain was exposed to water. This caused the yeast to ferment the sugars in the…
GHOULISHLY GOOD HALLOWEEN COCKTAILS: These’ll put the BOO in your booze
“I never drink…wine,” Bela Lugosi famously said in the classic horror movie Dracula. But he never said anything about cocktails. So here are six scary drinks you can mix at your haunted house to celebrate All Hallows’ Eve. Corpse Reviver No. 2 Sounds like it was made for Night of…