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...credits David M. Mays ’90, who spun records on WHRB as an undergrad, for introducing him to underground emcees and tracks that never enjoyed commercial circulation. Mays later went on to found “The Source,” the first and most prominent mainstream hip-hop magazine...
...album also faced the challenge of being released by an underground artist on a relatively obscure underground label—Definitive Jux Records, also home to Aesop Rock and Cannibal Ox. But years of experience in Boston’s scene have made Lif a master of getting word out on his music...
...MOSCOW Underground Alert Last week the Russian government received a warning from Interpol that Chechen terrorists planned a chemical attack in the Moscow subway. The special mobile rescue force of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry (MCHS) went on red alert. No public warning was issued and no attack took place, but the MCHS rushed staff to Moscow just in case. The incident reminded Russian security agencies that the threat of further Chechen attacks is real, and exposed worrying gaps in Moscow's readiness to respond. A MCHS source tells TIME rescue workers began training for a chemical attack last December...
...step forward in the Big Dig’s ultimate goal of replacing the elevated Central Artery highway with an underground road—beautifying Boston as it makes it safer—is one that we greet with enthusiasm. But the Big Dig is by no means over, and the successful closure of this phase in its plan should not obscure all that remains to be addressed...
...irony, for a desert city in its fifth consecutive year of drought, is that it is water that's killing Jaisalmer. The city was built of dry stone in 1156, before the advent of piped water and underground sewers. In those days, residents collected their water from a nearby lake and stored it in clay urns. Today the gallons piped in daily to meet the demands of a growing population and its shower-needy visitors are overwhelming the ancient plumbing. "Seepage into the foundations has left many structures unstable," says Sue Carpenter, founder of a charity called Jaisalmer in Jeopardy...