AltWeeklies Wire
The Music Year in Contextnew
How does 2007 stack up to its counterparts in decades past? Arbitrarily, no doubt! Let's begin.
Dig Boston |
David Thorpe |
01-07-2008 |
Music
Are Rappers the New Cat Ladies?new

DMX's dogs were seized and the rapper is devastated -- is he an animal hoarder?
Dig Boston |
David Thorpe |
09-12-2007 |
Music
Tags: DMX
The 50 Cent/Kanye West Horse Racenew
The competition between the two rappers has become the driving force of the hype for their upcoming albums -- 50's Curtis and Kanye's Graduation.
Dig Boston |
David Thorpe |
08-29-2007 |
Music
Music News in Briefnew
Proof's last moves are recounted; Michael Jackson is still a weirdo; Courtney Love finally lets go; Easter is blasphemed by rock 'n' roll; and Jewel and Rob Thomas tour together, ruining everyone's day.
Dig Boston |
David Thorpe |
04-27-2006 |
Music
Music News In Briefnew
The RIAA further screws music fans by "prohibiting" the ripping of CDs to iPods. Also: Killa Cam's pedophiles, Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy, and the Kid Rock/Scott Stapp sex tape.
Dig Boston |
David Thorpe |
03-01-2006 |
Music
Tags: The Burn Unit
The Burn Unit: My Beef With P.M. Dawnnew
50 Cent's feeble capping cop-out shows just how low the state of rap rivalry has sunk lately. David Thorpe takes us back to the early '90s, to the height of his bitter beef with P.M. Dawn’s Prince Be.
Dig Boston |
David Thorpe |
05-05-2005 |
Music
Tags: P.M. Dawn, Various Albums