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Could Be Verse: Waxin' Anglop-Saxonnew
"Lines upon Learning that a Federal Court has Thrown Out an Indecency Ruling brought by the FCC against Fox TV."
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
06-07-2007 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Poetry Ripped from the Headlines: One Bird's Opinionnew
Lines upon seeing the president struck by avian droppings during a Rose Garden press conference.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
05-31-2007 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
From Her to Eternitynew
There may have existed another woman in the 60s able to claim Brian Jones, Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Lou Reed, and Iggy Pop as lovers, but she can't have been as interesting as Nico.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
04-12-2007 |
Reviews
Planet of Assnew
Dirty pictures that aren't that dirty: what's the point in that? Exploring the limits of porn TV with Playboy's Naked Happy Girls and Fox's My Bare Lady.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
01-18-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
The New New Agenew
Here's both the good news and the bad: the 60s never ended.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
08-21-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Gangsta to Gangsternew
Two books about hip-hop expose and explain the scenes in New Orleans and New York.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
12-20-2005 |
Nonfiction
Lost and Foundnew
The light in the eyes of the kids at a Lightning Bolt show, as they press in with blazing faces on the two players, is the light of thrilled recognition or rediscovery: at last, thank God, here it is.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
12-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Substance Abusenew
The English band Darkness’s second album, One Way Ticket to Hell . . . And Back , continues the English band's unblinking voyage into the preposterous.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews