AltWeeklies Wire
The Good News According to Bushnew
Viewers of Debate #3 saw yet another incarnation of our president -- Bush the Zealot.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
10-14-2004 |
Politics
Tags: George W. Bush, John Kerry
Political Fictionsnew
Novelist Stephen Elliott tried every method possible to translate the double-talking, bootlicking, unctuous world of the campaign trail into something everyone can understand.
Boston Phoenix |
Camlle Dodero |
10-14-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Fall Farenew
Rake in the flavors of fall with comfort-food cookbooks.
Boston Phoenix |
Ruth Tobias |
10-08-2004 |
Food+Drink
Deaf to Reasonnew
In the download wars, the recording industry keeps playing bad cop instead of embracing change.
Boston Phoenix |
Davis S. Bernstein |
10-08-2004 |
Media
Ad Valuenew
Acclaimed documentarian and advertising pro Errol Morris had a plan for reaching swing voters. Too bad John Kerry wasn’t interested.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
10-08-2004 |
Politics
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
After the Think Mannew
Russell is a filmmaker drawn more to chaos than to unity. His Heart is a head case.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
10-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: FOX, David, Mark, law, Naomi, Watts, Jason, Pictures, David O. Russell, I Heart Huckabees, Dustin, Hoffman, Jude, O., Russell, Schwartzman, Searchlight, Wahlberg
It Came from the Basementnew
The most intense music scene in Boston lives in the neighborhood cellars.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
10-05-2004 |
Recreation
Department of Glass Housesnew
George Bush has gone bonkers, says perennial presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-01-2004 |
Politics
Bush Trips Over His Own Dance Stepsnew
With just a few more tweaks to the rules, George W. Bush and John Kerry should be able to reduce the presidential debates to a joint reading of prepared remarks off teleprompters.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Brenstein |
10-01-2004 |
Politics
My Mom: Political Expertnew
Whenever I need a litmus test for the right-wing crazies, I call Mom.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
10-01-2004 |
Politics
Senator Decisive Bests President Ding Dongnew
The often long-winded John Kerry did a good job of staying out of his own way last night. He did an even better job of challenging the Bush administration’s repeated conflation of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda with Saddam Hussein.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
10-01-2004 |
Politics
With Liberalism and Justice for Allnew
George W. Bush has liberals so hopping mad that all the heaviest hitters among them seem to be publishing books this year, among them Hendrik Hertzberg, E.J. Dionne Jr., Molly Ivins, Maureen Dowd and Eric Alterman. Which ones to read?
Boston Phoenix |
Dave Denison |
09-24-2004 |
Nonfiction
The Kings of Comedynew
The felicitous Library of America collection Kaufman & Co.: Broadway Comedies is a tribute not only to George S. Kaufman, but to the four most gifted in a long line of co-writers.
Boston Phoenix |
Steve Vineberg |
09-24-2004 |
Nonfiction
Johnny Ramone: 1949-2004new
Johnny Ramone was the guitar player who without uttering a word showed all the other punks how to do it.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
09-24-2004 |
Music