HBML is closing up shop tomorrow under mysterious circumstances. special thanks mike leslie, nick reville, mike benedetti, the snow ghost, bone zone, kelley parsons, carolynn kriso, colin langenus, carlos gonzales, feedbacula, jay purdy, matt carroll, jjb buckmaster, mike taylor, xander marro, john guida, sam gaskin, holden party reppers featuring andy cary, pat scully & tasty skateboards, chris scully, brian oakley & corleone records, orchard boston, re:generation boston, strange maine, bert centeno jr. & family (excluding dog), gus martinez, ed “could you please move your car or i will have it towed” hyder, seah chickering-burchesky, jeff hartford, dan cashman, george myers, joshua “tumble cat” vrysen, lauren beaudoin, that’s entertainment, cc lowell, cade overton, shane capra, collective a go go, FMLT, distant castle, the wheelchair, jeff soderman, batman plumber, anthony from the video store & friends, jess van winkle & lori, mike taylor the cat, keenan cassidy, rebecca wasiliewski, ben jones, frank jones, james mcshane & kate, jo dery, jean cozzens, cybele collins, matthew thurber, nik perry, scott reber, the shitty kids that stole a jar containing $30 worth of change, mike bell smith, the car that hit the store, DAN WARS, sue blanks, ez bake & metro, matty buttcakes, vaula van, neel young, jenna balestrini, EAB, friendalexis, manioc mansion, jon shirley the prince of worcester, artichoke food coop, gabe rollins, julia king, veronica hebard, andy fish, dennis tyfus, aidan duffy, grace duffy, all duffys & shaeffer-duffys, stone soup, joe degeorge & harry & the potters, lucky fishbeck, GREG GREG, gerg harvester, erik lyle, dominic mallary, brattleboro VT, matty johnson, mickey zacchilli, mickey “DM” o’hara, emma young, muffy brandt, sylvan zimmerman, sword heaven, dan mooradian, john powers, brucie bertleman, ben schechter, chris dooley, billy blue, frostbeard, flo, ashleigh russell, chris hart, joanne hart, joe hart, lydia hart, mary hart, anna louise berendes, tom lewis, matt & quint hallas, the warhol twins, chet williams, crystalline entity, little andrew, marisola xhelili, neil depres, meredith stern, d-bird, everyone at stone soup & the raven freedom school, tina zlody, the pickle barrel, many many more.

ANP quarterly- you never sent us any magazines despite the fact that i gave barr my expired liquor ID card with my mom’s address on it. what’s up with that?

believe it or not new england, it’s finally spring. the past few weeks we’ve had (as noted) pockets of wonderful melty niceness– walking around in a sweatshirt, getting crushes on people, rolling down hills. of course soon after that a bitter wind blows in again and the ground’s all hard again and everything’s snow dusted and looking like a fried dough. well, officially anyway, spring is here, and with it as always, a modicum of rebirth.

to that end, a few words, and if we’re lucky, a song, from the aztec god of spring, “the red smoking mirror”, “the night drinker”: xipe totec, “the flayed one”. he appears here in his traditional aspect– skinless but wrapped in the hides of others. please remember that though sacrifices were definitely made to this princely fellow, it’s not entirely fair to say that he “demanded” sacrifice. although at the same time, not to be a creep, but if, sometime between now and 20 days hence, if you were to get into a mindless scuffle or scrape, if blood were to be drawn or a bruise formed, and you opened the bruise up to let some of the bruise blood come out to show them, as maize seeds lose their outer layer before germination and snakes shed their skin, that would be, uh, honorable.

from the creative team that brought you anger man and the snow ghost community show (the super duffy brothers and mike benedetti).