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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

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

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

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

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

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