Dying Scene

Jay Stone

Jay Stone

Resident Old Man

I help run this place…ideally not into the ground, although that’s easier said than done. If you’re not from Boston…I’m from Boston! If you are from Boston…I’m from southern NH and live on the North Shore!

Jay Stone Contributed Content
DS Photo Gallery and Show Review: Dropkick Murphys w/Bouncing Souls, Hot Water Music and Rebuilder (Boston MA)
DS Photo Gallery and Show Review: Dropkick Murphys w/Bouncing Souls, Hot Water Music and Rebuilder (Boston MA)
I feel like every time I do a Dropkick Murphys St. Patrick’s Day Boston show, I tell myself it might be the last year I do it, because it’s a lot. It’s always near Fenway so parking is a bit of a nightmare and it’s always just A) so many people in general and B) […]
DS Photos and Show Review: Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy and Friends do REM’s “Fables Of The Reconstruction” and more in Boston!
DS Photos and Show Review: Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy and Friends do REM’s “Fables Of The Reconstruction” and more in Boston!
In what has rather selfishly become one of my favorite show-going events of the year lately, Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy and a cast of supremely talented friends brought their touring REM tribute show to Boston’s Royale nightclub. It’s an idea that really took root close to a decade ago, when Shannon and Narducy started enlisting […]
DS Interview: Safe Scene NJ’s Travis Williams on growing a grassroots harm reduction program in the Garden State punk world
DS Interview: Safe Scene NJ’s Travis Williams on growing a grassroots harm reduction program in the Garden State punk world
In the worlds of substance use prevention and treatment – and public health in a broader sense – it wasn’t all that long ago that the term “harm reduction” was considered taboo in many circles. I can attest to that firsthand, as I was one of those people who was biased against it after years […]
DS Interview: Lenny Lashley on his uniquely DIY new record, “Pray For Death”
DS Interview: Lenny Lashley on his uniquely DIY new record, “Pray For Death”
(*all photo credits: Nick Hebditch. Cover Art: Timmy Tanker*) When Boston-area punk rock singer/songwriting legend Lenny Lashley releases his fourth solo studio record in the not-so-distant future, he’ll be doing it so in a manner that is both new to him and is, in the grand scheme of things a bit peculiar and revolutionary. Although, […]