PORTLAND

We told you so

FairPoint’s phone-line takeover is as bad as regulators feared.
FairPoint’s transition has been slow, and is already four months behind schedule.

By: JEFF INGLIS | July 02, 2008

What to eat in a bikini

Brazilian fried chicken + potato salad + rice
Brazil isn’t all about major wax jobs and itsy-bitsy bikinis.

By: LINDSAY STERLING | July 02, 2008

Trying to fail

MSMT finds a hit in a flop
Brooks draws absurdities of both the theater and New York City with both mischief and affection, and MSMT’s production is impishly, lovingly true to that spirit.

By: MEGAN GRUMBLING | July 02, 2008

Questions for Carl Klimt
Only 24 years old, Klimt has transitioned from his studies at Bowdoin College to a life in Portland as a professional artist and an adventuresome alter ego that has traversed as far as Antarctica.

By: IAN PAIGE | July 02, 2008

Boondocks + Pore + Juba

Music seen at Empire Dine and Dance, June 27, 2008
Anyone in their late 20s and early 30s can appreciate what a golden era the ’90s were for hip-hop, R&B, and dancehall.

By: SONYA TOMLINSON | July 02, 2008

Portland scene report: July 4, 2008

Sibilance starts now
Modern Syndrome have changed their name to Turn Down Day, and are designing artwork for their debut full-length album, due out in the next few months.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | July 02, 2008

A six-pack for the Fourth

Looking for the right buzz for your Independence party?
There’s no better holiday for throwing back a few cold ones and listening to tunes on the dock, boat, front lawn, or backyard, and there are plenty of discs I’ve been meaning to make people aware of.

By: SAM PFEIFLE | July 02, 2008

Herald or harbinger?

Press releases
Those of us fascinated by the rapidly deflating balloon that is the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram have had a lot to chew over from a lot of sources lately.

By: JEFF INGLIS | July 02, 2008

Man of mischief

Politics and other mistakes
Let’s see if I can fill a whole column by making jokes about violent sex offenders.

By: AL DIAMON | July 02, 2008

Do you have any treasures in your attic?

Old books
Sure, every once in a while, someone shows up at Ken Gloss’s talks on antique books with a real treasure, like a personalized, signed copy of JD Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye .

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | July 02, 2008

Modifications to the MLK Memorial

I have a dream that people will rise up and banish art committees.

By: DAVID KISH | July 02, 2008

Happy Fourth of July!

Hoopleville

By: DAVID KISH | July 02, 2008

Letters to the Portland editor, July 4, 2008

Well-designed thanks
You saw my passion for fashion and helped me to create my dream. So thank you from the bottom of my heart.

By: LETTERS TO THE PORTLAND EDITOR | July 02, 2008

Crackpot court

Taking a shot at the Supreme Court’s recent gunplay
This past week’s Supreme Court ruling, invalidating Washington, DC’s handgun ban, demonstrates just how far afield “movement conservatism” has taken our country.

By: EDITORIAL | July 02, 2008

Repression illustrated

People’s history in graphic format
Graphic novels are an acquired taste.

By: CLIF GARBODEN | July 01, 2008

Tokyo roses

Jeopardy! Japanese style
It’s a special people indeed who can cast off the twin yokes of rigid history and a driven work ethic to spend time unwinding in Day-Glo game-show studios.

By: MIKE MILIARD | July 01, 2008

War of words

The final Metal Gear Solid doesn’t go down quietly
“War has changed,” Solid Snake tells us, both at the beginning and at the end of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots . He would know.

By: MITCH KRPATA | July 01, 2008

50 Bands, 50 States

We pick the best new artist from every state
The Phoenix declares the best new artist from each of the 50 states. Plus: We declare the best all-time band and solo artist from each state (and the District of Columbia) — 153 winners in all! Click on any state in the map to get started.

By: PHOENIX STAFF | July 05, 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.

By: SHARON STEEL | July 01, 2008

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.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | June 25, 2008

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