AltWeeklies Wire
Green Monster to Green Zonenew
Two red Sox fans gave up selling "Yankees Suck" T-shirts and got jobs in war-torn Iraq.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
08-10-2006 |
Nonfiction
Revenge of the Nerdsnew
Three gamer geeks from Massachusetts made a vid-cast that was slagged mercilessly on the Web, and then MTV called -- now they're cooler than you are.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
08-03-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Cribs,' Despot Editionnew
If you’re a heartless dictator, home is where the hideous ersatz pagodas, caged leopards, room-size shoe closets, and bizarre bathroom appliances are.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
06-09-2006 |
Nonfiction
Hot, Wet, and Out of Controlnew
This is what New England will be like in 2106 if we do nothing to stop global warming.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard, Ian Donnis and Sara Donnelly |
06-01-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Grapevine Justicenew
As we learn more and more about the scope and extent of the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping program, we're also learning how difficult it will be to challenge such domestic espionage in court.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
05-19-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: domesticspying
Get It While You Cannew
Web sites like Youtube and the Hype Machine mean all kinds of music and video are there for the taking -- is it only a matter of time before they go the route of Napster?
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
05-11-2006 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Meditate Thisnew
In honor of the first series of the season, here is a new collection of Red Sox/Yankees haiku.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
04-27-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Code Yellownew
There exists a seamy cinematic underworld where horrific and unspeakable things are being done to Marshmallow Peeps: Peeps pornography, Peeps cockfights, and even Peeps snuff films.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
04-13-2006 |
Food+Drink
Brass Balls and Cold Steelnew
Two former soldiers of Boston's elusive Irish mob boss, Whitey Bulger, tell their side of the story.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
03-31-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
From the Ashesnew
With one of the better novels to come out of 9/11, Jay McInerney grows up.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-24-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jay McInerney, The Good Life
Look, Ma -- No TV!new
Video Bomb might seem to resemble other video-hosting sites like the suddenly omnipresent Youtube and Google Video -- but it has something they don't.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-22-2006 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Frontier Justicenew
As the Internet and other shifting technologies dominate our lives, is the Electronic Frontier Foundation the new ACLU?
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-09-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The Kult of Karlnew
The success of The Ricky Gervais Show can be ascribed almost entirely to the gnomic utterances of Karl Pilkington, the bald, round, bleary-eyed, sleepy-voiced producer for London’s Xfm, who serves as the show's co-host.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-09-2006 |
Media
Gratis Expectationsnew
Music and movies, books and booze, electronics, furniture, even a car -- all can be yours for nothing, if know where to look, and how to avoid gimmicks and scams.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
01-13-2006 |
Shopping
Tags: shopping
Annus Horribilisnew
The past 360-some days have been marked by epic natural disaster, interminable war, terrorist bombs, perfidious politics, and pop-culture inanity.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
12-23-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: yearinreview2005
