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The Secret Life of a Charlestown Drug Dealernew
Hickey flipped for the Feds — and lived to make a movie about it.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
02-07-2011 |
Drugs
Fake Gays Not Protesting IFC-Distributed Rape Filmnew
Last week, I got an e-mail with a real honker of a subject line: "Most Controversial Film — More Dangerous than Wikileaks?" It claimed that a new film, Victim, contains a rape scene so realistic that "gay-rights activists and anti-rape groups tried to get it banned."
Boston Phoenix |
Eugenia Williamson |
02-03-2011 |
Commentary
Should Sportswriters be Allowed to Gamble on Sports?new
Financial reporters aren't allowed to buy stock in companies they cover. Political reporters often go so far as to not vote in order to keep their claims of objectivity legitimate. But many sports reporters -- gatekeepers of all the juicy tidbits that could sway public opinion on a game, either in Vegas or with a local bookmaker -- think nothing of placing a wager themselves.
Boston Phoenix |
Sean Kerrigan |
02-03-2011 |
Media
Experts Predict the Boston of the Futurenew
Over the past few weeks, we asked several dozen trendsetters and soothsayers to fondle their crystal balls, and tell us when we might be able to follow bike paths from Franklin Park to Park Street, shop at a glistening new Filene's, and sip drinks on a waterfront that resembles downtown Dubai.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
01-25-2011 |
Commentary
Understanding the Legacy of John F. Kennedynew
January 20, 1961. On this day 50 years ago, John Fitzgerald Kennedy began his presidential odyssey. By the time it ended 1000 days later in blood and tears in Dallas, Kennedy had transformed himself from a son of Boston into a citizen of the world.
Boston Phoenix |
Editorial |
01-24-2011 |
Commentary
How To Be Good at the Futurenew
Tap into technology and make yourself a Master of Tomorrow.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
01-24-2011 |
Tech
Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker Display Their Indie Artifactsnew
It was on a whim roughly 25 years ago that a young David Lowery called up a friend at SST Records to see how SST had been promoting records that year.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Parish |
01-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Camper Van Beethoven, David Lowery
MIT Blows Out 10010110 Birthday Candlesnew
Sesquicentennially yours.
Boston Phoenix |
Shaula Clark |
01-17-2011 |
Tech
Interview: Chloë Sevignynew
On acting, freaks, nerd roles, the end of Big Love, and why she doesn't want to be any more famous than she is
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
01-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Desert Storm: How the GOP and the Sunset State Nurture the Lunatic Fringenew
Tragedy in Tucson re-opens the question of the GOP's dangerous embrace of extremists.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
01-14-2011 |
Commentary
Class of 2011: Eleven Boston Bands to Ring in the New Yearnew
The bands you should be listening to this year.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Marotta |
01-10-2011 |
Music
Ghostface Killah; Apollo Kidsnew
If Apollo Kids is a "warm-up," we can expect monster things from Ghost in the New Year.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael C. Walsh |
01-10-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Ghostface Killah
Blue Valentinenew
Valentine daze: Tough love gets explored in the time-hopping Blue Valentine.
Boston Phoenix |
Gerald Peary |
01-10-2011 |
Reviews
Attack on the Middle Class!new
The remarkable thing about the American middle class is that we still have one, given the job losses, housing bust, and 401(k) wipeout of the past three years — and considering that for 35 years, politicians (and the bankers who own them) have been hammering away at middle-class institutions.
Boston Phoenix |
James K. Galbraith |
01-06-2011 |
Commentary
