Table of contents for week of January 7, 2005
NEWS & FEATURES
It's the Phoenix's annual Ideas issue! This year's theme: ridiculous notions that just might work. Across the board, we're proposing radical reforms for every aspect of our daily lives. Read on...
Maine went for Kerry in the 2004 election. Maybe, like so many other disgruntled (not to mention intelligent and attractive) Americans, the whole state ought to just secede and join Canada, says Jennifer Lunden.
Alex Irvine proposes a ferry to South Portland. Why not? We've had one before.
He admits it's slightly more ridiculous, but Alex Irvine thinks turning the Civic Center into a giant alt-sports park might be just what the city needs.
Riding the wave of Alex Irvine's inspiration, Sam Pfeifle thinks we should have a train between Old Port and Bayside.
Lisa Craig thinks the public should be able to elect their representatives in the media. This is actually a great idea -- or would be, if the general populace had proven its ability to make smart choices for itself anytime recently.
Shay Stewart-Bouley says the concept of political correctness has gone a little too far.
Dan Kennedy runs the gamut, from the heart problems of Bush and Cheney to the New York Times Company's remarkable reversal of policy.
Plus, this just in:
LOCAL NONSENSE: FART for Falmouth
COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATIVES? The right turns tight
REEFER OLDNESS: Potheads hijack AARP?!?
Politics and Other Mistakes
Bramhall Square
Letters to the editor
Savage Love
Crossword solution
MUSIC
Sam Pfeifle wants local businesses and the city itself to play a greater role in fostering Portland's music scene. This is probably the most ridiculous idea in the whole issue, realistically.
Becca Dewan thinks Portland deserves a top-flight music school.
Ambrosia Parsley and Shivaree get political. By Ted Drozdowski.
Franklin Soults explores the gap between Hotlanta denizen Ludacris and LA gangsta Xzibit.
Adam Bregman hails the return of Cowboy Jack Clement.
Also, short reviews of:
Meg Hutchinson: THE CROSSING
Old Crow Medicine Show: O.C.M.S
Alison Krauss and Union Station: LONELY RUNS BOTH WAYS
The Grip Weeds: GIANT ON THE BEACH
Silver Sunshine: SILVER SUNSHINE
Hot Snakes: AUDIT IN PROGRESS
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes: RUIN JONNY’S BAR MITZVAH
FILM
Though Dr. Alfred Kinsey's famous report on sex is over 50 years old, Peter Keough says Kinsey can still open some eyes.
There's more than just a review. Peter Keough goes deeper into the cultural phenomenon surrounding the (in)famous Dr. Kinsey.
THEATER
Megan Grumbling wants a return to the oral tradition.
ART
Chris Thompson proposes that Portland serve as the start-site for a test-run of a 21st-century version of an educational experiment first devised forty years ago.
BOOKS
Tanya Whiton suggests that original works of prose and poetry should be used in a barter system. Because the worth of such things can be quantified, obviously.
William Corbett reads Ron Padgett's Joe, about the life of artist Joe Brainard. This story does not fit the Ideas motif.
FOOD
Andy King has some earth-shattering ideas for food, with the caveat that there isn’t really anything on this planet that someone or other hasn’t put into their mouths, rolled around, and either nodded appreciatively at or spat back upon the ground from whence it came. Ain't that the truth, brother.
SPECIALS
Best Music Poll 2004
The Best of 2004
Portland Band Guide
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