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The First-in-the-Country Video-Journalist Modelnew

At WKRN-Channel 2 in Nashville, photographers become reporters, reporters become photographers, and a news station becomes the first in the country to turn conventional TV news on its head.

Nashville Scene | Liz Garrigan | 08-17-2005 | Media

Tags: media

Shuffle This

Musical chaos, as found on random radio, is not custom-contrived. It’s out of our hands and we like it. It’s wacky! It’s wild! "We don’t know what’s going to happen," one station ad boasts of its random radio segment. They say this as if it’s a good thing.

City Newspaper | Jennifer Loviglio | 08-17-2005 | Commentary

Man, Machine and Paintnew

Leftover paint, wood panels, $2,000 of fuel -- and an airplane. These were the makings of artist Mike Keeling’s most recent artistic endeavor.

Style Weekly | Katie Gantt | 08-17-2005 | Art

Tags: visual arts

Snapping Photos? Police Could Be Watchingnew

A Richmond man is stopped by police after taking snapshots of a federal courthouse downtown.

Style Weekly | Melissa Sinclair | 08-17-2005 | Civil Liberties

Tags: civil liberties

Blood Rushnew

In the politics of blood, Dr. Bruce D. Spiess is a rebel with an IV. His new ideas for using man-made blood -- and his partnership with a California lab -- could help patients from the emergency room to the battlefield.

Style Weekly | Scott Bass | 08-17-2005 | Science

Tags: Health & Science

What's Wrong with Hidden Porn in Video Games?new

After killing cops, bystanders and random people, beating the crap out of all of the above, stealing things, destroying property on a PhD level and just unleashing a holy hell of violence, seeing a little T&A would really fuck up your worldview.

Dig Boston | Emily Pepper | 08-17-2005 | Advice

Tags: advice columns

Dalek and Larry Fink: Insane-o Artnew

New York publishers powerHouse relish in the end of days by releasing catalyst books of art from reclusive artist Dalek and incriminating political photographer Larry Fink.

Dig Boston | Paul McMorrow | 08-17-2005 | Nonfiction

Tags: Various Titles, Multiple authors

9 Songs and 2046: Kung Fu Porn and Humpin' to Franz Ferdinandnew

Although they seem like exact opposites, Wong Kar-wai's 2046 and Michael Winterbottom's 9 Songs both succeed in making watching sex on screen completely uninteresting.

Dig Boston | Chris Braiotta | 08-17-2005 | Reviews

Tags: Various Directors, Multiple Titles

Wes Craven Spares Hordes of Teensnew

Wes Craven decides to stop slaughtering adolescents in favor of a more tasteful, Alfred Hitchcock-inspired thriller. And fails miserably.

Dig Boston | David Wildman | 08-17-2005 | Movies

Tags: Wes Craven, Red Eye

Tripping Your Balls Offnew

All hail classy power guitars solos mashed up with avant-garde sound! All hail Boston natives Major Stars for not being afraid to rock!

Dig Boston | Matt Parish | 08-17-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Major Stars

Due for Departurenew

Bluesy garage band Mr. Airplane Man are breaking up, but not without a final flight.

Dig Boston | Michael Brodeur | 08-17-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Mr. Airplane Man

Cross-Cultural Soul Revivalnew

A seven-piece band, a stint in Clarksdale, Mississippi and some time spent tickling a church organ on the South Side of Chicago? Yeah, it's Boston native Eli Reed and he has got soul.

Dig Boston | Michael Brodeur | 08-17-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Eli Paperboy Reed, Walkin' and Talkin'