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Lord of the Ringnew
A report from the St. Petersburg White Nights Festival featuring a review of the all-Russian production of Wagner's Ring Cycle.
Boston Phoenix |
Lloyd Schwartz |
07-01-2004 |
Reviews
Penn on Papernew
Q&A with Penn & Teller's Penn Jillette about his unusual novel "Sock," in which the protagonist is a sock monkey.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
07-01-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Penn Jillette, Sock
The 2004 Muzzle Awards: 10 People and Institutions That Undermined Free Speechnew
The Phoenix's annual Independence Day round-up of free-speech enemies. (Contains New England examples.) Plus a 700-word runners-up sidebar.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
07-01-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Small Sensations: Unreported Little Storiesnew
A local cat gets wet, an Englishman finds 20 bucks, and the perils of slick cheese. A satiric survey of (true) everyday stories the press ignores because media is too fixated on the negative. (Story contains some Boston-area items.)
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Wright |
07-01-2004 |
Media
A Voice For the Undergroundnew
Jello Biafra, the tongue-lashing vocalist behind California punk legends the Dead Kennedys, speaks out about the current state of underground music, artists' political involvement, and the November presidential election
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
07-01-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bush League: (Im)pertinent Media about the Current Administrationnew
Recent coverage of George W. Bush includes an article in Slate that gives some context to chief legal counsel Alberto Gonzales' memo saying the Geneva Conventions were obsolete.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
07-01-2004 |
Politics
Athens, Ga., Electro-Pop Duo Offer Another Album amid Dramanew
Having shortened to "I Am the World" briefly while on tour in late 2001-early 2002, I Am The World Trade Center returned to its original moniker by the time Tight Connection hit stores in July 2002. Two years later, Geller and Dykes have a new album ready for the masses, but once again, circumstance has dealt them a difficult blow.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
07-01-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
The geriatric set experiences a sexual awakening in The Mothernew
Director Roger Michell (Notting Hill) offers a convincing picture of how growing old means being forced to life's sidelines. The crux of the film, in fact, is May's determination to register as something more than a free babysitter and emotional punching bag for her harried daughter, Paula (Cathryn Bradshaw), and merit some attention.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-01-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Roger Michell, The Mother
Comida de la Callenew
A quick look at Latin-American "street food," explaining the flavors and varieties you can find at a Latino fest
Columbus Alive |
G.A. Benton |
07-01-2004 |
Food+Drink
High-School Outcasts Rule in Dynamitenew
Napoleon Dynamite scribbles a deadpan portrait of an adolescent on the margins. Hess reveals his lack of fresh ideas by spending too much time on pointlessly nasty caricatures. As long as Napoleon Dynamite restricts itself to the misadventures of the title role, the film finds laughs that are plentiful, if not exactly deep.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-01-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jared Hess, Napoleon Dynamite
Operatic Spider-Man 2 improves on predecessornew
Since Batman, superhero films have frequently gone for gothic self-importance, but Spider-Man 2 brings camp back into the formula. The operatic, at times overblown adventure enthralls and amuses the audience without overtly winking at it.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-01-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 2
Spin Cyclenew
Jehane Noujaim goes behind the scenes at Al Jazeera and exposes the mirage of objective journalism.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
07-01-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Company Goes Bust -- and Leaves the EPA with One Big Messnew
A potential toxic soup sits in a shipping depot in southeast Atlanta. A shuttered company that specialized in disposing hazardous waste has abandoned about 13,000 containers there. Fifty-five-gallon drums containing flammable oils and lubricants are stacked on and amid chemicals that, if mixed with the flammables, could ignite.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
07-01-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Silkworm's Time of the Seasonnew
In an interview, Silkworm's Michael Dahlquist explains how the veteran indie-rock band has grown and adapted its sound over the years
Columbus Alive |
Kevin Elliott |
07-01-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Patriot Act II: The Bill With Nine Livesnew
Piece by piece, provisions that created an uproar 18 months ago are now finding their way into other legislation.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
06-30-2004 |
Commentary
