Table of contents for week of March 18, 2005
NEWS & FEATURES
A few weeks ago, Tony Giampetruzzi told us some of the good news about the AIDS situation in Maine. But here's the bad news, and it has to do with a pretty awful drug.
Representative Sean Faircloth tries to tax fun to stave off Baldacci’s DHHS cuts. Basement dwellers win again. By Alex Irvine.
Mike Miliard spent a few days in Fort Myers with the World Champion Boston Red Sox, and I think we can all agree that he's a jerk for getting to go. At least we can read about it what it's like in such a paradise.
It sounds unlikely, but Adam Reilly says it's entirely possible that the Church of Latter-Day Saints could mobilize to make Mitt Romney the president.
Plus, this just in:
PARTY ON, GIRLS: Make hay for menarche
DON’T FORGET: March 19, two years in Iraq
MEDIA: Truth, verification, and the blogging way of life
DEPT. OF MORAL QUALMS: The Iraq war’s first conscientious objector
Politics and Other Mistakes
Bramhall Square
Letters to the editor
Savage Love
Crossword solution
MUSIC
The Pete Kilpatrick Supergroup have a name that is either arrogant or self-effacing, depending on how you look at it. Unless you opt not to look at it at all, which would be a mistake. By Sam Pfeifle.
Sam Pfeifle says Percy Hill's new record is polished, if familiar.
It's the end of an era as Josh Rogers eulogizes Geno's, the legendary -- and soon to be late -- music venue.
Becca Dewan says The Magic Flute sings. The "magic flute," by the way, should not be confused with the "beef whistle."
If ever there was a totally manufactured feud in hip-hop designed to sell albums, it was the momentary one between 50 Cent and the Game. Well, it worked. By Nick Sylvester.
People who don't understand the term would probably call the Dresden Dolls playing in Dresden, Germany "ironic." In fact, it's totally appropriate. Our Eric Gershon was there.
The total number of people who care that a reunited Slint is touring, and playing a lot of music from their 1991 swan song Spiderland, are few; but the intensity with which those people care is almost certainly annoying. By Matt Ashare.
Camille Dodero listens to the Picaresque pop of the Decemberists and their frontman, Colin Meloy.
Plus, Sibilance.
Worth the trip:
The Fringe
Also, short reviews of:
Asobi Seksu: ASOBI SEKSU
Vanessa Carlton: HARMONIUM
Mike Doughty: SKITTISH/ROCKITY ROLL
Jennifer Gentle: VALENDE
The Peels: THE PEELS
Ann Rabson: IN A FAMILY WAY
Seemless: SEEMLESS
FILM
Jean-Luc Godard's latest comes to Portland. Yes, he is still alive. By Gerald Peary.
Chris Fujiwara checks out some classic film noir now available on DVD.
Short reviews of:
HOSTAGE
ICE PRINCESS
Worth the trip:
Academy Award Nominated Shorts
THEATER
Megan Grumbling says Flo and Glo depicts an Antarctica... of the soul.
Worth the trip:
Dido, Queen of Carthage at the Loeb Drama Center
DANCE
Worth the trip:
Mark Morris at the Shubert
ART
Maggie Knowles suggests an intimate art sale for St. Patty's.
BOOKS
Author David Plante looks back in American Ghosts. By William Corbett.
FOOD
The Portland Greengrocer goes through a controversial, but unavoidable, change. What change, you ask? Why, you're going to have to read Andy King's article!
SPECIALS
Best Music Poll 2004
The Best of 2004
Portland Band Guide
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