AltWeeklies Wire
A New Beginning for Oasis and a Brave New World for Coldplaynew
Perpetual Britpop hopefuls Oasis have found inspiration in bashing Tony Blair while Coldplay have gone off the deep end in pursuit of U2.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
06-14-2005 |
Reviews
A Seminal Summernew
The writer saw a penis for the first time at a Cape Cod beach, creeping out of a sleeping sunbather's shorts, and she remembers the impression it made on her when she was five.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
06-13-2005 |
Sex
How Sweet It Wasnew
Philadelphia music took the country by storm during the disco era. A House on Fire describes these singers' success without telling enough about their sound.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Freedberg |
06-10-2005 |
Nonfiction
League Leaders: Minor-League Baseballnew
The Red Sox may be the main attraction, but when it comes to minor-league baseball, New England is spoiled for choice.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
06-09-2005 |
Sports
Tags: New, York, Vermont, cats, Red, rock, Portland, dogs, County, Pride, Haven, sea, Worcester, North, League, Spirit, Atlantic, Bluefish, Bridgeport, Britain, Brockton, Can-Am, cutters, Expos, Fisher, Hampshire, Lowell, Nashua, Navigators, Norwich, Pawtucket, Penn, Rox, Shore, Sox, Spinners, tornadoes
From the Bronx to South Central: Jeff Chang’s Epic History of Hip-Hopnew
Critic and activist Jeff Chang’s ambitious and thorough Can’t Stop Won’t Stop might be the best book ever written on hip-hop, precisely because he treats it and its attendant generation as the coda rather the song.
Boston Phoenix |
Hua Hsu |
06-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
Targeting NPRnew
Despite studies that show public radio’s audience is diverse and its news coverage bias-free, the White House’s hatchet man threatens our most vital source of broadcast news.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
06-07-2005 |
Media
Bushwhacking Privacynew
The administration has delayed and defused privacy-oversight efforts until Bush's pet projects are in place. By then, any oversight will be beside the point.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
06-06-2005 |
Politics
The New York Times Goes Slummingnew
"Class Matters" -- the New York Times’ epic inquiry into the widening economic divisions of the new millennium -- appears to be a well-intentioned effort to reckon with a serious social condition. However, the New York Times is in no position to deliver.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Lehmann |
06-02-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Stephen Malkmus Reveals Himself on Face the Truthnew
The former Pavement frontguy talks to the Phoenix about his new solo CD and his distaste for hippies.
Boston Phoenix |
Franklin Soults |
06-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sleater-Kinney: Pushing One Another to the Brink on The Woodsnew
Guitarist Carrie Brownstein talks with the Phoenix about the making of her Northwest band's latest CD.
Boston Phoenix |
Franklin Soults |
06-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
In Search of Boston's Lost Breweriesnew
At the turn of the last century, there were more than 30 neighborhood breweries in Boston. They don't exist anymore, but the buildings that house them do. You just have to know where to look.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
05-31-2005 |
Food+Drink
John Kerry and Mitt Romney Gear Up for ’08new
Just seven months after yet another Massachusetts presidential contender was rejected by the electorate, it looks as if the Bay State political establishment will not avail itself of the opportunity to sit this one out.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
05-31-2005 |
Politics
Talk Firstnew
The nation’s first demobilization program to include mandatory one-on-one counseling has just debriefed its first wave of Iraq-war Army National Guard soldiers. So far, so good.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
05-27-2005 |
War
Neil Hamburger and the New Face of Underground Comedynew
Neil Hamburger is part of a flourishing breed of comic whose style of humor has been branded "anti-comedy," "alt-comedy" and "indie comedy." It's traditional stand-up with an untraditional point of view.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
05-26-2005 |
Performance
Iraq: When Will We Get Out?new
Congressman Barney Frank, David Cobb, G. Gordon Liddy, Rabbi Michael Lerner, and others share their views with the Phoenix.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
05-26-2005 |
War
