AltWeeklies Wire
Shirting the Issuenew
Boston mayor Tom Menino wants to bolster the cops' campaign against violent crime by stopping the sale of "Stop Snitching" T-shirts.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey A. Silverglate |
12-08-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Chris Whitley 1960 - 2005new
On November 20, lung cancer claimed singer-songwriter Chris Whitley, whose most recent albums seemed like stream-of-consciousness excursions through his brain and heart, albeit cloaked in tales of lost souls.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
12-08-2005 |
Music
Tags: Chris Whitley
When the Boss Became 'The Boss'new
Born To Run is the frozen moment in time for many Bruce Springsteen fans. In Wings for Wheels, a documentary included with Columbia's reissue of BTR, Springsteen describes the album as the sound of "one endless summer night."
Boston Phoenix |
Joyce Millman |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run
Come Die in Iraqnew
Increasingly, military recruiters find themselves struggling against a growing anti-war movement that aims to block recruitment on high-school and college campuses.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
12-06-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Beatle Zanianew
Wisconsin-based Beatallica are ruining the Beatle cover-band racket.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
12-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Beatallica
Heartland Homegirlnew
Brandi Carlile's debut CD offers countrified comforts peppered with a few surprises: warm, sturdy, languorous folk-pop guided by strummed acoustic guitars and a gentle rhythm section with an alt-country lilt.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
12-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Brandi Carlile
Into Africanew
Scientists say the origins of humanity can be found in Africa. Two new documentaries suggest its destiny may lie there too.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-05-2005 |
Reviews
Queer Scarenew
In 1920, Harvard president, A. Lawrence Lowell, put into action an inquisitorial secret court to ferret out, expel, castigate, and humiliate homosexual students.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Bronski |
12-05-2005 |
Nonfiction
Life Less Ordinarynew
Continuing in the puzzling but welcome tradition of previous platform-exclusive titles like the Grand Theft Auto series, last year's Half-Life 2 lands on the Xbox.
Boston Phoenix |
Aaron Solomon |
12-05-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
John Lennon 1940-1980new
The cover of the Dec. 16, 1980, issue of the Boston Phoenix was meant to be the annual holiday supplement. But the assassination of John Lennon sent the staff scrambling for a replacement. The paper marks the 25th anniversary of Lennon's death with an online reprint of its original coverage and tribute.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Gee, Kit Rachlis and the Phoenix staff |
12-02-2005 |
Music
Tags: john lennon
For Better and Worsenew
It's time to give Donovan his due. Often dismissed, he was, when he was good, both distinct and representational, a performer who ingested and then reflected the temper of the times.
Boston Phoenix |
Richard C. Walls |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
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
Northern Disclosurenew
With Liberal prime minister Paul Martin’s government felled by a no-confidence vote, our neighbors in the Great White North can look forward to some down-and-dirty politicking between now and January 23, 2006.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
12-01-2005 |
Politics
From Watchdog to Lap Dognew
Bob Woodward’s "Plamegate" blunder showed the world what many knew for years: we need a bunch of new Bob Woodwards.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
12-01-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
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
