AltWeeklies Wire
Stephen Malkmus on Drunken Jim Morrison & the Red Soxnew
"It's too tiring to be wasted. I know it's not what you want to hear from a rock band, but you need to keep it together. When you're younger you experiment but, when you're 42, getting wasted all the time is sort of desperate ... Either that or you got a problem."
Dig Boston |
Craig Terlino |
04-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Verizon and its Employees Struggle to Communicatenew
Dissatisfaction rumbles among the company's 13,000 Massachusetts employees, some of whom want to form a union.
Dig Boston |
Cara Bayles |
04-03-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The High Cost of Credit on Campusnew
Giving away gifts is a popular tactic credit card companies use on college campuses, but consumer advocates say many undergraduates end up with late fees, high balances and delinquencies.
Dig Boston |
Arvin Temkar |
04-03-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
'21' is Not 'True' to Its Sourcenew
Luketic's film is ultimately like Vegas itself: lots of flash, but no soul.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
03-27-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: 21, Robert Luketic
The Battle for Benefitsnew
Inside the surge of veterans with PTSD.
Dig Boston |
Melissa Jeltsen |
03-27-2008 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Campus Cops: The Brave New World of Private Forcesnew
Just as the political turbulence of the 1960s ushered in a new era of campus safety, this age of school shootings has created a new wave of security.
Dig Boston |
Cara Bayles |
03-27-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
'Married Life': A Light Romp of Love, Lust & Murdernew
Kudos to director Ira Sachs, who turned a low budget to his advantage, using only the most minimal of period set pieces and evoking the filmmaking of the target time with canny, simple camerawork and a talented cast.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
03-20-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ira Sachs, Married Life
Pan-Pot: Strawberries, Saxophones & the Spice Melangenew
Yes, they are from Berlin and yes, they have some songs named after drugs ("Charly" and, er, "Crank") but from there, it is all innovation and high-action end-time tunes.
Dig Boston |
David Day |
03-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pan-O-Rama, Pan-Pot
The Iraq War: Five Years Too Longnew
As a veteran, an American and a human being, it's my responsibility to ask why people are dying for a government that has repeatedly lied. We all share this responsibility.
Dig Boston |
Liam Madden |
03-20-2008 |
Commentary
The Boston Underground Film Festival: Now with More Gravitasnew
This year's slate of films, while remaining faithfully campy and exploitative, takes a stab at bigger, more profound topics.
Dig Boston |
Harry Vaughn |
03-20-2008 |
Movies
A Cautionary Tale of Travel on the Cheapnew
It began simply enough: Three of my close friends had planned a self-guided, three-month-long camping/cycling tour through Europe, celebrating college graduation and conveniently prolonging their parental-imposed grace period for finding a job. "Why not come along?" they prodded.
Dig Boston |
Courtney Cox |
03-20-2008 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Scrubya: Lather Liberallynew
With each sale of the recycled-paper-wrapped soaps, proceeds go to charitable organizations that are "cleaning up after Dubya & Co." including donations to the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Physicians for Human Rights' Campaign Against Torture.
Dig Boston |
Christine Liu |
03-20-2008 |
Shopping
Tags: shopping
Lost in Austin: A Tiny Taste of Texas Messnew
To the benefit of my sun-deprived, music-loving, perpetually hungry sensibilities -- and, conversely, to the detriment of my health -- I spent the latter half of last week in Austin, Tex., for the awesome 24/7 party otherwise known as the SXSW festival.
Dig Boston |
Christine Liu |
03-19-2008 |
Food+Drink
Massachusetts: The Tourist Trapnew
The state sells itself ... is anyone buying?
Dig Boston |
Nicole Jones |
03-05-2008 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Sake to Me: A Primer on Japanese Rice Winenew
If you don't like sake, chances are that you have probably only had really crappy sake. We're talking about that $7 carafe of warm, soul-burning hooch alongside your California roll at late-night sushi joints.
Dig Boston |
Tyler Balliet |
03-05-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: sake
