Tom Finneran Hosts the Boston.TV Beat

Tom Finneran, of WRKO, hosts the Boston.TV Beat this week and tells us what's happening around Boston.

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XConomy Battle of the Bands

Boston.TV was on hand to capture the XConomy battle of the bands at the Middle East.





That bands competing are as follows:

Deadbeat Darling / Akamai
The Knuckledusters / Bioprocessors Corp & Veritas Medicine
McAlister Drive / Linedata Services
One Hand Free / IBM
Sad Marvin / Smiths Medical
The Souled Out SuperBand / Bose

According to XConomy,

Finally, a tech networking event that rocks.

Musicians from Boston’s most innovative companies play their geeky hearts out—you pick the winners!
At Stake:

Seven hours of studio time from Bristol Recording Studios, including engineering and production. Value: over $1000!

One year of Nimbit retail service, including 250 CDs, online sales tools, 100 posters and more. Value: over $1000!

Okay, XConomy, that's enough! Looks like you've had a few too many.

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Boston Celtics Video on Demand Promo

Boston.TV and Element Productions teamed up with the Boston Celtics to create content for Comcast on Demand. The series premieres on February 7th.

According to CelticsBlog.com,

BOSTON - (February 6, 2008) - Comcast, the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications, today announced that it has teamed up with the Boston Celtics and Comcast SportsNet to create the ultimate viewing experience for Celtics fans as the team makes a fast break toward the NBA playoffs. Starting today, Comcast will launch "Celtics On Demand" and deliver Celtics home and away games in high-definition (HD) on Comcast SportsNet's new full-time HD channel.

Celtics On Demand, a unique destination available only to Comcast Digital Cable customers in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine, allows fans to welcome Head Coach Doc Rivers and the entire Celtics team into their living rooms to catch all of the action both on and off the court with a click of the remote control.

The new feature gives fans access to in-depth, behind-the-scenes features of the players, team and Celtics Dancers as well as press conferences and community events which have been produced by Boston.TV. With Celtics On Demand, fans will travel with Celtics Captain Paul Pierce off the parquet floor on a deep sea fishing expedition with team-mate Leon Powe and Assistant Coach Clifford Ray; take a front row
seat at Coach Rivers' post-game press conferences in their entirety; and re-live the team's inspirational revival from the 2006-2007 to 2007-2008 season through a comprehensive 30-minute documentary.

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Best of Boston Videos

Boston.TV and Boston Magazine have teamed up to create a Best of Boston Video guide to the best of our lovely city.

You can check out the site here. And the videos can be found below.

Polka Dog Bakery - Best of Boston Pet Supply

East Meets West - Best of Boston Caterer

Good - Best of Boston Gifts

Intercontinental Hotel - Best of Boston New Hotel

Waban Shoe Repair - Best of Boston Shoe Repair

Allston Car Wash - Best of Boston Car Wash

Evenfall - Best of Boston General Excellence

Vizio Optic - Best of Boston Eyeglasses

51 Lincoln - Best of Boston Restaurant, New, West

KitchenArts - Best of Boston Kitchen Supplies

Tirado Photography - Best of Boston Wedding Photography

The Dog Scoop - Best of Boston Pet Sitting

O Ya - Best of Boston Sushi, New Restaurant

S+H Construction - Best of Boston General Contractor

Rafanelli Events - Best of Boston Coordinator

French Dressing - Best of Boston Lingerie

Hamersley's Bistro - Best of Boston French Restaurant

Regatta Bar - Best of Boston Jazz Club

Twig - Best of Boston Florist

Desfina - Best of Boston Greek Restaurant

Dress - Best of Boston Clothing, Women's Casual

Alisa Neely - Best of Boston Personal Shopper

Hilton's Tent City - Best of Boston Camping Gear

Uniform - Best of Boston Clothing, Men's Casual

Charles Street Supply - Best of Boston Hardware

Tiger Home Inspection - Best of Boston Inspector

Ace Ticket - Best of Boston Ticket Broker

Tosca - Best of Boston, General Excellence, South

Gstarfit - Gregg D'Andrea - Best of Boston Personal Trainer

The Chicken Bone - Best of Boston Ming Tsai's Personal Best

Gentle Giant - Best of Boston Movers

 

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Jackson Blue Hosts the Boston.TV Beat!

Jackson Blue, DJ at Kiss 108 hosts the Boston.TV Beat and tells us wussup this week in Boston.

Or check out his blog about celebrity dirt bags.

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Boston Celtics Spread the Holiday Cheer

Boston.TV 'n crew captured the Boston Celtics handing out Christmas presents to kids from the Boston Medical Center at Dick's Last Resort last December 11.



I think the Celtics said it best on their website,

Boston Celtics players along with Kia Motors delivered toys to patients at Children's Hospital Boston while other Celtics team members spread holiday cheer to Boston Medical Center at two holiday events today. Celtics players spent the afternoon visiting patients at Children's Hospital Boston and hosting a holiday party for Boston Medical Center's Pediatric Hematology Program at Dick's Last Resort.

At Children's Hospital Boston, Celtics players including Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, teamed up with Kia Motors to distribute gifts to in-patients collected through the Kia Holiday Assist program. Kia vehicles filled with toys were driven to Children's Hospital where players unloaded and distributed gifts to patients. The players visited different wings throughout the hospital and met with patients and their family members.

"Merry Christmas, boys and girls!"

Overall, the kids had fun and got everything they asked for, except BTV intern Joey Pugh, who wanted a four-wheeler. Sorry Joey, the 4-wheeler couldn't fit in Kevin Garnett's sleigh.

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The Rundown: Episode 16

Boston.TV released a new episode of The Rundown.




This week, hockey coverage begins on the Rundown as MC PJ Logan
visits BC High's hockey team who take on Malden Catholic.

Girls Basketball - Lincoln-Sudbury vs. Concord-Carlisle
Boys Basketball - Cambridge vs. Brockton

Our instant replay this week is Notre Dame Academy indoor track.

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The Rundown is the place to click for Greater Boston High School Sports

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The Rundown: Episode 15

Boston.TV aired the 15th episode of the Rundown, a weekly series about high school sports in the Greater Boston area.



This episode features the very best plays, the very best bloopers and the best shout outs from the fall season.

Featured
-Top 10 Plays of the fall
-Clips from the Editing room floor
-The best shout outs of the fall season

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Paula Street Hosts the Beat!

Paula Street, DJ for Oldies 103.3, hosts the Boston.TV Beat this week and tells us what's happening in the city this week.

Check it out right here.

If you'd like to hear more from Paula, listen to Oldies from 9am till 2 pm every Monday through Friday. If you tune in right at this very moment, you can hear the Lido Shuffle by Boz Scaggs from his album Silk Degrees.

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Ben's Dream

Boston.TV was on hand at the Ben's Dream event recently to capture friends helping Ben battle San Fillipo syndrome.




According to bensdream.org,

Over Columbus Day weekend 2007, The Ben's Dream Baseball Tournament and BENefit Concert raised over $10,000 for Ben's Dream to aid the mission of finding a cure for Sanfilippo Syndrome.

On Saturday evening, recording artist and ballplayer for the Ben's Dream White Sox, Ari Hest www.arihest.com, performed for a packed house at Harper's Ferry in Allston, MA to raise money and awareness for Ben's Dream: the Sanfilippo Research Foundation. Mieka Pauley and Tim Blane opened for Hest.

More about Ben.

11-year-old Benjamin Siedman has been diagnosed with Sanfilippo Syndrome, a rare & fatal inherited genetic disorder. Ben and thousands of children afflicted like him have a life expectancy between 10 and 15 years. There is no treatment. There is no cure . . . Only hope.

Right now Doctors can do little for Sanfilippo's symptoms and nothing to stop the catastrophic regression Ben faces. That is why we created the Sanfilippo Research Foundation.

Our mission is to promote awareness and raise funds to support research aimed at finding a cure so Benjamin and his friends can realize their dreams.

We invite you to explore our website to learn more about Benjamin, Sanfilippo Syndrome, the Foundation, our efforts and how you can help.

Click here to donate.

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Lenny Clarke hosts the Boston.TV Beat!

Lenny Clarke, local Boston comedian, tells us what's happening this week on the Boston.TV Beat!

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From Wikipedia, America's most reliable source,

Lenny Clarke (born on September 16, 1953) is a comedian from Cambridge, Massachusetts, famous for his thick Boston accent. Sometime during the 1970s, as related in the Comedy Central roast of Clarke's friend Denis Leary, Clarke ran for mayor of Cambridge, MA. When asked by Leary what his platform was, Clarke replied "Fuck the Kennedys". Clarke had buttons and bumper stickers made with this slogan on them.{ In an attempt to spark interest in his campaign, Clarke stole a Boston bus and began driving it around until he realized it was just him driving a bus. Clarke then began to pick up random people and drop them at their doors.

Clarke was the most famous "saloon comic" in Boston during the 1980's, the heyday of the Boston comedy scene. The DVD release When Standup Stood Out (2006) details Clarke's early career and his affiliations with other famous Boston comics, such as Steven Wright and Denis Leary, his good friends. In 1980, Clarke wrote and starred in a local television show Lenny Clarke's Late Show featuring Wright and Leary, in collaboration with Boston comedy writer Martin Olson. Clarke and Olson were roommates, and their apartment, known by comedians as "The Barracks", was a notorious "crash pad" for comics visiting Boston, and the subject of a documentary film as Clarke and Leary explain in When Standup Stood Out.

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The Rundown: Episode 14

Boston.TV aired its 14th episode of the Rundown, a weekly series about high school sports in the Greater Boston area.

In this week's episode, PJ meets up with Lexington boys and girls basketball. Lexington boys beat Belmont 114 - 68 in what proved to be quite an adventure for baby face BTV intern Joey Pugh. Ask him about his first experience talking to a high school cheerleader. The Minutemen are working for their 7th Middlesex League Title in 8 years.

Wellesley girls basketball beat North Quincy 61-44.

Alex Fiola, on the Durfee Girls Basketball Team scored her 1000th career point.

Watertown Boys Basketball beat Melrose Boys Basketball 71 - 37.

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Boston.TV Celebrates Repeal Day with Dewar's

Boston.TV crew traveled to ZuZu for a celebration of Repeal Day, sponsored by Dewar's. Also in attendance was Bang Camaro and the Boston Baby Dolls.



According to Wikipedia, America's most reliable source,

In 1919, the requisite number of legislatures of the States ratified The 18th Amendment to the Federal Constitution, enabling national Prohibition within one year of ratification. Many women, notably the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, had been pivotal in bringing about national Prohibition in the United States of America, believing it would protect families, women and children from the effects of abuse of alcohol.

Women being the reason for prohibition? Nah! I don't believe it.

The proponents of Prohibition had believed that banning alcoholic beverages would reduce or even eliminate many social problems, particularly drunkenness, crime, mental illness, and poverty, and would eventually lead to reductions in taxes.

I'm listening.

However, during Prohibition, people continued to produce and drink alcohol, and bootlegging helped foster a massive industry completely under the control of organized crime.

ie. the Vodka Martini Mafia.

Prohibitionists argued that Prohibition would be more effective if enforcement were increased. However, increased efforts to enforce Prohibition simply resulted in the government spending more money, rather than less. Journalist H.L. Mencken observed in 1925 that respect for law diminished rather than increased during Prohibition, and drunkenness, crime, insanity and resentment towards the federal government had all increased.

Absolutely nothing like society today.

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Kottonmouth Kings at the Worcester Palladium

Boston.TV's Jobian met up with the Kottonmouth Kings at the Worcester Palladium of all places. Worcester, MA: Melting pot of heroes.

The Kings talk about their new album, Cloud 9, and the fact they run a complete one-stop production house for their music and videos.

From their site,

For most hip-hop acts, being in the game for over a decade is reason
enough to feel content. But for Southern California's own Kottonmouth
Kings, blending rap and punk rock styles is only the beginning of the
story. Releasing ten albums over the past nine years, the Kottonmouth
Kings are more than a seven-man hip-hop crew. Kottonmouth Kings “Koast to Koast” their 8th studio full-length release, is due out June 6th on Suburban Noize Records.

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Sully from Godsmack at the Boston Music Awards

Boston.TV's Jobian met up with Godsmack's Sully Erna for good times and better conversation at the Boston Music Awards.

From Godsmack's site,

In February of 1995, after being behind the drums for more than 23 years, Sully Erna decided to start a new band. It was only a matter of time before he realized he needed to take charge and step out from behind the kit to front the band himself.

One year and a couple of member changes later Godsmack was born. Sully Erna, Robbie Merrill and Tony Rombola hit the studio and recorded their first CD titled ALL WOUND UP. They did this over one weekend for a measly twenty six-hundred dollars.

Over the next two years, the band played throughout the Boston scene with drummer Joe Darco and began earning a strong reputation of being a great live band. The noise they were making in the New England area created a snowball effect like no other.

Godsmack began drawing in bigger and bigger audiences to their live shows. Their CD began circulating through the streets of Boston and eventually landed in the hands of a DJ for WAAF, a Boston radio station. WAAF put "Keep Away" into heavy rotation and it quickly soared to the #1 spot at the station. Newbury Comics, a New England record store chain, agreed to sell the CD on consignment and the grind continued.

Shortly after the success of "Keep Away" Godsmack went back into the studio and recorded a single titled "Whatever", which became the new local favorite on WAAF. It took off in the blink of an eye and the race was on.

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Boston.TV Captured the Red Sox World Series DVD Launch Party

Boston.TV captured the Red Sox World Series DVD launch, sponsored by WRKO AM 680, Boston's Talk Station, at the Wang Theater.



In attendance was Curt and Shonda Shilling, Terry Francona, and Wally the Green Monster. Because what Red Sox event would be complete without Wally the Green Monster. It must have been a great night because according to Cathy from Saugus, it was "the best day of her life."



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Christopher Guest at Berklee College of Music

Legendary comedian, Christopher Guest, received a honorary doctorate degree from Berklee College of Music and Boston.TV was there to capture it all.



Previous work by Guest includes National Lampoon's Radio Hour, This is Spinal Tap, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind, and For Your Consideration.

From the Berklee website,

"Up until an hour ago I thought this was a practical joke," Christopher Guest cracked as he took the podium at the Berklee Performance Center. But the actor, director, composer, and musician's body of work is no laughing matter. As the night's MC, Larry Monroe, said at a clinic Guest taught earlier in the day, "His music is solid. There are gags in the lyrics, but there are no gags in the music." And the audience saw the strength in the music firsthand as Berklee students and faculty joined Guest onstage for straight covers and unique interpretations of the songs from his movies This Is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, and Waiting for Guffman.

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Boston Celtics Dancers Host the Boston.TV Beat!

Courtney and Alexis, two members of the Boston Celtics Dance Team, do the Boston.TV Beat and tell us what's happening around Boston this week.

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Breaking Laces

Boston.TV captured Breaking Laces, 2007 Starbucks Music Makers Competition winners, at the Hard Rock.

From their site,

Breaking Laces is a three-piece acoustic/electro indie rock band from Brooklyn that combines stellar songwriting, pure organic musicianship, and subtle electronic spashes to create a sound that is fresh, accessible and at times, mind-blowing.
We dare you to peg them. Come on. Peg 'em. Others have tried - Weezer meets Elvis Costello, Squeeze meets Radiohead, even Martin Sexton meets James Blunt.

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Showcase Wrestling

Boston.TV's Dan McCready and crew captured Showcase Pro Wrestling.

From their site,

Showcase Pro Wrestling offers a family friendly product for all ages known as “660”. Our wrestling shows are fun and exciting for young kids (6 years olds) yet entertaining for adult of all age (60 years olds). If you loved wrestling in the 80’s your will love Showcase.

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