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THIS WEEK IN THE MONADNOCK REGION... We're back—not because we have to be, but because you want us to be. Join Chris and Zoë as they navigate a world that insists on excellence. Chris promises to delay his sharper critiques; he'll hold off, but only until we've covered what truly matters. Tonight, we delve into: * The vital importance of your voice in the 'Choice Awards,' casting your vote for diVINE on Main. It's not just a choice—it's a statement. * Charlie Chronopoulos, crafting the hits you love and collaborating with legends like Chris Stapleton—because to aim high is to hit high. * Chris issues a rare, genuine apology to Del Rossi's Trattoria, recognizing a classic when he sees it. * Children OF THE ARTS Day, a celebration of the unsung heroes of our skies—the birds. Join us, because sometimes the smallest voices make the loudest echo. * A nostalgic trip to our 90s-Themed Night Market. Submit your stories, reignite the past. * The announcement of William Mullen's novel 'Anywhere But Here'—because the right words can take you anywhere. * A prelude to our Town Meeting debate on May 1. Be there—because decisions are made by those who show up. * And, as promised, Chris will unleash his famed tirades. After all, every show needs a grand finale. Tune in to Episode 64 of 'GoMo Tonight.' We're not just making noise; we're making history." Bill Mullen's debut novel ANYWHERE BUT HERE will be released from Monadnock Underground Press on May 10. PREORDER HERE to save 20%:https://www.gomonadnock.com/bookstore/p/anywherebuthere Vote for diVINE on Main, Del Rossis, Beepas, and other local favorites in the "choice awards" here: https://www.sentinelsource.com/choice_awards/choice_awards_2024/#// Send us your 90s writing: submit@monadnockunderground.com

EPISODE 63 - JFK WALKS INTO A MARKET BASKET w/ SPECIAL GUEST MIKE JACKMAN November 22 marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. For nearly three quarters of Americans today, questions still remain. To remember this infamous anniversary and open space for these questions to be asked and discussed, Monadnock Underground is teaming up with OTHER local podcast Jackman Radio for 60 Years of the Unspeakable, a film screening and discussion forum at the Peterborough Town Library 1833 Room THIS FRIDAY 11/17, from 7-10 pm. Mike Jackman of Jackman Radio joins us to talk the event, the assassination, working at the Rindge Market Basket, the surprising wonders of Brookline, NH, and why conscience is still cool. EVENT DETAILS: https://www.facebook.com/events/682217753865981 Jackman Radio's stellar interview with RFK, Jr.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43pRzgNBjn4 Listen to Jackman Radio on YouTube following the link above or on ANY PODCAST PROVIDER.

EPISODE 62 - BANGIN ON A TRASH CAN THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region, a lot of people get PROPS! Props to you, props to me, props to all of us for surviving this far! * Props to Viva Bach Peterborough * Props to SweenEats Food Delivery Services LLC * Props to Royal spice Indian Restaurant * Props and best wishes for our friends over at Yalla Lebanese Food Truck * Props to DiVINE on main for their NEW WINE LIST (which we still need to try) * Props to the beautiful couple who purchased Roy's Market, along with some free advice * Props to THE HONORABLE Jonah Wheeler, making us all proud by representing us as ably in Harper's Magazine as he does in Concord (with a brief word from Brother Mouzzone) PLUS: * A MAJOR upcoming event with Mike Jackman of Jackman Radio comemmorating the 60th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination * Halfhearted well-wishes for ramen * A reminder that the proper time to drink coffee is at NIGHT * Do not trust any airline pilots Rep Wheeler in Harpers (get it together Lamar): https://harpers.org/archive/2023/10/against-the-current/ 60 Years of the Unspeakable Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/682217753865981

Episode 61: A Whole Year of Freedom THIS WEEK IN THE MONADNOCK REGION: * The biggest controversy in town is a war between the pickleball crew and the tennis gang (I wish I were making this up) * Straining credulity further, we give EVEN MORE PROPS OUT this week: shoutout to Blair Weiss on the 1-year anniversary of the wildly successful and forward-looking Peterborough, NH - Uncensored group (aka The Freedom Group), as well as a well-deserved nod to Ali Kreutz for grant-writing wizardry that benefits us all * Also, we explain why you don't want your kids to be like insects (it involves Freud) * And much much more

[Oops! Please forgive us, this has been on YouTube and FB for days and somehow WE FORGOT OUR AUDIO LISTENERS! Sincere apologies!] It's Midsummer's Eve, and what's up THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region? * When will Chris be readmitted to the Peterborough, NH group * Things like this can spiral out of control if not handled delicately * An adult conversation about the bears (whom we LOVE here at GoMonadnock) * Why you should join us at Yalla Lebanese Food Truck EVERY SUNDAY, plus some fun updates from DiVINE on main and Brady's American Grill * A passionate speech on the need, collectively for MIDSUMMER CELEBRATION * Plus more advice than you will even know what to do with

GoMo Tonight Episode 57: Martin Caxton Comes to Town THIS WEEK IN THE MONADNOCK REGION: * The Fidium outage made us miss the Friday email, but thanks to Sam Abbott (Sells Homes/Gets Hacked) and Colin Murdough (not McDonough), we DIDN'T miss First Friday * Let's talk about WINE and why it's one of the most important things (we visit DiVINE on main and have a great deal to say about it) * And while we're at it, let's talk about New Brady's American Grill -- do you know about this yet? * Also, do you know about THE PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST?? (Enter and vote HERE: https://peterboroughcamera.com/) * Recap of Children of the Arts and the Afterparty that Wasn't. Related videos: ** Parade with Commentary: https://youtu.be/NGQrfznlvnc ** Afterparty Willpower 1: https://youtu.be/aadVwtOSpPI ** Afterparty Willpower 2: https://youtu.be/Lxy_VRIZPv0 (Afterparty Feat. @redlucktrio, and we WILL bring them back) Plus we talk lots of shit and even help a few people find love! This is a great episode, believe me.

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region, it's CHILDREN OF[/AND] THE ARTS WEEK and we are THROWING YOU AN AFTERPARTY Special thanks to RED LUCK for allowing us to include TWO FULL TRACKS in this episode, "The Garden Woman" and "A Wave Will Rise". For more, see here - https://www.youtube.com/@redlucktrio - or COME TO SATURDAY'S AFTERPARTY at 3 in Depot Square when they'll make their MONADNOCK REGION DEBUT But first... * We deliver a passionate pep talk about Children and the Arts Day and MAKE OUR CASE FOR THROWING A PARTY * This includes moral exhortation -- it is, indeed, your responsibility to your fellow citizens to go to this party * Find out exclusive details, hear the wild promises, and discover what you DON'T want to miss out on * We also recount this week's DELIGHTFUL and CLASSIC lawnmowing post in the Peterborough group (yes, we talk about the bees again) * And finally, we round out the episode with an ultrafast TOWN MEETING roundup -- including a sneak peak a Chris' analyical essay examining this year's process and what it means and what it says about ALL OF US

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: Our brief absence made it so that there's now a million things to talk about: * Did a former select board member start a wildfire? * Did a PES student torch the house across from Alltown as an act of kindness? * Were you at the secret VIP Harlow's Last Hurrah Dance Party? * TOWN MEETING: Select Board Showdown and Planning Board Melee (!!!!) * Chris is a candidate now and there's nothing anyone can do (featuring a very long rant about the sacred civic necessity of the Zoning Board of Adjustment and freedom) * The Trolling of the Warrant Articles * The one way that Chris can be defeated ***In partnership with the Peterborough Town Library, GoMonadnock will host the Peterborough Parley III Debate and Salon, featuring Town Meeting candidate debates and a Vision Session moderated by (the Honorable) Jonah Wheeler -- May 3 at 6:30 PM at the PTL*** Check out Monadnock Underground's Fall 2022 season: www.monadnockunderground.com/tag/fall2022season/ Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: zoe@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ If you don't like the sound quality, that's because this was NOT produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. That's our fault. But GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/ AND wear their GEAR and emulate them with their GUITAR PICKS: www.zazzle.com/store/downbytenmerch

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: We dedicate a full episode to issues related to the election nobody goes to (in Peterborough, at least) -- the CONVAL SCHOOL BUDGET AND BOARD VOTES (next Tuesday, 3/14) * Controversial (but reasonable) views abound * Why isn't there any good info online? * Why isn't there any good info in the paper (what paper?) * The Great Question all candidates should answer (even if we don't have time to ask them) * Administrative bloat * Does anyone want us to vote in this election? (big shrug emoji) * Does New Hampshire have more freedom than Massachusetts? * Even if we can't reduce the budget, are there ways the school district can contribute to the public good? (yes) * How people should win elections * We are gonna be better than other places (whether we like it or not)

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region.... We have a lot to talk about. (And sorry about the intro music, we're still figuring this out.) * This episode was recorded during the Great Deep Freeze of 2023 (that whole thing probably our bad karma from trash talking Europe a couple episodes ago) * Old news, but we recap the Library and Rec Committee presentations before the joint Select Board and Budged Committee (SELECTBUD) (great presentations honestly, and some of the questions asked were weird; come on, let's not squeeze people) * This leads to a deep discussion about the nature and ideology around public goods and services (if you want to raise money, Cunningham Pond should sell hot dogs) * Businesses changing hands - Brady's AND Toadstool (sadly we recorded this before the more recent rumors) * Does anybody have any stories about "The Wreck Room", Ancient Peterborough's heavy metal club? (the recent past of this place, for those of us not born here, is so mysterious) * Why is that one festival scheduled, again, for that one day? (Mean-spirited, lacking in good will) * Other businesses are asserting their RIGHTS (the maple syrup KINGPIN'S EMPORIUM and the bona fide fake Instagram farm) * We are soon gonna have a call-in show -- LIVE (stay tuned for details) Check out Monadnock Underground's Fall 2022 season: www.monadnockunderground.com/tag/fall2022season/ Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: zoe@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/ AND wear their GEAR and emulate them with their GUITAR PICKS: www.zazzle.com/store/downbytenmerch

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: (we try out the screen-sharing function on this new platform for the first time) * We forgot it was our 50th episode (but listen to find out how we plan to make up for it in EPISODE 52) * But seriously, we have some ideas for this year and we need public feedback (yes it's still winter, but in a minute it won't be): ** Children of the Arts AFTERPARTY?? (We'll wait until several people retire before the drinking in the streets thing) ** What about a balloon arch at Town Meeting Voting Session? Hot Dogs? (The taxpayers already own a hotdog machine) ** People who go to the Town Meeting Open Session deserve STICKERS ("I LEGISLATED") * School interests and town interests should not be considered separately (this isn't Vatican City over here; voting on this is just over a month away) ** Do you have ideas about this? Uncle Sam NEEDS YOU * So winter did come (Rindge might be the future but it's probably not the present (yet)) Check out Monadnock Underground's Fall 2022 season: www.monadnockunderground.com/tag/fall2022season/ Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: zoe@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/ AND wear their GEAR and emulate them with their GUITAR PICKS: www.zazzle.com/store/downbytenmerch

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: * Is the paper blackballing Jonah Wheeler? BUT FIRST: * We experiment with a brand new recording platform, MOSTLY with success (except for the music, which is NOT Sound Lord Chad's fault) * We muse on the nature of the beginning of the year and how January is a time of starts and stops (and there's ASTROLOGY) * Should the budget for the new fire station include permanent built-in Christmas lights? (Yes, but when does Peterborough Christmas end?) * Why is Europe so far to the North? (and YET there's no goddamn snow in England) * This is actually a discussion about ancient pagan holidays, but what if Europe got cold and New England got warm? (Think of the opportunities for us) * Chris wonders if Europe isn't that great (even if that doesn't make them deserve to be cold) * Is the NBA kickstarting European colonization of Africa? (Maybe, and France is in charge) * Are plow drivers the real heroes? (that's what the money is for!) * WHY DO WE TELL PEOPLE TO BRAKE FOR MOOSE (half the people I know brake for squirrels) Plus we help the missed connections of the region FIND LOVE. Check out Monadnock Underground's Fall 2022 season: www.monadnockunderground.com/tag/fall2022season/ Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: zoe@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/ AND wear their GEAR and emulate them with their GUITAR PICKS: www.zazzle.com/store/downbytenmerch

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region, we return to the Space Lounge after a leeeeegnthy holiday hiatus for the FIRST EPISODE OF 2023... ...and we return with a brand new reason to find an ugly rubber disease bracelet to wear! * Is Friday the 13th about sacred femininity vs the patriarchy? (No, but we'd love to meet the guy who made this up like two years ago and hope he's still laughing about it) * This wasn't JUST a Christmas/New Years/Kawanzaa break - Chris had surgery on 1/3, relinquishing his once-beloved right kidney in order to also get a hunk of accidental "cance" out of him (open to listener feedback regarding what color ugly bracelet we should use for Transitional Cell Carcinoma) * Peeing and other bodily functions should remain relatively normal, and when they don't, find a doctor who will listen to you! (We're getting old, fellow Millennials; we gotta worry about these things now) * If you had the chance, would you want to be a spectator for kidney surgery? (And what happened to those single-camera raw, unedited surgery shows TLC used to do back in the day? Have we as a society decided we no longer wish to see other people get operated on? Or are surgery shows still among us - just in a more evolved form?) * Chris has complained for years about the broad overreaction to the opioid crisis, and now he is a VICTIM (it's possible, at least worth considering, that major organ removal cance surgery might sufficiently justify like 3-5 days of strong dope) * Biology may be brutal and treacherous, but the point here is to see this act of healing done practically upon the New Year as the gateway to a 2023 of flourishing (...but, inspirational attitudes aside, January is boring even in a good year like that) * It's so warm this winter that we can't even do crazy Wim Hof stuff even if we want to, and Chris can't even get any credit for not complaining about winter (but seriously bro you gotta try the cold water at the end of your shower) * It might be quiet now, but lurking beneath the depths like the leviathan, Budget Season has quietly begun (before you know it we will be careening toward TOWN MEETING) * There are drawbacks to open meeting laws (we'll eventually deal with it when we're in our 50s maybe) Check out Monadnock Underground's Fall 2022 season: www.monadnockunderground.com/tag/fall2022season/ Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: zoe@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/ AND wear their GEAR and emulate them with their GUIAR PICKS: www.zazzle.com/store/downbytenmerch

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region... What says Christmas more than the honorable and newly-elected representative from Hillsborough 33 and the hardest working musician in New Hampshire? We're joined for our SPECIAL HOLIDAY DOUBLE-EPISODE by the spectacular and luminous Jonah Wheeler and the dazzling and soulful Charlie Chronopoulos! We manage to stick to Christmas for at least the first hour and then...we wonder who killed JFK and things spiral around the globe from there. This is an EPIC episode ITSELF destined to be part of Monadnock Region lore. (Don't worry we bring it back to a heartwarming seasons greetings message before the end. And if that isn't a true blue miracle...) * We share our favorite Christmas songs and the controversial, uncensored reasons why (war, German harshness, Putin masks, fear, minor keys, etc.) * Somewhat inevitably, we segue naturally to an equally shocking discussion of our favorite Christmas movies (The Case for Mickey's Christmas Carol! Shoutout to Xmas Eve on Sesame St) * Was the collective child-consciousness as expressed by the films of the 80s helpful or did they damage a generation beyond repair (and what are the implications of this in the NH state house)? * What is the best way to introduce children to the JFK assassination during the holidays? (OLIVER STONE, Santa's nephew) * Many people don't know this, but children in the 60s used to sit on Nixon's lap and ask for presents (and some people to this day use Britney Spears for communion) * Jonah, alone among the group, presents the Christmas spirit of unrelenting optimism (which we like but argue with) * Charlie debuts The Parable of the Lost Musical (a timeless story that echoes well beyond this present day) Maybe we all have a role to play and there's a plan for us after all. God bless us, every one. Peace on earth, good will to men. Check out Monadnock Underground's Fall 2022 season: www.monadnockunderground.com/tag/fall2022season/ Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: zoe@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/ AND wear their GEAR and emulate them with their GUIAR PICKS: www.zazzle.com/store/downbytenmerch

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region, we make our SECOND attempt at a Christmas episode - no politics, no planning boards, no community centers, JUST CHRISTMAS (and Channukah) - ...and we explore Peterborough's Dark Christmas History * We discuss Project Shakespeare's production of A Christmas Carol (which is, unfortunately, over already) * Tales from Peterborough Cookie Judging (and ambitions for the future of Hometown Holidays) * Don't bring glass lanterns to the lantern walk (but you can pray to the Christmas Lobster of Peterborough for forgiveness if you fill the bank parking lot with shards) * Peterborough's dark Christmas past (and the curse that gave birth to Conval; not in a manger) * Just in time for Christmas, they are slowly hunting down and arresting the Rindge rioters Jan 6 style * We end on a really happy note (there is hope for us after all) Check out Monadnock Underground's Fall 2022 season: www.monadnockunderground.com/tag/fall2022season/ Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: zoe@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/ AND wear their GEAR and emulate them with their GUIAR PICKS: www.zazzle.com/store/downbytenmerch

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: We attempt, with all we have, to produce our first of several Christmas/Holiday-themed episodes, but we'll blame our partial failure on the fact that this episode was recorded BEFORE the Hometown Holiday Weekend! (But if you listen all the way through, you'll hear Chris sing the NH state song to the tune of a classic Christmas carol) Did you know we are selling controversial merchandise? Find it here - you'll never get libel and outrage and inside jokes like this anywhere else! https://www.redbubble.com/people/GoMo-Gear/shop * We cover some pre-HH Weekend thoughts and wishes (maybe spreeeeeaad these great events out a little bit; maybe different orgs and town departments can call each other before scheduling things) * We're not just "talking excrement" here - we're not just lending our hands but VOWING to host a GoMonadnock Holiday Ball starting next year (we're here to help) * Special Christmas reminder that at the summer Night Market we produced Peterborough's very own H***ark Christmas Special, Snow Falls, Love Settles (watch it in full here, performed by Corinne Chronopoulos, Eddie Gomez, "The Belt Hipp", and David of Texas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMtMZeLsqDM) * At this point in the episode, Christmas gets lost a little bit because we were COMPELLED to discuss the newspaper's controversial Ivy Vann "article" (and if it's not controversial, we tell you why it should be) * What happened here? Why wasn't anybody with any interest in any of the subjects covered in this "story" called and given an opportunity to comment or offer an opposing perspective? (there's no way to twist the basic fundamental tenets of journalism to explain this away) * Why wouldn't this many column-inches be dedicated to, say, someone who maybe WON an election this year (like come on, where's the multi-thousand-word profile of a certain brilliant fellow whose election victory might be called historical significance?) * Bottom line is that the public deserves and should demand much better than this for the public discourse, and weird offensives like this hinder, rather than help, our ability to have a productive conversation on housing * While we were recording, we received some live breaking news about the DNC trying to destroy New Hampshire's sacred FIRST IN THE NATION STATUS (this aggression will not stand!) * We have a special Christmas New Hampshire Patriotism moment, exploring our official state song and why Vermont sucks Check out Monadnock Underground's Fall 2022 season: www.monadnockunderground.com/tag/fall2022season/ Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: zoe@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/ AND wear their GEAR and emulate them with their GUIAR PICKS: https://www.zazzle.com/store/downbytenmerch

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region, a VERY SPECIAL EPISODE (VSE) celebrating Thanksgiving with the only Monadnock Underground writer to ever receive a content complaint, Duke of Atlantic City JARED RADKE. This turned into a remarkably personal, intimate episode filled with wild stories you do NOT want to miss. Also, we are pleased to UPDATE everyone that Rachel's stolen Subaru has been FOUND! (But it's probably a total loss) (Jared's Fall 2022 Season piece ran today on M/U - find it here: https://www.monadnockunderground.com/the-devastating-day/) What follows is ROLLICKING RIDE discussing the issues of the day and the matters that haunt us and make us grateful in this wonderful life we all have. * Does anybody remember the Wikipedia Oracle (Jared teaches us all a game we can STILL play) * We talk about the vagaries of the writing process (special guest appearance from another M/U award-winning FAVORITE, Rachel Mussenden) * What is appropriate for children to read? Especially impressionable teens - should we keep them away from the YA?? (The answer is yes, how about Catch-22, Vonnegut, Confederacy of Dunces??) * We talk about the wonders (?) of Atlantic City (and Chris tells some legally questionable stories which fortunately are past the statute of limitations) * The dangers of road rage (some people get calmer as they get older, some go another way) * Traditional Thanksgiving topics like strip clubs and sports gambling (and the merits of various cigarette brands) * Brief discussion of the NH Executive Council (blowing the minds of New Jersey residents everywhere) * Connections between that weird Croydon gaming preserve and the Bohemian Grove (and the chicken of Boston Market) * New Jersey politics might be more interesting (dare we say) * Why is Chris wearing the captain hat? Check out Monadnock Underground's Fall 2022 season: www.monadnockunderground.com/tag/fall2022season/ Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: zoe@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK in the MONADNOCK REGION: This episode primarily covers the TWO most pressing topics facing us today: local ELECTION RESULTS (Decision '22 has been made) and what we should REALLY do with the Peterborough Community Center (aka "the bunker") and why. But specifically: * We discuss the merits of street lights, which many people in New Hampshire have never seen * Back when Home Alone 2 was made, in the pinnacle of civilization, they made plastic water bottles that didn't crinkle (Smartwater bottles can bring even YOU straight back to the halcyon days of the '90s) * Should we serve ONLY Peterborough Town Water at Select Board meetings? (And all meetings, everywhere) * 2022 midterm turnout was at potentially record-breaking levels in Our Town (why, though?) * Jonah Wheeler wins in potential historic election result (even if it IS like Baltimore) * But are there any real conclusions we can TRULY draw from this election? * The only two republicans to win in Peterborough won because of the Democrat-Libertarians (LOL) * The history of the armory-turned-Peterborough-community-center * No public tax funds can be spent on the community center, based on the original agreement * A study was already done showing the place to be an utter disaster (asbestos and everything else) * The history and the facts basically make the case without further argument being made (but we will make further argument anyway) * How about one single person who cares deeply about this just pays for it - if we need it? (And if we don't have the need or the noblesse oblige patron...let's solution for alternatives!) * You should not care *primarily* what ConVal wants - you should care what is in the public interest Check out Monadnock Underground's Fall 2022 season: https://www.monadnockunderground.com/tag/fall2022season/ Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: zoe@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: * We get back to regular episodes as Zoë returns from Europe * We judge the quality of Peterborough Halloween 2022 ** We still think we should trick or treat on Saturdays every year (sorry PPD!!) ** Pine Street and Pine Ridge got the best reviews (shoutout to the saintly lady with jello shots) * Straight-up guerrilla warfare on the streets of Rindge (you think we're kidding) * Some final pre-election commentary (yes we obviously know the outcomes already) * What's up with Marty's Driving Range? * We catch up on Missed Connections for the first time in like 6 weeks! Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: zoe@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/ And, actually, the band has some sick MERCH: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/129923221?fbclid=IwAR1FysaE7fkR0wCBLyuv25D_2lcCK5lKMS8mj4kPBgeV-uVJVV1MGiL-2xA

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region, we are joined by SPECIAL GUEST HOST John Palmucci, Jr., representative of the entire state of New Jersey, canceled podcaster, the brains behind Socialist Soprano Memes, and longtime friend of Monadnock Underground! * John has been KEPT OFF THE AIRWAVES for six months and only GoMo Tonight is breaking the blacklist (he's been listening to our show from afar in a spirit of LONGING) * We get John's take on the kids not being able to go to the bathroom at ConVal * Can you un-register to vote? (Chris realizes he might accidentally be a democrat right now) * The sacred temple curtain of Wilton is not authorized (likely has to do with the curse that lives in that town) * Uncle Joe Biden went to New Jersey to legalize weed (kinda; but sometimes it's okay when politicians do good things to win votes) * Daddy Elon Musk is indeed buying Twitter after all (maybe he will help John make money!) * An inside look into the dark world of online leftism (retirement is sweet and not fascist) * Chris gets accused of being a free stater (but DO we need public education? And how do you money launder with Bitcoin?) Socialist Sopranos Memes: https://www.facebook.com/socialistsopranos Find John on Twitter: @gabagoolmarx Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: zoe@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: * We turn the heat on (but thank god we don't have wood heat) * We do not have a hurricane (but we could use the rain) * We do not violate the water ban edict of S****ag (but don't rat out your neighbors) * Even if the phrase is ruined, sometimes "the vibes are off" is the right phrase (we don't really care if Trevor Noah leaves, but we do care about Four Winds Farm) * Is it possible for the once-top downtown bar to lose the Mandate of Heaven? (yes, not to culturally appropriate) * Sometimes nobody remembers how heady the Aughts really were (it wasn't as definitionless as we thought) * As a society, we need to let our hair down a little bit (we are more puritan than the puritans) * The cultural state of weed smoking among the middle class in 2022 (to the extent that we even know) * A whole treatise on the importance of festivals (wait til you hear what happened to Peak into Peterborough) Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: zoe@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region, we bring you another Very Special Episode * Yes, we self-censored Episode 38 because it was just too negative in tone to unleash on the world (righteous anger is actually the worst kind) * We give a very quick and even-tempered recap of the things we MIGHT have talked about in the TOO-HOT-FOR-THE-INTERNET episode (guess which issues) * We gently suggest that the democratic nominees for Hillsborough 33 become like House of Cards (or The Wire, it's what Barack Obama would want) * OUR VERY SAD NEWS: Sam Abbott Sells Homes, Gets Hacked, Leaves M/U Media (conspiracies abound as to the real reason) * For real, we owe him a million thanks, everything that we are currently doing is thanks to Sam (but we still give him shit, even if he's very young) * Find out what we'll be doing NEXT on the program and beyond * ONE LAST ROUND of missed connections - Sam is gonna help people find love before riding off into the sunset In all seriousness, our jokes only mask the sincere sorrow we feel at this conscious uncoupling with our close friend and partner. A million thanks to you, Sam - and go see him if you want to buy or sell a house! Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: zoe@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/ ** DON'T FORGET DAD ROCK IN THE MONADNOCK REGION - DOWN BY TEN AT RILEY'S PLACE IN MILFORD SATURDAY 10/1 AT 8 PM**

THIS WEEK IN THE MONADNOCK REGION... * Chris discusses his favorite erroneous pro-winter meme while rocking an even thicker summer mustache than usual (#cantletgo) * We face the dilemma as to whether or not to watch the new Lord of the Rings show (which leads to another deep discussion of prestige television, including House of the Dragon; is HBO the only entity capable of making real prestige tv?) * Highlights from the Peterborough Parley II - what will happen in Hillsborough 33? (Find out how Peterborough is like The Wire) * Should Peterborough be a one-party-ideas town? (more fights make us stronger) * We gotta find George Hansel (the dems are interfering in this primary!) * The greatest Peterborough Fire & Rescue FB post of all time (all's well that ends well, no 9/11) * One of the worst posts in Group HISTORY (yes it's the one you're thinking of) Our footage of the Peterborough Parley II (sorry about the buzz): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHaguRjzJrs WE LIED last week - Chad and DOWN BY TEN *are* playing in Milford on 10/1 but at RILEY'S PLACE. 9/17 is Dad Rock at Mom's. We regret the lie. (We thought Sam went into hiding but he was actually working on getting a certain politician on the show) Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

This week in the Monadnock Region, things get HOT! And we have several special announcements! * Night Market / Space Lounge Live Recap (including Chris' screwup of the audio recording) * Announcing the presale of ANYWHERE BUT HERE, a singular 1980s road adventure from M/U contributor William J. Mullen (get it here: https://www.monadnockunderground.com/product/anywhere-but-here-presale/ - sample the story here: https://www.monadnockunderground.com/the-indian-in-a-toyota-and-the-mystery-trucker/) * WE HAVE A NEW PETERBOROUGH DEBATE - we will be cohosting the Peterborough Parley II with the Peterborough Town Library, a debate between the three candidates for the Hillsborough 33 Democratic primary, on 8/31 at 6:30 (details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/789299632413681) * Friday 9/2, part of September FIRST FRIDAY, we will be cohosting a book launch party with author Sarah Aborn for the UPLEVEL Self-Healing Workbook from 5-7 at Shakti Arts in Depot Square (COME ON DOWN, GET A SIGNED COPY) * For the last month, the Peterborough Facebook Group has been boring (BUT NOT ANYMORE!!) * Is it okay to suggest that businesses in key economic areas downtown mow their lawns? (Chris is actually doing more for the bees than you) * Will Peterborough be destroyed by apartments at 241 Union Street? (no) DAD ROCK AT MOM'S: Go see Down By Ten at Mom's in Milford 10/1: https://www.facebook.com/events/1614691185598833/?ti=ls Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: ALL EYES ARE ON NIGHT MARKET We've got Roy Schlieben of MAXT MAKERSPACE and THE NIGHT MARKET here to give us the full rundown of EVERYTHING, including: * What is to be done about the IDG Building? * What is the Night Market all about? * What can attendees expect and at what time at this great modern bazaar?? (Hear about everything from kids crafts to fire juggling to the bands...maybe even "the light saber fellow") * This is the one shining moment when we can have it all before summer winds down and school begins * The history and future of the MaxT Makerspace (If you don't know, it's like a gym for your CREATIVITY) * https://www.maxtmakerspace.org/ * What's the FOOD SITUATION? (You're gonna like the answer) * Don't actually haggle the vendors too much (these are our local artisans and craftspeople! even if we do want to pretend it's a little slice of Morocco) * We know some people who will be camping during the Night Market (which is obviously Wrong) Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

**August 12, the Space Lounge goes live. Come see us on the Library Patio during the Night Market for charm, drama, readings, and the debut of jazz trio HOVERCRAFT** THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: * The question is asked: what role do the Bee Gees play in Hot Dad Summer? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY) * One host (hmm) has thoughts on drought guaranteed to make people mad (but for the love of god let's not go there with the bees) * Climate Change comes to New England (but we won't go extinct TODAY! So let's start thinking about what we want) * NIGHT MARKET PREVIEW (imagine listening to this maddening stuff IN PERSON!! We give details - and ask for your input!) Like Local Jazz Trio HOVERCRAFT on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hovercraftmusic * Bring your kids, we won't say any f-bombs (and you can even judge Sound Lord Chad in person) * There is a movement growing to get Chris to dance * UPDATES ON THE POLES (this has to be a matter of compassion, character, and heart) Bonus flashback: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww * Is the Peterborough Gym Conversation the worst conversation of all time? (at least our gym isn't run by crooked cops) Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

**Have you ever wanted to go the Space Lounge IN REAL LIFE?? Come and see us August 12 as part of Peterborough NIGHT MARKET, where we will take over the library patio with a LIVE SHOW** THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region... * People are EXTREMELY TENSE (we remain committed to covering local murders but please CALM DOWN) ** It's just like The Leftovers, Season 1 (we are trying to tell you) * Brief coverage of the demise of a famous local prisoner (when you come at the king...the curse of Peterborough will catch up with you) ** We believe everyone has the right to only be shot once in their life, especially here in Our Town * Brief coverage of a favorite missing dog and 90s family pet movies (find the dog pls) * Extensive coverage of the sudden resurgence of THE PAVING SCAMS (people who are nice run the best scams) ** We give an unusual amount of good advice here * The police can teach you how to block people on FB * We love the young, and skateboarders (WHETHER OR NOT there is a link...) * Temple News: TDS has not released the poles (release the poles, TDS, Temple turns it's lonely eyes to you, woo woo woo) * We return to MISSED CONNECTIONS (a whole month and a half of possible love for lonely local singles who can reduce their tension *constructively*) Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

**Did you know that during Peterborough's Night Market (premier event of the summer) on August 12, we will be taking the SPACE LOUNGE LIVE on the library patio? Listen carefully to find out more!** THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region... * Sam Abbott Sells Homes Gets Hacked (we've been trying to tell you guys that phishing can happen to ANYONE but we promise we did not do this to Sam just to make a point) * We discuss social media in general and the bizarre ways we communicate with different people in our lives using different tools (naturally, Elon Musk and Chinese Vine come into the conversation) * (Hot Dad) Monadnock Summer continues with lots of blissfully anarchic pond usage (plus great area cocktail parties, amateur fireworks shows, and other Independence Day glamor) * Coverage of the Greenville midnight Pots and Pans Parade (Greenville and Rindge is the future, just wait and see; Sununu was there) * Speaking of interesting and skilled politicians, what the hell is the deal with George Hansel? (It's gotta be interesting if we spent time talking about the Mayor of Keene...maybe we can get him on the program) * Find out how to meet us live, with JAZZ (August 12, the Night Market should already be on your calendar anyway) * People are tense but are the phantom tire slashers real? Were Rec staffers camping at Adams Playground (Tales from the Police Log...) Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region, we return to the space lounge after several weeks of ABSENCE! Sam was too scared to join this week (JKJK) * We begin with a moment of inner peace and appreciation (what's up, deer) * We explain our inexcusable but unintentional three week absence (WHERE is Episode 30/XXX?!?!) * We address our inadvertent appearance in the public record (the LIFEGUARD controversy) * The ethics of roosters and neighbors * Temple's pole battle and Chris' fiber triumph (we don't really know how pole rights work but we SPECULATED anyway) Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK on the program: * Chris is in trouble on Facebook again and the Queen of England is involved (is it necessary? is it KIND?) * No one likes the Cunningham Pond lifeguards (lower ratings than the two most recent presidents) * Dating tips for Putnam Park and beyond (and how soup and sourdough can harm your sensual health) ** But we still may start a "Lunch in Putnam Park" movement (and we really are rooting for the hot singles, we want there to be passion; buy your baskets before it's too late) * EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT: Presale has been launched for Sarah Aborn's UPLEVEL Self-Healing Workbook - hear us gush about it and GET YOURS TODAY (https://www.monadnockunderground.com/product/uplevel-self-healing-workbook-preorder/) * MISSED CONNECTIONS (including a real local story with a happy ending and some grocery store updates) * Why people who say they "don't like small talk" are just maladjusted * We conclude this week with a few words about a departed friend Paddington Bear Link: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/04/paddington-bear-takes-tea-and-marmalade-with-queen-in-jubilee-video Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region, we welcome you all not only to official New England Summer but to HOT DAD SUMMER! We are ready to go; let's dive in: * To be clear, this is about the hot moms as well * Children of the Arts Day was everything we were hoping for AND MORE (Zoë's hat represented both the tropics and America, which are both very important for Hot Dad Summer) * Find out the ideas we have and the ones we are STEALING FROM CHURCHES for next year (AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE) * Is "arts after dark" too sexy? (No) * THE VISIONING MEETING CONTROVERSY (it's actually not a controversy at all; we break it down) * We reveal the true subject of Shel Silverstein's famous book (we believe in the street trees) * When wires appear on your house, it's better to post on Facebook than call the police PLUS: * Murder verdict is in (Chris garbles historical concepts of justice) * Our own homegrown Missed Connection (and other missed connection updates) Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

Back from a short break! We're here to talk about everyone's mental state, skateboarding, the upcoming start to summer, and Peterborough's relationship to KEENE. THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: * Chris returns from Arkansas with a special new hat to find that everyone here is even crazier than usual (PEOPLE ARE TENSE) * The Space Force base in New Boston has been attacked (unsuccessfully) * There was a shooting in Keene (a dispute perhaps, was it self-defense??) * Why can't we let the kids smoke? (it's almost like The Wire) * Skateboarding downtown - preferences vs principles (they're gonna look at it) ** We cover a TEMPLE ISSUE - what about the horse shit in the road!? (can technology offer solutions) * CoTA PREVIEW * And, yes, we tackle the WHOLE Keene issue (it turned out to be an ok post) Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

In this special TOWN MEETING episode of GoMo Tonight: * We recap the First Annual Peterborough Parley Debate and Salon (which can be seen in its entirety here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUD6szRKGFo ) ** Sam was a great timekeeper with the yellow and red paddles but we actually weren't strict with anybody about time (hopefully they don't smell weakness) ** All of the participating candidates held their own and performed to a good standard despite tough questions ** Nobody anywhere has ever read the master plan (all of us included) ** But watch out for Rindge (Rindge is the future) ** PEOPLE ARE TENSE! (Tough time to serve on a board) ** What a was Chris' secret joke inserted into the debate? (You have to listen to find out; but all of you are warned) ** What was the best DUST-UP? (If you know, you know) More Town Meeting 2022 coverage on YouTube: https://youtu.be/InhxItX24no and https://youtu.be/_iD-pnkVcjo * Chris actually has his own copy of the paper (big issue - it has Chris, Sam, SETH, and Bill Taylor AMONG OTHERS) * It's actually the best picture of Seth ever (like a Roman senator) * This year's themes for Peterborough public works are WATER AND FIRE (no we made that up...but MAY THEIR SPIRIT INFUSE OUR PUBLIC WORKS) * Some facts (only the facts, no opinions for 30 days, but there's only one T in DiLoreto) * Sam's got an ad for a nice house in there (he sells homes) * Is it rude that the Ledger asks candidates their ages? (but it's cool how young these candidates actually are) * The whole town of Peterborough does hope that River finds someone nice to settle down with here * We move on to our recurring MISSED CONNECTION segments (in the absence of a dog park, maybe YOU can help the hot singles of the Monadnock Region/all of southern NH find love) * Chris always wanted to be flirted with when he was a retail worker (seriously guys, let's bring romance back) Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: For our quarter-centennial episode, we decide to be HELPERS, bringing love to the Monadnock Region by reading everyone's Missed Connections. We also do a dramatic reading of a post from the Peterborough Facebook Group. Do you have a missed connection story? A girl in a chair by a dam? Reach out to us! * Ryan Courtenay either shot an arrow through his target or he missed his target (we hope the arrow is found either way) * There are problems with drivers in blue cars on their phones and road raging (respectively) ** But isn't the main issue that Subarus are ugly? (the puffer jacket of cars) * Craigslist has been decimated but Missed Connections ARE STILL ALIVE - even in the Monadnock Region - but who is actually reading them? We are going to HELP these people by AMPLIFYING their messages * What are WE even SHOPPING for?? (What are we joking about?) * Let's discuss the mall (it's actually awesome, like the 90s - just throw on some Ace of Base and cruise down the DW to the Pheasant Lane) * People are a little bit happier in Nashua than they are in the Monadnock Region (Ray Bans look so good) * A dramatic reading of the Bear Posts (should we do this live on stage?) Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

This week, we MIX THINGS UP by starting OFF with a guest, Manchester modern artist Brandy Patterson - before we circle back with some updates on PETERBOROUGH TOWN MEETING ISSUES. First, our guest: * Brandy's exhibit, "The Color of Music" is on display at the Peterborough Town Library from April 2-May 28 * APRIL 22 FROM 5-7 IS THE LIVE RECEPTION WITH BRANDY and MUSIC FROM CHAD * Brandy has synesthesia, meaning that she sees colors associated with music and emotion; the paintings in the exhibit were inspired by the colors produced by the sounds of her husband Chad's songs * Each painting on exhibit displays this process - the practice paintings that eventually gave birth to the completed work, as well as a QR code to Chad's song that inspired the work (you cannot buy a practice painting) * Chad is our sound lord Brandy is at: https://www.bmpatterson.com/ Friday's Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/650093749391948/ AND THEN * Updates on #freebritany - our own local unwilling murder accomplice is finally being freed (just the facts, awful story, outside of Peterborough) * Returning to the imperial center of the region, we discuss the responses we've received from our opening coverage of the Peterborough Town Meeting 2022 (especially the big $30,000!! Which is actually now only $15,000) * We aren't sure this is worth a debate but IF THE PEOPLE WANT A DEBATE ON THIS SUBJECT, WE WILL HOST IT * We review comments people have sent in, which leads us to some original meeting notes (was there a bid to begin with?) * There ARE 5 years' worth of numbers on this (but can you measure peoples' hearts?) * Some truly big names are SAID to have come here due to Instagram (we really are living in an unfinished novel) * LET'S TRY TO KEEP THIS IN PERSPECTIVE * OK, but IS there something controversial about the Supervisors of the Checklist Race?? * We will be having a debate at the Library May 5 - Details to Come * We know a lot of dirt about what goes on in Temple but we can't talk about any of it Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK, our SPECIAL Peterborough TOWN MEETING 2022 EPISODE **Queue Election Music** We've got FULL COMMENTARY on the entire candidate ballot: * Why Barack Obama chose not to jump in * Will we ask race-based questions of the candidates for Supervisor of the Checklist? (Will we?) * Who will rule the kingdom of the dead? * MUCH MUCH more And then we recap the EPIC Town Meeting Deliberative Session: * Why are there racially ambiguous fascists on our "paddles"? (ZERO!!!!!) * Direct democracy rocks * No questions on the $13m budget, 1 hour devoted to $30k (???) * Also MUCH MUCH more Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: * Chris dared to go to Keene to see some Hot Mom Folk (the Colonial Theater reopened after stealing land from the Abenaki) * Is music coming back to Harlow's? (Can the former crown jewel of Peterborough turn it around? we hope so) * Greenville and Rindge are where our region's future growth can be expected (their strangeness is an asset) * A highly speculative discussion about upcoming Town Meeting races (this was before we knew the whole truth) * Only Barack Obama could beat Sharon Monahan in a ZBA race (Santa comes to budget) * The Gen Xers are very nice but a generation with balls is coming (campaign slogans galore) * Ben sticks it to us again (but we almost sort of respect it) * The Hate Rocks of Peterborough - our next 30 minute special devoted to finding our very own Hatfields and McCoys (Dan and Chris will team up to make a coffee table book marketed to hip Brooklynites) * Chris is gonna start a rumor * We close out talking about scams ("it's all in the game") Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK in the space lounge, we discuss the TOP STORIES in the Monadnock Region, how our region fits in with the global community, Elon Musk, Grimes, geopolitics, and the fact that Peterborough is worth less than a billion dollars. * TOP STORY - Fire Station Plan back to the drawing board (we can't blow the debt limit like Congress!) * But I think we have all established at this point that we know there will be a Fire Station in the Near Future (we all deserve it) * Why is Peterborough's net worth so low? (Probably because of the Facebook group) * Why we need Elon Musk and Grimes to be happy for the sake of humanity (in fact, we wish ALL billionaires a happy love life) * We are connected to the global community in our quest to get President Zelensky his weapons (Is Putin Romantic?) * We also commit ourselves to helping via WITCHCRAFT (don't curse me bro) * Everybody is nuts when it comes to geopolitics (it's okay to stay out of it guys - we give permission) * We oppose nuclear war on this program (for partially self-interested reasons) * Epic rant on the state of the world (guess who does it) * HP Hood briefly crippled by a CYBERATTACK (from a room in the Kremlin obviously) * Black bear cubs meet tragic demise (should all bears be relocated to Mt. Washington and vaccinated) * We think you would know if you got bit by a bat (useful tips on how to get them out of your house!) * No F Bombs on Children of the Arts Day (T.I.C.K. - to keep a kid off Lyme) Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region, Sam returns and we decide to take a break from the Heavy Monadnock Region Focus and announce a pizza tournament and talk about other important things... **This episode is sponsored by the MAxT Makerspace - fighting back for US, launching the SHARING ARTS ceramics/pottery facility in Dublin, and forming the bulwark against culture flight out of the region. Use promo code GOMO at checkout and get 5% off ANY of MAxT's classes or ceramic center membership! http://www.maxtmakerspace.org/** * After a quick discussion of the finer points of stomach bugs, we announce our own launch: the Kiasticuticus Memorial March Madness Pizza Tournament for the Cure ** We will be judging 12 area pizza places over two preliminary rounds and one final round - one small pepperoni pizza from each location ** This will be officially announced next week but listen to find out which pizza places we will be sampling (reach out if you feel we have missed one) ** Keene will not be included (it's a scar) ** People who vote in our People's Choice poll will be entered into a raffle to win a free LARGE pepperoni from the winner * A new legend - Harris Kiasticuticus, founder of the Houses of Pizza of New England * Elon Musk and Grimes had a second kid * This summer will be Hot Dad Summer (Sam is invited) Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK in a very special EXTRA EPISODE of GoMo Tonight, we are joined in the Space Lounge by none other than Peterborough Fire Chief Ed Walker for an extended interview covering all aspects of the controversial Fire Department HQ Proposal. Among the things discussed: * How did we get to this project? * What is IN this project? * What is unique about Peterborough Fire and Rescue? * Where does the price tag come from? Special thanks to Chief Walker for this substantive conversation. For further info, see the website and contact info below: https://www.peterboroughprojects.info/ ewalker@peterboroughnh.gov nmacstay@peterborough.gov You know, we send out emails every Tuesday and Friday with all the latest info and perspectives about events and fun in the region - you should sign up: mailchi.mp/15b0b51c41db/basic-initial-landing-page Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: * We return after a week off, in a STORM * Chris survived a well disaster and is PREPARED to survive a nuclear disaster, too (you guys will be finding it MORE difficult to prepare, unfortunately) * We're gonna hold off on more fire station talk because we've got CHIEF ED WALKER appearing in person in a special episode set to drop on Monday 3/14 * HOWEVER, we are officially coming out and saying that BILL TAYLOR needs to run for reelection (Chris will vote for Bill even if his OWN WIFE runs against him) * Select Board Chair Tyler Ward still has not come on the program * Are you sick of all this Peterborough-centric shit? (Please contribute) * Why is Pbro Town Meeting later than everyone else's? (We are gearing up for some HEAVY political coverage) * Zoë's campaign platform (ban lifeguards???) * People are TENSE (This means you can get shot going to the post office BUT we will probably have exciting elections!!) ** HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT ** Monadnock Underground Books (which is us) will be publishing Sarah Aborn's UPLEVEL SELF-HEALING WORKBOOK this spring!! Listen for details You know, we send out emails every Tuesday and Friday with all the latest info and perspectives about events and fun in the region - you should sign up: mailchi.mp/15b0b51c41db/basic-initial-landing-page Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: We have entered Spring Manifestation Mode, we're JOINED by Joel Huberman and Tony Cassady of the Peterborough COMMUNITY POWER TASK FORCE (the BEST-named task force, in our opinion), and provide a little (a lot) of free advice for getting the Fire Department/Municipal Campus passed. Community power public hearings: https://bit.ly/PeterboroughPower Take their survey: https://bit.ly/222Survey Town Website: https://bit.ly/PowerTaskForce BUT FIRST: * We begin by totally butchering the definition of Community Power (our guests correct the record later on) * TOP STORY in the Monadnock Region: Dr. Kimberly Rizzo Saunders did NOT get the job in Portsmouth (She is now "not looking for another job", hrmmm) * ConVal mask mandate lifted effective 3/7 (will the Town Building mask mandate expire on Monday 2/28?) * FREE ADVICE TO THE TOWN on how to get a fire station/municipal campus passed (start with a totally different plan), including: ** Should we knock down the community center? ** Remember that millennials need to go into our pockets to pay for what our elders wouldn't pay for when they should have (this is our fate, our place in history) ** We deserve nice things, especially in a "nice" town (but everyone deserves nice things, universally) ** Our dollar sign willingness needs to have limits!! ** Land swaps should always be for the people and never for the bears (who should be relocated up to Berlin) THEN we are joined by Joel Huberman and Tony Cassady of the Community Power Task Force, tasked with (you guessed it) figuring out the details to get Peterborough on a community power plan. * Allows the town to buy electricity in bulk and provide MORE OPTIONS (and SAVINGS) to consumers * Does not cost the town anything * Partially market-based solution to increasing clean energy over time (a lot for people on all sides to like in this plan) You know, we send out emails every Tuesday and Friday with all the latest info and perspectives about events and fun in the region - you should sign up: mailchi.mp/15b0b51c41db/basic-initial-landing-page Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: WHO IS BETRAYING PETERBOROUGH? (Several people, it turns, out) ** This episode of GoMo Tonight is sponsored by Keene Mitigation Services, your spiritual cleansing and protection specialists here to save you from the K-Hole ** * We talk about all the vulgarity that came out in the M/U open mic at the library (this was a good thing, to be clear, but I mean think of the children) * BTW, the town can't mandate vaccines for access to public town services in THIS state (HATE to see anybody face a lawsuit...) * TOP STORY: The 9th grade gangs are fine BUT Superintendent Kim Rizzo Saunders might be betraying us for the non-monogamous parents of PORTSMOUTH! (But apparently the newspaper there, like, looks into stuff) (also yes, we know more info has come out on this issue but we didn't know it yet when this was recorded!) * Chris thinks he grew up in an idyllic town (she's no Jim McCormick is she) * The Thing in the Spring has BETRAYED Peterborough for KEENE (and people are going to pretend that it's cool for decorum purposes but it's not; 30 pieces of silver!!) * In-depth discussion of the state of music in Peterborough, which is sad and in trouble (No, Harlow's is not playing music and they don't SEEM to be planning on it, either) * Response to philosopher-financier Angelo Voiello's argument that Peterborough needs to plan for future annexation of other towns ("humble Yankees choppin the wood") * Uncorrected headlines? (we regret to admit we have some REALLY immoral friends) You know, we send out emails every Tuesday and Friday with all the latest info and perspectives about events and fun in the region - you should sign up: mailchi.mp/15b0b51c41db/basic-initial-landing-page Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

This week, we were delighted to be joined by Dori Drachman and Bob Haring-Smith of the Peterborough Renewable Energy Plan Task Force (PREP) and Selectman Bill Kennedy, who serves as the Board's liaison to that task force, here to tell us how we ARE going to get Peterborough's electricity totally clean by 2030! PREP: https://www.prepnh.org/ PREP SURVEY: surveymonkey.com/r/2RVZV69 BUT FIRST THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: * Dan, Chris, and Kaela launched an impromptu war of words over winter on GoMonadnock this week (Chris wrote something adorable; Dan's not sure what side he's really on but we owe him money - see https://www.gomonadnock.com/voices for the facts) * Olympics Rundown (an unnamed EST-supremacist host complains about China and lauds the Italian "curling hottie") * Quick update on the MS-13 9th-graders (is "Straight Outta ConVal too dumb of a joke?) * Reports abound of a riotous select board meeting (this is all about assessments; we keep saying it's turning back into Bible Times - or at least the Robin Hood cartoon; we recommend you listen to this program instead of...well, just listen) * Bad timing on the Pbro mask mandate extension (the helpers are gone) * We were snubbed by the Ledger once again * Come to our WRITING WORKSHOPS (monadnockunderground.com/shop) * Peterborough Town Library: their terms are reasonable and their people are good (new tagline, we'll bill them) * STORY OF THE WEEK: the Summer Hill snow lumps (made by members of the Summer Hill Psychedelic Society; connections to both Amanda Knox AND the death cafes) AND THEN, WE ARE JOINED BY OUR GUESTS * Voters approved measure in 2021; task force is charged with crafting plan by end of 2022 * Peterborough has been a leader in renewable energy for quite some time * Electrical grid 2030; home heating and transportation by 2050 * Reduction in use, community power, extensive study and analysis among many tools in toolbelt * Towns often experience overall savings through these initiatives * When we might turn off Seabrook? You know, we send out emails every Tuesday and Friday with all the latest info and perspectives about events and fun in the region - you should sign up: mailchi.mp/15b0b51c41db/basic-initial-landing-page Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: In this Very Special Episode, the winter HEATS UP as things start "poppin off" (as the kids say) over at ConVal High. **This Episode is brought to you by BOXES TEA: For the construction worker in all of us.** * We start with Chris' fatal fashion hypocrisy (and how he pissed off the weatherman) * Coverage of ConVal organized crime (including a special original poem written by ConVal senior Kayleigh Campbell) * What is the appropriate way to Facebook react to this stuff (it's "wow"; none of the other reacts are safe yet) * Freshman are like the small dinosaurs who swarm you (ALLEGEDLY, according to rumor) * Is it okay for kids to vape? (The thrill of busting out those doors back in the early aughts) * The Pheasant Lane mall is THRIVING (And it's still a great place for youth smoking) * We go through all kinds of dangerous advice for teens (Those hormones are dangerous) * None of this is the result of movies, music, or video games (Always has been) * Giving the school the benefit of the doubt (Proof is more than just Eminem's buddy) * More advice for teens * The Wait is Over (Did you know the bridge is open) You know, we send out emails every Tuesday and Friday with all the latest info and perspectives about events and fun in the region - you should sign up: mailchi.mp/15b0b51c41db/basic-initial-landing-page Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: There may STILL be virtually nothing going on in the region, or in January, but we have Monadnock Underground FICTION AWARDS to announce and with which we shall shake your bones. **This episode is sponsored by Homely Chastity Overalls, New England's leading brand for frumpy farm and field fashion.** * Prepare to be dazzled (Chris opens with questionably bold claims) * M/U Contest Winners (nobody knows where Radke came from but we know he's GOING to Atlantic City): **Palm d'Granit - Diane Kane - "The Cost of Free Will" https://www.monadnockunderground.com/the-cost-of-free-will/ ** The Thompson Medallion - Jared Radke - "Punching on Maxie Smuts" https://www.monadnockunderground.com/punching-on-maxie-smuts/ ** The Follow the Leader Award - Sam Johnson - "In its Proper Place" https://www.monadnockunderground.com/in-its-proper-place/ ** The Order of the Mystic Prince - Cas Stone - "What the Dragonfly Wanted" https://www.monadnockunderground.com/what-the-dragonfly-wanted/ ** The Blazing Debut Award - Rachel Mussenden - "Married to a Cult Leader" https://www.monadnockunderground.com/married-to-a-cult-leader/ ** Honorable Mention for Poetry - Stephanie Latini - "We Deserve Love" https://www.monadnockunderground.com/we-deserve-love/ * We can clap audibly with one hand (screw you, monks) * Shoutout to our good friends John and Madison at the FRESH KILLS podcast (they're like us, but different). Check it out here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fresh-kills/id1565448798 * We've got writing workshops coming.... (https://www.monadnockunderground.com/shop) * ACTUAL top story in the region: New Ipswich car TORCHED by Big Tobacco (reminds me of an unhappy jacuzzi in a motel in Fitchburg) * Still nothing actually going on (besides progressives calling for segregation?) You know, we send out emails every Tuesday and Friday with all the latest info and perspectives about events and fun in the region - you should sign up: mailchi.mp/15b0b51c41db/basic-initial-landing-page Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero. PLUS he's got a band now and you can BOOK THEM: www.facebook.com/DownByTen/

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: ...absolutely NOTHING is going on! Winter is rough! So instead, we talk about the suggestive realities and ugly disappointments inherent to certain types of winter fashion and the existential questions associated with the Rise of the Jeans. Like, we get really deep into it. For this one episode, we are basically the Vogue or the Glamour of the Monadnock Region. **This episode is sponsored by emerging band DOWN BY TEN - songs you know, music you can dance to - covering rock (even yacht rock) from the 60s through the 00s - available for booking NOW for your party, show, corporate forced fun, or seance: https://www.facebook.com/DownByTen/ ** * The COVID show needs better writers (and probably a laugh track; RIP Bob Saget) * We extensively review the sensual warmth of camel-hair tights (particularly the long-haired version; https://www.ebay.com/itm/151885585425?hash=item235d161c11:g:6icAAOSwOHpg2X~M) * The lurid fashion flair of beaver pelts (which cost more on non-stolen land; check out this stud: https://www.ebay.com/str/dakotalinesnares) * A warning against killing endangered lynxes for their fur (don't do it) * The real issue is that everyone looks terrible in the winter (and a lot of us still have some time left in which to look good!) * Puffer jackets are ugly as sin and fleece pullovers are pajamas (Chris starts to get a little questionable in this section...) * Don't dress for comfort or warmth (unless you hate yourself) * Wool is fine and so is fur (and it's okay to be ugly in the woods) * Thomas Jefferson weighed in on this (and we should have listened to him) * Totally different subject but Chris caused a bit of a stir recently with his public statements on low-rise jeans (but there's an existential question: what COUNTS as high-rise and low-rise?) * Septuagenarians in the 90s harbored wholly foreign notion of where the waist is located (SLACKS UP TO THE PECS) * Local News: In Peterborough, people will not mind their business (if you're the guy in the van, please reach out to us to tell your story; everybody else, stop calling the cops for no reason) You know, we send out emails every Tuesday and Friday with all the latest info and perspectives about events and fun in the region - you should sign up: mailchi.mp/15b0b51c41db/basic-initial-landing-page Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero.

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: * The Grinch gives gifts and the cops get called (thanks Karen; and good for that four-year-old) * New Years Resolutions? (Sam Says No) * Driving onto the ice skating rink (post rink status pics in the Pbro group and tag #gomotonight) * Everybody's pissed at Crotched Mountain (everybody) * Plans for special COVID 2-yr Anniversary Special in March (Greatest Hits) * 2 locals stranded in VA - and the better story that wasn't told (George Washington would've been nothing without Gen. Shartle) You know, we send out emails every Tuesday and Friday with all the latest info and perspectives about events and fun in the region - you should sign up: https://mailchi.mp/15b0b51c41db/basic-initial-landing-page ** COME AND SEE US AT THE LIBRARY Peterborough Town Library/Monadnock Underground Writers' Night Out - Open Mic for ALL WRITERS - 1/13 5:30-7 PM ** Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero.

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region We make our return from holiday break with a late episode recorded back on 12/22 but which remains even MORE relevant today and may well be our best episode yet. (The critics are raving.) * TOP STORY: Local resident tries to bring the warmth of Christmas to the underserved, overly-exiled fight club kids of Peterborough ** There is so much to say about this ** Kudos for philanthropist Kevin Brace for leading the charge to raise funds for this cause ** We now already know the plot of the 2022 Big Hit Hallmark Xmas Special ALSO: * Dog parks are for lovers (Chris changes his mind, for once) ** You don't want to find the love of your life in the produce section of Peterborough Shaw's * Chris has angered Mark Zuckerberg (Learn what can get you banned or otherwise in trouble!) ** Groped in the dingy digital alley (Invisible people in the metaverse?) ** FB stalking has lost its luster (we already know how everyone turned out) ** But shoutout to all the long-lost friends and classmates out there (there's not many, but we remember them in our hearts) * Zoë's flute crisis ("Dr. Dre and Tupac are the same") * WINNER OF THE CALENDAR WARS * Some great parting New Year's advice ** COME AND SEE US AT THE LIBRARY Peterborough Town Library/Monadnock Underground Writers' Night Out - Open Mic for ALL WRITERS - 1/13 5:30-7 PM ** Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to send us your awesome calendar photos: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs in 2022 AND BEYOND. He is a hero.

THIS WEEK we take a break (mostly) from local foibles and goings-on to focus our attention on the HOLIDAYS. * We start with an impromptu discussion of Handel's Messiah * There is now a 2-lane drivable Main Street Bridge (though it may not yet be time for a ribbon-cutting) * Local holiday event recap (along with what we've got to deal with in the years to come - and why) * The connection between Christmas and The Wire (an HBO Max subscription would make a great gift for anyone who likes good things) * There is no fishing in Succession (but is it aspirational?) * Sam doesn't watch Christmas movies (but we do a deep dive into many, many Christmas movies - good and bad and very bad - anyway) * The VH1 Behind the Music episode on the California Raisins is discussed * Xmas with the mafia MERRY CHRISTMAS - even to our enemies Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to leak info strategically to the media: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs! This dude is the reason we got this episode out early. He's a hero.

THIS WEEK in the Monadnock Region: * We do an extended recap of this past weekend, the busiest holiday weekend of the season in the region **Find our holiday shopping guide here: https://www.gomonadnock.com/holiday/shopping-events-guide **Find all your ENTERTAINMENT events here: https://www.gomonadnock.com/holiday/holiday-entertainment-guide ** This episode is sponsored by contemporary artist Brandy Patterson's Holiday Shopping Artist Open Studio, to be held from 12-4 pm on 12/11 at 117 Gilford St. in Manchester. More info at www.bmpatterson.com/ ** * Regional Murder Update (How do the bodies get found? Lessons from the Sopranos and beyond) * If you find a body, you can go to a death cafe to process it with others (we proceed to conduct our own mini-death cafe live on the air) * Why civilization matters * Peterborough FB group updates (Chris hasn't really made anyone mad lately) * ROLLING BLACKOUTS ARE COMING (A rousing discussion of energy policy follows) * Good and bad Secession (no, not the HBO show)j ** COME AND SEE US AT THE LIBRARY Peterborough Town Library/Monadnock Underground Writers' Night Out - Open Mic for ALL WRITERS - 12/9 5:30-7 PM ** Contact us: Hate mail and information about how to leak info strategically to the media: diloreto@monadnockunderground.com Submissions: submit@monadnockunderground.com AgEx Farm Listings: zoe@monadnockunderground.com Advertising/Sponsorship: sam@monadnockunderground.com www.gomonadnock.com/ www.monadnockunderground.com/ This episode was produced by Sound Lord Chad Patterson of Studio 117. GO TO Studio 117 - www.studio117.net/ - for ALL your mixing, mastering, and recording needs! This dude is the reason we got this episode out early. He's a hero.