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Ask a Mexican! Edicion Escoces Especialnew

My recent column regarding the dissimilarities between Scots and Mexicans provoked a surprising amount of angry responses -- by real Scotsmen furious that letter writer Great Scot could be so pendejo.
OC Weekly  |  Gustavo Arellano  |  05-21-2008  |  Comedy

Ask a Mexican!new

"Who will take our orders at McDonald's?"
OC Weekly  |  Gustavo Arellano  |  08-21-2007  |  Comedy

The Family Business: The Baldacci Writing Lineage Growsnew

An interview with Sharon Baldacci, the older sister of the bestselling novelist, David Baldacci, talks about living with MS and her novel, A Sundog Moment.
Style Weekly  |  Valley Haggard  |  07-25-2007  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Almost Famosonew

My life as "The Mexican."
OC Weekly  |  Gustavo Arellano  |  05-08-2007  |  Commentary

French Infectionnew

Russell Crowe tries to lighten up.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Curt Holman  |  11-10-2006  |  Reviews

A Troupe with a Stage, But No Shelternew

A group of homeless men tries out theater as a form of therapy.
East Bay Express  |  Justin Berton  |  12-22-2005  |  Theater

Apocalypse Whatevernew

Jarhead, the Waiting for Godot of war movies, gets lost in the desert.
Boston Phoenix  |  Peter Keough  |  11-07-2005  |  Reviews

The Good Soldiernew

Novelist Anthony Swofford says he won't play politics with Jarhead.
Boston Phoenix  |  Peter Keough  |  11-07-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Fall Books Defy Disasternew

This coming fall and winter are thin on fiction but large on hulking works of non-fiction that might help us catch up with this runaway bobsled called planet Earth.
Boston Phoenix  |  John Freeman  |  09-27-2005  |  Books

Loud and Proud: R.L. Burnside, 1926–2005new

Rural Burnside began recording in 1967 when musicologist George Mitchell visited his North Mississippi home to make field recordings. He stopped last December, when a heart attack robbed him of his vitality. On Sept. 1, he died.
Boston Phoenix  |  Ted Drozdowski  |  09-16-2005  |  Music

Dinosaur Jr. Bury the Hatchetnew

The Phoenix examines the legacy of three geeks from Northampton, goes to rock therapy with the band, and gets the story behind their masterpiece, Bug.
Boston Phoenix  |  Matt Ashare  |  07-05-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

HBO/BBC's 'The Girl in the Café'new

Writer-director Richard Curtis has managed that most difficult of movie feats, entwining the personal and the political without trivializing either.
Boston Phoenix  |  Joyce Millman  |  06-24-2005  |  TV

My Blank Pagesnew

The lack of pre-release hype and author sightings on the media radar have made it possible to appreciate the writing in this short-story collection without getting bogged down in the Dave Eggers cult of personality.
Boston Phoenix  |  Nina MacLaughlin  |  04-14-2005  |  Fiction

Bitter Bingonew

Tired of getting hit on in bars? We have no solution for you. But we do have a game that might make you happy when The Guy Who Compliments Weird Things or The Musician/Waiter shows up.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Anna Ditkoff  |  11-03-2004  |  Recreation

Naked Lunchnew

In an interview, director John Waters outlines a powerful case for the end of repression and the restoration of genuine fun, laughter and bad taste.
Boston Phoenix  |  Peter Keough  |  09-24-2004  |  Profiles & Interviews

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