AltWeeklies Wire
Gay At Boston College: Silent No Morenew
Gay students at Boston College say that while their school's reputation for being unaccepting of homosexuals is largely undeserved, there's much room for improvement. Amending the university's nondiscrimination clause is a good way to start.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
04-21-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
In Praise of Sin: Or Why the New Puritans Threaten Us Allnew
When was it decided that the dorks and the squares would be calling the shots? Who empowered these teetotaling chumps, these jogging crypto-fascists with spotless livers and unblackened lungs, to decide where we smoke and how we drink and what we eat?
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
03-11-2005 |
Commentary
Connecting the Dotsnew
With communication technologies exploding exponentially, can Braille -- invented in 1829 and largely unchanged since -- still be relevant?
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-03-2005 |
Business & Labor
The Man Who Rolled the Beatles' First Jointnew
Al Aronowitz says the '60s wouldn't have been the same without him. Now, as he types away alone in his cluttered New Jersey apartment, the "Blacklisted Journalist" looks back.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
12-03-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Ebb and Flow of American Beer Culturenew
In a quixotic journey to find “The Perfect Beer Joint,” the novelist and long-time Wall Street Journal writer Ken Wells embarked on a perambulating journey down the length of the Mississippi River to see what he could see and sip what he could sip. Travels with Barley, the fizzy and flavorful travelogue that resulted, is appropriately intoxicating.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
11-22-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Ain't That Americanew
If John Kerry and George W. Bush were running for prime minister in the United Kingdom right now, Bush would be ridiculed, and Kerry would be looked upon as a stiff, upper-class twit, says a Scottish nationalist.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
11-05-2004 |
Politics
David Boyle Gets Cattynew
An amateur rap recording takes the Bush administration to task.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-22-2004 |
Politics
Fight Songs: Taking Up Arms Against Major Record Labelsnew
The members of Downhill Battle see a music industry that's broken -- bloated, outdated, money-hungry, monopolistic -- and they aim to fix it.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-22-2004 |
Music
This Is Your Brain on Drugsnew
Rick Doblin thinks pot, ecstasy, and other psychedelics could unlock the human mind -- and he wants to bring them to Harvard, the FDA, and a doctor's office near you.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-08-2004 |
Science
Tags: Marijuana, Health & Science
Department of Glass Housesnew
George Bush has gone bonkers, says perennial presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-01-2004 |
Politics
The Prodigal Fathernew
Nick Flynn creates a harrowing memoir about two men bound by blood and by the dark worlds they inhabit.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
09-24-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Metal Gone Mad: Robby Road Steamer's Macho Bombastnew
With six feet, two inches of undulating muscles and rippling chest hair, a feral baritone booming from beneath a combed moustache, flared trousers stuffed you-know-where with a plump beanie pig, Robby Road Steamer is a metal monstrosity.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
08-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
"Bloom" is Cause Enough to Re-Joycenew
As the centenary of Bloomsday approaches, Sean Walsh’s flawed but fun film is a serviceable way to mark the occasion for those not inclined to drag out their dog-eared copies of Ulysses.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
06-10-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bloom, Sean Walsh
