The Return Of Jethro Tull

By Jim Botticelli/Dirty Old Boston  "It was a new day yesterday, but it's an old day now," That Tull title came to mind at Harbor Lights Sunday on the South Boston Waterfront. Today Harbor Lights is named after another bank--no ink, they get plenty--and Jethro Tull fans are grayer save for a smattering of millenials. Anniversary tours are risky ...
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WMEX 1510

By Jim Botticelli, Creator of Dirty Old Boston In Dirty Old Boston, WMEX-AM was the only station for kids. WBZ and later WRKO were richer and more powerful, but this little station located right outside Kenmore Square launched in 1934 and kept on keeping on. Legend has it that Billie Holiday was broadcast remotely for audiences at home from an u...
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