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The Trouble with Dribblesnew
NBA Live 06: Pretty colors, hard controls, really hard CPU.
Boston Phoenix |
Aaron Solomon |
11-11-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
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
Dowsednew
Rick Moody has made an ambitious leap into a sprawling, overstuffed satiric novel centered on the efforts of various incompetents to create a television mini-series called The Diviners.
Boston Phoenix |
Richard C. Walls |
11-10-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Rick Moody, The Diviners
Stardust Memoriesnew
It seems strange that one of the most popular acts of the 60s would only now be out on CD. But Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass haven't just been out of print for the past 30 years: they've been wiped from the collective memory banks.
Boston Phoenix |
Brett Milano |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Planet Rocknew
Upstate New York’s Coheed and Cambria refuse to come down to earth. Yet despite their lack of obvious hit-single material, they are inhabiting major-label arena-rock.
Boston Phoenix |
Mikael Wood |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Fear of Godnew
Thou shalt not criticize President Bush! Or somebody's going to rat you out to the IRS.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
11-10-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
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
Cell-block Beatdownnew
Inmates claim sadistic beatings have been commonplace in Boston’s jails -- can civil lawsuits make things right?
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
11-10-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Space Casesnew
The Welsh supergroup Super Furry Animals have appeared on stage with giant inflatable bears and bright blue "Peace Tanks," but they've always trumped those antics with their music.
Boston Phoenix |
Ken Micallef |
11-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Super Furry Animals, Love Kraft
A Master's Lifenew
From afar, he and his art were worshipped; closer in, both looked less comfortable; seen intimately, the paintings worried observers. The second volume of Hilary Spurling's Matisse biography covers the difficult man's life from 1909-1954.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Freedberg |
11-08-2005 |
Nonfiction
Sweet Sorrownew
Sony's Shadow of the Colossus is no ordinary game -- it's art.
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
11-08-2005 |
Video Games
Deranged Funnew
Quintron and Miss Pussycat's shows suggest a glorious, unholy alliance of Kukla, Fran, and Ollie and the Cramps. They manage to project their theatrical charms even on a CD.
Boston Phoenix |
Kurt B. Reighley |
11-08-2005 |
Reviews
Rupture of the Deepnew
Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale has that whiff of authenticity. Peter Keough reviews the film and interviews the director.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-07-2005 |
Reviews
Salvation Armynew
Depeche Mode's Playing the Angel finds singer Dave Gahan dragging out his troubles.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
11-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Depeche Mode, Playing the Angel
Apocalypse Whatevernew
Jarhead, the Waiting for Godot of war movies, gets lost in the desert.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-07-2005 |
Reviews
