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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
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Pancultural Playgroundnew
In pop, the age of multiculturalism has come to an end, replaced by a postmodern anything-goes panculturalism.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
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Different Strokesnew
Critic Jon Garelick reviews his favorite people, CDs and performances of 2005.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
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Heart Attacksnew
Reality TV and disaster movies were nothing compared to Mother Nature in 2005, so it’s only fitting that a hurricane tops the list of the year’s most memorable television programming.
Boston Phoenix |
Joyce Millman |
12-23-2005 |
TV
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It's All Truenew
Phoenix reviewers list their favorite non-fiction books of 2005.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
12-23-2005 |
Nonfiction
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Speeding Through Lifenew
The Phoenix lists the best fiction and poetry of 2005.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
12-23-2005 |
Fiction
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The Bonfire of the Inanitiesnew
2005: there were procurement scandals, media scandals, emergency-preparedness scandals, even treason scandals. Seriously, could it have been any worse?
Boston Phoenix |
Barry Crimmins |
12-22-2005 |
Commentary
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Black and White and Bloody All Overnew
After being kicked to the curb since 9/11, journalists in 2005 began to fulfill their traditional watchdog role with a little more zeal. Whether that lasts is probably the big question of 2006.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
12-22-2005 |
Media
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Walking the Indie Linenew
Star Wars and Batman and Harry Potter and Narnia and King Kong may have made the big bucks in 2005, but for the most part it was indie and low-budget films that made the biggest impression.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-22-2005 |
Reviews
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Ten-atively for My Conveniencenew
What's on your Top 10 list?
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
12-21-2005 |
Comedy
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Announcing the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2005
Here are the 14th annual P.U.-litzer Prizes, awarded for the foulest
media performances of 2005.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
12-20-2005 |
Commentary
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The Year in Musicnew
Music critics name the best in pop, heavy metal, underground black music, overlooked discs and more in a comprehensive look at 2005.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax, Sam Chennault and Dan Leroy, Frank Soults, Garrett Kamps, Scott Faingold, Tony Ware, Eric K. Arnold and Jason Bracelin |
12-14-2005 |
Music
The Village Voice's Favorite 25 Books of 2005new
The top books of the year cover subjects from teen sex diseases and Aztec slaughterhouses to Kiss riffs and juvenile tambourinists.
The Village Voice |
Staff Writers |
12-14-2005 |
Books
