“Fester’s Quest” (Sunsoft, 1989) Have you ever had a tortured relationship with a video game? If you’ve ever played a video game, then your answer...
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A sound connection
Reggae singer-songwriter Rocky Dawuni divides his time between a successful music career and global humanitarian efforts. The second oldest of eight siblings, Dawuni grew up...
Style queue
For info on Style Queue Magazine, click here. /stīl/ /kyo͞o/ noun 1. a sequence of people with a distinctive appearance 2. A style column for The Sound whereby...
Safe space
It’s only been about four months since Haven, the new nonprofit that formed when A Safe Place and Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS) merged, moved...
Found in translation
As a child, Shiao-Ping Wang learned to write hundreds of complicated Chinese characters, each one representing a word, rather than a sound. A native of...
Flash forward
Comedian Cameron Esposito’s stand-up ascendancy began in earnest after a debut set on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson” in 2013, where guest Jay...
Bouncing back
If you’ve been seeing more New England cottontail rabbits than usual hopping around the Bellamy River Wildlife Sanctuary in Dover, you can thank the New...
Now hear this
“Horn Hill” by Tiger Saw Burst and Bloom Records File Under: indie, slow-core, basement soul Sounds like: Low, Songs: Ohia, The Microphones While Maine’s Monhegan Island...
Seacoast news in brief
The 2016 presidential race has been in full-swing for months, and now, a number of Seacoast candidates are looking ahead to high-profile state and federal...
3S Artspace artistic director announces leave of absence
[Updated 11/4/15 with a statement from 3S Artspace interim executive director Karil Reibold. — LC] 3S Artspace founder and artistic director Chris Greiner is...
Good advice
Bright As You Can,” the new album from Mike Merenda and Ruth Ungar, better known as Mike + Ruthy, is a family affair. In any...
Second act
When Kathleen Cavalaro took over as the Seacoast Repertory Theatre’s interim executive director in the fall of 2014, the theater was in trouble. In debt,...
Cold casts
For many, mid-October marks the end of trout fishing season in New Hampshire, which to casual anglers means a segue off the rivers and streams...
Now read this
Beatlebone by Kevin Barry Taking real-life events, Barry has created a fantastical novel about one of the world’s icons: John Lennon. In “Beatlebone,” it’s 1978 and...
Video Vault: Vampire Circus
“Vampire Circus” Hammer Film Productions, 1972 Starring: Robert Tayman, Adrienne Corri, David Prowse, and Thorley Walters Directed by: Robert Young The plot: Handsome vampire Count...
Seacoast news in brief
The state’s Department of Health and Human Services has begun accepting applications for its therapeutic cannabis program, almost three years after state legislators legalized medical...
Photo/Album
Guy Capecelatro III and Michael Winters sit at a conference table in The Sound’s office. Capecelatro, a wordsmith who rarely (if ever) declines a project,...
Influences and intersections
In modern punk and hardcore, Defeater is one of only a few bands able to bridge the gap between the worlds of headstrong aggression and insightful...
Heart and art
For Anna Nuttall, it takes a community to make art — and arts education — truly effective. It’s an idea Nuttall has put into practice...
Monster man
When writer Jeremy Robinson was growing up in Beverly, Mass., he’d look out his bedroom window and imagine Godzilla, the giant movie monster best known...
The Sound’s 2015 Rochester City Council Voter’s Guide: Caroline McCarley
For Mayor: Caroline McCarley Occupation: Publisher, Wiley Publishing Prior public service: 17 years on Rochester School Board, 11 as chair; six years as state senator...
The Sound’s 2015 Rochester City Council Voter’s Guide
With a land area of about 45 square miles, Rochester is geographically the largest community in Strafford County. And, with a population of about 30,000 people,...
The Sound’s 2015 Somersworth City Council Voter’s Guide: Martin Dumont Sr.
For Ward 3: Martin Dumont, Sr. (Incumbent) In the next two years, what do you think is the most important thing the council can do...
The Sound’s 2015 Rochester City Council Voter’s Guide: Human
For Ward 6, Seat A: Human Occupation: (not provided) Prior public service: I have been a devout government watchdog for the past seven years, and...
The Sound’s 2015 Rochester City Council Voter’s Guide: Donna Bogan
For Ward 6, Seat A: Donna Bogan (Incumbent) Occupation: Paraeducator, Rochester school district Prior public service: Current City Council member, Ward 6 If elected, what...