AltWeeklies Wire
Cathy Wilkerson: Exploding the '60snew
She survived the infamous Weatherman bomb-factory explosion, life underground, and prison. In Flying Close to the Sun, she offers her life and times for all time.
Boston Phoenix |
Clif Garboden |
10-25-2007 |
History
Secret Agent Mannew
Frank Warren's PostSecret blog is dedicated to the awful truth that "we all have a secret that would break your heart if you knew what it was."
Boston Phoenix |
Caitlin E. Curran |
10-25-2007 |
Culture
Democracy You Can Taste and Smell in New Hampshirenew
As the state's presidential primary approaches, politicians and Law & Order actors are making their way around the Granite State, hitting every diner and coffee shop that their trailblazing buses can find, trying to worm their way into the heads of voters.
Boston Phoenix |
Sara Faith Alterman |
10-25-2007 |
Commentary
Chronicle of a Death Foretoldnew
Joy Division were rooted in grim finality. Now, through a series of new books, CDs, and films, the band has found new life.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
10-25-2007 |
Music
Tags: Joy Division
The Alternative Press Under Attacknew
There was a victory in Arizona, but the jury's still out in Florida.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
10-25-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Barack Obama Still Lacks a Killer Stump Speechnew
Here's one for you, Barack ... no charge.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
10-25-2007 |
Commentary
Eraser Headsnew
Overzealous deans at Boston's Emerson College literally made students' rights disappear.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate and James F. Tierney |
10-25-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Three of a Kindnew
Deborah Harry, Annie Lennox, and Siouxie Sioux all released strong solo albums this month, which succeed on various degrees of clout and cunning.
Boston Phoenix |
Mikael Wood |
10-11-2007 |
Reviews
Crank That, Techienew
Last week, a dozen MIT grad students and profs gathered outside Building 54 and did Soulja Boy's Superman dance. "This will single-handedly transform the coolness factor for MIT," said one observer.
Boston Phoenix |
Caitlin E. Curran |
10-11-2007 |
Performance
Tags: dance
The Trouble with Heroesnew
The troubling autopsy results of Boston firefighters Paul Cahill and Warren Payne raises equally disturbing issues about the press's collusion in our quest for heroes.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
10-11-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Archaic Laws: Often Funny, But No Laughing Matternew
There's a law against spitting on the sidewalk, but nobody enforces it ... or do they?
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate and Jan Wolfe |
10-11-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Brit Witsnew
As Nick Hornby and Irvine Welsh face 50, two of Brit Lit's standard-bearers stare down middle age in very different ways.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-11-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Rocker Momsnew
The suburban-mothers rock band Hormone Replacement Therapy (average age 42) comes straight out of the garages of Sharon, Massachusetts.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Lee Beeber |
10-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Is Internet Populism Destined for Corporate Ruin?new
The threat is real -- if "net neutrality" is lost, we'll be getting most of our online content from the same media giants that dominate broadcast, cable, and print.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
10-10-2007 |
Media
Easy Reading For Difficult Peoplenew
Stylistically, novelist Tom Perrotta is invisible, and his fictional milieu is half-dead. But we love him because he delivers so much.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
10-10-2007 |
Fiction
