AltWeeklies Wire
Rough Night at Kerry Headquarters
The crowd at Kerry headquarters in Boston on election night had grown glum, but the mood changed at 10:53 p.m., when Pennsylvania and its 21 electoral votes were called for Kerry.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
11-03-2004 |
Politics
What Did Ralph Nader Do With Our Money?new
The public’s money, it seems, went to fund a sloppy and sometimes incompetent attempt to get a candidate whom nobody wanted on the ballot, onto ballots.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
10-28-2004 |
Politics
The Faces Get Properly Boxed on Five Guys Walk Into a Barnew
A new, exhaustively researched and lovingly compiled four-disc box set teems with treats culled from the group's relatively brief but offhandedly brilliant history.
Boston Phoenix |
Jonathan Perry |
10-28-2004 |
Reviews
The Sun Shines on R.E.M.new
Michael Stipe talks about how R.E.M. regained its footing as the enigmatic yet accessible pop band that made the journey from indie-rockdom to major-label stardom.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
10-28-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: r.e.m., Around the Sun
Love and Liesnew
Livesey creates characters who quicken a story about the nature of love into a story about the mutability of truth.
Boston Phoenix |
Dana Kletter |
10-28-2004 |
Fiction
Ghosts in the Machinenew
With Goodbye Dragon Inn, Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang has made his great film about film.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Fujiwara |
10-28-2004 |
Reviews
Forward: Alexander Payne Takes a Step in the Right Directionnew
The alternately rollicking and mournful road comedy about the terrors of settling into middle age takes place during a vacation taken by two men, pals since college, in California wine country. Accompanying the review is an interview with director Alexander Payne.
Boston Phoenix |
Steve Vineberg |
10-28-2004 |
Reviews
How GOP Billionaires Bankroll the Bushiesnew
Republicans are filling the GOP’s 527 gap, and a group of super-rich supporters has funded them with massive donations. With sidebar on the GOP's dirty donor (baker's) dozen.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
10-28-2004 |
Politics
Bush Blindfolds the Publicnew
From the Patriot Act to presidential records, George W. Bush has presided over an unprecedented rise in government secrecy.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
10-28-2004 |
Politics
Kerry Is a Worthy Choice to Succeed the Dangerous Bushnew
An unconventional liberal, John Kerry has gone against the grain by supporting balanced budgets and welfare reform, by re-examining the way affirmative action functions, and by establishing himself as one of the Senate’s leading experts on terrorism long before 9/11.
Boston Phoenix |
The Editors |
10-28-2004 |
Commentary
Dylan's Chronicles: Dropped Chords Just Don't Matternew
Dylan's new memoir carries one along on a tidal surge of storytelling, of memory and scenic detail.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
10-22-2004 |
Nonfiction
From TV to Stage: Claire Danes at the Toronto Film Festivalnew
TV-trained Claire Danes tackled formidable thespian challenges when she was cast as a 17th century Englishwoman who breaks a sexual barrier.
Boston Phoenix |
Gerald Peary |
10-22-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sex Change: Stage Beauty Isn't Just Skin Deepnew
Richard Eyre's Stage Beauty lives up to its terrific subject: the moment in theatrical history where women were finally permitted to act on the professional stage.
Boston Phoenix |
Steve Vineberg |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
David Boyle Gets Cattynew
An amateur rap recording takes the Bush administration to task.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-22-2004 |
Politics
Bush and Kerry Stock Up for the Post-Election Battlenew
Both campaigns, mindful of Florida 2000, are moving full-speed ahead to raise money for potential post-election ballot battles.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
10-22-2004 |
Politics
