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Howard Zinn Targets the Next Generationnew
The historian's new book combats the "submersion of nonwhite people" in the writing of history.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
10-22-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Fight Songs: Taking Up Arms Against Major Record Labelsnew
The members of Downhill Battle see a music industry that's broken -- bloated, outdated, money-hungry, monopolistic -- and they aim to fix it.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-22-2004 |
Music
The Homecoming of a Radio Flyernew
Tamara Wieder's Q&A with BBC correspondent and native Bostonian Jeb Sharp, who is bringing world news home after years of jetting to overseas trouble spots.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
10-22-2004 |
Media
Dick Cheney: Even Worse Than You Thinknew
Deep down, the vice-president is just an ambitious screw-up, a mediocre functionary with a mediocre mind.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
10-22-2004 |
Politics
Marti and Morenew
Francisco Goldman’s fictional re-creation of 19th-century Central America is more telling in its details than in its larger picture.
Boston Phoenix |
Richard C. Walls |
10-19-2004 |
Fiction
Borough Boysnew
Even in this election year, the Beastie Boys seem reluctant to let their playful guards down. The Boston Phoenix does its best to draw the amused and amusing Adam Horowitz out of his Beastie Boy shell.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
10-19-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Beastie Boys, NA
A Legend Livesnew
After 35 years, Brian Wilson's Smile has finally delivered its payoff -- peace of mind, the redemptive power of love, and Heaven as a place with great surfing.
Boston Phoenix |
Brett Milano |
10-19-2004 |
Reviews
Murphy’s Lawnew
Jack Tanner is back, with Robert Altman and Doonesbury’s Garry Trudeau following up on their 1988 cable mini-series. Tanner on Tanner 2004 is dominated by the exploits of the liberal Congressman's now-30ish daughter Alex, a radical indie filmmaker.
Boston Phoenix |
Gerald Peary |
10-19-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Mystery Mannew
Even to the guitarists who make up much of his avid body of fans, John Fahey is something of a riddle. A new DVD makes him no less enigmatic but does provide an up-close look of elements of his style.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
10-19-2004 |
Reviews
Local Colornew
Barbara Sutton finds an undeniable comedy in our darkest sorrows.
Boston Phoenix |
Nina MacLaughlin |
10-19-2004 |
Fiction
World Travelernew
Susan Orlean knows that stories lurk everywhere, in day-to-day drear as well as on mountaintops on the other side of the planet.
Boston Phoenix |
Amy Finch |
10-19-2004 |
Nonfiction
Strung Outnew
Team America gets tangled in its own lines.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
10-18-2004 |
Reviews
New Hampshire Stymies Student Suffragenew
New Hampshire is going to come down to one or two thousand votes, so Republicans are trying to keep students from registering there.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
10-18-2004 |
Politics
Spin Doctornew
Tom Waits finds his political muse on Real Gone.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
10-15-2004 |
Reviews
Yes, Liberalnew
As promised, in October 13's debate, Bush fired the words liberal, Massachusetts, and Kennedy at Kerry like Mariano Rivera splitters.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
10-14-2004 |
Politics
