AltWeeklies Wire
'Just Plain Dolemite'new
Rudy Ray Moore traces the history of film's most legendary badass.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
01-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dolemite
Absentee Hipnessnew
Philadelphia's Marah has fans that are cooler than yours -- and you.
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Jedd Gottlieb |
01-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Busting Outta Vegasnew
The geeky blackjack genius Semyon Dukach wants to fly you to Panama and get you laid.
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Paul McMorrow |
01-13-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: gambling
Holden Caulfield Meets Hogan's Heroesnew
This recent film from Germany throws a fading line back to that country's buried horror, and is on that strength alone a vital bit of cinema.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
01-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Before the Fall, Dennis Gansel
Kings of Queens Ante Upnew
Flush conjures a golden era when it wasn’t enough just to say you could out-rhyme opponents -- you had to rep your hood and actually do it.
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Chris Faraone |
01-06-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
iCalendar Changed My Lifenew
Of all the features on the new silver PowerBook G4 laptop, iCalendar is worth the $2,000.
Dig Boston |
Seth Reiss |
01-06-2006 |
Comedy
Punk-as-fuck Punks Fuck Punknew
While the Queers grapple with the tensions between punk rock and commerce, they continue making some of the finest, most foul-mouthed punk rock ever.
Dig Boston |
Barry Thompson |
01-06-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Queers
Halloween Ain't the Only Holiday of Horrorsnew
The Cheetah Girls, Jim Brickman, Manheim Steamroller, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, The von Trapp Children and Reverend Horton Heat all contribute to this Christmas season's embarassing demise. That's right, they're all coming to town.
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Jedd Gottlieb |
12-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Step Away From the Band Namenew
Don't worry, they don't condone AIDS...it's just that AIDS Wolf believe in messages from God. Hence the name.
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Michael Brodeur |
12-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: AIDS Wolf, The Lovvers
Howly Shit!new
Despite their semi-frightening name, We Are Wolves claim that their personality doesn't fit the name...but their music does.
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Chase Stauffer |
12-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: We Are Wolves
Gut-Busting Drones Could Get a Little Messynew
Sunn o))) is not your typical drone band; their mission is to introduce listeners to the "brown sound." In case you're unaware of what that is, just go to a Sunn o))) show and check your pants afterward.
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Michael Kanin |
12-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sunn o)))
Dragon Quest VIIInew
At first glance, Dragon Quest VIII is just another RPG on the market. But this ain't your average RPG. It might actually be better.
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Adam Diamond |
12-15-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Tips for Destroying Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeernew
It would really spice up everyone's Christmas season if Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, for its yearly broadcast, would feature some "extra" scenes for good measure. Hey, sometimes change is good.
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Joe Keohane |
12-15-2005 |
Commentary
Black Holenew
Black Hole, the new release by ex-RAW magazine artist Charles Burns, is a wonderfully disturbing and imaginative graphic novel.
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Paul McMorrow |
12-08-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Black Hole, Charles Burns
Tales From the Wrongfully Convictednew
Surviving Justice, a collaboration between McSweeney's and the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, is a well-researched exploration of America's unjust system of criminal conviction and exoneration.
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Paul McMorrow |
12-08-2005 |
Nonfiction
