Foxboro’s Casino War: It’s Starting to come apart
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 4/2012 Do you remember Gary Larson’s often bizarre and always hilarious “Far Side” comic strip? It always made me laugh, and I…
Review: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band / Wrecking Ball Tour / Izod Center, Meadowlands, NJ / Wednesday, April 4, 2012
By Robert Gillis, 4/2012 The eponymous track of Bruce Springsteen’s new CD, “Wrecking Ball,” was written a few years back in response to the demolition of the old Giants Stadium…
Foxboro: You need to read the newspaper and stay informed!
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 4/2012 You live in Foxboro, it’s 2am and you’ve just been woken out of a sound sleep because you heard a very…
Review: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band / Wrecking Ball Tour / TD Bank Garden Boston / Monday, March 26, 2012
by Robert Gillis Published in the Boston City Paper 4/2012 Nosebleed seats (section 330 row 10, place your trays in the upright position) but who cares, — it’s Bruce Springsteen…
[Updated] Foxboro double power outage: Forgotten already?
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 2/2012 It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon and I’m gassing up my car and a National Grid truck pulls into the lot. And…
“Angels Are All Around You,” — remembering the kindness of Ewa Jedrychowska
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper, 2/2012 “Angels are all around you.” It’s maybe ten years ago, a beautiful Saturday morning and I’ve just…
Casino in Foxboro is a losing bet
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 9/2011 “Well I got a job and put my money away / But I got debts no honest man can pay /…
Retro-Review “A Christmas Carol” (1951)
by Robert Gillis 1/2012 There have been countless adaptations of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” over the last century. One of my annual Christmas traditions is to watch several of…
More Silver Age Comics fun with Lois Lane!
by Robert Gillis 1/2012 What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE (Click any image to enlarge) Another slow news day so I…
Slow news day! Entertainment edition!
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City paper 1/2012 Back by popular demand, and because we REALLY need some humor in the local news, slow news…
A letter to Mom on Christmas Day
By Robert Gillis Sent to Mom Christmas, 2005 And published in the Boston City Paper 11/2011 I thought I would share a letter I wrote to my Mom on Christmas…
Silver Age Comic Book Sillyness: Watch the skies!
by Robert Gillis 12/2011 What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE (Click any image to enlarge) Slow news day so I thought…
‘Tis the season to be generous
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper 12/2011 “I have always thought of Christmas time, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time;…
Another storm, another four days without electricity – ENOUGH.
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 11/2011 For the second time in two months, despite plenty of weather forecasts and warnings, our town was without power for four…
The prodigal son returns to church (again)
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City paper 10/2011 A few years ago I attended a family wedding. During mass, several of my other cousins and…