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Posted by “Recks Read” on italianbred.blogspot.com

Green Street was a very cool scene last night. Friendly anxious music fans eager to catch some of Worcester best local talent. Actually, much of the talent would qualify as world class. The feel was friendly fun. Like a huge neighborhood of smiling faces. You could mosey from one venue to another, freely , with no cover charge, catch some great music, enjoy a beverage or two, and then, with no pressure, walk next door or a bit down the road, to catch more. each participating venue offered a range of music that spanned from blues, folk, Rock,latin and Jazz. In a word it was “awesome”. Congratulations to all the hard working folks at WoMag for making this happen. You deserve an award for calling attention to the city’s music scene. For me, Block Five was swinging last night. I got there late around 10. I was blown away by both of the groups I listened to there. I’m looking forward to catching both groups, Dick Odgren and the Johnny Dollar Experiment again an again. To think all of the BEST represented in such close proximity. Great vibe. Wow ! No cover, fans could visit one place after another have a brew, listen, then on to the next flavor of the night. Excellent. The way it should be. If only that could happen every night, right? Someday. We are all lucky to have such great talent available in Worcester and also the drive and spirit it takes to conduct such an event. Nice Job!

Posted by “gaberollins” on worcesterite.com

Yeah this was awesome. I spent time at the Dog, The Dive, Creegan’s, Block 5, The Vernon, Nick’s and The Greyhound last night. Though the quality was varied, it was awesome to see all those people out bopping around from one place to the other.

Posted by “Victoria” on likeweaklings.livejournal.com

About my summer plans, I’m taking classes in Worcester but not at WPI which means that I’ll need some method of transport to and from Worcester State. My plan was to use the buses in the area but I ran into some issues with that. My classes start at 5:00 on some days and 6:00 on others, which is fine, but according to the bus schedules I found online, bus service ends by 7:50 at the latest. My classes end at 8:00 and 9:00 respectively. My response: fuck you RTA for being terribly inefficient. Now I need to hope it’s sunny by 9:00 so I could walk back or hope that some nice person I know will agree to drive me back on Tuesday and Thursday nights. *sigh*

Posted by “Brendan” on radioball.net
I’ve been biting my tongue on the education funding issue for some time now, it’s an issue where I agree with too few locals to even bother with, but it’s really getting silly now. I just noticed on the Whos of Who-cester blog another call for more ‘strongly worded letters’, as if the solution to Worcester’s problems is paper cuts for politicians. Unfortunately things are starting to get disingenuous at an exponential rate and positive arguments are lining up to do more harm than good.
• Are you telling me there is not one no-show job in the Worcester Public Schools?
• You’re telling me that kids on Olean St need a bus to West Tatnuck School? And the ones who walk need crossing guards, even though their parents are holding their precious little hands?
• That overcrowding is as relevant in HS as it is in elementary schools and reshuffling or even outsourcing to the colleges (the colleges that will do anything for the city if we back off PILOT foolishness), isn’t possible?
• How about energy costs? Are we working on cutting down plant costs overall?
• Meals? Are the foods we provide the best and most cost effective?
• And most importantly, can we guarantee that EVERY union member in the Worcester Public Schools is carrying his/her own weight?

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