AltWeeklies Wire
A Whooping Good Timenew
You'd need three billion bowls of other rock bands to match the head-pounding power found in just one bowl of Coughs.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
07-05-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Coughs
Legend-Come-Lately Finally Fellatednew
It only took Percee P 20 years and a googolplex hand-to-hand negotiations to land a deal.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
07-05-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Percee P
When In Romenew
It's doubtful that anyone has been waiting breathlessly for Glory of the Roman Empire to hit the shelves -- which is actually kind of sad, because it's a pretty cool game.
Dig Boston |
Adam Diamond |
07-05-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
How MIT is Going to Save Artnew
Three grad students think MIT Media Lab's OPENSTUDIO is going to change the art world.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
07-05-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Reality Gets a Retakenew
The Road to Guantanamo is engaging, harrowing, and not just a little ethically sticky.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
06-21-2006 |
Reviews
Five Stories, One Movienew
The Great New Wonderful is just another film that treads the ground broken by Paul Thomas Anderson's seminal Magnolia.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
06-21-2006 |
Reviews
The Sweet Snarl of Successnew
Even the most imaginative hip-hop geek out there couldn't theoretically morph enough artists to paint Mike Skinner.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
06-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Streets
What Does Boston Sound Like?new
It sounds something like We're All Gonna Die.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
06-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: We're All Gonna Die
Splitting the Differencenew
Hitman: Blood Money will be instantly recognizable to fans of the series, but will still afford new improvements for gamers.
Dig Boston |
Seth McM. Donlin |
06-21-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
A Swell of New Versenew
Each sample in this book has enough immediate appeal to entice and soothe skittish newbs and enough canonical footing to make it OK for seasoned masochistic enthusiasts.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-14-2006 |
Poetry
Tags: Various, Wave Books
Chillin’ with Calvin Trillinnew

Check out Calvin Trillin's book.
It's full of poems from the Nation.
On the Bush administration.
Dig Boston |
Lissa Harris |
06-14-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Calvin Trillin
God, Incest and Elvisnew
The cinematography in The King is sedately beautiful, often stunning, without ever wresting your attention away from the story.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
06-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James Marsh, The King
Transformed Into Animalsnew
The Heart of the Game is a documentary about the Roosevelt Roughriders, a girls' high school basketball team in Seattle.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
06-14-2006 |
Reviews
Sometimes Electric, Always Slipperynew
Eels habitually reinvent themselves, and yet still remain a rock band.
Dig Boston |
Jed Gottlieb |
06-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Eels
Minimalism with Animal Staminanew
Charlemagne Palestine isn't the father of minimalism, but he's certainly one of its wackier uncles.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charlemagne Palestine