AltWeeklies Wire
Love, War and Self-Immolationnew
Stars frontman Torquil Campbell gets off on odd pairings, which helps explain Set Yourself On Fire.
Dig Boston |
Jed Gottlieb |
02-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Stars
Beats To Eat Bynew
Sound can indeed influence flavor, as shown by these four restaurants.
Dig Boston |
Ruth Tobias |
02-22-2006 |
Food+Drink
A Twist Long Overduenew
Most first-person shooters released these days offer little more than a half-baked plot to justify their carnage, but Black, while hardly revolutionary, is something of an exception.
Dig Boston |
Seth MCM. Donlin |
02-22-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Dear Lisanew
One man's terrifying ordeal hunting with, and being hunted by, Dick Cheney.
Dig Boston |
Seth Reiss |
02-16-2006 |
Commentary
Jay Dee, 1974 - 2006new
The good news is that the hip-hop community never forgets -- so twist one and spill some for J Dilla.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
02-15-2006 |
Music
Aging Rocker Can Still Get It Upnew
Demme paints a fantastic portrait of a true iconoclast, a man who's been an unclean needle on the beach of pop culture since the late '60s.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
02-15-2006 |
Reviews
Horror Hippiesnew
Animal Collective sounds like someone slipped a sheet of acid into the high school cafeteria's Kool-Aid right before music class.
Dig Boston |
J. Bennett |
02-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Animal Collective
Incarceration and Miserynew
Thanks to renowned photographer Tomas Roma’s latest offering, we’re free to dwell on Holmesburg Prison's palpable evil from the comfort of our living rooms.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
02-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Not Really a Sadistic Bastardnew
For someone whose talent is so universally admired, Lars Von Trier seems to generate more bitter contention than anyone else making movies today -- Manderlay is sure to continue this trend.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
02-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lars von Trier, Manderlay
America's Favorite Action Heronew
Harrison Ford, a true pop culture icon and a bona fide movie star, has a reputation for getting a little testy in interviews, and this one's not much different.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
02-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Firewall, Richard Loncraine
Play That Funky Music, White Peoplenew
Since this is the age of cross-pollination, Teenage Prayers’ music is ever-so-lightly spiced with sounds from the British, Canadian and intergalactic invasions.
Dig Boston |
Jed Gottlieb |
02-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Teenage Prayers
Audience Contempt: Sounds Nicenew
After 20 years of making music -- both on his own and with his band, underground-favorites American Music Club -- Mark Eitzel is just as strange, self-deprecating and busy as ever.
Dig Boston |
Jed Gottlieb |
02-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mark Eitzel
They Grow Up So Fastnew
Little Brother did the unthinkable with last year's The Minstrel Show, maintaining their initial crop of fans while providing young hooligans with an alternative to fantasy thuggery and oversized Fruit of the Looms.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
02-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Little Brother
Seattle Hip-Hop's Dark Appealnew
Weaving intricate and unbound tales of paranoid illusions, Onry, JFK and resident bassist Rob Castro plow into unmapped status quo antagonist territory.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
02-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Grayskul
A Brilliant Film That Sucksnew
There's no getting around the fact that The Intruder is an elliptical, and perhaps an even literally meaningless film.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
01-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Claire Denis, The Intruder
