I Am Providence
6 June 08 (Issue #17)
by Ted Rao
IN THIS ISSUE: PROVIDENCE
DRIVES WHILE WHITE.
(Actual
dialogue between myself and the cop who pulled me over last week on Valley
Street while I was driving my truck with: 1. no front plate, 2. a busted
headlight, 3. no inspection sticker, 4. an expired license, 5. expired
insurance, and 6. no plausible exhaust…
5 April 08 (Issue #13)
By Ted Rao
[This article first appeared in The Agenda #13, December 2005]
In the first column I listed my ten favorite Providence bands ever. Apparently, this was one of the more popular aspects of the column, since people started giving me their own lists as well. Again, gimme some shit; I’ll…
25 March 08 (Issue #12)
By Ted Rao
[This article first appeared in The Agenda #12, November 2005]
Cranston Mayor Steve Laffey is a complete idiot. I don’t care that he’s got an MBA from Harvard; so does our President, and there’s a guy that my cat could beat at Scrabble. He will not, repeat, will not…
18 February 08 (Issue #20)
by Ted Rao
This marks the tenth appearance of I Am Providence in this paper. Thanks to everyone who has sent or continues to send questions, comments, or lists to iamprov@gmail.com.
I think I'll try a Narragansett. It's this rad new beer.
I don't have too much to write about this time…
31 August 07 (Issue #15)
By Ted Rao
The
"Greatest Spin-Doctor in Providence" award must surely go to Providence Public
Library Director Dale Thompson. Thompson, famous for her branch "restructuring"
program last year, a term which served as an umbrella for such other niceties
such as "layoffs," "union-busting," and "administrative pay-raises," recently
wrote the oh-so-rosiest of letters-to-the-editor to the Providence…
4 July 07 (Issue #16)
Do you know anything about the old train tunnel
underneath College Hill? Supposedly there was some kind of riot in it in the
early '90s. The North Main St.
Entrance to the tunnel, near Mill's Tavern, is now sealed shut with a large
metal wall. Thanks. - Dan Lawlor
The East Side Railroad Tunnel…
