{"id":7474,"date":"2018-05-28T10:09:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T14:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=7474"},"modified":"2018-06-01T22:14:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T02:14:02","slug":"boston-compass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2018\/05\/28\/boston-compass\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Compass\u2014The Monthly Guide To The City\u2019s Music Underground\u2014Reaches Its 100th Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wrote about the\u00a0Boston Compass reaching a milestone in the\u00a0latest Dig Boston<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cDirecting you to underground shows and awesome happenings! in Boston,\u201d Samuel Potrykus scrawled across the top of the first edition of the Boston Compass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He debuted it on March 6, 2010, as just a single photocopied sheet of paper. Each month since, the Boston Compass has arrived as a sort of oracle. The broadside grew into a newsprint newspaper. It was a magical window into a far out, fringe, independent, underground world of secret house shows filled with fuzzy garage rock and experimental noise\u2014that the police were trying to infiltrate and shut down.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople who have no voice or no platform or no foundational support, we are a place for them,\u201d Potrykus says. \u201c\u2026It\u2019s literally navigating you to something you otherwise can\u2019t get to. That\u2019s why it\u2019s called the Compass.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, eight years later, and with the help of dozens and dozens of volunteers over the years, the Compass has reached its 100th issue and Potrykus and friends (including his partners at Boston Hassle and Brain Arts) are celebrating the \u201cCompass Centennial\u201d with a free party<\/a> featuring DJs, snacks, beer and a \u201cfashion photo booth\u201d at the Garment District in Cambridge from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 31…<\/p>\n

Read the rest of this article at Dig Boston<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> Photos: Boston Compass Centennial Celebration at Garment District<\/a><\/p>\n

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The original pasted-up master copy that Samuel Potrykus assembled for the first Boston Compass, dated March 6, 2010. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Emma Levitt (left) and Samuel Potrykus at the offices of the Boston Compass at Dorchester Art Project in Boston, May 2, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Boston Compass. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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