AltWeeklies Wire
Hacking Santanew
A computer expert reprogrammed an electronic Santa to say "Last year’s Rudolph was eaten by a polar bear, so I bought a new one from Wal-Mart!" And worse.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
12-22-2005 |
Shopping
Tags: shopping
I Like To Watchnew
A pretty artist chats silently with a toy giraffe. A man driving in his car talks to his wife about their jaunt to CVS. Band nerds kill time at a high-school football game while the gridiron jocks kill each other. Video blogging is ready for its close-up.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
12-15-2005 |
Media
Tags: vlog
Drawing Conclusionsnew
A police composite artist talks about the craft of catching a crook.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
12-01-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Bird! A Plane! A Conservative!new
In the first-ever comic book explicitly by and for conservatives, patriotic superhero Captain America is irrelevant because, says co-creator Mike Mackey, "traditional American values are not traditional anymore."
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
11-11-2005 |
Fiction
Wind-up or Pitch?new
Boston is swarming with thousands of "buzz" marketers dispatched by a local agency to sell new products while acting like customers.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
11-10-2005 |
Economy
Tags: Buzz
Piebald Tour U.S. on 40¢ a Gallonnew
Driving a beat-up tour van from gig to gig burns a lot of fuel, and with gas prices as pumped up as they are these days, a nationwide tour just isn’t feasible for many bands.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
11-03-2005 |
Environment
The Revolution Will Be Televisednew
The Participatory Culture Foundation tunes into online TV -- ahead of the corporate curve.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-27-2005 |
TV
Tales of a Quitternew
A book-long narrative rather than the usual series of semi-epiphanic moments, The Quitter is the most substantive and rewarding look yet at the strangely compelling life of the Lake Erie everyman.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
09-30-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Grass in Massnew
The Bay State inches toward legalizing medical marijuana.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
09-19-2005 |
Science
Punk Rock Prosenew
Punk rock, mental breakdowns, bucketloads of beer -- Jimmy Reject has figured out that it's one thing being a punk rocker, and it's another being on the outside of the world looking in.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
08-25-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Kids Against Combs Nail Sean Hannitynew
Brooklyn indie-politicos Kids Against Combs have fallen into possession of Fox News blowhard Sean Hannity’s home phone number. And they’ve made it the title of their forthcoming album.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
07-18-2005 |
Music
Mao, More Than Evernew
Boston communists say they want a revolution. Now they just have to agree on how to bring it about.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
06-30-2005 |
Politics
Punk Elegies for the '00snew
The Warrior's Code takes somber subjects -- war and the soldiers who fight it, urban poverty, fallen friends -- and sets them to the bruising but melodic punk that's the Dropkicks' stock-in-trade.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
06-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
League Leaders: Minor-League Baseballnew
The Red Sox may be the main attraction, but when it comes to minor-league baseball, New England is spoiled for choice.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
06-09-2005 |
Sports
Tags: New, York, Vermont, cats, Red, rock, Portland, dogs, County, Pride, Haven, sea, Worcester, North, League, Spirit, Atlantic, Bluefish, Bridgeport, Britain, Brockton, Can-Am, cutters, Expos, Fisher, Hampshire, Lowell, Nashua, Navigators, Norwich, Pawtucket, Penn, Rox, Shore, Sox, Spinners, tornadoes
In Search of Boston's Lost Breweriesnew
At the turn of the last century, there were more than 30 neighborhood breweries in Boston. They don't exist anymore, but the buildings that house them do. You just have to know where to look.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
05-31-2005 |
Food+Drink
