July 2008
50 Bands, 50 States →
We pick the best new artist from every state
June 2008
License this! →
There’s some Feist album left if anyone wants it The living, breathing Holy Grail of contemporary music success stories has impeccably styled Birkin bangs and a floaty angel voice.
The play’s the thing →
The audial oddities of Blevin Blectum “I like rhythmic structure,” Bevin Kelley says on the phone from Providence, where she lives.
SOUND MIND: Kelley works with unnerving…
World War III →
The Big Hurt: Boy George vs. America; Coldplay vs. some dude; 50 Cent vs. chalupas Devastating news: Boy George has been denied entry to the United States!
Retraction! Those of…
Sharp accents →
Forro in the Dark and Marta Topferova talk the talk Boston has its own vital scene of pan-American jazz and folk (hey, Mili Bermejo, Alex Alvear, Sergio Brandão, and everyone at Ryles on…
Independent filmmakers →
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Slideshow: Tattoo you →
Some of Boston’s best tattoos Inspired by the Peabody Essex Museum’s current exhibition on Maori tattoos, we raised a call to adventurously inked souls in Boston. Inspired by the Peabody…
June 28, 2008 →
June 28, 2008 Weekly forecast
Akin talks Turkey →
Akin talks Turkey Cutting Edge of Heaven Did he worry that it might sound like the name of an undiscovered Douglas Sirk film?
Crossing over →
Crossing over Fatih Akin’s blue Heaven As a German of Turkish descent, Fatih Akin has demonstrated an understandable preoccupation with borders — national, cultural, generational,…
McCain's new appeal →
McCain’s new appeal Idiot box
Victory at last →
Victory at last Letters to the Boston editor, June 27, 2008 It may at first seem like hyperbole for Harvey Silverglate to call the Boumediene decision the most important of his lifetime….
Judgment night for Doomsday →
Judgment night for Doomsday Roxbury-born fighter John Howard is climbing the ranks of mixed martial arts, one chokehold at a time Two men circle the middle of a 24-foot-wide, black…
Virtual brotherhood →
Virtual brotherhood Uniting the world by two-way video Three kids camped out in front of Brookline Booksmith’s storefront window in the middle of June and peered into a video screen…
One of our drummers is missing →
One of our drummers is missing Either/Ordeal The Somerville-based Latin-jazz ensemble Either/Orchestra has gigs scheduled this weekend in London and Glastonbury, but their long-time…
Naked in the public square →
Naked in the public square Freedom Watch In the finest Puritan tradition, Middlesex District Attorney Gerald Leone is crusading to save Harvard Square from the shock and awe of the…
George Carlin →
George Carlin 1937–2008 Among scads of other, more important achievements, George Carlin deserves full credit for my comfort with and penchant for salty language.
Gimme some truth →
Gimme some truth In praise of Ultimate Fighting Can it be a coincidence, I ask rhetorically, that we have all of a sudden become very interested in watching highly trained men smack…
New Mexico →
New Mexico Sports blotter: “Marcus Vick and more” edition According to news reports, Lavender was drunk and disorderly on the streets of Cincinnati on April 6 when cops asked him…
El Paisa Restaurante →
El Paisa Restaurante Another thrifty South American standout in Eastie I found out about El Paisa from a cabbie from Medellín, who called it the prettiest, most authentic Colombian…
O's got a TV eye on you →
O’s got a TV eye on you The era of TV advertising in presidential general elections is over With his decision to forgo public funding, Barack Obama can raise as much as he wants,…
Wisteria House →
Wisteria House Newbury Street’s loss is Cambridge’s gain As one of Boston’s first Taiwan-style restaurants, Wisteria House had a 10-year run on Newbury Street. It has now moved its…
Is anybody paying attention to McClatchy's... →
Is anybody paying attention to McClatchy’s powerful Guantánamo exposé? An old-media triumph sheds new light on Bush’s terror policy Even before its 2006 acquisition of Knight Ridder,…
The 11th Annual Muzzle Awards →
The 11th Annual Muzzle Awards Silencing free speech Freedom of expression may be guaranteed by the Constitution. But it’s an idea we have to fight for every day.
Finding Amanda →
Finding Amanda Grotesquely exploitative and clichéd Matthew Broderick sleepwalks through Peter Tolan’s debut film as a hack TV writer with a gambling addiction.
My Father My Lord →
My Father My Lord Hushed, dun-colored, and beautifully shot Volach overdoes the quoting from the Torah, but the intimacy of each shot and the quiet force from each character elevate…
The Love Guru →
The Love Guru Derivative, crass, and boring Guru Pitka is a self-help mogul with origins in Mike Myers’s now tired vision of the groovy ’60s.
As goes Gloucester? →
As goes Gloucester? Debating the ‘pregnancy pact’ will not make a surge in teenage motherhood disappear Waves of chatter wash over the city of Gloucester, where 17 high-school…
Wanted →
Wanted A knockoff lacking zing Leveraging the graphic novel by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones, the film manages one juicy nugget of inspiration with its bland protagonist.
The Tracey Fragments →
The Tracey Fragments A torturously stylized melodrama Ellen Page is younger and less wise-ass than in her recent Oscar-nominated role, but thanks to the fragmentation, she’s at least…
Crossword: ''What's the problem?'' →
Crossword: ”What’s the problem?” OK, we’ll tell you.
Brick Lane →
Brick Lane A lush love story of Bangladeshi immigrants A lush love story set in East London explores the lives of Bangladeshi immigrants caught up in social turmoil before and after…
Excellent choice, sir →
Excellent choice, sir Reality check
What's that smell? →
What’s that smell? Musk turns three at the Midway There are booty-dancing cuts from the ’80s, white girls hitting body-lock poses, and a sign slung on the taps that reads “$2.50 Cans…
Bra Boys →
Bra Boys Awkward and amateurish take on hooligan surf tribe A cheaply produced Australian documentary of local interest, now exported to America.
Aleksandra →
Aleksandra A reverie of militarism, family turmoil, and weird eroticism Aleksandr Sokurov’s new reverie takes up the themes of militarism, family turmoil, and weird eroticism he…
Going on sale: June 20, 2008 →
Going on sale: June 20, 2008 Breaking news from the concert ticket trade Built To Spill, The Dandy Warhols, The Duke Spirit, Black Kids and more.
Dance, Monkey: Steve Macone →
Dance, Monkey: Steve Macone We put a comic on the hot seat. This week’s victim … Eeyore talks like the kind of guy who’s already had a lot of beers with people.
Control freaks →
Control freaks Get Smart dumbs down Back in the ’60s, those crafty cranks Mel Brooks and Buck Henry spun the red-scare spook biz into a sit-com full of wit and absurdity featuring…
Aleksandra →
Aleksandra A reverie of militarism, family turmoil, and weird eroticism Aleksandr Sokurov’s new reverie takes up the themes of militarism, family turmoil, and weird eroticism he…
Bra Boys →
Bra Boys Awkward and amateurish take on hooligan surf tribe A cheaply produced Australian documentary of local interest, now exported to America.
What's that smell? →
What’s that smell? Musk turns three at the Midway There are booty-dancing cuts from the ’80s, white girls hitting body-lock poses, and a sign slung on the taps that reads “$2.50 Cans…
Going on sale: June 20, 2008 →
Going on sale: June 20, 2008 Breaking news from the concert ticket trade Built To Spill, The Dandy Warhols, The Duke Spirit, Black Kids and more.
Dance, Monkey: Steve Macone →
Dance, Monkey: Steve Macone We put a comic on the hot seat. This week’s victim … Eeyore talks like the kind of guy who’s already had a lot of beers with people.
Control freaks →
Control freaks Get Smart dumbs down Back in the ’60s, those crafty cranks Mel Brooks and Buck Henry spun the red-scare spook biz into a sit-com full of wit and absurdity featuring…
Aleksandra →
Aleksandra A reverie of militarism, family turmoil, and weird eroticism Aleksandr Sokurov’s new reverie takes up the themes of militarism, family turmoil, and weird eroticism he…
What's that smell? →
What’s that smell? Musk turns three at the Midway There are booty-dancing cuts from the ’80s, white girls hitting body-lock poses, and a sign slung on the taps that reads “$2.50 Cans…
Dance, Monkey: Steve Macone →
Dance, Monkey: Steve Macone We put a comic on the hot seat. This week’s victim … Eeyore talks like the kind of guy who’s already had a lot of beers with people.
Control freaks →
Control freaks Get Smart dumbs down Back in the ’60s, those crafty cranks Mel Brooks and Buck Henry spun the red-scare spook biz into a sit-com full of wit and absurdity featuring…
Going on sale: June 20, 2008 →
Going on sale: June 20, 2008 Breaking news from the concert ticket trade Built To Spill, The Dandy Warhols, The Duke Spirit, Black Kids and more.
