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[Performing Arts] PA_WizzinSM

WHIZZIN’!

Pissing on the Wizard

Margaret Hamilton, Idina Menzel, Mabel King, Miss Piggy—they've all smeared the green stuff

[Words] WD_JamesTateGhostSoldiersSM

JAMES TATE

Poetry legend surfaces again

If poets were cowboys, James Tate would be The Man with No Name. It would be the spaghettiest western ever;

[Now Showing] MV_SpeedRacerSM

SPEED RACER

Flashy to a fault

In a purely visual sense, Speed Racer, with its bright and blinding cartoon colors, is a visceral and awe-inspiring feast for the eyes.

[Movies] MV_SonOfRambowSM

SON OF RAMBOW

Summer months beget reckless adventure

Garth Jennings seems to be a Brit with a fascination for other cultures. You can see it in most of his work so far:

[Movies] MV_NeverForeverSM

NEVER FOREVER

Money can't buy happiness

Never Forever's characters are not people with whom you can empathize, nor does that seem to be writer and director Gina Kim's goal, at first.

[Defend Yourself] DefYo_MyqKaplanSM

MYQ KAPLAN

In his stand-up, Myq Kaplan delivers punchlines at rapid-fire speed. Even before he was the resident assistant in my building,

[Music] MU_GlennMercerSM

Glenn Mercer and The Feelies

Come on ... feel the noise

Of all the great lesser-known groups to come out of the '80s, The Feelies were easily the most collective

[CD Reviews] CD_BowThayer_Driftwood

Local Picks

BOW THAYER | THE DRIFTWOOD PERIODICALS VOLUME II

Organic and gentle, Bow Thayer's album was recorded on site (same as Driftwood I) in accordance with his environment.

[Fidelity] MU_ThaliaSM

THALIA ZEDEK

With her husky howl and devastating delivery, Thalia Zedek sounds as though she's carried the burden of Boston on her back for decades.

[DVD Reviews] DVD_MuppetShow

THE MUPPET SHOW: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON

CHILDHOOD GLEE

Here's something you should buy. By season three, The Muppet Show—a prime-time anomaly that blended

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FRIDAY MAY 16, 2008

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Featured Blogs

Mac Attack

By christine on Thu, May 15, 2008 9:56 am

hold on to your hats, mac whores: the boston behometh apple store opens downtown TODAY, at 6pm. brace yourself for the calamity. if you're not already there, you're LATE. get in line.

if you didn't get the memo, it's the largest store in the country. w0wzerz.


Global Whating?

By CaraBayles on Wed, May 14, 2008 5:19 pm

 

 

FINALLY, polar bears are endangered.

 

Hot enough for ya?


Attention Artists! Stop the Orphan Act!

By weeklydig on Mon, May 5, 2008 12:23 pm

Two bills were submitted to congress at the end of April — one to the House and one to the Senate — called the Orphan Works Act of 2008. Congress is looking to have this act passed and signed into law by George Bush by June 8, 2008, less than two months after it was introduced.

 

In a nutshell, this act may put many of you creative people in a tight spot when it comes to copyrighting your images and jeopardize long term royalties.

 






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