First Official Post for the Weekly Dig! Hello!

Belated Happy New Year. Ben Sisto here. Today marks the beginning of the Scene Feeder blog being part of the Dig family. Big thanks to the top dogs here who have made this happen. I felt unsure about my future as a blogger, but, like everyone, that whole Time “Person of the Year” thing gave me a real blast of confidence to the face, and I simply had to say yes to this opportunity. Scene Feeder will be popping up a few times a week with all sorts of ideas concerning what the hell you should do with yourself. I will try to be brief and to the point, but humor my occassional rambles and we’ll get along fine.

First things first, U.V. Protection played on the steps of the Boston Public Library for First Night, which was pretty fucking cool. There are photos to prove the coolness. The half electronic-dance-opera and half performance-art set seemed to go over well with the thousands of easily frightened suburban onlookers, despite some timing confusion with the countdown itself.  But that news is now 1,000 days old, internet-time. Moving on…

In holy shit news, on Saturday, 1.6.07 Missing Persons featuring Dale Bozzio play at the Middle East Downstairs. Perhaps dancing to Soul isn’t your thing, but “Walking in L.A.” is. If so, do check out Warren Cuccurullo (see Frank Zappa, Duran Duran) and company.

[Middle East Downstairs, 480 Mass. Ave., Central Square, Cambridge. 617.864.EAST. 8PM doors/18+/$12 (adv), $15 (dos)]

International comfort-foods, 22 quality beers on tap, craft-beers, “No Bud”, homemade grenadine, and hand-pickled olives might not be the first things that pop into mind when hearing the phrase “new restaurant / bar in Allston”, but the former GM (Aaron Sanders), bar manager (Max Toste) and chef (Chef Josh) of Bukowski’s Tavern in Cambridge have crossed the river to give it their best shot. Deep Ellum (named for a region of Dallas) will occupy the former Reel Bar space and opens this weekend. Casey Keenan, a bartender at Deep Ellum (and yet another Bukowski’s-export) describes the general vibe as a “comfortable, old-fashioned feel.” Then again, he also spoke of playing the Load Records DVD on the flatscreen, so expect plenty of pleasing contrasts. I will tell you how the Sidecars and Manhattans are as soon as I learn a thing or two about either.

Let it be know that Scene Feeder will not exclusively be some sort of houndingly obnoxious ‘you heard it first’ kind of deal. Sometimes it’s good to give little reminders about why Boston is such a great city. With that in mind:
Soul-le-lu-jah with DJ Claude Money takes place every Saturday night at ZuZu in Cambridge. Anyone who has ever said the phrase ‘I like to dance” would be wise to attend.

Enjoy your weekend, kids.