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Adopt a Dog Named After a Legendary Boston Music Venue

adam12 January 31st

People give their pets lots of interesting names. But this dog named after a legendary Boston music venue is one of the best yet.

 

Yesterday, MSCPA-Angell’s Facebook page featured a new dog to adopt:

Introducing TT the Bear! This 3 year old hound came up from South Caroline and his brand tells us that he was a hunting...

Posted by MSPCA-Angell on Monday, January 30, 2023

 

The post reads:

“Introducing TT the Bear! This 3 year old hound came up from South Carolina and his brand tells us that he was a hunting dog in his past life. If you’ve met a hunting dog, you’ll know that TT needs lots of space to run and sniff, can be a bit of a loud mouth and should not live with small animals or cats. He would likely enjoy another high energy dog in his home and a family that wants to keep him busy! To learn more about TT the Bear, fill out an adoption inquiry form or stop by Nevins Farm Tuesday-Sunday 12-3!”

 

Adopt a Dog Named After a Legendary Boston Music Venue

Business first: the inquiry form can be accessed and filled out here. The Noble Family Animal Care and Adoption Center at Nevins Farm is located at 400 Broadway in Methuen, just a few turns off of 93. And if you want to be the one who gives TT the Bear his forever home, you should probably act fast. I can see this hound getting scooped up quickly.

 

And if you do end up becoming the lucky owner, don’t change his name! I know some pet owners who adopt are keen on rechristening, but this fella is already 3 years old. And he’s named after one of the greatest live music venues in the greater Boston music scene: T.T. the Bear’s Place in Cambridge. So many great moments there over the years, from local acts to national acts to the WBCN Rumble. T.T.’s might be gone, but the spirit lives on in this hound dog.

Remembering the Mooninite Boston Bomb Scare

January 31, 2007. A guerilla marketing campaign for an upcoming Aqua Teen Hunger Force turns into a Boston bomb scare. I watched it happen.

 

From February of 2003 through August of 2009, I was the midday host at Boston’s legendary WBCN. So I was on-air as this situation started playing out. Right around 2 p.m., as I was yielding the studio to the Toucher & Rich show, Fred Toucher and I noticed the news was reporting a number of unidentified electronic devices in and around the Boston area.

 

The news showed one: it was a Lite-Brite rendition of a Mooninite, one of the character’s from Adult Swim’s Aqua Teen Hunger Force TV show. Fred and I knew this. Rich also knew this. Unfortunately, no one in the local or national news world or on the BPD seemed to know this. So all hell broke loose, despite our best efforts at BCN to spread the word.

 

Remembering the Mooninite Boston Bomb Scare

Every year, on January 31st, that Mooninite Lite-Brite image makes the rounds. And every year, we all have a laugh at the utter ridiculousness of it all. The panic. The ineptitude. Of course, that’s all coming from the perspective of someone who wasn’t necessarily in on the joke, but was in the know as to why it was a joke.

 

Fittingly, just last week, Adult Swim announced the return of Aqua Teen Hunger Force for a 12th season. Frylock, Master Shake, and Meatwad will all be back and voiced by the voice actors who brought them all to life for the first time back in 2000: Dave Willis, Dana Snyder, and Carey Means. You can read more about that here. Keep scrolling to relive the comedy and the horror of the Mooninite Invasion of Boston on January 31, 2007. Different times. More innocent times. Kind of. But not really.

  • No One Would Listen

  • The Listeners Knew, Though

  • The News Media, However

  • Here's Legendary Boston Reporter Jorge Quiroga Sorting It All Out

  • The Post-Panic Press Conference Was Pure Gold

  • Mayor Menino Was Forgiving, Years Later

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