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Boston Globe
30-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Is this Newport mansion the next hot spot for hitmaking?
Now, a drum kit sits to the left of a hand-carved plaster fireplace and amplifiers rest under a 1700s portrait of King Louis XIV. Overhead, the ceiling's design mimics the Titanic's first class dining room (created before the ship's tragic demise, of course). On breezy days, the scent of the ocean rolls past Sarazen's desk through doors leading to a courtyard that's hosted countless concerts. Known as the Studio at Belcourt, the space is a significant departure from the windowless studios Sarazen worked in while in Los Angeles, where he spent five years producing music for acts like Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up One of the first projects that Sarazen produced in the studio is the album 'BREAD' by electronic duo Advertisement 'The mansion itself was built to entertain,' Sarazen says, referencing the mansion's spacious ballroom and courtyard. 'He really designed so much of the mansion acoustically around music.' Advertisement These days, Belcourt belongs to 'Carolyn saw how deeply I was inspired by Belcourt, and invited me to become part of its living history. Not as a business, but as a creative offering,' he says. 'Now I bring artists in one-on-one to see if the space moves them, too.' Sarazen's dream visitors range from Even though the studio is just now welcoming visiting artists, it's already incubated a hit. From Belcourt, Sarazen co-wrote and produced 'Hot Honey,' a collaboration between Dutch DJ Advertisement Outside of the studio, Sarazen's also developing public dance parties via his community platform Soso Radio with Akme, a ticketing and livestream platform he's co-developing. The first event, which Sarazen billed as a 'secret beach rave' in Middletown, R.I., wasn't so secret; it drew 25,000 RSVPs this summer. 'We are literally able to do this in Rhode Island,' he said. 'You do not have to be in L.A.' GIG GUIDE After helping carry the country contingent of . Nigerian-raised artist . Advertisement MGM Music Hall at Fenway resurrects '80s glam metal on Speaking of metal — create an evening of hip-hop nostalgia at the amphitheater on serenades guests at Leader Bank Pavilion with swirls of soft jazz-rock. Advertisement Genre-jumping crooner Aloe Blacc performs two shows at City Winery this Thursday. Zach Bell NOW SPINNING Clifford , Boston band Clifford celebrate the release of their album "Golden Caravan" this Friday at Deep Cuts. Maria Gelsomini Meg Smith with MARIS and Molly Grace , 'Girls Just Wanna Be Famous(er).' Did Cyndi Lauper sign off on this? Singer Meg Smith piles more pop into her single 'Girls Just Wanna Be Famous' with this revamped version that folds in vocals from fellow rising acts MARIS and Molly Grace. The end result is reminiscent of Carly Rae Jepsen's skipping pop circa 2015. Ali Sethi , Ali Sethi's debut album, "Love Language," arrives this Friday. Fujio Emura, courtesy of Zubberdust Media LLC BONUS TRACK Two frontmen gone solo will help Quincy ring in its 400th anniversary this weekend. Victoria Wasylak can be reached at . Follow her on Bluesky @ Advertisement
Boston Globe
25-07-2025
- Boston Globe
The best car camping gear and accessories
The first thing you'll need for a successful and fun car camping getaway is a good tent, something that will keep you dry and keep the bugs out. We are also looking for easy setup, spacious room, decent interior storage and packability. The Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up The Acadia Family Screen House is great for a bug-free picnic and seating area. Courtesy/ Advertisement You can really move around in the very spacious Advertisement The very spacious Wawona 6 Tent from The North Face has great ceiling height , generous floor space, and a separate vestibule area, perfect for storing extra gear, like bikes and chairs. Courtesy/The North Face 'It's a teepee,' the kids cried. 'It's bigger than our bedroom,' one tester said. If you want 16-by-16 floor space and years of use — and don't care that much about the weight and portability — then the Advertisement The Teton Mesa 14 Canvas Tent is a cabin-style option, made to last, and to withstand anything Mother Nature dishes out. Courtesy/Teton It's meal time Trust Weber, one of the world's top BBQ brands, to come up with a high-quality portable grill. The Weber Traveler Compact Portable Gas Grill ($349) has become our go-to camping grill (some of our testers now use it as their home grill, too). It's super easy to use, heats up fast, and has good temperature control. It's super portable, weighing only 37 pounds, yet has enough grill space for 12 burgers. It's a winner. Add the Trust Weber, one of the world's top BBQ brands, to come up with a high-quality portable grill, like the Weber Traveler Compact Portable Gas Grill. Courtesy/Weber If you're looking for a very functional kitchen setup, with storage and counter space, check out the We also love the Advertisement Ready to go gourmet on your next camping trip? Up your cooking game with the Ooni Koda 2 outdoor pizza oven. Courtesy/Oonie Ready to go gourmet on your next camping trip? Up your cooking game with the The hefty and sturdy Base Camp Gear Box from The North Face is perfect for storing your camp gear, dry goods, clothes, and more. Courtesy/The North Face Sleep in comfort Call us wimps, but getting a good night's sleep is priority number one when family camping, and that starts with not sleeping on the ground. Byer of Maine has been making cots since 1880, supplying the military, American Red Cross, the Boy Scouts of America, and ordinary folks like us. When you're serious about staying off the ground in comfort, get their Advertisement To really up the comfort level, consider the ultra-cushy Speaking of comfort, consider the The rugged Gregory Alpaca Utility Tote 50 is perfect for grab-and-go storage, with lots of pockets, and a smart stand-up design. Jesse Coss, Courtesy/Gregory Get organized Car camping with the family? There is a lot of stuff. Fortunately, there are great totes, duffels, pockets, and pouches to keep it all organized. The hefty and sturdy Advertisement The RTIC 52 QT Ultra-Light Cooler is tough, durable, well-insulated, and lightweight. Courtesy/RTIC Keep it cool The Diane Bair and Pamela Wright can be reached at
Boston Globe
05-07-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
Everyone is watching Musk's influence on D.C. politics. But what about Texas?
He painted a bleak picture of what could happen if they didn't give him his way. 'We would, I'm afraid, we would fail,' Musk told the assembled representatives. 'So for us, it's a matter of life or death.' Clad in a dark suit instead of his now ubiquitous black T-shirt and baseball hat, the younger Musk was unable to persuade lawmakers in Austin. That year, Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up More than a decade later, however, Musk's fortunes inside the Texas Capitol have changed — dramatically. Advertisement Musk is now not only one of the richest people in the world, who, During this year's legislative session, Musk's lobbyists and representatives publicly advocated for almost a dozen bills that would benefit his companies. The Texas Newsroom identified these priorities by searching legislative records for committee testimony and other evidence of his public stances. Musk wanted legislators to pass new laws that would make it faster and easier for homeowners to Advertisement Musk got them all. In a Capitol where the vast majority of bills fail to pass, all but three of Musk's public priorities will become law. The two bills his lobbyists openly opposed are dead, including a measure that would have regulated autonomous vehicles. Musk made gains even on bills he didn't publicly endorse. Texas lawmakers followed the tech giant's lead by By all accounts, Musk's influence was great enough that he did not have to formally address lawmakers in person this session to make the case for any of his priorities. Critics said these new laws will hand Musk's companies more cash, more power and more protection from scrutiny as 'The real harm is the influence of a private company on the decisions made by government,' Cyrus Reed, the conservation director for the Sierra Club's Lone Star Chapter, told The Texas Newsroom. The Sierra Club is part of a group suing the state over SpaceX's activities in South Texas. Advertisement Musk and his representatives did not respond to requests for an interview. He Contrary to his slash-and-burn tactics in Washington, D.C., where he bulldozed his way onto the scene after Trump's reelection, Musk has played the long game to amass power in Texas. He still hasn't succeeded in changing Texas law to allow for Tesla direct sales, but that hasn't stopped him from steadily investing his personal and professional capital in the state over more than a decade. Most of his businesses, including the tunneling firm The Boring Company, Musk has also moved his personal home to the state, reportedly securing properties in In the Texas Capitol, Musk's power is subtle but undeniable. Calendars and emails obtained by The Texas Newsroom through public information requests show his company's representatives met regularly with lawmakers backing his priority bills and invited Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to tour SpaceX. Patrick, who leads the state Senate, also penned a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration supporting the rocket company's request to increase its launches in South Texas. Texas politics, with its long history of outsize characters, has never seen the likes of Musk, said Rice University political scientist Mark Jones. Advertisement 'Even in the heyday of the [George W.] Bush era, you couldn't find somebody who had such dramatic wealth as Musk, who also had the same level of access and business interests here in Texas,' Jones told The Texas Newsroom. 'Today, Elon Musk is arguably the most powerful and influential private citizen in the country.' 'It's All to Help Elon' When lawmakers convened their 2025 legislative session in January, one of Musk's top priorities was quickly clear. He wanted more control over the Known as Starbase, the massive rocket testing and launch facility has come to dominate the small rural area between Brownsville, on the border, and the Gulf of Mexico. It is the launch site for Although SpaceX owns most of the land around Starbase, county officials retained the authority over access to the adjacent public beach, called Boca Chica. The county worked closely with SpaceX to ensure the area was cleared ahead of launches, but the company's leaders did not have ultimate control over the process. That changed this year. First, Musk Musk then wanted state lawmakers to hand the new city the power to close Boca Chica Beach and the adjoining public highway during the week, a change the county officials opposed. Advertisement State Sen. Adam Hinojosa, a newly elected Republican who represents the area, authored the legislation to shift control to Starbase. Dozens of SpaceX employees got involved in the effort, submitting Democrats succeeded in killing Hinojosa's bill, prompting local The new law states that the commission's board can close highways and gulf beaches with the approval of a local municipality, which, in this case, is Starbase. SpaceX retains a connection to the commission itself: Kathy Lueders, who confirmed that she left her job as Starbase general manager last month, still sits on the Space Commission board. She directed additional questions to the commission. The Space Commission declined to answer questions on SpaceX's potential future involvement with these discussions. 'The way I view it is SpaceX wanted a certain amount of power,' said Reed, with the Sierra Club. 'And at the end of the day, they didn't quite get it, but they got something pretty close.' The Lawmakers passed several more bills to benefit spaceports, the sites where spacecraft launch, like SpaceX. While Texas is home to multiple spaceports, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, SpaceX dwarfs the rest in size and scope of influence across the state and country, boasting large federal government contracts and a growing satellite industry. Advertisement Hinojosa was an author or sponsor on most of these bills; he did not respond to multiple requests for an interview or comment for this story. Other than the beach closure legislation, many passed with the support of Democrats. At SpaceX's urging, Texas lawmakers passed a measure to Bekah Hinojosa with the South Texas Environmental Justice Network, a local activist group, told The Texas Newsroom the new critical infrastructure law will let Musk 'militarize our Boca Chica Beach for his dangerous rocket testing endeavors.' The Sierra Club and other groups from South Texas, including a local Indigenous tribe, are suing the state, arguing that closing Boca Chica violates an amendment to the Texas Constitution that The General Land Office, the main defendant in that suit, declined to comment. In court filings, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argues the state can still regulate beach access for public safety reasons and that it cannot be sued in this case because it has immunity. The case is pending at the Texas Supreme Court. Legislators also passed two more new laws that will shield companies like SpaceX from This law went into effect on May 15. SpaceX's only significant public defeat during this year's legislative session was the failure of a bill it supported to give spaceports a Moriba Jah, a professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin, believes Texas is pandering to Musk. 'It's all to help Elon,' said Jah, who added that his viewpoint is rooted in resisting policies that enable what he called 'environmental plunder masked as 'innovation.'' He has concerns that the state is investing in spaceports, most notably Musk's, while carving out exceptions that prohibit public insight and input into what's happening at those facilities. 'There's this whole cloak of secrecy with whatever Elon is doing,' Jah said. 'We will not and should not cease to launch satellites or explore space. But the way in which we do it matters a lot.' 'They Never Come Out of the Shadows' This year, Tesla's lobbyists publicly advocated against only two bills. Both died. One was a GOP-authored Bill author Rep. Terry Canales, an Edinburg Democrat, believes his legislation failed because it was not pro-industry enough. 'Tesla is the worst actor that I've ever dealt with in the Capitol. They're subversive. They never come out of the shadows,' Canales told The Texas Newsroom. 'Not only did I not hear from them, I didn't expect to hear from them because that's the way they operate.' Lawmakers instead advanced It will require commercial operators, such as robotaxi and driverless big rig companies, to obtain authorization from the state. This approval can be revoked if the company's vehicles endanger the public, including causing 'serious bodily injury,' though it requires no public hearings in the case of a fatality, as Canales' bill would have done. Autonomous vehicle companies will also have to develop plans for interacting with emergency responders. Tesla took a neutral stance on the legislation. But the bill's author, state Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, told The Texas Newsroom that Tesla's team participated in work groups and stakeholder conversations with industry groups, trial lawyers and others. Texas has been at the forefront of testing this technology for years, rolling out its first regulations in 2017. But with more autonomous vehicles hitting the streets, Nichols said it was time to clarify the rules and called his bill 'a real opportunity here to actually improve safety.' Nichols' legislation initially died in the Texas House. But with less than a week before lawmakers packed up to go home, a House member added the entirety of Nichols' bill as an amendment to Tray Gober, a personal injury lawyer who handles vehicle crash cases in Austin, said it's smart to get new regulations for autonomous vehicles on the books. But he worries that Texas is rushing to give its blessing to a technology that has not been fully tested. 'We're not talking about rockets crashing into the ocean. We're talking about cars crashing into other people,' he said, When asked about concerns that there could be fatalities as the number of driverless cars grows in Texas, Nichols said, 'There probably will be. Eventually there will be. I would not doubt that.' But he pointed to studies showing 'If you start looking at the breakdown of the fatalities on the roads and the crashes and the wrecks, what causes them? It's not equipment failure. It's driver distraction,' he told The Texas Newsroom. Critics of these studies argue their scope is too narrow to make conclusions about the safety of self-driving technology. Citing safety concerns, some local lawmakers asked Tesla's robotaxi rollout in Austin to Many Democrats opposed Nichols' proposal. But at least three other bills affecting Tesla got bipartisan support. At times, the Sierra Club was fighting against Musk's SpaceX bills while working with his Tesla lobbyists on clean energy legislation, said Reed, the club's conservation director. For example, Tesla and the Sierra Club both supported legislation to create Tesla also backed a bill that had bipartisan support to make it easier for homeowners to install backup power generators, such as the company's Reed said Musk's shift to the right has created interesting bedfellows, sometimes making it easier for Republicans to back some of the energy policies more traditionally associated with progressives. He remarked, 'It's an interesting time in our country, right?' Musk's Indirect Influence For all the bills Musk pushed to see pass, he also indirectly influenced the creation of new laws on which he did not take a public stance. Texas lawmakers created the Musk himself took no public role in creating the new office. But at a signing ceremony for the bill, Gov. Greg Abbott explained he was the inspiration. Texas legislators also rewrote the state's corporate laws after Musk raised concerns about business codes in other states. Authored by Republican state Sen. Bryan Hughes, Musk and his lobbyists never came out in support of the bill, but he has long complained that states needed to shore up protections for CEOs and other business leaders. Musk began crusading on the issue after his The legislation written in response was dubbed the 'DExit' bill. 'Texas is much better than Delaware,' Musk posted on Last year, a Delaware judge ruled In an interview, Hughes told The Texas Newsroom he heard input from different groups in crafting the Texas legislation and could not remember whether Musk's companies were involved. Standing behind Hughes was a representative from Tesla.
Boston Globe
25-06-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Game 82: Red Sox look to avoid sweep at Angels
Richard Fitts, summoned from Worcester after Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up The Angels will counter with lefthander Yusei Kikuchi as they look to get back to .500. Advertisement Here is a preview. Lineups RED SOX (40-41): TBA Pitching: RHP Richard Fitts (0-3, 4.71 ERA) ANGELS (39-40): TBA Pitching: LHP Yusei Kikuchi (2-6, 3.01 ERA) Time: 4:07 p.m. TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7 Red Sox vs. Kikuchi: Jarren Duran 2-9, Nate Eaton 0-2, Romy González 3-10, David Hamilton 0-2, Ceddanne Rafaela 4-7, Rob Refsnyder 6-13, Trevor Story 1-7, Abraham Toro 1-10, Connor Wong 4-9 Angels vs. Fitts: Jo Adell 1-1, Scott Kingery 0-1, Zach Neto 1-1, Logan O'Hoppe 0-1, Luis Rengifo 0-1, Nolan Schanuel 0-0, Mike Trout 1-1, Taylor Ward 1-1 Advertisement Stat of the day: The Red Sox are 9-19 in one-run games and 5-9 in extra-inning games, including 0-6 on the road. Notes: Fitts had a rough outing in Follow Andrew Mahoney
Boston Globe
18-04-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Game 21 lineups and preview: Red Sox return to Fenway for four-game set with White Sox
The White Sox appear to have picked up where they left off last season, having won just four of their first 18 games. Two of those victories came courtesy of the Red Sox, but they enter the weekend on a four-game losing streak. They were swept by Oakland, having been outscored 23-4 though three games. Advertisement The Red Sox are expected to call up Hunter Dobbins from Worcester to make the start. The righthander made his MLB debut on April 6 and got the win against the Cardinals, allowing two runs on eight hits and striking out five across five innings in Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up The White Sox will counter with veteran Martín Pérez. Here is a preview. Lineups WHITE SOX (4-14): TBA Pitching: LHP Martín Pérez (1-0, 1.59 ERA) RED SOX (10-10): TBA Pitching: RHP Hunter Dobbins (1-0, 3.60 ERA) Time: 7:10 p.m. TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7 White Sox vs. Dobbins: Has not faced any White Sox batters Red Sox vs. Pérez: Wilyer Abreu 2-5, Kristian Campbell 0-1, Rafael Devers 3-10, Jarren Duran 1-2, Romy González 1-1, Carlos Narváez 1-2, Ceddanne Rafaela 2-6, Rob Refsnyder 1-7, Trevor Story 2-5 Advertisement Stat of the day: The Red Sox lead the majors with 20 errors but played errorless baseball in their last two games, both victories against the Rays. Notes: Dobbins allowed three runs on four hits in three innings in his last start in Worcester. Last season he went went 8-5 with a 3.08 ERA in 25 starts between Portland and Worcester. … Alex Bregman is expected to be back for the Red Sox. The third baseman was placed on the paternity leave list Wednesday so he could fly back to Boston and be with his wife for the birth of their second child, Bennett Matthew Bregman. Bregman is batting .321 with four home runs, 16 RBIs and a .929 OPS in 19 games this season. … Perez is 5-3 with a 4.55 ERA in 12 career appearances (11 starts) against the Red Sox. Material from Field Level Media was used in this report. Follow Andrew Mahoney
