Posts by Nathan Graziano
I’m 50 years old and never thought I’d see the day where these types of totalitarian, Orwellian acts of violence would occur on the curbs of our country. But what I find most disheartening is the fact that many of my fellow Americans—many of whom tout their freedom, especially their Second Amendment right to bear arms—seem to be walking lock-step with fascism.
I have a new excuse not to start the novel I’m planning to write: The Pats won, and I won a few bets on DraftKings. I can’t write today, I need to celebrate.
It’s a sad statement on where we are as a state, and a nation, that on the night before Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, The Granite Post breaks a story about a state representative endorsing segregated schools in New Hampshire in a private group chat on Signal.
There are few albums in a person’s life that change the way they listen to music. “Grace” was one of those albums for me. When I first listened to it, I thought my ex-girlfriend was taunting me, rubbing it in my face as Buckley rendered sonic heartbreaks with tunes like “Last Goodbye” and “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over.”
On Tuesday, Jan. 20, at The Shaskeen Pub and Restaurant in downtown Manchester, eight comics will take to the stage for “The Wrong Hill to Die On,” a live improvisational performance where four contestants—Matt Barry, Mona Forgione, Zach Remi and Tristan Hoffler—will attempt to defend absurd and controversial “hot takes” to a panel of three fellow comics and a live audience.
One of my favorite activities of the holiday season is watching “The Twilight Zone” marathon on the SYFY Channel, which begins at 5 a.m. on New Year’s Eve and runs through New Year’s Day. This year, I sacked out on the couch for 14 straight hours and have exactly zero regrets about it.
On Dec. 29, at the Bishop McVinney Auditorium in Providence, R.I., the Providence Fire Department Training Academy graduated its 57th class. There were 16 trainees in the class, one of whom was my son, Owen.
Granted, morality is not always black and white, and plenty of people prefer to not “conform” to society’s standards and expectations. However, being a non-conformist does not absolve a person from being a “decent” human being.
Like many of my fellow Gen X’ers, I once watched the 1996 film “Swingers,” starring Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, with religious fervor.
About a month ago, my son officially moved to Rhode Island to attend the Providence Fire Academy, making it the first time in the 24 years that my wife and I have been together that we don’t have a child living in the house with us.
For the uninitiated, the premise of this dazzling 2019 short film is deceptively simple: a bunch of kittens dressed in Christmas sweaters and scintillating cocktail outfits are making quite merry at a gathering in an affluent, modernly-decorated loft.
As many of us have already started mentally circling the wagons, waiting to attack Thursday’s Thanksgiving plate with a ferocity borne only from our own gluttony, the game of asking people about their favorite Thanksgiving dish has begun.
I’m talking about James Garfield, and on Nov. 6, Netflix dropped a captivating four-episode series titled “Death by Lightning” that examines Garfield’s unexpected rise to the highest position in the land and his quick demise, as well as exploring the demented mental unraveling of his assassin.
One of the most loathsome forms of the human species—in my estimation, at least—is the craven Keyboard Warrior, and any person who has ever surfed around on social media or perused a comments section knows exactly who I am talking about.
So imagine my surprise when I actually did publish a book of stories in 2002, albeit with a small press, and realized there were more people in the bathroom stalls at the bookstores than there were sitting in the audience to hear me read from my book.
I’ve never been in the habit of endorsing specific candidates, nor am I deluded into believing that my endorsement is going to carry any clout. However, as a resident of Ward 6 in Manchester, I strongly believe there is only one right choice for the Alderman position on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
My wife and I went out for drinks with some friends at Chelbys last Saturday night. As our tab grew in girth, Liz looked at me across the table and grinned. “Are we going to have band practice when we get home?” she asked.
Now Chelbys’ current owners, Loukas and Effie Pozios, a young family who moved from Greece to pursue their American dream, decided it was time for their restaurant to undergo another makeover.
It is also an irrefutable fact that the serial killer Ed Gein was one of the worst human beings to ever inhabit this planet, which makes him juicy content for “American Horror Story” creator, writer and producer Ryan Murphy’s series “Monster,” which has featured fictionalized tales of some of the most demented and depraved killers in the annals of American crime.
Did I mention Chelbys is closed for renovations?