Table of contents for week of March 11, 2005
NEWS & FEATURES
Lance Tapley says the Legislature and Poland Spring could dry up the grassroots by suppressing petitions. Now that's what it means to be from Maine.
Having solved every other problem in the world, Maine activists look to set a pesticide precedent. By Alex Irvine.
Mike Miliard rallies to the defense of vice. Having just quit smoking a couple months ago, this is not what we need to be reading right now.
Plus, this just in:
ART SCENE: Whitney moves over
THEATER WORLD: Return of the Reindeer
GETTING THE BOOT: Is the tide turning against ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’?
DEPT. OF PUBLIC-SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fight mannequinism?
Politics and Other Mistakes
Letters to the editor
Savage Love
Crossword solution
MUSIC
Bands like Nobis typically don't come out of nowhere. And, as it turns out, they didn't. By Sam Pfeifle.
Odds are, you've never heard of Ike Reilly. Matt Ashare says Mr. Reilly and his band, collectively known as the Ike Reilly Assassination, might just be the best kept secret in America.
You might know the DFA only as the guys who made the Rapture sound all electronic, but it turns out that they make their own music as well. Carly Carioli investigates.
What? A DFA side-project? Sheesh, how can you keep this stuff straight anymore? Tony Ware checks out LCD Soundsystem.
Franklin Bruno checks out some pre-post-rock, which you'd think would be simply rock. But no matter.
Worth the trip:
Lock and Key in Boston
Also, short reviews of:
Ada: BLONDIE
Dropkick Murphys: SINGLES COLLECTION VOLUME 2 — 1984-2004, B-SIDES, COVERS, COMPS & OTHER CRAP
Early Day Miners: ALL HARM ENDS HERE
John Hammond: IN YOUR ARMS AGAIN
Masters of Persian Music: FARYAD
Josh Rouse: NASHVILLE
Bettie Serveert: ATTAGIRL
FILM
The Maine Jewish Film Festival is bound to be the single most highly-attended cinematic event of the year. By Tony Giampetruzzi.
Short reviews of:
THE PACIFIER
ROBOTS
THEATER
If you thought refrigeration was bizarre, you might identify with the protagonist of Yemaya's Belly. By Megan Grumbling.
Worth the trip:
Anna in the Tropics and The Cook
ART
John Knight celebrates the underdog, but sadly makes no mention of Underdog. By Maggie Knowles.
BOOKS
Clea Simon says Abha Dawesar's Babyji is a keeper.
FOOD
You can get a taste of the recent past at Walter's Cafe. By Andy King.
SPECIALS
Best Music Poll 2004
The Best of 2004
Portland Band Guide
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