AltWeeklies Wire
Who's Afraid of Façade?new
Virginia Woolf Meets Grand Theft Auto.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Dahlen |
07-26-2005 |
Video Games
Primary Moversnew
Will the Dems push the Presidential contest out of New Hampshire?
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
07-25-2005 |
Politics
A Brick of Crumb: A Handbook Collects the Cartoonistnew
The R. Crumb Handbook is a peculiar hybrid: part sampler of Crumb’s work, part autobiography, part festschrift, part documentation of his favorite things, part collection of photographs of the artist looking like one of his own caricatures.
Boston Phoenix |
Douglas Wolk |
07-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
Sudden Deathnew
Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney really blew it with his "foolproof" death-penalty initiative.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
07-21-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Lost in MySpacenew
The social-networking site MySpace.com has a staggering membership of 22 million. It logs nearly 7.5 billion page-views a month, making MySpace the fifth-highest-ranked domain on the Internet, surpassing both Hotmail and Google.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
07-21-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Holding Forth: Marc Estrin's Arnold Hitlernew
Marc Estrin’s sophomore novel follows an alienated protagonist as his life intersects with various historical events and flash points. Arnold Hitler enters a Texas elementary school in the mid ’50s, and witnesses up close the wrenching drama of an early desegregation attempt.
Boston Phoenix |
Richard C. Walls |
07-19-2005 |
Fiction
Kids Against Combs Nail Sean Hannitynew
Brooklyn indie-politicos Kids Against Combs have fallen into possession of Fox News blowhard Sean Hannity’s home phone number. And they’ve made it the title of their forthcoming album.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
07-18-2005 |
Music
Way to Go, Ohionew
As a new report details massive Election Day failures, the state goes on vacation and the country ignores the lesson.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
07-15-2005 |
Politics
Terror Diary: The Media Blitz on the London Bombingsnew
From cable news and the pundit shows to the dailies, here's how the US media covered the London bombings.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
07-14-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
The Winds of Warnew
There are obstacles -- including a whole lotta hot air -- to turning wind energy into a realistic alternative.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
07-14-2005 |
Environment
Rock's Minimalist Master: The Expansive Influence of Brian Enonew
From his first conceptual recording in 1965 -- the slowed-down sound of a metal lamp stand being struck overdubbed with a friend reading a poem -- to his new Another Day on Earth, Brian Eno has had an amazing run as a composer, musician, producer, and sonic artist.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
07-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Flow of Freerunningnew
Parkour, freerunning, PK -- it's all the same thing: part martial art, part acrobatics, part extreme sport. And it's making its way from Europe to cities and towns across New England.
Boston Phoenix |
Sara Donnelly |
07-11-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Passionate Aristocrat: Robert Lowell's Unvarnished Shop Talknew
This is unrevised Lowell, spiky, provocative, with signature strings of adjectives that must have delighted his correspondents.
Boston Phoenix |
William Corbett |
07-08-2005 |
Nonfiction
Meta Chefs: The 'Reality' of Hell's Kitchennew
Already a household name to connoisseurs of gourmet cuisine, Gordon Ramsay has expanded his British empire to Los Angeles, and his show's mission is to find a chef for the eponymous restaurant.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Nelson |
07-07-2005 |
TV
Tags: FOX
Saying Yes to Pot in Rhode Islandnew
A small, heavily Catholic state is poised to legalize medical marijuana -- a move that could that could influence attitudes toward the legislation in other states.
Boston Phoenix |
Ian Donnis |
07-07-2005 |
Science
