AltWeeklies Wire
The Americans Brits Love to Hatenew
There are, believe it or not, more hated Yanks overseas than George W. Bush.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
07-17-2008 |
Commentary
Absinthe Madnessnew
When it was illegal, the legendary intoxicant was cool, but that's all over now. And at what price? (An illustrated update.)
Boston Phoenix |
Karl Stevens & Gustavo Turner |
07-17-2008 |
Comedy
Wait, Who Is This?new
Andrew Earles and Jeffrey Jensen shine the dim light of cultural obscurity on the prank phone call.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
07-17-2008 |
Performance
Not-So-Pretty Facebooknew
Yes, we all hate them. You thought you were done with cliques in high school, but social-networking sites have brought them back with a vengeance.
Boston Phoenix |
Sharon Steel |
07-17-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Prince Bows to Dylan in Pollnew
The Boston Phoenix's July 4 "50 States, 50 Bands" project left a few decisions up to the voting public -- for example, who is the greatest solo artists to come out of Minnesota?
Boston Phoenix |
Lance Gould |
07-17-2008 |
Music
Does Boston Hate Its Copsnew
A secret survey shows just how low the Boston Police Department’s reputation had sunk two years ago. Is the mayor listening? And has anything improved?
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
07-17-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Bookman: Larry McMurtry's Life in the Tradenew
The Lonesome Dove and Brokeback Mountain author's latest autobiographical effort focuses on his years as an antiquarian book-seller.
Boston Phoenix |
George Kimball |
07-10-2008 |
Nonfiction
The Creators of 'The Wire' Take on Iraq in 'Generation Kill'new
Generation Kill transforms Iraq from a theoretical problem into something you feel in your gut. Plus, an interview with the HBO series creators Dave Simon and Ed Burns.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
07-10-2008 |
TV
Multiple Superhero Disordernew
What the current crop of superhero movies tells us about ourselves, the Obama campaign, and America's identity crisis.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
07-10-2008 |
Commentary
Drag Kings Flip the Script on Gender Impersonationnew
Why can't a woman be more like a man? In Boston's drag-king subculture, they're remarkably similar.
Boston Phoenix |
Caitlin Curran |
07-10-2008 |
Culture
Tags: drag, drag kings
Reality Paycheck at the Boston Globenew
Rumor has it that the Boston Globe is primed to ask its staff to do the same work for less pay. And it just might happen.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
07-10-2008 |
Media
Obama Faces Stiff Competition for Center Stage at His Own Nominationnew
He undoubtedly has to give Clinton a chance to deliver a prime-time speech and, no matter how nice she is to Obama, she (and not he) will be the focus of that evening's broadcast. Add in Bill Clinton and the ailing Ted Kennedy, and you can see why Obama took the final night speech to another venue.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
07-10-2008 |
Commentary
Repression Illustrated: People's History in a Graphic Formatnew
National Lampoon/Heavy Metal illustrator Rick Geary’s graphic bio of the notorious FBI strongman, J. Edgar Hoover, and American Splendor author Harvey Pekar’s anthology of new-left living-history reminiscences, Students for a Democratic Society are well-drawn histories.
Boston Phoenix |
Clif Garboden |
07-03-2008 |
Nonfiction
Werner Herzog Ponders the Last Place on Earthnew
Speaking to the legendary German filmmaker is like speaking to God -- a crazy and pessimistic God, perhaps, but one capable of making divine films.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
07-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mass Gun Laws Now Target for Debatenew
Good news, Bostonians: you can own guns! The bad news: so can your weird neighbor.
Boston Phoenix |
Kim Liao |
07-03-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
