Depression is quickly threatening to become our generation’s defining characteristic. We are medicated and hyper-individualistic. We don’t know how to succeed. We have no idea how to grow. And most importantly, we are acutely aware of all of this.
Learning how to learn to weather a storm that is a result of another storm that may not even exist
July 19, 2012 1 Comment
Entrenched in Occupy Boston at the end of week two
Oct. 15, 2011 5 Comments
Editor’s note: Blast writer John Stephen Dwyer has been staying with Occupy Boston protesters since the beginning of the protest. He has been filing longer stories every few days with breaking news when it happens. Two weeks ago, 300 people illegally seized a portion of the Rose Kennedy Greenway and set up tents. The mayor [...]
Bad enough to wear a tattoo: Study connects body art and social deviancy
Feb. 10, 2010 7 Comments
What does that tramp stamp really say about you?
The dangers of home oxygen and smoking
Feb. 2, 2010 2 Comments
QUINCY — Home oxygen equipment is a lifesaver. A medical device, it allows patients with breathing problems to stay in their homes and lead a normal life. But like any medical device, it can be deadly. In Massachusetts several fatal fires have moved investigators to look more deeply into the dangers of home oxygen, especially [...]
Scollay Square’s gift
Feb. 1, 2010 1 Comment
What remains from old Boston? Not the Howard Athenaeum.
Peace under the busy streets
July 1, 2009 4 Comments
Blast goes underground and learns the tale of a subway street performer.
Doin it and doin it and doin it in public
March 1, 2009 4 Comments
The names of subjects have been changed to protect their privacy and safety. It was mid-day. Northeastern University student Sarah Alverston was sitting in the library staring blankly into a textbook that she couldn’t seem to focus on. She just had a fight with her boyfriend, and she knew she wouldn’t get anything done until [...]
Changing opinions about Anime — one 7-foot red robot at a time
June 2, 2008 1 Comment
Robert Scholz took a deep breath as he carefully walked backwards up the stairs. In the distance he could hear shouts from the eager audience and the sound of the MC trying to hold their attention. Scholz tried to move a little faster, but his pace remained constant while friends assisted him from all sides.
The story of Salvia
Nov. 1, 2007 4 Comments
This is a Blast Magazine enterprise piece. Anthony* sits on his bed across from two friends in his Boston apartment. There’s a fan blowing next to his bed. Dave Matthews Band is playing in the background as he takes out his bong and begins to pack it with Salvia extract, a legal drug that grows [...]
The new stoner…you
May 1, 2007 3 Comments
Editor’s note: The names of some interview subjects have been changed for their comfort and protection. This is a Blast Magazine Enterprise piece. Sitting up against a mound of pillows legs stretched over a deep blue comforter Mike and his girlfriend are like any other couple studying on a Sunday afternoon. She is frustrated that [...]
Affair of the mouse
March 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
This is a Blast Magazine enterprise piece. From an actual Internet Conversation: BOSTONCHIC: What’s up for tonight? Any plans? Any idea how Friday looks for lunch? MUSTANGXX: Friday ain’t gonna work. I promised my wife I’d go into town with her tomorrow night to go to dinner with some of her friends. BOSTONCHIC: I understand [...]
